The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-18
MAP OF GROWING GRAIN
Novel Feature IF the St. Louis
Worlds Fair.
SEVERAL ACRES TO BE PLANTED.

Monster Exhibit showing chsef
Crops Grown IN Every Part Of the
United states and Method OF Rails
ing Them-Boundary Lines BE-
tween states Marked by cinder
Paths which win he Used as
Promenades.
Growing on six acres Of gentle
southern slope Of lesson hill, at the
Louisiana Purchase exposition, st,
Louis, is the largest geographically cor
rect map ever constructed, says the
Chicago Inter Ocean.
This map If $50 feet long from east 70
west and extends from north to south
24O feet. The map is the main feature
Of the large open air exhibit by the
bureau Of plant industry of the depart
ment Of agriculture and is personally
superintendent by p. A. Brodie, late SUI
perintendent Of the western Washing
ton experiment station, under the dl-
rection Of Professor w. ]. Spillman,
agrostologist of the United States de;
partment Of agriculture.
The several acres were fenced of
early in April, and the entire tract was
richly fortified. The ground was
plowed and narrowed, the soil pulver
lied and the entire tract sowed to
cowpeas. This crop not only enriches
the soil, but prevents the growth OF
weeds and viii render subsequent
blowing unnecessary. AS the crops to
be grown win be required to be planted
at intervals up to a short time before
the opening Of the exposition further
blowing would prove impractieable.
When an exhibit is ready TO be in
stalled the gardeners simply pull mp
the cowpeas covering the space requir.
ed. The ground Is found to be in recep-
tive condition and requires but little
work upon It.
The monster map is, Of course, the
main feature Of this comprehensive ex-
hibit. and the crop grown on this. small
farm will cost the government consid-
erably more than $1,000 per acre.
A belt OF blue grass lawn twenty
feet wide establishes the boundary and
coast lines Of this gigantic map The
boundary lines between states are
marked By cinder paths three feet
wide. The territory comprising the
fourteen states and territories Of the
Louisiana purchase Is marked by a
white gravel walk The states them
selves are to be planted in growing
crops Of the principal agricultural
products of the state
The cinder and gravel walks serve
as promenades and are Of sufficient
width TO permit the free passage Of
visitors Thus d labyrinth Of passage
ways is created, and the visitor may
wend his way through the maze and
sec by actual demonstration Just what
crops are grown in every part of the
United States and how they are raised.
The cereals VIII be the features Of the
great northwest, while down III Florida
will be seen growing the pineapple
and orange aud other senitropical
fruits and crops Tobacco viii be a
prominent feature of Kentucky's allot-
ment, while sugar cane and cotton Will
be found growing in the plots Of
ground representing other southern
states
Not only will the products Of each
state be shown Oh this map BIZ grow
ing crops, but the section Of the state
on which each commodity IS most
grown viii be shown In the great
northwestern state Of washington The
map at ST Louis shows that wheat,
corn, potatoes. hay and the wild
/ grasses that thrive in the semiard
districts are more largely grown in the
eastern portion, while in the west hay
clover, yetches. timothy, orchard hay
and grasses, hops, strawberries, rasp
berries and blackberries are more
grown
Thus on the small plot of ground
that represents one great state viii be
found a score Of different crops grow
ing. There win be no actual dividing
line between the growing crops, though
in the cases of the various grasses
/ wheat, barley and buckwheat the line
Is as distinctly drawn by wave d
color as IS the line that divides the
muddy waters Of the Mississippi from
those Of the comparatively clear Ohio
at the junction Of the two rivers al
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