Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 218, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1913 — Gang Plow Exhibition at State Fair Was Good Feature. [ARTICLE]

Gang Plow Exhibition at State Fair Was Good Feature.

That the exhibit made by Purdue university at the state fair is one of the features of the exposition and is appreciated, is shown by the following mention made by the Indianapolis Star: ‘The Purdue exhibition at the state fair is doing much toward opening the eyes of the farmer to the possibilities of scientific methods in agriculture. The average farmer, it appears from occurrences oh the ground, comes to the fair with the ‘it won’t work’ attitude toward most of the things tha are new to him. The Purdiie exhibit is showing the newest methods in fruit raising, poultry culture, agriculture and dairying, with a side exhibit to show the results of the process when put into operation. “During the demonstration of gang plows a farmer, after watching one of the big kerosene tractors break up six furrows of ground and pulverize the earth with disc harrow all in one operation, observed: ‘Yes, but it won’t work’. The "ground upon which the plows ycre being demonstrated was hard and dry as a bone and, after some argument, the farmer was forced to admit that he could not have done better with the old methods. ‘Those in charge of the Purdue extension work are giving convincing proof daily in the best methods of handling fruit, dairy products, and the ordinary farm staples under weather conditions ni Indiana, der weather conditions in Indiana, dairy house is shown with all modern appliances for handling milk in a sanitary and economical manner. The building has been thronged daily.”