A 20-pound watermelon adorns a long table in the New York State section of the Agriculture building. It is the pride of Supt. Durkee's eye. Today it was adorned with a card bearing the following sign:

"This melon will be cut and sampled by the members of the Agricultural Exhibitors Club tomorrow at 1 o'clock. This is official. Nit."

The melon has been on exhibition without ice for the past three weeks and Supt. Durkee says that though he did not authorize the announcement, he will sanction the cutting of the melon if the carver will take it out behind the Stadium and guarantee to eat it. mr. Durkee says that melons, unlike wine, do not improve with age.

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