The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-07

Among the large exhibitors are ]. G. Fleisch-
er Son, and the Lakewood greenhouses,
OF st. Paul, the Jewell Nursery company, of
Lake City, and Northrup, King & Co., and
the Mendenhall and Nagel greenhouses, Of
Minneapolis.
The stock barns are all crowded with
blooded stock, and it is here that the farm
ers spend most Of their time.
In the horse barns there is drove of
thirty magnificent horses from the Westlawn
farm of Mapleton, and equally fine droves.
although less in numbers, fro J.; D:
Minneapolis and many others.
The sheep pens show some very fine
focks, exhibited by the Spring Brook stock
Rochester, George Harding & Son, of Wau-
kesha, Wis. Bruce stock farm, of Rose
mount; Dixon Brothers, of Brandon, Wis,
and the Coal Creek stock farm, Michigan
fancy bovines, large herds being shown by
E. F. Irwin, of Richfield; H. E. Brown, of
Minneapolis; w. B. Barney & Co., of Hamp-
ton, To-; Thomas Irvine, of Rosemount, and
In this last named herd is magnificent bull,
a Hereford, wild Tom,'' weighing 1850
pounds.
All of this stock has won a wide reputation
in previous exhibitions elsewhere, and the
owners point with pride to their large col
lection of ribbons
The exhibits in the dairy hall are not all
yet in place. but there are tons of rich golden
butter on view, as we'll as full cream"
cheese D. L. Pope, of Cleveland O., a noted
dairymen and in charge of the dairy exhibit
at the Philadelphia centennial exposition in
1876, said he never saw nicer butter or a
better display of it than here: this confirms
the legend on the large placard at the en-
trance of this building, Minnesota Butter
Leads the World
There is a very good and complete display
of butter-making machines, separators and
utensils for dairy use.
The large machinery halls never contained
as good an assortment of farm machinery, car
riages, wagons, etc., as this year. Many OF
the manufacturers have, as in years past,
placed their displays in separate and de-
tached buildings and this part Of the grounds,
windmills, is an exhibition in itself.
The forestry exhibit, on the main floor OF
the pavilion, contains complete, display OF
Minnesota woods. Not only the longitudinal
and sectional cuts of the trees are shown, but
also the finished product in the Well-seasoned
and highly polished lumber, which constitutes
one of the great resources of Minnesota
The exhibits Of the different counties are
shown in the pavilion and there was a great
deal of competition among them LOT tne 1zUV
in prizes offered by the fair management.
Immediately on entering one sees mas
sive pyramid of iron ore, said to weigh lOoVoO
tons, from st. Louis county. This county
also shows it's other resources In the shape
Of grains and grasses.
novel feature of Isanti county's exhibit
is the immense basket, constructed OF grains
and grasses. filled to overlooking win Vegg-
tables and fruit. 1t was contributed ny W.
H. Dunbar of Cambridge.
Anoka county, claiming to be the banner
potato county, has a hut covered with the
tubers. ,..
of grain, vegetables and farm products, ana
also of her industrial establishments the
wooden mills, Ceres Food company ana nour
mills.
are shown by Pine, Renville Pope, wright ana
Wadena counties