The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-09-01
FARMERS All THE FAIR.
An Agricultural. Exhibit Of Vast
Dimensions
1t VIII Far Exceed Anything OF the Kind
Ever Seen and VIII Teach Lessons OF
Incalculable Value to Farm
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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, southwark
from the great manufacturers build
ing, is rapidly approaching completion,
and will be finished even to all details
of Communications, before October 1.
II measures 500 by 800 feet, and has an
annex 300 by 500 feet and connected
assembly hall, which has seating ca
pacity 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 ex-
hibits of foreign nations, which, it is al
ready assured, will be extensive. Great
Britain, Germany, France,- Mexico,
Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Japan,
Paraguay, Canada and number of
other countries have already been as
signed space, ranging from one thou
sand to fifteen thousand square feet
each. 1t is expected that the agricul
tural exhibits by these countries will
be as comprehensive as those OF our
features which will be exceedingly in
structive 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, 1t 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. 1t 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 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 II glance, can tell not only
the appearance of each object, butwhat
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 accompanied 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
vs.
and most improved now in use, but also
such as viii 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
interested in any phase OF agricultural
life, viii be that made by the Associa-
ton 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 n model agricultural ex-
detrimental station, covering entirely
the field of experiment and research in
crops. botany, horticulture. entomology.
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