The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-06
FAIRS SECOND DAY
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each kind is represented in the display.
One of the peculiar species is that known
al primitive or cow corn. Inc ears are
larger than the ordinary ears of corn and
each kernel has a separate covering or
husk, beside the regultion long-leafed
huSk. This corn is used for fodder Tor
cattle OF small grains, tastefully ar
ranged about the interior of the pagoda,
both in the shock and in diminutive
sacks, there are thirty-one varieties, in
Guiding specimens of wheat, oats, lax
and barley. One sack of wheat is from a
crop raised on a piece OF ground SAID TO
have grown the first wheat crop raised
in the state of Minnesota. Fruits, vege-
tables and melons abound in lie Sueur
county, according to Mr.. Stewart, ana
some excellent. samples are to be seen IN
the display. Apples predominant. There
are thirty-two varieties, ranging from the
small winter crab apple to the large,
luscious eating apple. The county shows
a dozen varieties of plums, seven differ
ent kinds of plums and profuslon or
cherries both wild and cultivated. The
watermelons would drive a Georgia darby
wild. Ten different kinds are ranged on
side shelf, showing every specimen
of melon from the rty-eight-pound
black seed melon to the small golden
rind melon, the latter resembling
squash outwardly, but having a delicious
red meat inside. Twelve kinds of musk
melons are to be seen in this display and
forty-seven kinds of squashes.
DISPLAY OF GRASSES. t.
To the farmer the display of grasses.
tame and wild, is one of the most inter-
esting parts of the display. There are
sixty kinds in the collection. Tobacco is
raised in lie Sueur county, and this pro-
duct is also represented, together with
many roots and herbs, including tansy,
wormwood and sage. Some of the alfalfa
grass is from the fourth crop this season
and is thirty inches long. A growth of
timothy grass, raised in exactly fifty
days, is four feet high.
The industry of the farmers good
wives is also evident in the display from
the array of jellies, jams and preserves,
all of which are made from products
grown in LIE Sueur county. There is a
profusion of honey, in the comb and re-
fined, and large bottle of seven-year-
old wine produced from lie Sueur county
grapes.
ANOKAS ELABORATE EXHIBIT.
Ancka countys exhibit, although so
situated, III respect to the light, that it
was seen at a disadvantage by Gay, was
marked by its completeness in represent
ing the varied resoul ces of the county.
Two paviiions ere used by the county.
a smaller one trimmed with grasses and
corn and adorned at It's four corners by
home grown samples of hemp compara-
lively poorly advertised product of the
county, and in this were some neatly ar
ranged samples of small fruit, seed grains
of various sorts, and fancy vegetables
and preserves.
The larger pavilion was matched with
nd in ed
On shelves samples of the larger agri-
cultural products of the county. Natural
ly the sugar belt had a conspicuous place.,
and the potato was distinctly in evidence,
but the pumpkin and the squash lay side
by side with the egg plant and rape and
hemp were neighbors of the sorghum. A
feature of the exhibit that added to its
general interest was the labelling Of the
various exhibits distinctly and with neat
printed cards in many cases.
Preserved fruits and starch were also
included in the list of products.
STEVENS COUNTY.
Stevens county's exhibit adjoined
Anoka' s, but made a much better appear
anoe by DAY as it was right under the
skylight in the building. In and over
pavilion of plain design but symmetrical
proportions were clustered the vegetable
southern portion of the Red river valley.
The exhibit was so arranged that the
grains and grasses occupied two sides,
crowding them almost il the profusion of
their seemingly endless varieties, while
on the shelves that projected from the
other two sides were fruits, garden
vegetables, grains, flower seeds, berries,
cultivated and Wild the smaller products
being for the most part systematically
classified and arranged in jars with
distinctly artistic effort, as we'll as pre-
senting the manifold crops of this height
of land in a form at once compact and
comprehensive.
BELTRAMIS OFFERING.
The youngest candidate for honors,
though unsuccessful was Beltrami, and
while its exhibit was Il modest one, 1t
presents an array OF vegetable products
which was hardly dreamed to be pessi-
BILE few years ago in what was then the
wilds of northern, Minnesota. But while
Beltrami county has never had a rail-
road until within the last year extending
for more than a few miles into the south
srn part of The county, the farmer has
preceded th3 advance of the iron horse
and with added facilities for marketing
his products, corn twelve feet IN height
ought to make him a factor in agricul-
tural commerce of the near future. This
was from near Moose. The simple pyra-
mid in which were compactly arranged
Samples of Beltrami wealth was sur
mounted by mammoth pumpkin, and
included, besides various grains, which
are luxuriant on the edge of the Red
river valley, potatoes, beets, radishes,
cabbage and other garden vegetables of
excellence
PICTURE OF THE MAINE.
Houston county, in the extreme south
east corner of the state, had its exhibit
somewhat paradoxically in the%eXtreme
northwest corner of the building, the dis
play being set against the north wall.
The display was comprehensive In its
character, including all the small grains,
and nearly all the vegetables raised in
any part of the state, while the arrange
ment of the grains was quite artistic.
Two fan-like clusters of fullgrown stalks
stood at either side Of a picture of the
Inflated Maine. prettily framed in an in,
tricate design entirely of small grains.
In two panels the name Houston coun.
ty" was set in corn and the apples and
melons were q conspicuous feature Of the
exhibit A special display from the farm
of c.. H. Murphy, of Caledonia, harmon
lied with the general effect Of the county
exhibit.
POLK COUNTY,
Just west of the LIE Sueur exhibit is a
handsomely displayed collection of the
products of Polk county, in their variety
a revelation to all but the denizens of
the immediate vicinity, and perhaps to
many of them. The exhibit is set off
by eight Corinthian columns crowned
with golden grain. In the center of these
columns, which mark the octagonal
court rises a fine stand Of various grass
es. There are early and late red clover,
alfalfa, German and French millet tim
othy. Hungarian grass, broom grass, red
top, fax, and over a score of other va