The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-07-30
FARMERS AT THE FAIR.
An Agricultural Exhibit of Vast
Dimensions.
1t WIN Far Exceed Anything of the Kind
Ever Seen and VIII Teach Lessons of
Incalculable Value to Farm
Ing Glasses.


division of the great exposition Mil
lions are engaged in raising or dealing
in agricultural products, and every one
is 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 irnpos-
4 ing anu beautiful structure, situated
across the main lagoon, southwark
from the great manufacturers build
ing, is rapidly approaching completion,
and will be finished cvca to all details
OF Communications, before October 1.
1t measures 500 by 800 feet, and has an
annex 500 by 500 feet, and connected
assembly hall, which has q seating ca
pacity of 1909. 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 cx-
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 a 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
own country, and will show some
features which will be exceedingly in
structive to Amcrlcans.
Occupying nearly all of the remainder
of the main floor will be the exhibit of
cereals and other farm products from I
the states of the union. Every state /
and territory, it is expected, viii be
represented by its products. Thus, upon
this one vast floor. covering Yearly ten
acres, viii be displayed in all their
variety and perfection the pick Of the
farm products of the world 1t is be-
Heved that the exhibit made by this
country, naturally exceeding that of
any other in extent, win attract great
attention, also, by reason CT its c1lccp-
tional merit, and the comprehensive in
formation that will accompany it.
This great exhibit, or rather array of
exhibits, viii be made and arranged in
such systematic manner that the visit
or, almost at q glance, can tell not only
the appearance of each object, but what
it is, where it came from, and ''all
about it." Fer 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 sell, 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
peraturc 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, viii be {
shown every description of agricultural {
including not only the best l
and most improved now in use, but also
such as will illustrate the progress of 1
the industry, from primitive times to t
the present. r
One of the most novel, instructive +
md elaborate exhibits, and one that
will undoubtedly attract the attention b
IF every scientific person and scholar O
in any phase of agricultural a
life, will be that made By tho As3ocia- Z,
ion of American Agricultural Colleges r
md Experiment Stations. This OK n
libit will occupy nearly 5000 square
'eet of space, and will be located il the
southwest corner of the Building, on :,
Inc first floor. 1t will represent the en-
ire work of model agricultural cx-
station, covering entirely /,
he field Of experiment and research in -
rops, botany, horticulture, entomology, =,
ccding stuffs, animal nutrition, dairy =,
olids, milk testing and veterinary sci 10
nee, and will include an elaborate and 4;
ompletc botanical, biological and ~
hcmical laboratory. -
In addition to this, the agricultural y,
ollcgcs of the United States will have, ~ -,
n this space, combined exhibit Graph -
,ally illustrating the work and special ~
eld covered by each college. This en- ~,
ire exhibit is not only unique, but is \,
that has never been accom- ~
lishcd or attempted at any previous =,
xposition. The exhibit will be put up -,
nd conducted by the directors of the n
iffcrcnt experiment stations and rep -,
of the different agricul- -,
lral colleges of the United States, -.
ach contributing some part Of the ex- h,
ibit, the whole to be installed in a =,
lagnificent manner, at the expense of ~,
nc United States government. This ~
ill give to every visitor an opportunity ~,
, witness the methods by which the ~
rcat advancesin all phases OF agrieul- a.,
lral life and research arc carried on in ~
he colleges and experiment stations of
ie United States.
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