Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-09-14
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.

EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
CONDUCTED BY J. +. LANGENBAUGH.
CENTENNIAL TRIP, CONTINUED.
The Agricultural Building is s26
feet long and $40 feet wide, with an
nexes for displays OF pomological
products, vegetables, cereals, bees,
honey. and farm wagons. The arti-
cles exhibited in this building and an
nexes are also numbered and classified
and constitute Department 6, devoted
to Agriculture classified as agri-
culture and forest products. pomolo-
gy fruits from all parts OF the world.
agricultural products, land animals.
marine animals, fish culture
and apparatus. animal and veg
etable products-used as food or
as materials, textile substances OF
vegetable or animal origin, machines,
implemements, and processes of man.
ufacture, agricultural engineering and
administration, tillage and general
management All the articles on ex-
hibition in this department are ar
ranged by countries. A very interest
ing comparison of the different styles
OF agricultural implements can be
made, as twenty-five foreign coun-
tries and all Of the States have q full
assortment on exhibition. Among
the most extensive and interesting
exhibits are the agricultural ma
chimes in active operation, compris-
ing everything used on the farm or
plantation, I'm tillage, harvesting or
preparation for market; manufac-
tured food Of all kinds, and ali varities
of fish. with the improved appliances
for fish culture.
twenty-five acres Of ground, lying
between Belmont Avenue and Forty
first Street 400 yards distant from
the principal entrance to the main
Exhibition Grounds, are arranged for
the exhibition of livestock, filed up
with stalls for 1,700 cattle, ane with
structures for storing feed Of all kind.
A ring for the exercise OF stock and
stock-stalls is here furnished free OF
rent and entry fee, for each family of
OF stock for examination, lands for
the trial OF moving and hay-making
machines at Eddington Station, and
for harvesting machines at Scheck's
Station, on the line Of the Pennsyl-
vania r R., between Philadelphia
and New York, a distance OF thirty
minutes run from the Exhibition
Grounds, where the several imple-
ments were. and win be tested at both
these places; admission to them is
free. Everything in this department
is ample and complete.
Horticultural Hall, a handsome
building 373 feet long and 1913 feet
wide, constructed OF stone, brick,
glass and iron, occupies the center
OF the forty acres Of ground allotted
for the display OF horticulture. The
center OF Horticultural Hall is adorn-
ed by an ornate marble fountain, and
eight ornamental fountains adorn its
angles. Ornamental stairways lead
up to the galleries, from which a fine
view OF the interior Of the building
can be obtained
The articles exhibited in Horticul-
tural Hall and annex are also num-
bered and classified as ornamental
trees. shrubs, and flowers, hot-houses.
conservatories, graperies, and their
management, garden tools. accessor-
les Of gardening, etc. garden design
ing, construction and management
The exhibit In the outdoor depart
ment comprises the representative
trees OF this country, forest and orn-
amental trees, plants OF commerce.
and new plants Of recent introduction
from japan, China, and other parts
Of the world. The space for ornamen-
tai gardening including handsome
parterre, or sunken garden, is laid on
and planted TO illustrate the different
methods OF ornamental flower gard
ening, and Is truly and superbly beau
t'fuL The walks surrounding the
allotment for the out door exhibition
OF horticulture aggregate a distance
OF over three miles In length.
Among the list OF important annex
es we will note the following viz:
United States Exhibition Building.
This Is the most important building
within the enclosure, next TO the
principal Exhibition building. Itcov-
ers about two acres, and contains one
Of the most interesting collections on
the ground, illustrating the func-
tions and administrative faculties OF
the Government in time Of peace,
and its resources as a war power. A
post Office is located here, supplied
with every facility for the reception
and delivery of mails.
A modelArmy Hospital, and Lab
oratory are exhibited here. A number
Of States have erected separate build
ings within the grounds for the ac-
commodation OF theirrespective citi-
zens. Arkansas. California, Connect
icut Delaware, Illinois, Indiana,
(Kansas and Colorado together) Mary
land, Massachusetts,. Michigan, Mis-
sissippi, Missouri, Nevada, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West
Virginia, and Wisconsin. Registers
are kept in these buildings for record
ing visitors names; In each OF these
buildings you will find on file all the
newspapers published in such State.
The following nations have erected
separate buildings as exhibits, and
for the accommodation OF their respec-
tive Commissioners and citizens. Bra
I'll. Canad a, France, Germany, Great
Britain, Japan, Portugal, Spain,
Sweden, Tunis and Turkey.