Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-02-04
FOR ATLANTA'S BIG FAIR.
DISPLAY BY THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
1t VIII Be of Great Interest to Far
mers and the General Public
Some of the Exhibits.


part of 1895. 1t will include com
pletely equipped weather bureau sta
ton in full operation alsoa complete
collection of climatic and meteorologi
cal charts, photographs of clouds and
lightning, etc. Lithographic weather
maps will be printed daily at the ex.
position for general distribution.
The division of ornithology and
mammology will exhibit pictures illus
trating the geographic distribution OF
mammals and birds in the United
States, and the habits of the various
species in their relation to agricul-
ture. The habits in question will be
further shown by groups of animals
known to be beneficial or harmful,
each species handsomely mounted.
For example, there will be five groups OF
ground squirrels, each of half a
dozen animals, which will be seen en-
gagged in their natural pursuits. ravag-
ing grain fields, catching grasshop-
pers, etc.
There will be number of groups
of birds, each teaching important les
sons in the economy of the species.
One will show number of COWS in
the cornfield, some pulling the new
sprouted corn, others devouring
grubs. There will be small flock of
cedar birds, feeding on the leaf
beetles of the elm. They will form an
attractive group and emphasize the
usefulness of this bird.
The new division of agricultural soil
will show some of The most important
types of soils from different parts of
the country, such as the adobe, the
mesa and the soil of the blue grass re-
gion of Kentucky. 1t will exhibit soils
that are especially adapted to certain
crops, such as the early truck soils of
the Atlantic coast, the soils adapted
to the different kinds of tobacco, to
cotton, to wheat. The constituent
parts of these soils will be displayed
in separate jars.
The division of forestry will exhibit
specimens illustrating the botany of
Southern forests, including seeds,
leaves, flowers, ETC., showing the char
acter of the fora OF the southeastern
section of the United States. A spe-
cial display will be made of the pines
of the South, from the botanical as
as well as from the commercial point
of view; likewise of various methods
of serpentine orchardine.
The division of botany will exhibit
n reproduction of the new laboratory
for testing seeds which has been es-
tablished at the Department of Agri-
culture. There will be models of ma
chinery for sowing, harvesting and
and cleaning seeds, also sample col
lection of commercial seeds, collec-
tion of weed seeds, collection of
seeds used in medicine, the arts, for
oils and for food; likewise a collec-
tion illustrating the various methods
by which seeds are dispersed in ma
ture. There will be II collection of
the commercial seeds produced in the
South, and twenty of the worst weeds
OF the South will be represented bv
mounted specimens and photographs
showing their distribution.
The division of microscopy will ex-
hibit collection of models illustra-
ting edible and poisonous mushrooms
1t will also show micro-photographs il
iustrating the structure of different
kinds of cotton fibers.
The bureau Of animal industry, will
show models illustrating various dis
eased parts of animals, photographs
of bacterial disease germs highly mag
nified. Other models will present
quarantine station, the method of tag
ging cattle for interstate and export
trade, the stock yards at Kansas CITY,
and methods for preventing the
sproad of Texas fever. Models and
natural history specimens will illus
trate the development of the horses
foot and the disease to which it is sub
iect.
The exhibit of the division of veg
etable pathology will comprise models,
paintings, photographs and living
plants and fruits, illustrating the
various diseases of cops and of plants.
Colored maps will show the distribu-
tlons OF the most important plant dis
eases in this country, Drawings will
show on greatly enlarged scale the
parasitic fungi which causes these dis
eases. There will be complete dis
play OF remedies for the prevention or
cure of these diseases and OF machines
utilized in applying them.
The exhibit of the division of ento- |
mology will consist of insects injurious
to agriculture grouped according to
the plants and animals affected, each
of which will be an object lesson and
a pictorial epitome of the life history
of the injurious species, with samples
of the injury done by it. There will
be case illustrating injuries by in
sects to forest trees also series of !
of devices used for rear
ing insects in order to study them,
with wax models of insects and real
insects, too.
The division of pomology will ex-
hibit models of fruit grown in this
country, especially Southern frui Is. A
model OF an orange tree will exhibit
he various stages of fruiting, at the
,ame time illustrating some Of the
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