Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-09-25
EXHIBITS FROM
OLD MISSISSIPPI.
What Our State is Asked to Exhibit at
the Worlds Fair,
A MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY.
commissioner Henry Issues Circular
Naming the Various Products Wanted
TO Advertise the Grand Old Common.
wealth's keeogFces Far and Wide,

1OoIe COMMISSIONER IL. ii. Henry
has issued circular to county com
missioners and others naming list
of the principal products of this
state desired for the Worlds Fair at
st. Louis. Products will be assembled
at central points in the different
counties and shipped to Jackson,
where. they will be stored, assorted,
classified and sent to st. Louis dur
ing the winter.
The circular viii be found in full
below. Read it, and make up your
mind to assist in getting up the Mis-
sissippi exhibit:
AGRICULTURE.
All kinds of agricultural products
are desired, for the Mississippi ex-
hibit at the Worlds Fair, the best
specimens of everything that grows
in or is raised from the ground
Cotton
Best varieties and finest types
in bolls, in seed and in lint; to
to be shown under glass eases
12x3O inches, when practical.
Cotton Products
Cotton seed hulls, cotton seed
meal, cotton seed cake, cotton seed
oil, shown in all grades.
Corn
All varities of corn, shelled, in
ear and on stalk.
Cereals
Wheat, rye, rice, barley, millet,
maize, shown in sheaves or in
grain.
Potatoes
Sweet and Irish potatoes-an
kinds.
Melons
Watermelons, muskmelons, cante-
lopes, etc.
Pumpkins
The largest that can be procured,
Sugar Producing Plants
Sorgum, cane, beets, etc.
Sacarine Products
Sryup, molasses, sugar.
Peas
Best varieties field and table
peas.
Grasses
johnson grass, meadow grass,
lespadaza, clover, alfalfa, etc
Hay
Loose and baled hay, best and
most popular varieties.
Beans
Pole, butter, snap, bush, navy,
mixed and other kinds of beans.
Wools-
Best grade Mernio, Cotswold,
Cashmere woods, etc, washed and
unwashed.
Wines
Best and greatest variety wines
made from native grapes.
Cordials, Brandies, Etc.
Made from fruit or grapes;
branded fruits.
Tobacco @
Twist, plug, leaf or made into
cigars.
Peanuts
Varied collection and best va
rieties nuts.
Breads
With or without yeast, fancy
breads, cakes, etc.
Preserved Meats
Meats preserved by any process,
safted or canned.
Condiments
Pepper, spices, mustards, sauces,
relishes.
Pickles
Every kind and variety known.
Fish
Preserved by any process-dried,
stuffed, or in solution of alcohol
or formaldehyde.
Salt Fish
Canned oysters, canned shrimps,
canned crabs.
Implements and Machinery.
The agricultural department also So
licits exhibits of agricultural imple-
ments of all kinds-plows, sulkies,
cotton and corn planters, rakes, roll
ers harrows, drillers, cultivators,
harvesters, etc., all to be made In the
state exhibiting them.
HORTICULTURE.
Under this head is solicited every
variety of fruits, vegetables and
flowers grown in this state, the fresh
fruit and vegetables to be gathered
and shipped next spring; the canned
and preserved articles to be secured
wherever possible and assembled this
fall.
Fresh Fruits
The finest varieties of peaches,
apples, pears, plums, cherries,
grapes, strawberries, blackberries
dewberries, raspberries, figs, apri
cots pomegranitcs, nectarines.
etc., grown in the state; also