The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-25
FOR THE CHICAGO FAIR.
Work of the State Commission
Agricultural Showing-How
to Mark Exhibits.
Special to The Jersey City Ne,es.

TRENTON, Jan, IS. 1893. The State
Beard of Agriculture. which ended It's
annual session Friday, will have charge
Of. New Jerseys agricultural exhibit at
the Chicago Fair. President Edward
Burrough is working hard to make the
exhibit of this State come up to those oil
other States, Notwithstanding the fact
that the State Commissioners were a little
slow in calling upon the State Board.
There was a little trouble between the
State Board of Agriculture and the Elk
detrimental Station at New Brunswick.
but at the last moment the differences
were settled. and President Burrough
was invited into the conferences OF the
Chicago Fair Com missioners.
+ Mr.. Burrough Immediately began TO
perfect arrangements for New jerseys
exhibit, anu secured a space In the Agri-
cultural Building for the State exhibit.
The States appropriation for the agricuI-
tural exhibit was $4,000. 1t was found
that the sum would be inadequate. The
space ALLOTTED to New Jersey is 24xS0 feet.
aud around this a pavilion. according to
the plans of the National Commission
should be erected. Plans were received
for this, and it was found that it would
be impossible TO erect such a costly one
with the $4,000 appropriation. and after
much trouble, the erection of q pavilion,
to cost s., 900, was begun. 1t is now nearly
erected.
COLLECTING EXHIBITS.
After completing arrangements Ior the
pavilion the committee began to secure
exhibits. All the speci mems will be dis
played in glass jars holding from one
quart to half a peck, aud the peculiar
style of the jar selected will make New
jerseys exhibit an attractive one. The
committee has secured many eXhlDlts,
but still needs several varieties OF wheat.
other cereals and vegetable seeds. All
exhibits. except those OF a perishable
nature, must be in place on or before
April 90. During the two weeks begin
ming Monday, October 9, a special display
of sugar beets will be made aud the COM
mlttee ia working hard to secure good
specimens. A special display of potatoes
and other tubers will be made during the
weeks beginning Monday. September ii.
Each exhibit of cereals and other farm
products must be accompanied with the
following data and informatlon:-Naine
of object and producer; place where
grown and character OF the soil 1t was
grown on; date of planting of the seed
and the quantity of seed planted to the
acre; method of cultivation and date OF
harvesting; yield per acre both in dry
measure and weight. There must also be
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est home market and the average temper
allure by and of the months intervening
between the harvesting and planting, and
also the average rain or snow fall for the
same period.
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
Dairy products will be received for ex-
hibition during the months Of June. July,
September and October, respectively. anc
between the LIST and the 10th OF the
months named only.
Butter will be divided into FIVE classes
for exhibition. which classes are as fol-
lows
Glass Twill be dairy butter made
by exhibitor on the farm from Al mixed
herd.
Glass 2-Dairy butter from herd of one
breed.
Glass 3-Prints and fancy packages,
manufactured by exhibitor.
Glass 4-Creamery butter made by eX.
hibitor from milk of mixed herds.
Glass 5-Creamery butter made by ex-
hibitor from gathered cream. The size
of the packages to be exhibited wilirange
from ten to fifty-five pounds.
All butter exhibits will be judged on
their merits as to flavor, grain, color,
sailing and packing.
Cheese will be divided into six classes
as follows:-Cheddan, fats. Young Ameri-
cas-, domestic, Swiss, brick cheese and
dairy. and any that has been cut, bored,
or in any way tried as to quality, will not
be admitted. Each class of cheese will be
judged on its merits, In flavor, texture,
color, sailing and general make up.
Exhibits Of the above two articles, but
ter and cheese, are mostly sought for by
the committees, and the President and
the Committee of the State Board oil
Agriculture are doing all in their power
to secure good exhibits. the %appropria-
ton made by the State for the exhibit oil
agricultural products has been found to
be far TOO small, and the present Leglsla-
ture will be asked to make an additional