The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-18
TEXAS At ST. LOUIS.
GREAT HssounoEs EXHIBITED.
Hes Iarniis yarieiie. ~ reresls, Fraiis
Minerals. Woods. aud Their Mana
fs~tur.d ~rroduots-A Great
DISPLAY Effectively set,

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%consin. Minnesota, Ohio, Indiana ant
other States, now visiting III. ~. Loni'
Exposition, with the wonderful re
sources Of Texas and the great south
west, and thereby promote Immigration
On exhibition of products from thi'
region was deemed advisable by, the
management Of the Southwestern Hail
way system. Though the season Wa
not propitious, . long drouth having
seriously interfered With the colle-'tion
Of choice specimeus, Q very hne display
was nevertheless made, attracting CON
siderable attention from those desiring
~ select now homes. An examination
Of tho display shows that II IA very com
plete, and II IA found that every branch
represented, OF agricultural specimens
thors are displayed, neatly Labelled, and
packed in Hlas. Jars offs gallon capacity
tho ~following-nsmod varieties OF wheat
Red Mediterranean wheat, from Parker,
Taylor, Callahan, Kaufman ana Mar
Tin countless; North Carolina smbe
wheat, from Callahan county; tullZ Ahd
Grass wheat, from Parker county; H.
iinois Sw amp wheat, Ambrr wheat, Mica
rsgua and Gooraia rod wheat, from Mar
tin county; Nicaragua wh-st,fr"m Tay-
Tor county; white Mediterranean, Gcor
gia red wheat, white May wheat. from
Callahan county; FL Paso wheat, from
III Psso county. Varieties OF wheat from
Kaufman, Grayson, E~sslland, Dallas,
Callahan, Taylor, Nolan and Martin
counties wcrc also shown In the .hcsf.
or harley there were only two exhibits,
one from Marionncld, in Martin county.
and the other from III PasO connt, .
Exhibits of rye came from callahan
ana Martin counties. or oats there
were several exhibits, white Russian
oats, from Martin county; California
white oats, Texas black oats, from Tay-
Tor county. Several bundles from
Parker county csmo from a yield Of ITO
bushels per aero. A very fine sample nf
white Russian onts, from GermsniH,
Tom Green county rs Also exhibited.
Displays of millet were made by the
counties of Parker, Grayson, Jones, Tsy-
lor and Callahan. Parker and Taylor
counties MISC have displays OF Johnson
grass, some samples having attained
q height of twelve feet, yielding three 10
five tons per acre. Samples OF sorghum
csno OF the different varieties were eS-
hibited from Martin, Taylor, Dallas n
Parker counties, Dpura and broom corn
came from Red River, Harrison, Dallas,
Callahan, Taylor and Martin counties.
Samples of syrups wore exhibited by
Parker and Martin counties. Exhibits
OF corn were made by the counties Of
Taylor, Parker, Callahan, Kaufman,
Harrison, Tom Green, Grayson, Van
Zsndt, Crosby, Dallas and Martin. Corn
exhibited from Harrison county and
grown by Col. j. =. Afford, yielded rs
bushels Der acre. Another sample
grown by Ferdinand Haas in Martin
| county, 4SS miles further west, gave a
| weld Of 40 bushels from sod land. The
The exhibits Of corn from Callahan and
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hibits of flour were made by. the mills
in Kaufman, Ea>tland, Callahan and
Taylor counties. The display Of fruit.
| cannot be cxcelled and consists OF the
following named varieties, all grown in
Texas: Npples-Red Astrachan, Red
June, Lady Apple, Belllower, Nashville
Mammoth, Smokehouse Pippin, Sibe-
ran crab, Tr'n E..1m.m 1 V:n
Zsndt and Dallas counties. or pears
the following: Sockol Beure castor,
Howell. Duchess and others, from FL
Paso, Van Zsndt, Kaufman, Graz
SON, Travis, Robertson AND DAT
las counties. OF peaches, Ha'e'a
EARLY, Indian, Chinese Clins,
Hcsih's Cling, etc., etc., HARRISON, Ma
rion, Dallas, Grsyson and Parker. Apr,
cots and ncctarInes from Grays"n and
Dallas counties. OF grapes, Mustang,
Scuppernony, Muscsdinc, Delaware,
Concord, Isabella, FL Paso, Pockling.
ton, Norton's Virginia Seeding. etc,
ETC., from Harrison. Robertson, Dallas,
Grayson. Parker and Callahan counties.
Plums, Wild Goose, Green Gage, Jnju,
Damson, Lombard and Chickasaw. from
Grayson, Dallas and Marion counties
Ounces from Dallas county. Pom
granstes from BrazOria and Harrison
counties. Japanese persimmons from
Marion county,. Irish potatoes from
Parker, Taylor, Coleman, Dallas. Gray
son and Martin counties. Onions from
El Paso, Taylor, Parker and Grayson
counties. Peppers and Chill from Gray
son., Taylor and FL Paso counties, To
matoes, Grayson county. A special col
lection of evaporated fruits and vegets-
blos, manufactured by Il. Perry y Son,
Denison, Texas, is also on exhibition.
The Texas wines are represented in
exhibits of Agawsne, Mustang, Dele
ware, Concord, Blackberry. Norton's
Virginia Seeding, from Il. Perry d Son,
Denison, Texas. Mustang, Concord.
Virginia Seeding, Port, from Mckin-
new Il Nelson, Weatherford, and El Pnso
wines from IL. Ducheue; Pasc del NOrtc,
cider. wine vinegar, apple vinegar, Mex
lean Teguila, Pachuga hlmandrado, etc,
we're Harrison, Grayson, Parker and ~
Paso counties. Tho exhibits OF textile
fabrics consists of blankets, hanneis
and a full line OF the products OF the
New Braanfels mills, cotton yarns from
the Terrell mills, cItra-tgne 1eeces from
Taylor county, mohsir from Parker ana
Red River counties, cotton from HHrrl-
son and Dallas counties.
The building material of Texas IS
shown in n collection of wood speci-
mems from Travis and Harrison conn
ties, marble from Travis and Burnett,
sandstone from Parker, Eastland, Cal-
- 1.r, not ftnnu IlQllnA-
Parker, Eastland, Taylor Howard, Cal
luhan, Red River counties, bricks ron
Dallas, Van Zandt, Kaufman. Red River
and Martin counties, aboho bricks
from Martin and FL Paso counties.
Among the miscellaneous exhibits
were bundles of paInpas n other
grasses, hay, from Marion county west
rom Dallas, Parker and Callahan,
brooms from Dallas and Taylor, meal
from Kaufman, Van Zandt, Grayson,
Packer and Taylor, i~rijoles, prolific,
lima, Mexican, navy and other beans
and pess from various countess, lima,
cement, plaster of paris, fine clsy, grind
stones, from Dallas, Parker. Nolan
and Taylor, pottery from Bowie, coai
from Eastland, Gordon coal mines and
from Laredo, salt from the famous salt
mines at New Iberia, Louisiana, ana the
wonderful lakes at Morita in toward
county and Eel Psso, bat gnano from
caves IN Williamson county, angora
skins, buffalo, hides, etc.,. from Parker
and Martin counties. and honey from
Callahan county, flax from Con'al: to-
bacco from Dallas, castor beans from
Parker, sugars from Louisiana and
from The plantations in Brazoria and
Fort Bend and Matagorda counties, and
several Thousand othor articles, among
hem samples of soils from most coun-
ties in North Texas, go to make up the
disc lay. .4
d ailv visited by thousands. Texans
visiting the st. Louis Exposition ex'
nraaa t~hamselyeS SURPRISED at The