Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-12-30
A GREAT SHOW.
THE AGRICULTURdL ENHiBTTON AT
NEW oRLEINs' U0RLD ram.
Texas Has 800 Varieties of Grass riorida's
5000 species Of wood--rhc Generous IRE
.miums for Agricultural aud Horticni-
turai Exhibits-Our National
staples In the show.

From the y. TIibune'- New orleans corres'
pondrncc,
In one feature this exposition will eclipse
al of its predecessors, ana that ~ IN lis de-
partmcnt of agriculture. which includes live
stock, agricultural products, implements and
machinery, dairy products and horticultural
exhibits Tho management has wisely made
this the great feature of tho iair Included IN
each state exhibit with tho exception OF New
York and one or two other states, there Is n
pretty fil display of tho various products of
the farm. Agricultural implements and ma
chinery aro well represented by manufac-
turing firms while the government dis
play from the bureau of agriculture includes
about everything used In and about a farm
excepting heavy machinery and live stock,
with more science and theories scientifically
displayed than tho average farmer can di-
gest in n life time. chemist exhibits the
products of sorghum, a botanist the wonders
of the native grasses, n microscopic shows
the plants Of tho fungi family. both edible
and poisonous an entomologist displays
specimens of insects, aud statictcan has
1 everything pictured out on charts, giving the
area Of crops, consumption compared with
production, etc. Included in the government
exhibits are many other things necessary 10
make scientific farmer according To- the
standard of tho agricultural bureau. These
state, government and individual displays
are now 10 be seen in the government main
buildings.
To give an idea of their character II may be
stated that Texas shows 300 varieties of
grasses and such things as 10 pound chbbagcs
aud 6S pound watermelons; Wisconsin as
tonishes New Englandcrs by exhibiting 20
varieties Vi beans, and such small things as
~ pound bcots California shows 100 Narie-
ties of European wheat spells, barley, oats
and rye successfully cultivated in that state,
with such trncs as 222 pound pumpkin and
section of "A tree II feet in diameter, and %
samples of almonds; Michigan shows 600
varieties of potatoes; North Carolina displays
many kinds of tobacco, and Florida 1000 va
rietics of wood worked into single table.
These merely illustrate what tho states show
The live stock display Is a thing of the
future, as the barns are not yet completed
There are stalls for l,OOo horses and 500
head Of cattle-siX distinct buildings for
horses aud two for cattle. There is a regula-
ton half mile track adjoining the 1.-Two stock
structures over $4,000 has boon appropri-
ated by the management for premiums, etc,
to encourage the 1.-Two stock display. Differ
ent dates have been fixed FOR the display of
each variety of stock. This feature ought to
be great success ~ IL is projected on a scale
beyond anything OF tho kind before at
tempted. The difficulty is found in the great
distance which breeders viii have to bring
their stock. But the South lays claim To
some fine stock farms. and this viii be its
opportunity TO make display.
The horticultural building il also included
under the head Of agriculture, There is
very good building, but rs vet the display is
not complete, There is room for improve
ment in this building. Cash premiums To
the amount Of So, 600 are offered in the horti-
cultural exhibit For the agricultural cN-
hibit including premiums and sluOQoo for
cost Of the horticultural hail, rs stated by the
management, 500, ,UoO have been expended.
Tint is generous sum, aud should aud no
doubt will obtain the finest display of the
kind in the history of the world, ts no other
country can produce anything of the same
extensive character From all present indi-
cations this is To bo the chief feature of this
exposition, in that respect differing from the
Centennial exposition.