The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-06-09

eual " system Oh Crossings anu growing
OF seedlings. we are taking the best OF all
the fruits of the world and producing n
series OF Western fruit peculiarly adapted
| TO Its soils and climate. and especially TO that
OF Missouri. In this way we originate va
rieties OF fruits for ourselves. For instance,
In apples We have originated and show In
perfect natural specimens OF the peerless
fruit itself the following:
The Huntsman.
The Gano.
The Mammoth Black Tw,g
The Howell.
In Grapes:
The Elvlra.
The Martha.
The Yeager.
The Rommel
In Strawberries:
The Captain Jack.
The Crescent.
The Miller, etc.
80. gentlemen, our exhibit shows Missouri
the great horticultural leader OF America.
Not only producing an inexhaustible supply
OF all the varieties and Of the highest quail
ity. but Is breeding and developing a series
of Western fruits that will bring untold
wealth and renown to countless millions yet
unborn.
1T is but step now to the main entrance
OF the Palace OF Agriculture where We are
held spell-bound by the greatest. most ar
tlstic and most comprehensive exhibit made
by our Commission. One-thlrd OF our pop
ulation Is engaged in agricultural pursuits,
wealth, and In view of this general and
Important industry Of the State We are ex-
pending Sloo,OoO upon our agricultural ex-
hibit The display covers 25230 square feet
OF hoor ut the main entrance, and In IL Is
an exhibit from every one of the ia counties
or the state. Ii Is surrounded by a most
beautiful and ornate facade constructed and
decorated wholly of our agricultural pro-
ducts. The Interior of this facade Is sur
rounded by frieze, the panels Of which are
grain pictures portraying every phase of
farm life in Missouri as handsomely and ar
tlstieaily as can be done by the finest paint
ings. On one side. beautifully Installed, Is
one immense grain picture showing the land
scape OF typical Missouri farm with Its
comfortable farm house, commodious barn.
fine live stock, waving grain fields prolific
orchard, line water and good roads. In
another great grain pictuie we show an
actual 6,0O0-acre Missouri corn field In pro-
| cess of cultivation by ~ two.row cultivators
each cultlvating 20 acres per day or the en-
tire 5000 acres every five days. Within the
facade Is presented massive and magnificent
! exhibit which shows that Missouri produces
greater variety OF crops than any other
state or country In the world. We grow
fruits with the exception of cane sugar, and
TO show that lie IL with us, the Good Lord
gave us maple sugar and plenty of fine honey
instead. We show on one extreme our Mis-
sourl-grown spring wheat and barley. and on
the other extreme our excellent cotton which
Is grown In Missouri with a greater average
yield per acre than any other state In the
OF our soil are shown In great quantity and
Of mammoth size and matchless quality
But while We show an unchallenged array
OF all the great cereals. including wheat.
OF which we grow one-twelfth Of the entire
| crop of the United States, and more than Is
| grown In - of the other states, yet there
Is one crop greater than any of the others.
In Missouri corn is king. Within our exhibit
facade rises three great corn towers that
mark the kingy dynasty Of corn In Missouri
| as certainly and efectualy as do the pyra-
mds mark and recall the dynasties Of ancient
EGYPT: In the great central agricultural
great corn dome 60 feet high, and which
| by authority and arrangement Of the Worlds
| Fair management Is made the central feat
nre OF the agricultural exhibit of the world.
| In these towers and this dome. and In the
| table exhibits We show 5000 bushels of every
variety, color and breed of corn. all Of the
highest quality. We do this because Missouri
| grows one-eighth of all the corn of the
| United States, and one-tenth of all the corn
Of the world. Because we can point to one
| single county in Missouri that raises more
! corn than all New England. Why should We
year one man raised ON his own Missouri
states, viz. Nevada, Wyoming, Montana.
idaho bar, Arizona. Washington, Utah, Oregon
upon that wonderful corn beited globe that
surmounts our great central corn tower, we
are able truthfully to say to you that Mis-
souri, not only yields more corn, but more
corn per average acre than any other state,
and that If one year yield were loaded into
wagons holding 40 bushels each and drawn
by two-horse team, the procession of
wagons In close order would reach around
the world with 1900 miles to spare.
Exposition experts tell us that no such
magnificent and comprehensive agricultural
exhibit has ever before been made and that
the details, plans, labor and expense are SO
great that Its equal will likely never be at
tempted again. AS an Indication of Its
striking attractiveness, | am assured by our
superintendent that an actual proposition has
already been made to him to buy 1t at the
expiration of the Fair and then remove 1t
to Coney Island as one Of the leading at
FRACTIONS of that great seaside resort
Before leaving the Palace Of Agriculture,
we stop at the Missouri Dairy Exhibit,
where we are expendlng $4,000. 90 In placing
most attractive exhibit Of dairy products
and possibilities. The installation presents
most elaborate and artistic tableau In butter
statuary and a frieze carved out of butter
and cheese, and is regarded the most at
tractlve dairy installation In the building.
I'm crossing TO the main section Of the Fair
We pass our Forestry Exhibit In the Forestry
Building where We are expanding s12,50O.OO
In making q fine display Of our timber pro-
ducts and especially of our gum lumber in
terests In Southeast Missouri. In this same
building we find an attractive State Fish and
Game Exhibit, and just outside the building.
on the west, an outdoor Fish and Game
is the only one Of that kind on the entire
grounds. Here about a small lake, In ap-
pr0prlate cages, Is assembled the wild game
and animals of the State, and at one end of
Lodge which will appeal to the sportsmen
visitors at the Fair. In this exhibit we are
spending s12, 10000 In showing these resources
Of the State and furnishing, perhaps, a