Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1914 — INDIANA GOVERNMENT DISPLAYS AT THE FAIR [ARTICLE]

INDIANA GOVERNMENT DISPLAYS AT THE FAIR

Commonwealth Will Show Educational Work at State Fair. The extensive and effective educational work that is being done by various departments of the Indiana state government for the benefit of the Hoosier people will be shown by elaborate exhibits at the Indiana State Fair the week of Sept 7. These departments are going far in their work of enlightening both farm and city people to the end of better and more economical living conditions. Sony? of these exhibits have been seen at the fair for years, showing improvement at ever} - fair, and visitors have found the displays to be sources of information of direct help to them. The newest of these exhibits will be made by the state fire marshal, the purpose of which will be to enlighten the public on how to prevent losses by fire. The exhibit will be along the lines of one given by the National Association of Manufacturers in New York last May, and many manufacturers of fireproof material will contribute to the exhibit at the State Fair. Numerous pictures of large fires and of fire hazzards over the country will be shown. The fire marshal s department will display charts showing both national and Indiana fire losses, causes and suggestions of prevention. Pictures will also be shown of buildings that the fire marshal has condemned, rubbish conditions as they prevail in many places, and which always threaten fire loss. Model and bad flue construction will be another subject in which all builders will be interested. In the manufactured displays will be fire extinguishers, fire alarm system, fireproof doors and window shutters, exits and asbestos ware of many kinds. One manufacturer will show a model fireproof home with siding, shingles and other unburnable material. The Indiana State Board of Forestry will have an enlarged exhibit at the fair which will interest all city and country home lovers who would grow and protect trees. The exhibit will also show how to treat woods to prevent decay, and in its display of woods the State Board will show how these Hoosier-grown materials of less expensive kinds may be substituted for the more expensive and less prevalent species. The State Food Commissioner will again have a large exhibit showing honest and dishonest weights and measures, displays of impure drugs and adulterated foods, all of which have been gathered by the inspectors from the open markets of Indiana cities and towns, and through the exhibits the public may learn how to protect themselves from the practices of fraudulent manufacturers and dishonest dealers. - The State Entomoligist has for years been doing effective educational work among Indiana people by displays at the fair, especially in bow to combat the parasites and diseases which attack orchards and gardens. Specimens of insect enemies, examples of diseases, methods of spraying and when and how to use spraying materials, make this exhibit of immeasurable value both to farm people and to city nature lovers. A special feature will be insects and plant diseases that are prevalent in Indiana this year. The boys’ judging contest, conducted by Purdue University experts, will be one of the best educational features for the youth from Hoosier farms. The State Board of Agriculture also offers S2OO in the Purdue corn growing contest, to be awarded at the corn show at Purdue next January.