Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-07-29

! had the pleasure of making a
new acquaintance the other day,
Mr.. Walter Furbay, vocational ag-
riculture instructor at Genoa high
school. Mr.. Furbay has had excel
lent results in his work with adult
and young farmer groups in the
Genoa area, and / intend to tell
you more about that later. He is
very much interested in this Soil
Conservation Field Day air tours
and attended the Supervisors meet
ing with Bill last night to help
iron Out some last-minute details
Mr.. Furbay is very interested
in a big event that's going to take
place at the Michigan State Col
lege at East Lansing, Mich, August
1920. It is the Centennial of
Farm Mechanization" and, believe
me, it's really something This ex-
position land it's of Worlds Fair
proportions) is designed to pay
tribute to the American Farmer
and the farm equipment manufac
turers, who, with the help of en-
gineering, science and industry,
have given this country the great
est food production in the world.
This is perfect vacation trip
for the whole family to stay either
one day or the full five days. No
charges will be made for entrance
to any exhibit, demonstrations,
pageants, or program. Persons OF
all ages are invited to attend.
Special parking areas will be pro-
vided Immediately adjoining the
exhibit area. You can board free
trolley on any main thorough fare
in the exhibit area and step off
when you wish. Michigan State,
In one of the largest college hous-
ing facilities in the country, offers
hundreds of on-campus dormitory
rooms at nominal cost. For cam
pus housing write Kenneth Law
son, Manager of Residence Halls.
There will be plenty of eating, re-
freshment and comfort faiilities,
and special movies for children
will be shown daily in buildings
in the exhibit area.
There will be go acres of Out
door Exhibits and four large in
door exhibits, also the climax of
each days performances, the "Pa-
geant of Farm Mechanization, a
colorful one and one-half hour
show, unfolding the story of farm
ing from the earliest times thru
farm mechanization of today.
Among the machinery displayed
and demonstrated will be many
new types of tractors, combines,
sprayers. You will see, introduced
for the first time, farm machines
that will be used in the years
ahead. There will be designs for
cheaper and more efficient farm
buildings, new type dairy barns
and silos, and a host of ideas for
improvement of your farm shop.
There will be new, electrically op-
Grated appliances labor-saving de-
vices, as we'll as a sprinkler irri-
CATION and drainage equipment of
the most modern designs.
can't begin to tell you about
all the other huge educational and
industrial exhibits telling the story
of research in agricultural engin-
eering, or about the historical ex-
hibits. There will be many tools,
machines, ard equipment that will
take you back to pioneer days.
You will see the tremendous ad-
vancement made through the years
from the crooked-stick plow and
the oxen to the powerful machines
of today.
There's to be big household
exhibit too, and anyone who's
thinking of building or remodel
ing should see this model of per-
feet kitchen, with everything in
just the right place to make your
work easier.
Today's BIZ Of Nonsense
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