New-York tribune., 1901-09-22
PAN-AMERICAN TOPICS.
ATTENDANCE UNTIL THE CLOSE, 1T is
BELIEVED, WILL BE HEAV1-NEW
JERSEYS EXHIBITS.
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Buffalo. n. Y. Sept. 21.-From now until OCTOBER
81 Is believed that the attendance ct the EXPO
sition will very large After the shooting OF
President Mckinley and until he was laid In his
grave the Bufalonians most vitally interested
in the big exposition permitted affairs TO lag as
II they never would receive further consideration.
Only those things which had to be done received
attention. yesterday after being closed all DAY
Thursday. the gates were once more thrown open
and In spite of the cold. clustering weather. the
attendance than 65O00. AS soon as the
cuuinoctial storms over. the weather here Will
be delightful Judging from the experience OF pre-
vious autumns. This will be the best time to see
the big show Next week should show the begin
ming of the big attendance that is promised, ana
with Railroad Day. September 2s, 1t is thought
record will be attained. Beginning Monday. sheep
will be the attraction for two weeks in the live
stock barns. There will be seventy hocks, contain
ing from fifteen to thirty-lve sheep to the flock
New York. Ohio, Illinois, Vermont. California and
Texas will have the best representations, with the
indications that Vermont will lead her larger sis-
ter States because has the distinction OF pro-
ducing the American merino sheep. Vermont VIII
show twenty of these focks. The judging OF the
sheep takes place September % and rs OF the
coming week.
NEW-JERSEY DAY SOON.
New-Jersey's commissioners to the Pan-American
arranging have special day early In Oc-
tober. and tentative plans on an elaborate scale
have been promulgated for the occasion. A special
day was to have been observed last week, but the
Mckinley tragedy pl evented it, Nevertheless many
people from New Jersey came to Buffalo. although
they knew the day had been postponed. ana TOT
the first time what their home State had done
to make itself known to the world The showing
is unusually creditable. 1t is great as many
of the exhibits made by the larger states ana
some features contained in it which are not
duplicated elsewhere while several states nave
Ccpiei efte" Hew-Jer2ey In special devices vi ui-
usual mrit
TGc stst>s exhibits divided into six sections
as follows: Educational exhibit. in the Liberal Arts
Building; forestry exhibit, In the southeast corner
of the Forestry Building; the Woodbne Schooi eN-
hibit which is shown In conjunction with part OF
the NewJersey school exhibits; the geological and
he rnineralosca. exhibit in the southwest corner
of the Mines Building; the horticultural exhibit in
the southeast OF the Horticultural building.
and the agricultural exhibit in the middle of the
righthand aisle of the Agricultural Building. This
last exhibit In many ways is the most interesting
a we'll the largest Ii contains in addition TO
the specimens of the various farm crops in their
season. some things connected more especially with
the intellectual side of agriculture. notably the
Industrial and road maps OF the State These maps
are particularly valuable the visitors, and other
States have copied them. because they tell At a
glance just what the State is doing. The indus
trial map, for example shows, clearly defined. the
localities of the State adapted best TO the several
crops that grown and the portions or the State
that are devoted to dairies Around the margin of
the map is shown the location and acreage OF the
growing oyster industry of the State. The trans
portation map shows the stone road system of the
State. well the railroad lines. and gives the
population different cities, according 10 the
census of 1900. Maps showing the weather condi-
tons. prevailing temperature and rainfall through
out the seasons also shown, ana there are
transparencies and a graphoscope, showing pict-
ures illustrating industries and scenery of New,
Jersey Franklin Dye secretary of the state Board
of Agriculture. and E. NJ. Dawson are in charge OF
the exhibit In the Agricultural Building, and take
pains to explain everything TO visitors. Their
special pride is the fact that New-Jerse Is con
stautly changing the vegetables and farm products
that are shown and which, in consequence, are
always fresh The constant changing also gives a
better opportunity show what the average run Of
Jersey crops