Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-26

rapidly approaching completion, and
Will be finished even to all details OF
ornamentation before Oct. /. 1t meas
ures 500 by 800 feet, and has an annex
800 by $50 feet. and a connected assem-
bly, hall, which has a seating capacity OF
1900. Close by on the south is the
Dairy Building, measuring 100 by 200
feet.
The northern portion of the main floor
of the building will be occupied by the
agricultural and other food exhibits OF
foreign nations, which, 1t is already as
sured, will be extensive. Great Britain,
Germany, France, Mexico, Austria,
Denmark, Sweden, Japan, Paraguay,
Canada, and a number of other coun-
tries have already been assigned space,
ranging from ], 900 to $1,000 square feet
each. 1t Is expected that the agricul-
tural exhibits by these countries will bo
as comprehensive as those OF our own
country, and will show some features
which will be exceedingly instructive to
Americans.
Occupying nearly all the remainder Of
the main floor will be the exhibit Of
cereals and ~other farm products from
the States of the Union. Every State
and Territory, it is expected, will be
represented by its products. Thus, upon
this one vast floor, covering nearly ten
acres, will be displayed In all their va
riety and perfection the pick OF the farm
products of the world. 1t Is believed
that the exhibit made by this country,
naturally exceeding any other In extent,
will attract great attention, also, by
reason of its exceptional merit, and the
comprehensive information that will ac-
company it.
This great exhibit, or rather array OF
exhibits, will be made and arranged In
such a systematic manner that the vie-
itor, almost at a glance, can tell not
only the appearance Of each object but
what IL is, where 1t came from, and -all
about it." For, under the regulations
adopted for the Department, Chief Bu-
| chanan requires that each exhibit shall
| be accompanied with the following data
Name of object, name of producer, where
grown, character OF soil, date OF plant
Ing. quantity of seed planted per acre.
method of cultivation, date of harvest
ing, yield per acre. weight, price OF
product at nearest market, average tenn
perature, and rain or snow fall by
months between planting and harvest
ing, and whether or not irrigation was
employed.
On the six acres Of floor in the Annex,
of the main building; will be shown
every description of agricultural ma
chinery, including not only the best and
most improved now in use, but also such
as will illustrate the progress of tho in
dustry, from primitive times to the
present.
In the great galleries of the building,
which are most novel in construction
and perfect in point of availability, will
| be located on the north front, the wool
exhibit; on the west end the apiary dis
play, which will include working colo
MES of bees; on the south front the dairy
| implements, and on the great central
sections the exhibit of the brewing and
tobacco industries, and the wealth Of
magnificent exhibits of flours, meals,
bread, pastry, sugars, confectionery,
canned goods, oils, soaps, chocolates,
ETC.
One of the most novel, instructive, and
elaborate exhibits, and one that will un-
doubtedly attract the attention of every
scientific person and scholar interested
in any phase of agricultural life, will be
that made by the Association of Ameri-
can Agricultural Colleges and Expert
ment Stations. This exhibit will occupy
nearly 5000 square feet of space, and
of the building, on the first floor. It
will represent the entire work of a
model Agricultural Experiment Station,
covering entirely the field of experiment
and research In crops, botany, horticul-
ture, entomology, feeding stuffs, ami
NAL nutrition, dairy solids, milk testing
and veterinary cience, and will include
an elaborate and complete botanical,
| biological and chemical laboratory.
In addition to this, the agricultural
colleges of the United States will have,
In this space, combined exhibit graph
ically illustrating the work and special
field covered by each college. This en-
tire exhibit Is not only unique, but is
something that has never been accom-
plished or attempted at any previous
exposition. The exhibit will be put up
and conducted by the directors of the
| different experiment stations and repre-
sentatives of the different agricultural
colleges of the United States, each
contributing some part OF the exhibit,
the whole to be installed in a mag
nifcent manner, at 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 all phases of agricultural
life and research are carried on the col
leges and experiment stations OF the
United States.
Outside the building will be shown
several magnificent exhibits, put up at
great cost, of the irrigation systems
of the great West. On the lagoon just
south of the Annex to the Agricultural
Building will be installed traction and
portable engines and wonderfully in.
teresting exhibit of windmill ma
chinery.
All visitors will be interested in the
agricultural exhibit, but its chief value
will rest upon a much broader and more
significant fact. The exhibit will afford
vast amount of information to many
thousands TO whom 1t will prove of in
calculable benefit. The crops best
adapted to different localities and the
reason therefor, the most improved
methods Of cultivation that are being
pursued, the best results that have been
secured and the manner of their secur-
ing, and the perfection Of products in
every line-all these will be shown and
will constitute the more important les
sons which the agricultural exhibit will
teach. Through the thousands who
learn these lessons and are sure to make
practical utilization of them, the agri-
cultural industries will receive such an
economic readjustment and impetus as
will result in increased productiveness
and merit, and general benefit to the
entire country.
AT the end Of July last there were