Tombstone epitaph., 1892-07-03
FARMERS AT THE FAIR.
An Agricultural Exhibit of Vast
 Dimensions
It VIII Far Exceed Anything of the Kind Ever Seen and wnl Teach Lessons of Incalculabie Value to Farm
 ing Classes

The agricultural exhibit at the
 worlds fair, it 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 in raising or dealing
 in agricultural products, and every one
 is a consumer of them. Recognizing
 this, the exposition management has
 provided accommodations and facilities
 for this exhibit which dwarf such pro
 vision made at any previous worlds
 fair.
 The agricultural building, an impos-
 ing and beautiful structure, situated
 across the main lagoon, southward
 from the great manufacturers build
 ing, is rapidly approaching completion,
 and will be finished even to all details of ornamentatlons, before October ].
 It measures soc by 500 feet, and has an annex 300 by 500 feet, and a connected assembly hall, which has seating ca pacity of 1,50o. 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 ex- hibits of foreign nations, which, it is al- ready assured, will be extensive. Great
 Britian, Germany, France, Mexico, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Japan, Paraguay, Canada and Q number of other countries have already been as- signed space, ranging from one thou sand to fifteen thousand square feet each. It is expected that the agricul- tural exhibits by these countries will
 be as comprehensive as those of our own country, and will show some features which will be exceedingly in- structiye to Americans.
 Occupying nearly all of 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 variety and perfection the pick of the farm products of the world. It is be- heved that the exhibit made by this country, naturally exceeding that of any other in extent, will attract great attention, also, by reason of its excep- tional merit, and the comprehensive in- formation that will accompany it.
 This great exhibit. or rather array of exhibits, will be made and arranged in such systematic manner that the visit or, almost at glance, can tell not 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 Blu chanan requires that each exhibit shall be accompaniedw with the following data: Name of object, name of producer, where grown, character of soil, date 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, 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 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 such as will illustrate the progress of the industry, from primitive times to the present.
 One of the most novel. instructive and elaborate exhibits, and one that will undoubtedly attract the attention of every scientific person and scholar in any phase of agricultural life, will be that made by the Associa- tion of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations This ex- hibit will occupy nearly 5000 square feet of space, and will be located in the southwest corner of the building, on the first floor. 1t will represent the en- tire work of a model agricultural ex- perimental station, covering entirely the field of experiment and research in crops, botany, horticulture, entomology, feeding stuffs, animal nutrition, dairy solids, milk testing and veterinary sci epce, 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 The exhibit will be put up and conducted by the directors of the different experiment stations and rep of the different agricul, tural colleges of the United States. each contributing some part of the ex- hibit, the whole to be installed in a 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 agricul- l tural life and research are carried on in i the colleges and experiment stations of | the United States.