Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-09-20
AGRICULrURAL EXHIBIT.
Pine Display Made by the New Mexico
Agricultural College.

hgficnltural tollege.
The exhibit sent up by the College Of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, at Me-
silla Park. Is attracting much attention.
IL is located in the Mining Record office
at the Commercial club building, occu-
plying the greater part Of the room, and
has been arranged by r. f. Lester, reg
istrar of the college, who is in the city
for that purpose.
A large part OF the exhibit consists
Of a beautiful display OF preserved fruit
and specimens Of cereals from the agri-
cultural department Of the college. The
fruit is preserved in elegant specimen
jars, the liquid used being formalde-
hyde. The fruit is all of large size and
retains its natural color and appear
ance perfectly. The specimens of the
pears, plums and peaches are especially
large and fine: and all the jars in the
display-over thirty In number-are
ticketed with tags showing data Of
growth, ripening and quality of each
fruit. The jars occupy two large tables
and make a o pleasing sight.
a large assortment of samples OF
grains grown on the college farm is
| shown In nearly one hundred bottles,
also displayed ON the tables. Each bot
Il llt UNITS liit lbiA' VI Aht variety dAlb
| almost every kind OF grain is exhibited.
The college experiments with wheat
| alone cover $50 varieties, all Of which
have been grown on the Experiment
| Station farm, thoroughly tested, and
the results have been of much practical
benefit to the agricultural interests Of
the territory.
Another table OF the exhibit displays
work from the mechanical engineering
department of the college, and shows
| specimens OF forge work, pattern max
ing and wood turning. The work
demonstrates forcibly the practical and
industrial character OF the instruction
given in the college when 1t is learned
that all the specimens, some OF them
showing much skill and care, have been
made by the students. There are also
a few samples of the clay modelling
work introduced in the preparatory de-
partment of the college last year. The
| students of all the lower classes take
| this work, which is extremely useful in
training both eye and hand for more
| advanced manual training work. The
| specimens exhibited are original de-
| signs by the students.
A fourth table is covered with a large
assortment of specimens of typewriting
work, exhibited from the stenography
department OF the college. This work
is graded In books, which are neatly
bound with artistic cover executed on
the typewriter. All the work shown is
entirely free from errors or erasures, a
remarkable fact when the difficulty of
some Of the advanced work is under
stood. On the walls of the room are
shown some framed pieces of typewrit-
ing work which show really remark
able skill and patience. The typewrit-
ten bannerr, flag and church thus
shown are especially well executed.
The stenography department of the
college has achieved u high reputation
for the character of the work done and
its success in training stenographers In
both English and Spanish. Its gradu-
ates now hold numerous lucrative posi-
tons in Mexico, the United Strtes and
the Philippines. Typewriting Is taught
by the touch method, with all charac.
tiers removed from the keys.
An ample supply of free literature
concerning the college is available for
visitors, and comprises the numerous
valuable bulletins of the Experiment
Station and circulars and pamphlets re.
lating to the college and the Mesilla
valley. A display of large and excel
lent photographs Of college buildings
and grounds hang on the wall Of the
room, and numerous photographs Of
athletic teams, etc, complete the eX
hibit. The whole display is highly
creditable and OF much interest, and Is
Il forceable demonstration of what the
college is doing for our territory and o
the high grade of the products RAISED
, in the Mesilla valley, so far as fruit
, and grain are concerned. The exhibit
|, is one well worth seeing, and the many
visitors in the city should not leave
without making the best of the oppor
tunity. They will be cordially welcome
at any time.