The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-09-15

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horn of plenty on his left arm, from
/ which the manufactured products of
| the weed falls to the ground. The
/ whole is apparently built of tobacco.
To his right and left are cases 70
/ feet long, in which are displayed on
/ the one side the several types of to-
bacco sold on the Baltimore market,
/ and which were furnished by the
/ Tobacco Leaf Association, while the
other case contains a duplicate ex-
hibit of the Southern Maryland
| planters. On the front of the pedes-
] tai in tobacco leaves is the word
"Maryland''; also a placard telling
where to find the Maryland Building
and the several exhibits of the State.
The middle section of the space dis
/ plays products of Central Maryland
Against the wall, and exactly in the
centre, is the Dairy Ga springhouse,
not common in the VEST built of
| staff in imitation of round stones,
| Under the caves is a peewit's nest, a
! hornets nest, and in the corner, be-
meath the overshoot, is a spring of
| crystal water, which reflects the yisi-
| tors smiles as if it were mirror. A
gourd hangs by, while churn, butter
! worker and print are as we find them
on the average farm. Large milk
cans, coolers, strainers, etc, indicate
that the Maryland dairyman is in the
milk and cream business; leaving
butter and cheese making to his less
fortunate Western brothers. The
dairy exhibit is supplemented by
display of bottles full of milk from
S. n. Shoemaker's Walker-Gordon
Dairy and the New Hygeia dairy
The visitor is amazed to learn that it
is expected during the Exposition to
have an exhibit of fresh milk from
Mr.. Shoemaker's dairy, 1000 miles
away, as clinching argument that
Maryland produces good milk and
cream such as needs no preventative
or other than scrupulous cleanliness.
The canned-goods industry is in
evidence in this section to the right
and left of the "Springhouse" Plac-
ed against the wall, which has been
covered with black cloth, are three
pyramids Of cans of peas, corn and
tomatoes. Over each respective
group is placed the the fact that from
the United States census of 1900 that
Maryland packed onefourth of the
peas, one-eight of the corn, one-third
of the tomatoes packed in the United
States. Between each pyramid is a
shield, covered with orange cloth,
caDs of small fruits arranged and at
tached to the face of each, while over
and above all, to the right and to the
left, are two globes, five feet in diane
ter, on pedestals of cans, with the
outline of the two hemispheres in
evidence Canned goods with gold
labels encircle each, and illustrate the
fact that "MARYLAND CANNED
GOODS ARE AROUND THE
WORLD To the front and at the
end of each wing stands pyramid of
cans on pedestals, one of crabs and
the other of oysters. The base is
covered with its respective she'll
In front of these, and close to the
nickle-plated two-inch iron pipe rail
which encloses the whole exhibit, are
two extension tables, with a barrel
and half of big-stemmed sweet
potatoes piled on each, and a card
bearing the following: "These pota-
toes were grown on land 20 miles from
Washington, bought eight years ago
for 1888 per acre" Few visitors pass
the table without reading this type
written imfol nation.
To the right and left of the centre
are two pyramids, - it. high and s
TT. at base. On one are manufactured
animal products while the other dis
plays the manufactured vegetable
products. In black letters on tn e
face of each we read Maryland has
10000 farms, with an average of ., 033,
900, and total value of farm crops of
$50, 900. Each of the eight steps
of the latter carried product with a
legend of it's value to the State in the
following order: Corn, $7.463 900;
hay and forage, $4,7O9,OO0 potatoes,
$685., 900; vegetables, $4,354 900; mis-
cellaneous, $1,792,0 900; tobacco, ST.
439, 900; orchard fruit, $1.416. Ga; small
fruit, 1924, 900. The pyron.ol Of ami
NAL products has five steps, with the
following information: Dairy pro-
ducts, So, 239,000 meat products, $4,.
$4,000; poultry, $3,650,0O0; wool,
$145, 900; honey and wax, $50, 900. On
the summit of each pyramid is a
group of jars containing fruit and
vegetables in preserving fluid, look
ing as natural as when on the trees or
vine. a few things of interest on the
pyramids are pair of socks made by
Mrs. Ann l.. Hill of st. Mary's county,
aged 70 years, knit from cotton spun
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