New York State fair and agricultural and industrial expositionSyracuse, September 9 to 14, 1912. . ^^fg ENCOURAGING YOUNG FARMERS j^^Hg THE Department of Agriculture, with healthy young material gathered from the agricultural counties of theState, is trying along new lines to increase the number of farmers. Also in this way it seeks to improvefarming conditions generally; to give the soil the benefit of the most approved methods of Farm {T}oys Listening to Lecture ENCOURAGING YOUNG FARMERS Continued Considering the State Fair as a great educational institution for the development
New York State fair and agricultural and industrial expositionSyracuse, September 9 to 14, 1912. . ^^fg ENCOURAGING YOUNG FARMERS j^^Hg THE Department of Agriculture, with healthy young material gathered from the agricultural counties of theState, is trying along new lines to increase the number of farmers. Also in this way it seeks to improvefarming conditions generally; to give the soil the benefit of the most approved methods of Farm {T}oys Listening to Lecture ENCOURAGING YOUNG FARMERS Continued Considering the State Fair as a great educational institution for the development of agriculture, no featurein 1911 stood out more prominently than the One Hundred Farm Boys Company. There were in fact 128young men — guests of the State Fair Commission—eager to gather all of the knowledge the Fair offers throughexhibits, demonstrations and lectures. The farm boys, ranging in age from 15 to 19 years, listened to instructive talks, one by Governor Dix andby many leading agricultural experts, and engaged in interesting discussions touching all branches of the farmingbusiness. Individually the boys visited the exhibits in the different departments of the Fair and did a lot ofquiet study on their own account. That the decision of the Commissioner of Agriculture for free scholarships for farm boys at the Fair willprove of inestimable value in the departments work, there is no doubt in the minds of authorities who kept
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