Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08
A turpentine camp exhibit.
New Educational Side Shows for
Thousands of County Fairs Produced
by Government Engineers - Visual
Method Takes Place Of Printed Page.
Uncle Sam Is Carloads of Such Ma
terial Travelled $4,000 Miles and Enter
tanned $500. 1000 Spectators.
d 100000 Spectators.

educator is spacious fhree.story
building In Alexandria. depot Of re-
/! pair. reimbursement and replacement
| This massive structure Of concrete
brick and steel accommodates 40 car
loads Of portable displays. Its ca
pacity ia represented by 750. distinct
and separate exhibits. each OF which
occupies 100 square feet Of floor space
when assembled for educational pur.
poses. Nowhere else in the world Ia
there such collection Of scientific
tools Of teaching. II In storage
where the expositionai material IN az
sembled during the idle season. In
order TO. be prepared aud repaired for
the following campaign.
The song of the Nav. the thuinp
Of hammers and the swish Of paint.
brush echo and re.echo through this
Government repair shop. from the
dawn of Winter To the full moon of
late summer. Durin. the of season.
shen the farming Displays are Idle. the
repaifmen are busy, That IN the time
wbsn they eliminate the bumps and
dents, breaks and btlees from the
exhibits. They Tetouch the many
places where the hands Of American
farmers. from Oregon to Alabama
have touched, thumbed and twisted
the DEVICES 10 'see IL they were real, I"
When the SENATE and III. House of
|. Representative created the office 0f
exhibits of The Department Ut Agri.
culture sessn years ago Congress DE-.
fined the duties and limitations Of
that branch of the Eam family. The
display of sts amazing repeitnry III
educational material IN restricted 10
State. interstate. national and inter.
| national shows, fairs, exp0sitions and
| congresses. It's function IN 10 dis.
senlinaie the findings of science In nj.
| tfaesive. r@iidiIY nnderslandabief form
IT would fak this energies 0f en-,
i'@fi@hced sihtistieians To compute and
tabiiiais the stream flow Ut requests
! "a hi"h have hDDded WASHINGTON from
| county fair associations. chambers of
commerce, city clubs, schools. colleges
advertising clubs, s1inmefeint .ofi.
Germs and stores iegging the ioan of
! The Government exhibits Eight hun.
dfed Requests ~hj"h could no, i,r fllted
have been received serenity. Many
! thlis even ~ ~ far as 10 nay the
transportation nf certain exhibits fat
| thoush nda 0f miles IN Gd@r That their
| tDeopie may bsHefit UDfp such show.
| logs. spis department stores also
| have secured the loan ~ certain ek,
hibits by guaranteeing 10 pay all inoy,
ing expenses ana 10 return the satIip.
Dtht in ssttsfbri0tg condition.
Government engineers. scientists, in
seDiDps, mechanical experts. q .signsts,
| artists, Il carpenters. fabiHrittnksgs
metal workers and other artisans piuy
| important parts ~ The production of
| aKti"iiii,ifa eabibiis. A corps of 3h
scientific ANA mechanical Nurk efs IL
oH the tob daily. dstising. inphntlnp,
designing ana building new dis,ia n
II one hind ~ another, EShibits are
| made foi ~ the illisaus snd offices
II The iD0DtDlekb department ~ Agri.
culture, ihs largest organization Df H.
| h iHd IN existence
All eEtistag specialists, fnverHT' ~
sas"Heis and .oIHUisirtat aJihIiItirs