The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-07-09

sr. LOUIS, NO., July 9Th. 100

sT. LOUIS, No., July 9TH. 1904.
Msssrs Editors Now that harvest will soon
be over and the time having arrived for the
farmer and his family to take recreation by
visiting the Fair, I win tell you Of some of the
wonders Of the Palace Of Agriculture, the
largest building on the grounds. It is conceded
to be BY those other than country folks" to be
the finest thing on the grounds, as far as the ex-
hibits are concerned.
The building extends north and south LOU
feet by 600 feet east and west, making 20 acres
under roof. The main centre aisle has been set
apart for special exhibits, which being Of value
as exhibits are radical departures and are auxil-
larry to the regular states exhibits. Cotton, corn
and tobacco are the most prominently shown
rice and sugar also being represented. Hice 10
being cultivated in some Of the Southern States.
1t has to be grown under water and to DO this
irrigation is resorted to.
The most prominent exhibits in this centre
aisle are the Missouri dome Of corn the Mississip
ri cotton king and the Kentucky tobacco show.
They are immense. The old plantation scenes
of cotton picking, &C., are shown by Mississippi.
while ears Of corn are made to look like an Indi-
an chiefs head, sheep and other animals. About
$4,000 to $4,000 has been expended on this
cetre aisle. Cane and beet sugar are both striv-
ing for recognition, and it is wonderful the pro-
portions that beet sugar culture has attained in
some Of the Western States. Equally amazing
is the acreage of alfalfa. Nearly everybody in
some of the states seems to be raising It. The u.
g. Department Of Agriculture has map of the
United States laid out with grains and grasses
and is also growing the various crops, of which
may write later, when the Maryland farmers
will be surprised at the acreage of alfalfa.
A fine showing is made by nearly all the states
in this building and great judgment and the
highest artistic skill has been employed In work.
ing out the schemes. California has the largest
space and shows what wonderful fruit and NUT
state it is-prunes, oranges, grapes, figs, &C.,
galore, dried, preserved, canned and raw. Beans,
a leading industry, is well represented. The
great seal of the State 10 feet square is made Of
beans, about $4,000 Of them being used repre-
senting 40 varieties, all being in their natural
color but two.
Missouri comes next to California for size of
space and exceeds anything for artistic beauty,
cereals being used in making this display. Two
immense pictures are on the wall, one showing
a farm home and the harvesting of wheat in
progress. The cows stand contentedly in the
shade. These animals are made Of brown corn
silk and cotton. The frieze around the space is
adorned with farm scenes. such as stable-yard
Of mules, blowing the old way and with a
steam pillow, harvesting, &c. Visitors stand en-
raptured and one lady said she was glad that
Maud Muller had been remembered when Mr..
Hall, the genial superintendent, pointed her
out. All these are made of different grains. the
products Of Missouri On either side of one Of the
entrances stands woman of Anglo Saxon birth
and one Of Indian birth. The former is dressed
to kill" in corn husk, and her costume looks as
pretty as any brides dress and compares favor
ably with the Partisan gowns displayed in the
foreign exhibit of one of the large exhibition
buildings. One of the wall pictures is of large
cornfield of Mr.. Rankin in Missouri, who has
some 25 cultivators at work, each drawn by
three horses. 1t is said to be the largest corn
farm in the United States. VIII. r.