Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1916 — PURDUE'S DISPLAYS IN THREE BUILDINGS [ARTICLE]

PURDUE'S DISPLAYS IN THREE BUILDINGS

University Will Outdo Former Educational Work at Fair. Purdue university will at the coming state fair outdo any of its for mer educational efforts at the exposition, where for many years it has been a force among farm men and women in helping them make “short cuts’’ to greater results in their home work. Heretofore the twenty-five or more farm experts and the big exhibits from Purdue university have been in one building at the fair. At the coming fair this same building will again be occupied, and in addition the big Studebaker and Oliver pavilions, two of the largest on the ground, will be necessary to house the educational work from Purdue. The main Purdue building will be given over entirely to the university’s poultry exhibit. 'Hie Studebaker pavilion will be occupied by the exhibits of the county farm agents in which they will show the many lines of educational work they are doing in the rural districts. One of the greatest«.educational features of the fair will be shown by the Purdue experts in the Oliver pavilion. It will include the immense Indiana agricultural exhibit which was displayed at the Panama-Pacific ‘exposition last year, where it won world-wide attention. It will include the greatest collection of corn ever assembled, which won gold medals 'over all of the world’s best _corn shown at Ban Francisco. Indiana’s importance as a poultry and fruit state, and other lines of interest to the farmer will be included. In the Oliver pavilion, too, will be *the Purdue home economics exhibit, and the displays will be much larger than has been seen at former fairs. Home furnishings, foods, cooking, home conveniences, labor saving devices and child welfare be featured in this department. The Purdue experts will also have charge of the ‘annual boys’ judging contest in which free scholarships will be held at the fair on Tuesday, Sept, 5.