Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-08-17
Hsfserisas gu the wsrid.s Pair.

Reflections on the Wsrid's Fair. :
Correspondence Of the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo, August l5.-To the
farmer, OF course, the Agricultural
Building furnishes the greatest varie.
ty OF interest and Is the field OF most
useful study. What the world eats
and the implements used in eultivat-
ing and garnering the products of the
earth are here shown in the richest
profusion. The managers have shown
wisdom and thoughtfulness in pro.
viding the magnificent structure 500
$500 feet and the annex 3OOx5OO
feet at the cost of $6lS 900 to pro.
mote the interest of Agriculture.
Here perhaps the competition be-
tween the different nationalities and
between the states of the Union is
exhibited in sharpest competition.
Tie varied and beautiful alcoves
arranged along the broad aisles of
this building present a picture of
varied and beautiful contrasts, allure
and hold in delightful admiration
crowds of visitors from morning un-
til night, and you will find yourself
wanting to 60 back to this charming
place from day to day. 1t is truly
astonishing how these attractive cot
tages, as you are disposed to call
them, can be constructed in such
variety from the products of the diff
ferent states, the chief product pre-
dominating and distinguishing each
structure from the other. In one
you will find corn the distinguishing
feature, in others wheat, or oats, or
tobacco, or cotton. Here | felt very
proud of each of my old home states,
Kentucky, Ohio and Missouri, as
l did also in visiting frequently the
state buildings of these three great
states. What astonished me more
than anything else inthis Agricultu-
raj Building was the wonderful ex-
hibit of our new states of the West
the Dakotas, Idaho, Washington,
Montana and California. In walk.
ing through this magnificent build,
ing and the Mines Building it will
not take you long to determine the.
fact that the West will soon rule this,
country. The future Presidents will
no longer be confined to New York
and the East, but will be coming
from the West. The wheat woman
in the North Dakota alcove is one
of the most noted and attractive fig
ures in this building. 1t represents
a gigantic and beautiful woman
made exclusively of Dakota wheat,
and to my Imagination resembles
my old pupil, Miss Lula Shortrldge,
daughter of the Governor of North
Dakota, who was formerly a Mis-
sourian. The annex of the building
is filled with agricultural implements
from all the world, and shows in
striking contrast the advancement
made in each country. Here, con-
spicuously, stands out the inventive
genius of the Yankee, and the Unit
ed States surpasses, by far, all the
nations of the earth in this industry.
The peculiar genius of our nation is
shown from the patent churn and
washing machine to the perfected
self binder and threshers seemingly
possessed of human intelligence.
Here in one frame work you will
find an adjustable cultivator, PLAN
ter, sower and harrow, at a cost Of
$50. Here you will find riding
plows that make farming an absolute
pleasure and will make Bob Allen
ashamed of that thing pulled by
"Herc and Bailey" and rollers and
harrows that would make Mr.. House.
holder throw away his old timers and
stay on the farm. At other places
are the agricultural implements Of
the original nations still in use of
the most primitive structure, and
also the old wooden mold board
used in our own country when l was
a boy. l saw the huge pillow of this
make, constructed and used by Dam
iel Webster in New Hampshire, and
the old spinning wheels and looms
used in that day. Among the now
elites in this building is a typical
Western farm by the young state Of
Washington, where are shown in
miniature farm houses, barns, fences,
fields of growing grain with tiny gang
plows in the burrows, threshers,
binders and all other farm machin-
cry. In the galleries is found much
of interest, as the wool, apiary, dai.
ry, brewery, flowers, confectionery
canned goods, soaps, chocolates,
breads, pastry, &c. The brewery
pagodas, l am sorry to say, are the
most beautiful ard costly structures
in the galleries. Some Of the indi
vidual booths IN this building cos
from SO, 900 to $4,000. While in