The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-13
FARMERS At TIE FAIR.
THE AGRICULTURAL EXHIBIT At
THE GREAT SHOW IN CHICAGO.
1t Will Far Exceed ALI Previous Dis.
plays, and Will Teach Lessons OF
IncaIcuiable Value.

TYHE Agricultural exhibit at the
Worlds Fair in Chicago, it is
believed, will be studied with
q greater interest and by more
people than willalmost any other division
of the great Exposition. Millions are
engaged in raising or dealing in agri.
cultural products, and every n is a con-
sumner of them. Recognizing this, the
Exposition management has provided
accommodations and facilities for this
exhibit which dwarf such provision
made at any worlds fair.
The Agricultural building, an impos-
ing and beautiful structure, situated
across the main lagoon, southwark from
the great Manufactures building, is
rapidly approaching completion, and
will be finished ever to all details of
~ornamentation, before October 1st. 1t
measures 500 by 800 feet, and has an
Annex 300 by $50 feet, and a connected
Assembly Hall, which has a seating
capacity of 1900. Close by on the south
is the Dairy building, measuring 100 by
300 feet.
The northern portion of the main
floor of the building will be occupied
by the agricultural and other food Ok
Aibits of foreign Nations, which, it is
already assured, will be extensive.
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 repre-.
scented 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
fof the world. It is believed that the ex-
3hibit made by this country, naturally ex.
Iceeding that of any other in extent, will
attract great attention, also, by reason of
its exceptional merit, and the compre-
,hensive information that will accompany
it.
This great exhibit, or rather array of
exhibits, will be made and arranged IN
such a systematic manner that the visitor,
almost at a glance, can tell not only the
appearance of each object, but what it
is, where it came from, and call about
it," For under the regulations adopted
for the department, Chief Buchanan re-
quires that each exhibit shall be accom-
panied with the following data Name
of object, nam Of producer, where
grown character of soil, date of plant.
ing, quality of seed planted per acre,
method of cultivation, date of harvesting,
yield per acre, weight, price Of product
at nearest market, average temperature
and rain or snow fall by months between
planting and harvesting, and whether OF
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 machin.
cry, including not only the best and
most improved now in use, but such as
will illustrate the progress of the indus
try 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
colonies of bees; on the south 'front.' the
dairy implements, and on the great cen.
trail sections the exhibit of the brewing
and tobacco industries, and the wealth
of magnificent exhibits of fours, meals,
bread, pastry, sugars, confectionery,
canned goods, oils, soaps, chocolates,
etc.
One Of the most novel, instructive aud
| 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 bs
that made by the Association of Ameri.
can Agricultural College and Experiment
Stations. This exhibit will occupy
nearly 5000 square feet of space, aud
will be located in the southwest corner
of the building on the first floor. It will
represent the entire work of a mode
Agricultural Experiment Station, cover.
ing entirely the field of experiment and
research in crops, botany, horticulture,
entomology, feeding stuffs, animal nutti'
ton, dairy solids, milk testing and
veterinary science, and will include an
elaborate and complete botanical biologi.
cal and chemical laboratory.
In addition to this, the agricultural
colleges of the United States will have,
in this space, a combined exhibit
graphically illustrating the work and
special field covered by each college.
This entire exhibit is not only unique,
but is something that has never been ac-
complished or attempted at any previous
exposition.
Outside the building will be shown
several magnificent exhibits, put up at
a 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 aud
portable engines and a wonderfully in.
teresting exhibit of Windmill ma.
chinery.
Connected with the Agricultural An
mex by a short walk will be the Dairy
building in which will be shown dairy
products, and in which Will be con.
Quoted during the entire period of the
Exposition the Dairy School. Here will
be conducted practical dairy tests for de.
termining the relative value of different
breeds Of cattle as milk and butter nso.
ducers, and of methods of feeding. The
records and results of this school, I'M
questionably, will be of lasting benefit
to the dairy interests of the United States
and of the world.
Connecting the Agricultural building
with the Machinery Hall is an artistic