Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-02

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the soil In France Ne well ~ hsrvrstinl
Of crops. A wooden model, ten by four
teen feet. ls tn occupy a conspicuous po
sltion In the station. and will show. ,
properly equipped French farm with al
its typical surroundings.
Canada will receive q prominent shar'
Of the attention that viii be given tC
the exhibits nj countries In the forrlgr
section. With climatic influences prac
tlcally the same "a those affecting the
farmers of this country, abe has In prep
arati0n an exhibit OF cereals, grasses
and forage plants that promises 70 ex
Gel many of our state exhibits. Each
province Of the Dominion has contributed
to the display, Ontario leading the
others. The Canadian pavilion Il nearly
finished, and only few DAYS more vii
be required to arrange the display. The
entire exhibit Il being made In glas.
cases and bottles, and IL composed
mainly Of grains. That Of Ontario COM
prises I52 varieties of grains, generally
of the fourth year crop. Prof. G. A.
Zavitz, Assistant Superintendent OF Ex.
periments In the Ontario Agricultural
College at Guelph. is In charge OF the
installation. One feature OF the Cans.
dian exhibit, aside from her grains, will
be the monster cheese, weighing 26.OOC
lbs. and made from the milk Of 1000
cows.
Coming within the classification OF
animal and vegetable fibres will be the
cotton exhibit. Here IL where the state
OF Louisiana proposes to Outstrip all
competition. The season will be favor
able to showing the cotton plant to its
best advantage, and while all of the
cotton-growlng states will have exhibits,
none of them has made such extensive
preparations as louisiana. The exhibit
will be In charge Of the New Orleans
Cotton Exchange. The plant will be
shown by living examples, by engravlngs
and by photographs. The several varle-
ties, both long and short staples, Will be
shown also on the stalk. The various
methods Of planting and culture, with
the machines and appliances for picking,
ginning and baling will form an ex-
hlbit more complete than has ever been
attempted before. One exhibitor has
been granted permission to show a GIN
ming and baling mschine In operation, a
distinction he will enjoy exclusively, II
belug the policy OF the department to
have as few dust aud dirt-prOducing
machines In operation az possible.
Cotton seed aud Its uses enter largely
into the commercial importance Of the
cotton exhibit. Since the discovery that
cotton seed oil could be used as substi-
tute for lard and nearly every other ole
,ginous substance a great Industry h's
been cr-ste,i for it, m,nuf,cture. The
American Cotton Seed Oil COmp,ny,
which owns ar control. nearly all the
mills In the United States, will have
practically no composition among exhit'-
itors, as it viii have the largest display
by far. Its pavilion Il being erectsi In
th. south gallery, aud when the expo.l-
ton opens IL will be surrouniel nv the
exhibits of the big packing firm. of
Chicago, st. Louis, Kansas City, and
elsewhere.
The Chicago packers ara preparing dls-
plays II very complete character, aud
no expense has been spared To make
them attractive. One pavilion appeals
to the artistic eve with well mot.led
steer on Its roof, along with two tat
porker. wearing crowns To emph i-ize
their Importance.
Vast ani interesting NJ will be the ex-
hibits In the IN lin portion of the agricul-
tur,l building, the farmer or th" man who
has special Interest In husbsndry Will
ilnd himself drawn to the annex, where
the implements and IN ,chincry OF agri-
culture will be shown. Here will be ex-
hibited the genius that lightens the
burdens of the farmer Of the entire civil
lied world. IL will be the practical side
of agriculture to all intents, aud 40 gem
eral has been the response OF m,nufac-
turers that there will be- nothing lacking
To make the exhibit complete. American
implement manufacturers are naturally In
the lead In this department, yet Germany
has an exhibit surprising In Its msgni-
tu,le. France and Canada are likewise
well represented with u superior class of
machinery Of all kinds. The group which
embraces farming tools, implements
and machinery, Is divided into three
classes primarily-manual implements,
animal power machinery and steam
power machinery. There is also classl-
ilcation of machinery preparatory to
marketing and those applicable to farm
economy. Preparations for the installs-
ton Of the exhibits In the annex have
advanced so far that one more week Will
almost mark completion. The founda-
tions for the heavier class OF machinery
are already constructed, and rulleys and
shafting will be run by electricity for the
operation Of such machines AS will be
thus best displayed.
An interesting feature Of the machinery
exhibit will be- the collection OF old
plows, mowers, reapers, threshers, etc.
These will I've shown as curiOsities, al
though the exhibit will afford rare OPP
portuuity for observing the wonderful
development Of the industry they repre-
sent. The exhibit Of old plows IL COM
plete, AMI begins with the rude imple-
ments use,i In the ancient days. The col
lection l. the Joint donation OF four OF
the lsrg.st piOw-manufscturing firms In
the United States. Canadian IN ,nufac-
turrrs have alsO contributed to Oh. rx-
hibit. The old rrapers and mosers have
be-u loaned bv different manufacturers.
IN. collection will not he grouped, the
Intention of Chief Buch,nan b-ing to
scatter IL throughout the building where
ever convenient spot can BE- founi.
In estin ,ting the scope an import ,nc-
of IN. exhibits In the agricultural buili-
ing there l. u lack of a standard for com
p.ri.on. No exposition Of fool products
alone his ever bs-n an lrrfak-n on such
a gig mite scale. an'i ~ true estim ,te
can b.. m ,,le to-day of the real extent "f
the .xnibit. h,t are yet tO be- Inst Hell
except that which can b- g,inr'i In y
gen raj way from th. re,0ris in the "f-
n g. of the dep,rtm-nt. From these rec
or,i. of eu, ries can he formed th. prr,ii,'-
tion that On. worli will bs astonishel 1t
the display th,t will await its inspection
Nh.n the doors of the exposition arr
throw n op-n.--Bree,i.rs' q 'z.tie.
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