The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-07-22
Worlds Fair Letter.
IDAHO STATE BUILDING,
Jackson Park, July 16.-

JACKSON ark, July H..
It was unfortunate, indeed, for
Idaho that carload Of choice ag-
ricultural exhibits was burned on
its way to the Worlds Fair. The
state Of Washington has fine ex-
hibit in this department, which, as
expressed by Senator Carey OF. Wy
oming in his visit to the Idaho
building, "is excelled by no other
exhibit of its kind at the Worlds
Fair, and" the senator concluded,
Idaho could have done just as
WE'LL" But still Idaho has good
representation of what her farms
can produce, Notwithstanding the
fire, and the superiority of the spec
linens is admitted, but quantity
goes long ways towards making
an impression at the Worlds Fair.
A short time ago an inventory
was made of the wreck left by the
fire which had been stored in the
space assigned to Idaho in the agri-
cultural building. The light prod
ucts had all been destroyed except
one box of corn fodder, but one
hundred and thirty-seven bushels
of oats from one acre, and several
sacks of wheat had come through
in tolerably good condition. The
grain was sold for chicken feed Tor
barely enough to pay the freight.
Nevada now occupies the center of
the Idaho space, and Ohio is wait
ing to put in q special exhibit IN
one end, while the other remains
vacant.
Idaho's agricultural exhibit is to
be seen in the State building.
Standing by the big fireplace in one
corner facing the main entrance is
hill of corn, the stalks measuring
over thirteen feet. On the second
floor in the, Miners cabin, hung
from the joice before the fireplace
in true old-time style, are two dozen
and more of farm products. One
large onion is now sending forth
sprouts three feet long. Several va
rieties of corn are shown, and one
gourd above the mantel is large
enough for a washboiler. Among
the specimens are several hanks OF
tobacco.
The principal exhibit is on the
third floor. At the head of the stairs
on one side is shock of field corn,
and on the other a shock of broom
corn, with the finished brooms from
Ceur d 'Alene City placed round the
sides. The roof of the building is
supported by two seemingly cross
walls which have been cut away.
The ends of these logs are orna-
mented with tastefully woven knots
of cereals. On one side of the room
is table containing jars filled with
grains and seeds in variety.
Opposite the stairway in the front
end of the room are six shocks that
stand up tall and straight as If they
would touch the ceiling. A gentle
man from Kentucky the other day
looking at them said, MY, what
oats didn't know you raised blue
grass out there. And that's alfalfa /;
| never saw any before. What's it
good for?" The six shocks are
wheat, oats and barley on one side,
and orchard grass, alfalfa and clo-
yer, and timothy on the other. A
pair of mountain sheep are placed
on stands by the chimney, one on
either side, and the stands are elab-
orately decorated with grains and
grasses. Hanging on the walls in
many places are ears of corn, and
the stalks are leaning in the corners
and tied to the rafters. Near the
stairway on the table with the fruit
is jar of Irish potatoes any OF
which weighs seven pounds, and