Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-09-08

The test in progress here is not con-
lined to single COW nor to one week
There are % registered cows each of
Jerseys, GuernSeyS and Shorthorns and
| one test covers from -Aay 81 to August
IS, while another will be from August
% to September q, and that of young
herds from September rs to October
-. Each COW is charged daily with
! the amount of feed she consumes and
is credited daily with her proportion of
| the amount of cheese OF butter and by
products whey, skim milk and butter
milk produced by the breed to which
she belongs. The detail of the test is
in charge of a special committee APP
! pointed for the purpose who are expert
dairymen. The awards will be given
in each test to the COW, COWS and breed
! showing the greatest net profit.
Massachusetts makes tine point in
showing the excellence of her agricul-
tural products by the aid of that
straight, truth-telling method, photo
j graphy. Extra large views showing
nearby fields of grains, melons, squash
es. potatoes as they are dug i'll the
fields and many other agricultural pro-
ducts Enthusiastically illustrate every
! seasons results. No attempt at or
| namental display is made beyond Il
neat arrangement of the exhibits,
which have among them lot of cured
tobacco, grains and beans in the usual
jars, Il good show of grass, excellent
baled hay, which retains a fragrance
! that indicates perfect curing il the
shortest possible time One cannot but
remark the contrast between this dis
play ard that Of some western states
Here the eye is not led away by decora-
tive attractions, but the interest re
mains conferred on the products eX-
! hibited.
Connecticut has Il profusion Of the
smon cob corn, good spring and winter
,, wheat, oats, rye, buckwheat, barley
and some baled hay Of excellent quail
ty. Among the relies Of former
agricultural days are shown an Indian
corn crusher, made Of pepperage wood,
which is $50 years old, and an original
table that come over in the MaytioWer.
The table is of original design aside
from the top.
Names display is made on plain
tables in such a way that the exhibits
speak for themselves. The corn is of
small grain variety incidental to the
short seasons of the northern states.
There are good samples of barley, oats
and a sample of curious looking Indian
wheat, beans, grass-seedS and some
plump sweet corn. In large jars some
excellent potatoes are shown. Millet
and grasses are shown that Indicate
excellent growth. The only attempt
at decoration is few festoons of pine
burS.
Virginia makes a very elaborate dis
play of tobacco, consisting Of eight
prominent varieties. In size, color and
condition the cured leaves are claSsed
by experts to be of the first order. The
peanut industry is illustrated by stacks,
such as may in season be seen i'll the
Virginia fields. The corn shown is Of
extraordinary large ears, AID that on
stalks shows the immense growth made
on some Of the fertile lands Of the
state and equals that Of the prairie
lands of the west. There is some fine
quality baled hay. No attempt at dec
alton whatever is made.
West Virginias exhibit is very grace
fully arranged, affording pleasant sur
prises at every turn, not only of the
excellent exhibits, but of the attractive
original, artistic and tasty arrange
ments. The decorations are unique. On
one side huge spiderwebs made of
grain straws, heads, ETC., in which are
caught mammoth insects made of ear
corn with the husks so manipulated
as to form legs and wings that give
them the appearance Of grasshoppers
caught in the webs The display of
grains is excellent, and all the cereals
shown are of plumpness and heavy
weight the equal OF any. In the tobacco
exhibit are many samples of "brights'
and mahogany" which is a revela-
ton of what the state is doing in grow
ing tobacco of the best grades. The
grains on the straw and the grasses
grown in the state are SLOWLY arrang-
ed. On one aisle there is a conspicuous
portiere made of ear corn, and
lambred uin made of various grasses.
The grains are shown in fiat grass
lars, which show the contents much
better than the round ones. Five
hundred samples Of wool indicate that
the state is becoming formidable
rival TO Ohio and other states noted for
wool production. The quality Of the
wool shown averages very high.
North Carolina shows her various
products in quantity, and the exhibits
are a revelation of the states resources.
Over the main entrance to the display,
in letters formed of grain, is: North
Carolina has no blanks in the census.
1t grows every farm product, from
buckwheat to sugar cane;" and in
another conspicuous place is the legend,
North Carolina is the future ranch
for early lambs" In the center of the
display is a large pogoda with glass
sides, in which are shown in framed
. partitions an immense collection OF all
the cereals and beans of many kinds,
innumerable varieties of field and gar
den peas, which include all the yarle-
! ties of the celebrated cow peas of the
south, grass seeds and the numerous
other seeds that are raised on farms.
There is a show Of fine tobacco, brights
and a little mahogany. Cotton is