St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-09

made into beef, and it was this happy COM
bination which proved the salvation of many
a mortgage-ridden farmer. We believe IN
the highest excellence, but as we know that
children must crawl before they can walk,
we also know that many farmers must de-
pend upon the general purpose cow before
they can own thOr0ughbredS for any spec
itc purpose; and we are pleased to note
that there is an inclination on the part of
farmers to improve their dairy cattle as rap.
idly as they are able. This is to their
credit, indeed
DAIRY DOTS.
e. N. Dodge of Clearmont, arrived YES
terday morning with his cheese exhibit.
Maj. A. p. McKinstry of Winnebago
City, owner of half dozen creameres, put
in an appearance yesterday, and expressed
himself satisfied with the exhibits in the
dairy department
The Higgins silver cup or rather pitcher
and platter which is offered as a special
| premium for butter, was ON exhibition in
the dairy department yesterday. 1t is a
| daisy, and the dairy-maid who secures it
will have useful as well as ornamental
piece OF tableware. It is made of coin sill
yer and is valued at $50.
The GLOBE reporter strolled into the
dairy building yesterday forenoon to get
out OF the moisture prevailing on the outside
and arrived just in time to enjoy lunch of
| cheese and doughnuts. The cheese was
furnished by the Crescent Creamery COM
pany of Rochester, and was of the Young
America style. 1t was very palatable in
deed, and Col Curtis Of New York, vet
eran cheese-maker, was unstinted in his
praise of it. The doughnuts were furnished
bV the A ShtOO Salt nraDt TT Kri0hI
The Railroad Exhibit.
The place that delights most the eye of
the visitor, or would if the visitor and his
eye had been present, which they were not
| yesterday, is the product of the farm and
| garden as shown by the various railroads in
machinery hall. No such display could be
| possible in any other state than Minnesota,
| except they were imported from this. the
banner producing state of the Union, or at
| least this is the language of an enthusiastic
railroad man in the building. The display
is largely added to by the products of the
countries through which the railroads pass,
and attract very general attention.
THE ST. PAUL DULUTH
occupies space 24X24 feet square in the
form of a terraced oblong with a pogoda
roof. The base of the center-piece is pro-
vided with shelves on which are arranged
in plentiful profuson the products of the
soil contiguous to the road. That the sec
tion OF country through which this road
passes iSnOt a barren and sterill waste given
up to pine forests and cranberry marshes, as
many believe, is attested by this display.
Fifteen varieties OF apples, grapes, plums
and various other small fruits are in
profusion and of excellent quality. A great
deal of the fruit here displayed is
| from the unpretentious farm OF Mr w. D.
| Dadon of Taylors Falls, who also has some
natiye-grown English walnuts, a rare pro-
duction for this cline. Another article
| that attracts the curious is quantity of
wild rice gathered by the Indians on Rice
Lake, a considerable body of water on the
line of their road. The Indians are Just
now engaged i'll their harvest of this dill
cious natural product, which is pronounced
by bonnosieurs superior to the commercial
product found in the city stores and shops.
The vegetables from this section of the
state are remarkable in size and quality,
I while the grain will be found equal to any
now on exhibition. The display is ar
ranged most tastefully and harmoniously,
and includes much of general interest to
all.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC.
Five days ago the space now occupied by
the great Transcontinental line, whose
( ternlinous St. Paul is, showed not sign of
the wonderful aggregation of the products
of wonderful country, that now fills al
most every inch of the $4,000 square feet
Of space allotted to the Northern
Pacific railroad. This magnificent display
was secured and arranged by Col. P. B.
Groat, general immigration commissioner
of that road. 1t is one of the features of
the state fair and is attracting wide atten-
ton. a newspaper might write of the
things to be seen there, and the divine from
his pulpit might discourse upon them, but
the unbelieverS would be many, and the tales
of mammoth vegetables golden grains, nat
ural grasses and woods, rich mineral pro-
ducts and the fruit of the vineyard would
be received as are HsOps fables. The dis
play is wholly made up of products from
the various states and territories traversed
by the Northern Pacific, viz: Minnesota,
North Dakota, Montana, Washington Ter
ritory and Oregon. 1t consists of samples
of wild marsh and prairie grasses, and those
of cultivation, of the garden and field of
the mines OF Montana, Idaho and Washing
ton Territory, together with splendid ar
ray Of fruits from Montana, Washington
Territory and Oregon. A watermelon from
Oregon weighs 104 pounds, and another 70
pounds; a cabbage that weighs IS pounds,
and turnip that weighs 7715 pounds and
| and is IS inches in diameter. The fruit
a considerable quantity of which
| comes from the valleys that center at Mis-
soula, Mont, includes pears, plums, grapes,
peaches, apples, currants and gooseberries.
From much the same regions come speci-
mems Of building stone, coal, iron, chalk,
native cements, lime and the different va
| rieties of valuable woods that go to make
up the vast forests along this route. Some
of the finest grain that can be seen in the
United States is here exhibited from Boze-
man, Mont, raised in the famous Gallatin
valley, which, together with the display of
minerals from that region, showsa wonder
full variety of profitable industries.
A SAMPLE OF COAL
from Washington territory some five feet in
| length and two feet through is displayed.
The vegetable display comes mostly from
Minnesota and Northern Dakota, and to
the down Easter they are incredible, some
people displaying disposition to apply the
knife, as test Of their genuineness.
Though the bulk of the display in this line
comes from the state Of Minnesota and ter
ritory Of Dakota, yet there are samples
equally good from all the geographical do
minions traversed by this road, and they
show remarkable capabilities in the way of
suitable climatic conditions that seem to
be almost perfect for the maturing
of this class of products in their greatest
size and production. The display Of grains
in the straw is extremely fine. Samples of
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