Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-20
CORN JUDGING CONTEST
Splendid Facilities For Showing
Agricultural and Horticul-
tural Exhibits
CONFERENCE AT AMEs COLLEGE
CONFERENCE AT AMEs COLLEGE
F. w. Taylor, Chief of Agriculture and
Horticulture Department. At St.
Louis Exposition, Meets With Mem
bers of Iowa Committee to Discuss
Plans-speaks on the Exhibit.

| culture ana horticulture at the st
Louis worlds fair. has Just been in con
ference at the Agricultural College a
Ames with w. c. Whiting, chairman o
the committee on agriculture of TIL,
'Icwa commission; Professor Curtis.
land Professor Holden and Superintend
| ent George S. Forest, Secretary Coma
way and others, in reference to arrang.
| ing for great national and interna.
tional corn judging contest at that ex.
Irosition. The other representatives a,
this conference We're much interested
and pleased to find that Mr.. TAYLOR haC
provided in the agricultural building
for a fine meeting hail, capable OF
holding more than 1000 people. 1t is
believed this will supply facilities
needed for this contest in corn Judging
and for visitors who ara sure to wish tc
see at close range this very interestng
and important work. Mr.. Taylor prom
Used that if 1t was found later on that
this hall would be inadequate, he would
make every effort to secure another
The students of the agricultural course
met during the evening apd were adj
dressed by Mr.. Whiting. Superintendent,
Forest and Mr. Taylor. Theye were en-
thusiastic in thsir expressions of app
probation when they were told what
facilities We're being provided at St
Louis in order that the corn work in
which they are SO de.ply interested
may be adequately presented.
While at the Agricultural College meet
ing and the committee from the Iow.i
state commission to the ST. Louis
worlds fair, the chief OF the depart
Elents of agriculture and horticulture
addressed, upon request of Professor
Price. the students in horticulture. He
told them that the facilities afforded at
St Louis for horticulture are much
larger than those ever given by any
exposition. The most Interesting COM
parison was with reference to the space
sci aside for frlit exhibits. This con-
s.3ts OF a single room containing four
acres of space, equivalent to twice the
of space available for like
purpose at the Chicago exposition. All
those who participated IN the confer
ence seemed to feel that Iowa is one Of
the three or four states which must set
the pace for all the other states in the
Union with reference To the kind and
quality of installation and exhibits to
be placed at the worlds fair.
The exposition management at ST.
Louis has set aside for the use Of the
department of agriculture and horti-
culture siXty-nine acres of space, every
inch of which will be covered by ex-
hibits from che or the other of those
two departments. Twenty-siN acres of
this space is inside the buildings, and
the res. being beautiful hillside loca-
tons for the placing of exhibits of .rees,
shrubs. flowers, etc.
In speaking of the agricultural de-
partment at the fair, Mr.. Taylor. who
was in the city yesterday, said:
THE agricultural building being con-
structed for the reception of the depart
ment of agriculture at the st. Louis
worlds fair, is to be the largest build
ing ever erected for single department
at any exposition. 1t covers almost
exactly twenty acres of ground, it is
500 feet in width by 1900 feet in length.
Some interesting comparisons may be
drawn from consideration of it's ca
pacity. Its average heighth is nearly
fifty feet if it were converted into
silo it would hold enough ensilage to
feed all of the live stock in the state
Iowa for TIE entire season.
1t would house thirteen vessels of the
size of the Celtic. the largest one afloat
and leave considerable amount of
space for landing
One of the most interesting and in
structive things to be done by the de-
partment of agriculture at the st. Louis
worlds fair will be to bring together
exhibits of number of the
great chops of the world. AS an exam
pie corn will be shown not as il has
always been placed at former exposi-
lions. but in addition space of at least
$4,000 square feet will be set aside
upon which to install an exhibit which
shall contain every known variety of
corn, and all of the products of grain
stalk or leaves. Such an exhibit as this
will present many features which will
be entirely novel to nearly every Wis
tor to the exposition. 1t will include
used in the making of cellu-
old, material which may be used for
rubber, cellulose, such as
used in the sheathing of battleships-
Ill of the thousand and one forms of
cereal foods manufactured from corn.
he LIQUID extract of corn for which
Kentucky is famous, and many other
forms INTO which ii is worked directly
u indirectly. The object in treating
his one particular crop in this way is
he desire to make the most possible of
The educational side of the exhibit. Ag-
-icultural students and others frequent
y need to have brought together the
various exhibits of this character rath-
II than that they be required to hunt
.hru the exhibits of many states to find
he exact matter they want.
AS has been described In regard to
-orn, so will be treated tobacco, cotton.
sugar producing plants, sugar cane and
sugar beets, the small grain and posi-
,ly one or two other subjects. All this
work. is in its every feature new and
IAN be most valuable to the grea
mass Of those who will visit the ex-
position.
INDIAN CASE TO BE TRIED.
N.J.. D,o;l-