The Saint Paul globe., 1898-09-12

legislature viii He Asheu Aor
New Agricultural Building.
With the closing Of the state fair the
board of managers find themselves in
a position to pronounce the thirty
ninth fair one of the most successful
in the history OF the state agricultural
society. Accurate figures are not yet
available, but it is estimated that fully
sc. 600 people visited the fair during the
week This attendance gives an eX-
cess of 10000 over that or last year,
when the cement was fully SatlS-
fled with the financial results, so that
this year, with the expectation that
there will be a surplus Of at least
5000 they are more than pleased. The
largest receipts for one day were those
OF Thursday when the general admis-
sions and grand stand netted $l0,022.25,
while $8S42 was taken in Wednesday.
The receipts for other days We're:
. Monday, 81 561. %; Tuesday S2,509; Fri
day, S3.S34.25; Saturday, SO, 1870. For
privileges during the week $4,000 went
into the Golfers of the association.
While the attendance would un-
dOubtedly have been considerable larg-
er but for the rather cold and dis
agreeable weather, the members of the
association feel that, as a whole, there
was never a better fair held in the
state. There were far more entries
than ever before, and in many depart
ments the exhibits were Of higher
standard. This is said to have been
particularly true Of the stock depart
ments and the horticultural display,
while the race horses brought together
by the rich purses hung up gave the
people Of the Northwest an OppOr-
tunity Of Witnessing contests between
some OF the speediest horses in the
country. As a convincing incident
showing the expansion of the fair, 1t
is only necessary to state that in the
horticultural building last year there
were 200 plates, While this year there
were $500. Naturally the increase did
not hold in such proportion through
out the fair, but on all sides the i'm
prOvement was a noticeable fact.
Of particular interest to the farmers
was the large display of machinery,
which for several years was absent
from the fair. From practical expert
ence dealers learned it to be to their
advantage to be represented at the
Minnesota fair, and this year they were
on hand with all kinds Of farm ma
Chinery. Practical tests during the
week greatly interested the country
visitors, particularly the experiments
in TOad-making, which were conducted
under the supervision Of Government
Road Expert Harrington. Then, too,
permanent results will accrue from
these experiments. A piece Of road
was built in on the new Como boule-
ward extension, and a section at g. time
will be added from year to year until
the entire roadway will have been con-
struCted. providing the most substan-
tial maCadam roadway from Lake
Como to the fair grounds.
The ground yesterday furnished a
busy though hardly an attractive scene.
Exhibitors were hurriedly removing
their displays, and some Of the build
ings were almost denuded of their
contents. Most Of the stock was ship
ped out yesterday, though some of the
animals will remain on the grounds for
several days. The fact that there is
no fair in Iowa this year causes a split
among the exhibitors at the Mime
sofa fair, and some Of the displays
went in different directions. A part
goes to Duluth, some to Rochester,
others to Chippewa Falls and still
others to the Indiana state fair, to be
held this week at indianapolis. Next
week they will practically all come to-
gether again at the Wisconsin state
fair, and later the prize stock will go
to Omaha TO compete in the classes at
the trans Mississippi exposition.
After the visits Of such crowds dur
ing the week the fair grounds were
left in excellent condition. With sew
eral teams and half a dozen men it will
be but the work OF rev days to put
them back into first-class shape.
One of the things upon which the
mana cement is cOngratulating itself is
the fact that nearly all of the prize
winners were paid off Saturday night.
Promptness Of this kind commends it
self to horsemen and other exhibitors,
and the assurance that premiums are
ready to be handed over to the Win
ners is q strong magnet in filling up
the entries. In the horticultural COM
petition. however, and woman's build
ing, where there are 50 many small
awards, the money has not all been
paid as yet, because of the inability
Of the clerical force, with the press of
other work, to make up the books, but
exhibitors in these departments are
not impatient and will receive their
money by check during this week
In speaking of the outcome Of the