Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-09
RAILROAD HALL.

At the right of the avenue upon the state
fair grounds, and little west of Floral
hall, stands the old building built fifteen
yesrs ago for Floral hall, but which has
been used again this year for the third
time for the railroad exhibits.
This display was this year made entire
ly by the land department of the
Winona & st. Peter railroad under the di-
rect supervision of Mr.. @. II. Whitney, of
Marshall, and deserves (thanks to the in
defatigueable efforts of that gentleman) an
elaborate notice.
This great system of railroad, spanning
an entire state as it does from Winona on
the east to Watertown on the
west with its Plainview branch, its Chat
field branch. its Zumbrota branch, its Red
wood Falls branch. and its Tracy branch
from that point to Lake Benton, thrusting
out into the country has opened up to the
civilization of the world belt of land at
least forty miles in width, directly tribu-
tary to it of the richest, most varied and
delightful country in the temperate zone.
Fertile valleys and sheltered sunny slopes,
more choice heavy timbered Lands than
are traversed by any road in Minnesota,
high rolling praire land all parts of it di-
vided by numberless streams, inter
spersed by its hundreds of clear, limpid
lakes and its crystal bubbling springs,
makes this most delightful
region one of Gods choi-
cest gifts to man, ife-giving, wealth
producing country, capable of maintain
ing the dense population OF the most
thickly peopled districts of this or any
other nation in comfort and affiuence.
Such is, in brief, the geography, topo-
graphy and general characteristics of that
part of our beautiful Minnesota represent
ed by the exhibit i'll railroad hall. That il
is a region most admirably adapted to q
system of mixed farming and stock rails
ing glance at the exhibit must convince
the most skeptical.
In every department of agriculture and
from each branch of the wide range o.
products modern farming has brough
forth. are to be seen in this building th,
richest, most perfect specimens.
SYNOPSIS.
A brief synopsis of what the building
contained is here annexed. Grains of al
kinds. on stalk and threshed. Grasses
native and tame, and grass seeds. Corn OF
stalk and husked. Vegetables of all kind
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crops. Fruits, native woods, and dalr
products
THE BUILDING,
which is in the form of a cross, fifty fee
in extent each way, gabled roof and SUI
mounted with a rustic cupoia constructe
of grain and corn in stalk, contains 1.S0
feet of flooring. and $500 of wall space
each separate inch of -whichehas been uti
lied by Mr.. Whitney, and with the roc
matched with grain and grasses, and th
immense collection of samples neatl
and :, tastefully displayed
presented an entertaining and to many a
Instructive spectacle.
GENUINE SAMPLES.
Each and every one of the 1000 an
over samples of the products of the cour
try along the line of the Winona & st. p
ter railroad, already described, have bee
produced this season, in the open air, an
without any forcisg process whatever. I
convey these exhibits to this. their fourt
annual exhibit, required four freight car
SPECIAL SAMPLES.
In this order it will be matter of inte
est TO note that there were shown of sprir
wheat seven varieties. which have yieldt
4rom tive two to forty-fve bushels p'