Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-01
PARIS EXHIBITION.
THE WORLDS FAIR TO BE HELD
THERE In 1889.
Letter of Information From the Ae-
ricuitural Department at Wash
ington Upon the Subject.

IbSeOh CpOh thc 5uDJcCt.
The following has been issued and sent
out concerning the Paris Exhibition, to be
held in January, and is selfexplanatory
U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE,
WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. 9, 1888. I
By joint resolution approved May 10,
1888, Congress formally accepted the invi-
tation of the French Republic to take part
in the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889,
and made an appropriation to defray the
expenses incident to the collection and in
stallation of the American exhibit. Itwas
provided that Commissioner General and
an Assistant Commissioner-Genera should
be appointed to frame rules and regulations
for the undertaking, and, under the Secre-
tary of State, to control the expenditures
to which it might give rise; and that as
assistants to the Commissioner-Genera
nine scientific experts, to be assigned to
the nine groups into which the French
authorities have divided the Exposition,
should be appointed by the President. 1t
was furthermore made the duty of the
Commissioner of Agriculture to collect and
prepare suitable specimens of the agricult-
ural productions of the several States and
Territories.
In accordance with the provisions of
this resolution of Congress, arrangements
have been duly made between General
William B. Franklin, Commissioners Cen
eral, and Norman J. Colman, Commits
sioner of Agriculture, for preparing that
part of the exhibit for which the latter is
responsible.
The undersigned having been appointed
by the President as one of the assistants to
the Commissioner-Gener and assigned to
Group VIII agricultural produots), has
also been designated by the Commissioner
of Agriculture as his representative to pre-
pare the agricultural exhibit, and a Board
has been formed in the Department of
Agriculture, consisting Of the undersigned,
William Saunders, o. D. La Dow, NJ.
Trimble, DIR. D. E. Salmon, to consider
and decide upon all questions relating to
the agricultural exhibit.
A subdivision of the work into various
branches has been made, to facilitate the
collecting and preparing of material for
the exhibit, and special agents have been
assigned as follows:
l. Grains-George William Hill of St.
Paul, MINI.
2. Citrus and other Fruits-H E. Van
Deman, of the Department of Agriculture,
Washington.
3. Cotton and Fibers-Colonel James r.
Binford, of Duck Hill, Miss, and Charles
Richards Dodge, of Boston, Mass.
4. Viticulture-B. F. Clayton, of New
York, and George Husmann, of Napa City,
Cal.
5. Tobacco and Peanuts-Alexander Nc
Donald, of Lynchburg, Va
g. Agricultural Education and Expert
ment Stations w. o. Atwater,
of this department.
Z. Vegetables, including Hops and Gran
berries-M. G. Kern, of st. Louis, Mo.
s. Entomology, including Agriculture and
Silk Culture-The undersigned. N. w.
Mclean, of Hinsdale, ILL.,, and Philip
Walker, of this department.
9. Forestry-Professor B. E. Fernow, of
this department, and NJ G.. Kern, of St.
Louis, Mo.
10. Sorghum and other Sugar Plants
Professor II. w. Wiley, of this department
IL. Grasses and Forage Plants-Dr Geo.
'Vasey, of this department.
y. Meat Products-Dr. D. E. Salmon,
of this department.
the exhibit the heads of divisions of the
Department of Agriculture have been
called upon to make contributions in their
several specialties, as follows:
Methods of collecting and sending out
Seeds-W. NJ. King.
Mammals and birds injurious or bene-
fetal to agriculture-Dr c. Hart Merriam
Illustrations Of the principal fungus dis
eases of agricultural products.-Prof B.
I. Galloway.
Illustrations of the methods of discrim-
mating between adulterated and pure food
products by microscopic methods-Dr.
Thomas Taylor.
General Agricultural Statistics. r.
Dodge.
The attention of all who intend or wish
to become contributors to the agricultural
exhibit, is called to the necessity of put
ting themselves into communication with
this office, either directly by mail, or
through the special agents who are already
in the field. The time remaining, though
ample, if exhibitors are prompt in making
their purposes known, is vet so short as to
leave little margin for delay.
1t is intended as far as practicable to
show not only the varied products of the
country by samples, but also by means of
photographs and models, the methods and
processes of cultivating, harvesting and
preparing for the market.
While it is the purpose of the Commits
sioner to make the display one that will be
creditable to the country at large, yet the
advantages to follow from the spread of
information, among foreign peoples, as to
the great variety and unrivaled qualities
of American agricultural productions, are
designed to accrue directly to the indi-
viduals and associations who may con-
tribute of their products to the enterprise.
The name and locality of the exhibitor
will be plainly affixed to every exhibit,
and will appear as well in the official cata-
logues of the Exposition.
Materials contributed in bulk will be
placed in suitable receptacles for display
at this Office, and all exhibits will be trans
ported to Paris, cared for, and returned
free of cost to the exhibitor.
Organizations desiring to prepare, at
their own expense, more elaborate exhibits
of the products of a given locality should
| communicate at once the extent of floor or
| wall space they desire.
All materials designed for the agricult-
ural exhibit must be in Washington not
later than the middle of January, 1889
and must be carefully addressed to the un-
dersigned and marked, as must all letters
Paris Exposition. C. V. RILEY,
Representative.