Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-07-05
AGRICULTURE.
How It viii Be Represented at the
Pan-American.

Since prehistoric times agriculture
has been the most important industry
in all American countries. In the
United States about one-half of the
population is now engaged in some &C.
cupation connected with the cultivation
of the soil. With proper consideration
of these vast and growing interests,
the managers of the Pan-American
have dedicated more than half of the
Exposition space to the products Of
the farm and the many articles manu-
featured therefrom.
The Agricultural building is one of
the largest and handsomest on the
grounds, while the Dairy building,
with its contents. is n fair In itself.
Sixteen separate buildings are devoted
to live stock besides a model stable
that is practically and scientifically in
advance of anything so far attempted.
Besides all this, one-quarter of the
great Liberal Arts building is devoted
to food products. and many of the ex-
hibts in other parts of the building
may be traced directly or indirectly to
the soil.
The Stadium with its one-quarter
mile track will be devoted at certain
times TO the exhibition of live stock,
including many kinds of animals not
generally considered in the latitude of
Buffalo as belonging to the farm.
One of the most elaborate Horticul-
tural buildings ever planned stands in
n conspicuous section of the grounds,
which will be stocked with such lux
urious assortment of fruits from every
section of North and South American
countries as to easily outclass any for
mer attempt in this direction.
Forestry is represented in a charac-
teristic building, built of logs, which is
in itself typical of natures spontaneous
outgrowth for the preservation and con-
servation of moisture. Exhibits con-
tanned in this odd structure will show
how subtle is the connection between
successful farming and proper forest
preserve.
In the windmill section will be shown
many varieties of the latest and best
bulllplcS VI lulS uStlul pONtl
together with useful applications of
this inexpensive energy to the relief
and profit of the farmer in many
branches of agricultural business.
We now come to the Machinery and
Transportation building, which is 500
feet long by $50 feet in width. every
foot Of which is replete with elaborate
decorations in both design and color
No machinery exhibit ever had such
provision made for its reception, and
no former collection in this line. wheth-
err farm or general. ever merited so
much attention.
This whole building will be alive with
motion of every known varlety-circu-
lar, oscillating. compensating, cam, &C.
centric ellipse, epicyclic and almost ev-
| cry other melton known in modern me-
chanics. Most of these intricacies will
be found embodied in the different me-
chanical movements that are instru-
mental In Tightening the American
farmers labor, thereby placing him at
an advantage in his inevitable compe-
tition with cheap labor in Europe.
Machinery that is more intimately
connected with farm work is housed
in the Stadium, as this structure alone
affords sufficient room for the size and
diversity of this exhibit. Floor space
to the amount of $4,000 square feet in
this modern coliseum is provided
with electric power for the purpose Of
driving the many agricultural ma
chimes displayed in this building.
Machinery is represented here that
prepares the soil, sows the seed, cult
Yates the growing plants, even to weed
ing the hoe crop, and finally harvests
the ripened product. separates the kerr
mel from the stalk and divides the seeds
into grades, as required.
Lichens and MOSES from the far
North. hardy north temperate grains,
fruits and roots, temperate American
Indian corn. winter wheat and their al
lied products. as well as Southern rice,
Kaffir corn, cotton and thousand 9TH
er modern necessities, will all have
their respective connecting mechanism
representations In this elaborate ma
chinery section that is destined to tell
the story of our modern diversified
country life in q much more eloquent
manner than our vocabulary is capable
of doing. Besides these general divi-
sions, specific cases are carefully con-
sidered. Irrigation is such an impor'
tant adjunct to modern farming, even
in the sections that are not considered
arid, that especial machinery is now In
practical use that few years ago was
never thought of.
For leveling the ground a machine
called a plane is used. 1t is simply q
huge bit, or knife, of steel suspended
on long frame, supported "fore and
aft" by wheels. In use it shaves of
the higher places and deposits the
earth thus collected in the lower places
or lepressions. A comparatively leve
field is thus reduced to a series of ia
bles called water levels. These tables
are then irrigated at intervals, as re
quired, during the growing season, al
the water on ground thus prepared
may be made to flow even in drill
marks. "a
Undertaking is often snecessary
accompaniment which adds consider
ably to the expense, though, if proper
Iv done on suitable soil the resultan