General impressions of the country merchant . ng and Agricultural Instituteis held, and it is becoming a big event in Binghamtons trade, for many merchants are bene-fited by this influx of farm trade. For weeks in advance the opening is advertised in the local newspapers, and thoseof nearby towns. A large mailing list is circularized. An attractive program is sent out announcing music, refreshments and prizes. The three-story building is fitted up especially forthe opening. Well-known speakers on agriculturalsubjects lecture in a room on the second floor. In an-other room a domestic science la
General impressions of the country merchant . ng and Agricultural Instituteis held, and it is becoming a big event in Binghamtons trade, for many merchants are bene-fited by this influx of farm trade. For weeks in advance the opening is advertised in the local newspapers, and thoseof nearby towns. A large mailing list is circularized. An attractive program is sent out announcing music, refreshments and prizes. The three-story building is fitted up especially forthe opening. Well-known speakers on agriculturalsubjects lecture in a room on the second floor. In an-other room a domestic science laboratory is equippedwith the latest models of ranges, washing machines andvacuum cleaners, and women who are well qualifiedin this work lecture and demonstrate. On the main floor special exhibits of separators,harvesting machines, gas engines, etc., are 30 traveling salesmen from the different com-panies attend the opening each year and demonstrateto the prospective buyers. Out in the street a tractorgoes through its paces. 20.
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