.XVI
INDIANAPOLIS, SEPT. 16, 1011.
NO. 37
THE STATE  FAIR
TUK GREATEST   YET IN ALali    .
PAST YEARS
Over 146,000 Attending,  Exceeding Last
Year Which Was the Largest.
The Indiana State Fair held last
week was the greatest in all respects
of any yet held.     In extent and quality
large photos showing the good aud bad
_,ints of poultry. A model of the
Uken house which Purdue considers
besV was on exhibition. It was the
eurtaV front style and very plain. Grit
hopperV self feeders, drinking vessels
and propSf rations for old and young
chicks could be seen. An interesting
attraction was the egg tester, by the
side Qt which were trays of the different market grades of eggs.       A visitor
shown), fillers used in prepared stock
foods, mixed fertilizers and the raw
materials used in making the commercial fertilizers. Two jars of cotton seed
meal showed the necessity of buying
this feed by the protein it contains and
not simply as "cotton seed meal." One
of the samples contained 24.8 per cent
protein, the other 4 8 per cent yet they
both looked alike and were called cotton seed meal.
helps they showed was a loose leaf
card Index for recipes, a home emergency outfit, exhibit of handy things
for kitchen use and library of agricultural books.
Horticultural Exhibit.
The   fruit   exhibits   included   2,000   to
2,500 plates of choice fruit from  1
part  of the  state.       The  total   amount
of fruit was fully three times as large
View in the Machinery Department on  the State Fair Grounds Last Week;  The Coliseum in the Distance.
of the exhibits, attractions and attendance, it was a record fair. Tuesday's
rain probably reduced the attendance a
few thousand, but otherwise the weather was excellent. The following shows
•he comparative attendance at the
State Pairs during the past three years,
including this year, and giving the
greatest years in the history of the
State Board of Agriculture.
Attendance Past Three Y'ears.
1909
1910
1911
-Maaiiday   . ..
. .   15,000
2,987
12,473
Tuesday
12,750
13,700
^\ ednesday   .
. .   27,380
36,979
45,000
Thursday    . .
. .   52,000
60,000
57,000
''"day   ....
..   16,900
18,000
18,000
T"tals   ....    121,445   130,716   146,170
* >' give in the following columns of
thls a'"' JI H nt    [I Ij'.U'J   uijiiiu   u'tfUini   I   of
tne gre,*rexhil,its,     anal   the    preVum
'■■■•..yttk.
Purdues line Exhibit
Purdue's exhibit is growing better
and more practical every year. A notable fact this year was the number
of attendants who were always ready
o answer questions or hand out any of
e lar&e supply of station bulletins to
Msitors.
Poultry Division.
n ^he  poultry  division     there  were
could compare good and bad eggs in
the tester himself. These testers are
easily made and plans for making them
will be sent upon request from Purdue.
Purdue Horticultural Exhibit
One of the attractions of the horticulture division was two groups of apples. One pile was from a sprayed orchard which yielded 97.7 per cent
sound fruit. The other was from an
unsprayed orchard which yielded only
.4 per cent sound. There were specimens of the best varieties of apples for
Indiana growing, packed in boxes like
western grown fruit. Outfits for caring for an orchard were shown, also
many large photos showing proper
pruning and  grafting.
Dairy  Division.
In the dairy division demonstration
lectures were given. Thirty gallons
of milk were received each morning.
.This was run through a separator, test-
„otten ready for churning by a commercial starter, made into butter and
the butter properly packed before the
audience. Outfits for dairymen and
photos could be seen.
Pure Foods and Fertilizers.
As a part of the Purdue exhibit the
State chemist had a large exhibit
which consisted of jars containing food
..tuffs,  (the composition of each being
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary.
The animal husbandry division carried on an interesting judging contest
for boys. The boys judged horses,
cows, swine, sheep, corn and wheat.
The winner, P. R. Bausman of Dayton,
scored 589 per cent out of a possible
800 and received as the prize a scholarship to Purdue valued at $100. Other
prizes valued at $75, $50 and $25 were
given also. 'The veterinary department showed samples of flesh and bone
of animals that had had tuberculosis
and cholera.
Botany  Division.
Botany division showed the treatment of smut and other fungus diseases. Mounted specimens of about
sixty kinds of common weeds showing
roots, stems, leaves, flowers and seed
were  shown.
Soil and Crops
The soils and crops division exhibited samples of the best varieties of corn
wheat and oats f_r this state. Samples of different soils "from gravel to
muck and clay could be seen true to
name. A miniature field of growing
crops showed a good rotation. It was
corn, oats, wheat and clover.
The household economics division illustrated the compositions of foods on
eharts.     Some of the handy household
M that of last year. Aside from the
plate entries six counties and flve individuals showed large exhibits of all
varieties of fruit, carefully arranged ln
artistic fashion. The amount of fruit
was so large that it could not be completely arranged for the judges until
Wednesday morning. The competition
was close.
Plants and Flowers.
The plant and flower department filled the center tables of both the north
and south wings of the horticultural
building. Rubber plants and every
variety of potted palms towered high in
the center of the tables and the edges
were covered with the more delicate
and trailing f.rns. Bulbs, plants were
especially prominent and much space
was devoted to bright blooming gladiolus. Roepke-Rieman Co., of this
city, were large exhibitors in these
flowers.
The Bridgeport Show.
In this department the Bridgeport
Nurseries had an unusual exhibit of
rare varieties of evergreen trees. They
also showed samples of fruit trees
packed ready for shipment, which emphasized strongly the desirable points
to be considered In selecting nursery
stock. One of their features was an
exhibit of two young apple trees both
one year old, one had been grafted, the