St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-05
EVENTS FOR THE FAIR
The State Fair Grounds Begin
to Take on an Active
Appearance.
GREAT RACES PROMISED.
Exhibits Are Going Into Place
in Various Halls on the
Grounds.
A LARGE DAIRY DISPLAY.
Undoubtedly This Will Be the
Greatest Fair Ever
Held Here.
A LARGE DAIRY DISPLAY

There promises to be full week Of
sport at the Hamline track next week.
Entries for the pacing and trOtting
races continued to come In yesterday,
and 1t is believed when the list is made
mp today the number of horses entered
Will be one of the largest in the history
OF the speed contests under the auspices
of the agricultural association. Frank
Shaw has proposed to introduce few
running races, but has thus far got
comparatively little encouragement
from the managers of the fair. The
horses are at Rochester and La Crosse
this week, and at both these places the
entries are very numerous. Nearly all
these horses, as well as some from the
Des Moines track. will come to Hamine
next week.
The fair grounds begin to take on an
active appearance. A steady stream
of visitors call now al the office OF Sec
rotary Cross, and In the various build
ings exhibitors are getting ready to put
in what they have to show. c. K.
Chamberlain, who is to conduct one OF
OF the dining halls, yesterday pitched
his tent and today will begin to feed the
visitors, workmen and employees whose
duties call them to the fair grounds. In
the main building half dozen of the
exhibitors are repapering and repaint-
ing the space allotted to them, and j. o.
Barrett, in charge of the Minnesota
forestry exhibit. brought from the
worlds fair several months ago.
was busy putting on the finishing
touches. In Institute hall Prof. Hays,
OF the state experiment farm, has
erected number of platforms on which
he will build miniature roads from the
dirt common to Minnesota. and show
upon small scale the advantages to be
gained in the matter of grade and
drainage in the proper construction Of
country roads. He reports that the
four largest manufacturers of road
making machinery are to send their
full complement of improved machinery
to the fair, and that they will make un-
doubleday the finest exhibit of the kind
ever gotten together at a state fair.
This feature of the fair will be alto
gether unique. and Prof. Hays is quite
sanguihe that it will bear good fruits in
the improvement of country roads.
Another educational feature, more or
less connected with the state agrlcult-
ural farm,
VIII Be the Lectures
in the Farmers Institute course to occur
during the week in Institute building.
LII this connection the alumni and
students Of the state agricultural farm
have arranged reunion, and will
occupy tents on the grounds unless the
necessities of the sufferers by forest
fires demand the use of all the tents
belonging 10 the State and usually used
by the militia. Asuificient complement
Of these have been promised the faculty
OF the agricultural school. and the
faculty and students were counting on
sort OF agricultural camp meeting.
E. j. Graham, superintendent of the
dairy department. has commenced to
place in position the machinery TOR
separator creamery and cheese factory
which will be operated i'll dairy hall
during the week, and with which 1t will
be possible 10 demonstrate To the crowd
how butSer and cheese are now made.
Mr.. Graham expects that the exhibit in
his department will be very large. He
talks of it very modestly, but has prob
ably doue more than any head of de-
partment connected with the fair to
work up an interest among the pro-
duceiS.
Col. w. NJ. Liggett, superintendent of
the department of cattle, lett for Dies
MOines last night to confer with the
stock raisers who have their herds on
exhibition at the Iowa state fair this
Week. He will meet there G. N. Co.'S
grove, and they expect to be able to
bring to Minnesota practically all the
herds that are shown at the Iowa state
fair. They already have assurance of
enough to make the stock exhibit the
best in the history of Minnesota fairs.
Reports from sill portions of the state
indicate that more than the usual
amount of interest has been awakened
In the fair. and a large number Ut PEG.
pie are planning to come to the city
during fair week. 1t is long time
since rates to the fair on the railroads
have been reduced one-half, as they are
to be next week, and business men rs
we'll as farmers are going to take ad.
vantage of the opp0rtunity-the far
mers. vino seek little learning and
some fun, and the merchants, in many
cases, to buy goods and take in little
fun OH the side. If the weather is
favorable the fair will be the biggest
kind of a success. 1t is certain that i'm
every department the entries will be
more numerous than in any preceding
year.
Best fishing and hunting In the state
at Big Stone Lake. Go to OrtonVille