The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-01
WORLDS FAIR.
Mr.. w. l. Buchanan, Chief of the Agri-
cultural Department, Writes a Letter.
CHICAGO. Ill. Aug. II, IS.

lHr. Elias Carr, old Sparta, N. c.,
DEAR SIR:-In view of the interest
taken by you and your organization in
all that tends to promote and advance
the interests of agriculture, | beg to
submit the following information in
reference to the work of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, Live Stock and
Forestry, Worlds Columbian EXPOSE
ton:
am glad to state that ample c
mOdatiCnS viii be made in the way of
buildings, in which to care for the i'm
pOrtant interest covered by these de
p~artnents.
Careful attention has been given to
all the details of organization, to the
preparation of the plans for the neceS
sary buildings, and to the work of en-
listing the co operation and assistance
of the various State Boards of AgricuI-
ture and agricultural and live stock
organizations and societies throughout
the world, and TO the securing Of OK
hIOitS in the various groups covered by
the above departments.
y large correspondence has been
conducted, and the work to this date
IS sufficiently advanced to warrant the
statement that the displays in these
departments will be among the most
interesting and complete ever known
at any exposition.
Il AGRICULTURAL BUILDING.
The plans for this building were pre-
pared by Nessrs. McKim, Meade &
White, leading architects of New York
City, and with the exception of the ad
miniStTatiOn building it will be the
most magnificent structure on the FIX
position grounds. It will be 800 feet
by 800 feet, severely classic in style,
and will be almost surrounded by
lagoonS. fringed with beautiful grow
ing plants and flowers. The building
WI. have five paviliOTs, one at each
corner and one in the center; the
corner paviiiOns will be 81 feet square,
and the grand entrance twenty-five
feet wide, leading into n spacious yesti-
bule, Will face the north. At the main
entrance will be Corinthian columns.
five feet III diameter and forty feet
high. while beyond the massive
columns viii be the rOtunda. one
hundred feet in diameter, and sur
rounded by a glass dome one hundred
and THU Jy feet. There will be eight
minor entrances, each twenty feet
wide and the building viii be apprO-
priately Ornamcnted with figures and
relief work, designed by celebrated
sculptors.
THIS cLASSIFICATIOE
The classification for the Agri.ul
tUral Department embraces IS groups.
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GtIt@i7 GRASSES, forage pIalIS' Pa~teS'
oLeSt7' 3uS1i9. SI"rCn, Tea, coilef,
SyF0I9, co~hiecIohaFy' pola-
Iocs, "i" othee root crops, preserves
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II DAIRY SCHOOL.
One If tie most Interesting and
novel features Of this department. viii
be the r1ouosad dairy school which
will be IN operation in a building sDe-
Ciallv DESTINED for the purpose. The
school wiz be conducted in the nature
Of a contest in milk-giving and butter
MAKING auI some 800 cows of rha
best dairy breeds in \ O world will SIN
ply the milk. The COWS viii be fed.
milked and the butter manufactured
and sold on the Grounds.
The tests will he made nubIic7v and
visitors interested viii b55v-n on on~or-
tunitv Of seeing the entire process Of
butter making Iv the most annrovoj
methods. All the food furnished the
different breeds of cattle will be
weighed and CHARGED against the herd
daily, and each herd viii be credited
with its dailv product Of milk h1t+nr
and cheese, Manufacturers of dairy
appliances viii probably furnish tb5a
nncnssarr- ,,acb; ILarJ- onj & r+Ino III