The evening times., 1899-09-21

The Department of Agriculture is max
ing every possible effort to send to Paris
about December / the first shipment of
exhibits from this department to the ex-
position, which will open April Is, 1900.
There is so much to be done by the de-
partment, and the time for the exposition
is SO near, that many of the employees are
working day and night in making prep
arations.
Congress appropriated s15o,00O for the
display under the supervision of the, De-
partment of Agriculture, and this money
has been divided into three allotments
which embrace the products and appli-
ances OF agriculture. horticulture, and the
entire range of food substances. These
three subdivisions cover wide range of
exhibits, and include tobacco, cotton, wool,
and the interests represented by them,
fruit, the entire range of raw and manu-
factured food products, whi:h includes food
fish. meat, and dairy interests, bee keep
ing and honey, wines, beer, and liquor; su
gar. confectionery, certain products in
medicine, the food and feeding Of animals,
and everything respecting live stock,
except the live animals; implements, tools,
greenhouse construction. greenhouse and
garden appliances, ornamentation, agri-
cultural, and Horticultural heating appa-
ratus, windmills, and other farm power,
pumps, harness, horseshoeing, veterinary
equipment, rural engineering, irrigation
methods and material, fertilizers, process
es for manufacture of food and drinkables.
and many other things.
In view of the fact that the space avail
able at Paris for the raw and manufact-
ured products OF agriculture and the ami
NAL industry is exceedingly limited, the
exhibit must be collective. This means
that no individual space will be allowed to
an individual grower OF manufacturer.
though all will be invited to cooperate as
far as limited space will admit, the fullest
credit to be given for contributions, even
to single samples that may be contributed
by farmers. The exhibits Of a State or Of
an individual will be treated alike.
The wheat samples will be shown in the
wheat exhibit, which will represent the
wheat interest of the entire country: the
cotton specimens, from whatever source.
will be classified together in the space de-
voted to raw textiles; and the collections
of So called breakfast foods will be brought
together in one exhibit in the section de-
voted to manufactures of farinaceous pro-
ducts.
BY the comprehensive system of labelling
| which will be adopted the name and ad-
| dress of the contributor. or exhibitor. and
| the locality from whence the specimen was
derived will always appear; and, in the
| case of State or other association exhibits.
special description cards neatly framed
will be conspicuously displayed in or upon
| the case in which such exhibits are in
stalled, in order that the contributors shall
| derive the fullest benefit from the exhibit
as an advertisement. Every exhibitor will
receive the same consideration from the
! jury of award as though he were exhibiting
on space allotted to him as an individual.
The United States will construct the nee
essary cases for the collective display. They
| will be uniform in design and finish and
elegant in appearance.
The exposition will remain open from
| April 15, 1900, until November S, Of
| the same year. The grounds are located in
| the centre Of Paris on the banks Of the
| Seine. and include an area OF 1886 acres
| This is equal to less than one-half Of the
area of the grounds occupied by the Colum-
bian Exposition in Chicago.
The preparations being made in this city
| by the Department Of Agriculture for the
| exposition are under the personal super
vision of Charles Richards Dodge, repre-
| sentative of the Secretary of Agriculture
and Director. Mr.. Dodge regrets that more
| space has not been allowed the United
| States, but he says that even IL the ex-
| hibits are crowded, they will be credit
| to the country and will astonish the people
| of Europe. He believes this to be parti-
cularly true respecting farm and dairy i'm
plements and machinery.