The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-07-07
FARMERS Ar THE FAIR.
Al Agricultural Exhibit Of Vast
DiInons.ona
II WIN Far Exceed Anything OF tho Eind
Ever Scc2 and Will Teach Lessoc,s Of
InoolGulable Value to Farm
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worlds fair, 1t is believed. will be
studied with greater interest and by
more people than will almost any other
division of the great exposition. Mil.
lions are engaged Ia raising or dcaliig
In agricultural products. and every one
Is consumer of them Recognizing
this, the exposition management has
provided Recommendations and facilities
for this exhibit which dwarf such pro-
vision made ut nny previous worlds
fair.
The agricultural building. an inpo9-
ing end beautiful structure, situated
across the main lagoon, socthward
from the great manufacturers build
Ing. is rapidly approaching completion,
and will be finished even to oil details
Of ornamentatlons, before October I.
1t measures 500 by $50 feet, and has IN
annex 800 By 800 feet, and connected
| assembly hall. which has seating ca
pacity Of 100. Close by on tho south
is the dairy building. measuring 100. by
200 feet.
Tho northern portion Of the main
floor of the building will be occupied
by tho agricultural end other food ez-
hibits of foreign nations, which. II Is al
ready assured, will be extensive Great
Britain, Germany, France, Mexico,
| Austria, Denmark, Sweden. Japan,
| Paraguay, Canada ond a number Of
other countries have already been u.s.
| signed space, ranging from one thcu-
sand 10 fifteen Thousand square fect
| each 1t is expected that the aSricul-
tural exhibits By these countries will
be Us comprehensive es these of our
own country, and Will show some
| features which Will be exceedingly in
str,tctivc to Americans
Occupying nearly all of the remainder
of the roain floor will be tho exhibit of
cereals and other farm products from
the statcs of the union Every staoe
and territory, it Is expected. will be
represented BY It's products Thus, upon
this ono vast floor, covering nearly ten
acres, will be displayed In oil their
variety and perfection the pick Of the
farm products of the world II Is be-
lieved that the exhibit made by this
country, naturally exceeding that of
any other in extent, will attract great
attention, also, By reason CT its cxccp-
.t'oaal ,1c..., aa3 :.lo comprehensive IN
for:lation thai viii i.ocor. ,slny Il.
This great exhibit, or rather srray Of
exhibits, will be made and arranged IN
such systematic manner that the visit
OF, almost a+ O glance, can tell rot only
the appearance Of each object, but what
it Is, where It came from, and '>all
about IT." For under the regulations
adopted for the Department, Chief Bu-
ohanan requires that each exhibit shall
be accompanied with the following data:
Name of object, name of producer,
where grown, character of soil, dato of
planting, quantity Of seed planted per
acre, method Of cultivation, date Of har-
vesting, yield per acre, weight, price Of
product at nearest MARKET e~rngc tenn
pernsnrc Hnd rain or snow fall by
months between Planting and harvest
ing, and whether or not irrigation was
employed
On tho six ecrcs Of flooring in the an
mex, which Is virtually an extension of
that OF the main building, will be
shown every description of agricultural
machinery, including not only the best
and most improved now In use, but also
s<sch as will illustrate tie progress of
the industry, from primitive times to
the present
One Of tho most novel, instructive
end elaborate exhibits, and one that
will undoubtedly att1ect the attention
OF every scientific person and scholar
interested In any phase of agricultural
life, will bo that madc bv the Associa-
ton OF American Agricultural Colleges
and Experiment. Stationa This ex-
hyJNSA xrySn orlx
feet OF space, and will be located in tho
southwest oornor of the building, on
tho Arst Aoor. It viii represent tho en-
tire work OF o model agricultural eS-
detrimental station, covering entirely
the Gold OF experiment end research In
crops, botany. horticulture, entomology,
feeding stuf's, animal nutrition, dairy
solids milk testing and veterinary sci
ence, and will include an elaborats and
complcte botanical, biological aod
chemical laboretory.
In addition to this, the AGRICULTURAL
colleges Of the United States will hive,
In this space, combined exhibit graph
icany illustrating the work and special
field covered by each college. This en-
tire exhibit IS not only unique, but is
something that has never beca acoon-
plished or attempted at any previous
exposition. The exhibit will be put up
and conducted by the directors of the
different experiment stations aad rep
resentatives of the different aSricul
tural colleges of the United States,
cech contributing some part Of the ex-
hibit, the whole to be installed In
magnificent manner, st the expense Of
the United States government This
will give to every visitor an opportunity
TO witness the methods by which the
great advances in ell phases of agricul-
trral life and research arc carried on in
the colleges and experiment stations OF
the United States.
A Creditor Outwfooed
The celebrated French poet, Saint
Folk, who, In spite of his large income,