Extension Service at
State Fair. . . Davidson Lady Demonstrator Goes to Fair in Airplane
Raleigh, Oct. 22—By far the largest individual organization
taking part in the State Fair at Raleigh this week is the Agricultural
Extension Service of the State College and Department of Agriculture. In the
Horticultural building is the general exhibit of the State Department of
Agriculture under the Direction of Curator Brilley of the State Museum. This
exhibit shows North Carolina’s growth in crop production and her position now
among the States of the Union. A model farm, the family cow, insects of importance,
and diseases of plants are some of the things stressed.
Here also is the first attempt on the part of the State to
advertise its newspapers. “The Newspaper is the Beacon Light of Community
Progress” says a big sign just back of a model of the Cape Hatteras Light
House. Placards and charts go to show the importance of the press in developing
the agriculture of the State and in building up the community. Ribbons as rays
of light lead to each placard.
The pig club, the corn club, the State veterinary division
of home demonstration work are all well represented. At the head of each
agricultural department is an extension worker. Most of the judges will be men
who have been secured form outside the State by these workers. Miss Aubrey Chin
of the Department of Agriculture at Washington will judge the woman’s exhibits.
This department, under Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon’s direction, is probably the
largest yet shown at any fair.
One of the home demonstration agents, Miss Eunice Penny of
Lexington, Davidson county, came to the fair in an airplane with the pilot who
is to furnish the thrills for the crowd this week. Miss Penny found that she
could have so much time and could make the trip in such comparative safety that
she is advising all the agents to purchase a plane for their work of covering
the counties during the canning season.
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