Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-11-01
EXPOSITION CIRCULAR.
RooNs OF TIE PARISH COMMISSIONER !
Of II.E PARISH u MADISON.
TALLULAU, Sept, Is, 1854.

TALLULAU, Sept, %, 1854.
The following information pub
lished for the benefit Of all parties
interested.
Small grains should be exhibited, !
threshed, and in the sheaf, corn !
shelled, in the ear, and III the |
shuck. Grasses wild and tame, IN
bales and shcayes. Pull the grass
up by the roots.
Forestry, farm and garden seeds,
in glass show bottles. l.
Collective exhibits, showing all
the preparation and products OF
each agricultural plant. For ex-
ample, from the cotton plant, the
fibre, the oil, cake, meal, hull-ashes
from the sud, the stalk and fibre
from it. Rice, wheat, oats, rye,
barley &c, sugar-cane, sorgum and
other products.
Cold storage will be used for, but
ter, milk and creamery products.
The minor industries, like silk
culture, bee farming &c, should
be represented by collective ex-
hibits.
Fruit products, jellie8, wines,
brandies and vinegar should not be
ommittcd.
Specimens Of small fruits, and Of
all fruits OF the prunuS and piru8
species, and Of garden vegetables,
can be well preserved in alcohol Of
proper strength, in clear glass
show bottles. Quart sizes are the
best for the small fruits, half gal
/ lon for the larger fruits.
| Collections of fruit, flowers and
! leaves in wax should supplement
| the fresh fruits, where they fail.
FORESTRY COLLECTION.
Persons are requested to use the
numbering and nomenclature of
| Prof. Sargcnt's catalogue of the
Forest Trees Of America published
as g portion Of the report of the
10th census in naming and array
ing their specimens Of woods and
timberS. His new scientific nomen-
clature had best be used for uni
formity, and their names with the
common and local names, and the
locality should be put on the labels.
The following collections are sug-
gested to illustrate the woods and
and timbers.
Logs cut from the trunk of the
tree one foot above the ground, and
four feet long. At the upper end
they are sawn longitudially
through the heart - inches, and
blocks thus formed, removed upon
one side by a cut slightly beyelod
The sawn surfaces arc plancd anC
sand papcred. Give in your cata'
logues the diameter Of these block:
at the upper end, that is five fee
from the ground; Of trees too large
ito be thus handled, cut q disc ONT
and half foot thick, FIVE feet from
the ground. PIanks two inches
/ thick and two feet long, cut tron
bark to bark through the heart, o
! in case of very large trees from
l heart to bark, should be we'll seas
/ oned, dressed sand papered, an,
f polished, by rubbing with q solu
ton Of white shellac and alchoho
, until a glossy but colorless surfac
is obtained.
Knots and burls for yeneers or
namental woods, turned or curve,
e specimens, vanished specimens t
show their appearance i'll furniture
will form another class.
Spoke, handle, rim, bucket an
e barrel timber, hoops, and ever
= kind of half manufactured WOO
S form another class.
/, Forest products, barks, medicir
al, and for tanning, wild fruit;
rosin, and gums, medicinal hcrt
S and roots, from another class.
e All mineral waters, or soils FOL
warded, whether to form part
the State or Parish exhibit will |
: analysed free of charge, and shout
a be shipped to w. j. Hodgsol
Alternate Commissioner, New o
:. leans, La.
n Expenses attending shipment ar
displaying exhibits will be paid b
the State Commissioner.
d When Exhibits are contribute
J. to form permanent part Of the Sta
,e Exhibit the State Commission
will, on application, furnish gla
jars or other packages.
7r The State Commissioner is pr
+, pared to receive articles for paris
Of or State Exhibit, and they can
"a shipped at any time, not later tn;
the first of November.
III Freight on all articles of pari
Exhibit to form part of State L
Mt hibits to form a part of State L
in hibit viii be paid by the Sta
:. Commissioner.
" Contributions of marine al
fresh water shells found in LOU
lana, will be thankfully receive
and due acknowledgement made
the donation in printed catalogJ
Lo Parties having collections alrea,
~ prepared and not wishing to dons
us them, will state condition they q
of in, and price they would take