The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-06-17
GREAT FIELD FOR FARMERS.
The worlds Fair Full Of Instructive
Features Scientific farming
Demonstrated

The greatest school of instruction
for farmers. fruit grower, and stock
men that has ever existed J. the
Worlds Fair at It. Louis. The whole
theme of the fair i instruction. IT,
most striking features are those per
tanning 10 education. To the farmer
. especially are the educational feature
valuable. In fact more can be- learn
ed in scientific, up-to-date. practical
( farming at the Worlds Fair in week
than can be learned at all the country
and state fairs Of the country iu
years. Here everything i thorough
and complete and every sort Of i'm
proved machinery and method Of
cultivating the soil l. carefully de-
monstrated.
The Palace Of Agriculture i the
largest building on the ground, 30
! great is the importance attached %
farming by the exposition company.
| Besides this, there are many acres
outside the building devoted 20 agri-
culture, and the Palace OF Horticul-
ture Is devoted TO fruit and fruit
growing. In the Palace of Agricul-
/ ture the various states of the Union
and the leading nations of the world
have exhibits, showing their principal
products. These are arranged with
excellent taste, the products of held
and farm being turned into artistic
decorations and beautiful pictures.
With the various products exhibited
are given facts and figures. showing
where the best crops are made and
/ the relative merits of the different
varieties of grains, fruits, vegetables
etc. Some of the leading field crops
are made special features of the state
exhibits and art displayed i'm a way
TO impart much useful information Jo
farmers from all localities, by show
ing the effects Of improving the seed.
cuItivating and crossing varieties.
The Uniten States government eN-
perimtntal stations show their meth
DDS of cultivating the soil and destroy
ing insects that injure crops. The de-
tails of disposing Of destructive in
sects, if studied by the farmers Of
the country, will save millions of
dollars worth OF farm products.
which are annually destroyed by
these insect pests. IL will be- money
well invested by every farmer in the
land to visit the Worlds Fair and
study the agricultural exhibits and
learn how to protect his crops from
the ravages of insects, how 90 get
the best results from planting how
to cross varieties to the best advan-
tages and how 10 strengthens and
fertilize the soil most effectively.
The experiments made by Others
can be utilized by the farmers who
visit and study the Worlds Fair
They can see what crops thrive best
in different soils and climates. what
crops succeed best with different fer
tilizers, when crops'should be- varied
in order to rest the soil. and many
valuable pointers about farming.
The outdoor exhibit shows the
growing plants and explains their
habits and proportion. This j. the
United States outdoor agriculture
/ exhibit, under the control of the
Department of Agriculture. In this
government farm are shown the pro-
duets of the soil that do best in GER
tain localities; what to plant in diff
ferent soils and what crops thrive
best by alternating the varieties.
In the Palace of Horticulture can
be seen the finest fruits produced in
the United States and Canada, and
many valuable pointers in fruit grow
ing may be obtained from a visit To
the several state exhibits in this build
ing.
Farm machinery of every kind is
shown in the Palace of Agriculture
and every kind of labor-saving device
imaginable can be studied there, 80
! that farmers have the whole world
before them from which TO select the