The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-10-08
Correspondence Baltimore County UMion.
LETTER FROM THE WORLDS FAIR.
ST.. LoUrs, NO., October lth, 1901.

LETTER FROM THE WORLDS FAIR.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, October lth, 1904.
Atssrs. Editors The Palace Of Electricity iS
one of the most artistic Of all the large exhibit
ton buildings, and the electrical illumination,
which shows the outline Of the building. il very
fine. The exhibits are those things pertaining
to electricity and electrical machinery and APP
pliances. The Bell Telephone Co. has large
switchboard installed that operates the many
phones on the Fair grounds. and visitors can
see the telephone operators at work making
connections for the various calls, and this ex-
hiblt serves the purpose to teach those who use
phones how intricate they are and should cause
more patience on ones part when he does not
get the number as quickly as he may desire.
The Kinloch Co., the competitors here OF the
Bell Co., also has its switchboard In view. This
company Is building up large business In this
section in opposition to the old company.
The Edison exhibit shows the first electric car.
which was built at Menlo Park, N. j.. and first
operated on May 18th, 1880. Itwasin service for
q long time and now looks very crude when COM
pared with our present electric coaches.
In the exhibit of De Forests wireless telegra-
ply is newspaper clipping giving short his
tory of bis career In which 1t states his name 10
Lee DeForest and that he was born at Council
Bluffs, Iowa, in 1873, and graduated at Yale in
1895, so that he has come into great promipence
at the age Of 30 years.
In the Transportation Building is an automo-
bile that made the run without any mishap from
New York to the Worlds Fair. 1t Is covered
with mud just as 1t landed here and has the sig
nihcant sign displayed on it. I'VE never take
water" n.
that will perhaps never be gathered together
again. "Beauvior." the replica of the home OF
Jefferson Davis, shows the suit of clothes he was
arrested in at the close of the war and the bed
he died on in 1889, besides other furniture and
dishes owned by him. The Missouri Building
shows picture of the home of Mark Twain at
Hannibal, IN that state, with the humoflsg
standing at the door.
In the Palace of Varied Industries is foun-
tain showing how the school children Of Germa-
ny obtain their drinking water. The fountain
has large drinking basin and the water is con-
stantly running, the children drinking direct
from the running water, thus obviatlng the use
of drinking cups, it being much more hygienic
way. In the same section is piano, the frame
of which is made Of wood of one Of the pillars
taken from the old bridge over the Rhine river,
that had been submerged in the river many
years. A very interesting clock is shown BY
france IN Lu0 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1hiuCO WHAOn A@S
three faces and no back
The Missouri State Experimental Station
shows a very comprehensive exhibit in the
Palace Of Agriculture. For six years they fed
two-year-old steers ON corn and different kinds
of hay to ascertain the relative feeding quail
ties, the same quantity of 'shelled corn being
given each day. Those fed timothy hay gained
214lbs. per day, and when bushel of corn had
been fed they gained 40 lbs. Clover made 2.e6
lbs. daily and with bushel Of corn 6.44lbs. Cow
pea hay 2e5 lbs. daily and CAT lbs. with bushel
of corn. A six-year test with yearlings showed
the following, all being fed 6 lbs. shelled corn
per day: Corn and millet made 81 lbs. gain per
day; corn and sorghum, SO lbs; corn and timo.
thy>S7 lbs; corn and alfalfa. Las lbs; corn and
cowpea hay, 1.85 lbs; corn and clover. 200 lbs.
With such showing as this our farmers should
not continue raising millet or sorghum for feed,
but should turn their attention to raising cow
pea hay, alfalfa and clover. The Southern
States have learned the value Of cowpeas and
nearly every visiting farmer here is raising
them, while the great Western States are raising
alfalfa. Maryland is adapted to the raising Of
both. Clover can be gotten by lining.
A remarkable showing is made by the Tennes-
see Experimental Station in the Palace Of Agri-
culture in their tests of fertilizers of various
KINDS on COE1s AiAuc upPAAC0 " ASoCAA AAS~NC =
far greater increase than any Of the fertilizer
Ingredients. The farmers of Maryland are de-
pending too much on commercial fertilizers and
the land is getting more depleted each year OF
humus, whereas lime and clover will bring 10
back to where It ought to be.
Mr.. J. ". Wilson and his son,C. Robert Wilson.
of Long Green Valley. Nd, are visiting the Fair
and are greatly pleased with 1t and consider It
great seat Of learning. Mr.. Wilson expressed
himself as being proud Of the exhibit made By
Mr.. WIN. L. Amoss, superintendent Of the Mary
land display in the Palace of Agriculture. He
was also gratiaed that Long Green farmer. Mr..
Adam G.. Kolk, should have carried on the hon
ors of having the best corn from Maryland, In
the opinion Of the judges, and 1t is now shown -
the "GoId Medal Corn"
Mr. and Mrs. John Z. Erwin, Of Fork, Nd. were
also visitors to the Fair this week.
The hog and sheep show commenced October
Sd and will continue until the 18th. Some in-
mense hogs are shown. One can see dozens OF
them in their nice quarters that will tip the
scales at 800 to 1000 lbs. The sheep are ane 80
are also the Angora goats. This is compara-
lively new industry and the skins Of the goats
make beautiful robes. capes and mats. The hair
is white, long and curly.
This is Apple day at the Palace OF Horticul-
ture and several carloads Of apples will be given
away to the visitors. W. II. X.