The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-09-15
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Pen Picture Of the
Terrapin States
Exhibit at St.LouiS

the side The front has the appear
ance of an open barn floor, and is
protected from dust and the hands of
the multitude by plate glass On the
floor to the right is a pile of yellow
dent corn, each ear of mammoth pro-
portions. Some has been selected for
seed and lays in pile by the bucket,
with a bundle of alfalfa on it, where
the farmer sat when Smelling by hand
into the partly filled half bushel bask-
et,lwhile in a second pile are the cobs
and in third the nubbed conr. Some
sacks have already been filled. At the
south end of the same barn is pile
of wheat, quite 20 bushels; the NOW
to the left is filled with wheat in the
sheaf, while that to the right is filled
with loose timothy hay; overhead is
corn fodder, while on the timbers
hang corn knives and the fale.
The inquisitive visitor is told that
straw has value to the Eastern far
mer second only to the grain, that
hay brings a better price loose than
when baled, that the coon and fox
take the place of the deer and Jack
rabbit of the plains.
The barn at the south end is label
Ell Southern Maryland Barn" Here
the grapevine and muskrat skin take
the place of hickory tree and coon.
The darkgreen foliage, with punches
of half-ripe grapes, have been fire.
/ quently taken for the "real'' thing.
The front is not painted whitewashed,
but stained weathered gray. Oyster
| tongs lean against the barn. The
front is also protected with plate glass
The loft to the right is filled with to-
bacco hanging from sticks, while on
the floor is stripping scene, rs when
the farmer and his help drop all and
60 to dinner. To the extreme left is
"burdenh of seasoning tobacco,
while opposite is a full hogshead
ready for the French market Hang
ing from pegs and nails are corn-husk
collars (the only exhibit of the kind
in the building), baskets, mats AID
implements commonly seen in a to-
bacco barn, and a basket of cotton
sent from st. Mary's county. A spin
ming wheel which came from Calvert
county hangs from beam above,
and is said to be over 200 years old.
1t is surprise to many that cotton
was once grown for market in South
ern Maryland and lower Eastern
Shore. The stranger is told that man
does not work for living in South
ern Maryland unless it is work to
gather what the waters of the Chesa-
peake Bay abundantly supply, with
out care or forethought on the part
of the people whose farms lay along
the shores of its many inlets. In the
barn hangs the decoys, gill net, crab
net, oyster hammer and knives, fish
ing rod and tackle. The north end
of the barn is filled with blade fodder,
which is a new product to the Yves
tern farmer, and is the only exhibit
of the kind in the Agricultural Pal
ace.
The corn exhibit, consisting of
samples of 10 ears each, collected from
nearly every county, is displayed in
a handsome case 4 X 10 feet, protected
by plate glass. Each sample is tied
with orange and black ribbons, with
the names and addresses of the grow
ers attached. On the top shelves in
jars is comparative analysis of
Maryland corn, high in protein, pre-
sented by H. J. Patterson, of the
Maryland Experiment Station. Here,
too, is displayed a diploma awarded
by the Paris Exposition in 1889 to
"Sir" j. p. SILVER of Hartford county,
for corn exhibited by him. The GER
tificate is Immediately below a sam
pie of the same variety exhibited by
his son, Mr.. j. P. Silver. This case of
Maryland corn often causes remarks
and expressions of surprise that
Maryland has land that will grow
such. A second corn exhibit is made
in a special exhibit in the middle aisle
of this mammoth building. Here are
displayed the four staples-tobacco
sugar, cotton and corn. Through
| President Sylvester and Director Pat
terson of the Maryland College and
Experiment Station, special corn
exhibit is made, the design being
built of staff wood, with three mann
moth ears of corn weighing each 100
pounds as decoration in part. Around
| this on tables will be seen a duplicate
exhibit. 1t was thought by making
this display before the Western corn
| growers they would be convinced of
the evident fertility of Maryland
/ land.
The tobacco exhibit is displayed
in case of like construction and pro
portions to that occupied by the corn
and is located at the opposite end and
in front of the Southern Maryland
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