Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-10-27

| tages OF bicycles, since they can be lifted
| over hard places when It ie desired, and all
/ the manageabllty OF small children, since
| they can be spanked il they do not ooey
orders, are coming considerably into use for
| drawing ladies'. The attendant explained
| that "a pair Of them is good for single
| ladies. but rather light for two ladies"
The full exhibit Of dairy machinery and
methods in the neat building devoted en-
/ tirely 10 the purpose is whole education in
the manufacture OF pure products from milk.
The Canadian display, and especially that Of
Ontario, has taken very prominent post
/ ton in this department "a well as in that Of
/ live stock. and out OF the awards for cheeses
ninety-six out Of 100 went TO the Canucks
As an adjunct to the dairy display a yerv
important series Of competitive tests has
been going on for the last four months to de-
termine accurately the relative values OF the
Jersey. Guernsey and short-horn families Of
cattle. twenty-five COWS were selected from
each breed and kept in a special shed for
each breed. During the periods OF the diff
ferent tests every particle OF food eaten by
each COW is weighed. Accurate account is
kept Of the decrease or increase OF the
cows weight during the period and finally
the amount OF butter. cheese. skim milk and
buttermilk obtainable from the product Of
each COW is determined by going through
the actual processes at the Dairy Building.
The first two tests were for all products 4;
the last two will be for butter and cheese
alone SO far the Jersey cows have led the
two other breeds bya substantial percentage,
and they bid fair 10 hold their own TO the
end.
OF food that comes from the rivers and
seas we have the living sight in the Fisheries
Building TO an extent which covers about
half OF the fish that are good TO eat The
fresh water varieties are very well repre-
sented, but those of the brine are almost nil.
The Fisheries rising in succession Of poly
g0nal towers to a height that sets II well of
against the surrounding structure. is one OF
the departures from general agreement OF
main proportions which has been followed
by the architects. The main tower and the
great hall ut its base are hanked by colon
nades which lead at either side to polygonal
paylions, one Of which is used as a restaur-
ant and the other for the aquaria. The pso-
pie cOngregate in a tremendous throng In
the latter, and perhaps no equal space inside
the grounds contains suchnumbers OF Visitors
during the afternoon hours. The aquaria
are disposed in two circles, one within the
other, and the heavy glass sides expose the
interior Of each tank from top to bottom.
Most Of the tanks contain two or three differ
ent varieties OF IlSn. whose names are us
played on placards hung along the face OF
the glass. One lady was asked by her COM
panion which OF two fish swimming about in
the same tank was sunash and which was
a Gunner "Oh, you can easily tell. she
answered according to the signs the one
on the right is a Gunner and the one on the
left is a sunhsh."
The curious toad fish with the uplifted
eyes the paddle-hsh, with a nose like rub
ber-boot, and the long-nosed gar, who wears
an old-fashioned darning-needle for an upper
lip, are all stared at In open wonder by nine
tenths of the visitors. to whom the existence
Of such monsters is for the first time made
known. The clusters OF sel anemone, which
remind one Of a lrst-class chrysanthemum
show under water, and the spider crabs which
crawl about them with their hands bigger
than their feet, are only a few oithe creatures
which absorb the gaze OF the multitude. But