Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-09-26

Next there b an interesting entomol.
sgy exhibit. consisting Of about twen-
ty-five specimens Of the beneficial in-
sects, with several large models d.
vfsed for the study Of the internal
anatomy OF tho insects.
The college collection contains 5000
specimens. Those sent 20 the sxposi-
lion are TO show the method Of mount,
ms and pressrving. the sysssm @
classification ane aFranRemsne.
csaaiss iadssery.
In the canning and prsservins OF eys-
eers. tomatoes. peas and strawbexriss
ne state Of Maryland leads the Unitsd
States. In the canning oe fruits ana
Vegetables. al kinds betnG considsr~a.
ts stands second Et paekn % par eeuf
ug rns Tomatoes canned IN the United
States and a pes eens az Go total
amount Of peas.
In exploitation % this fndustry tnare
are on exhibit In the Maryland booth
two pyramids eight feet IN diameter
and fftssa feet high composed Of thou
sands Of cans Of all kinds OF vaGsta-
blss and fruits. Then there are 0nanr
dties OF preserves and pickles, good 60
look upon and pleasant to the tasts.
Professor Symons ie q member oS the
faculty Of the Maryland Agricultural
college. being In charge of the Depart
ment of entomology. He ts the stats
sntomologist and is secretary OF the
Maryland Horticultural society. Bsina
thus versatile. he has known exactly
how 70 arrange the various exhibits 60
the bsst advantage of tf.e whole. He
personally supervised the placing oe
every thing In the booth ana has aruat.
ly added TO its beauty By wsavina
ropes Of ivy around the windows, over
the tables and through tho balcony
rails Of the odlea
Oyster Ia1usay.
The Maryland oyster Industry is rep
resented By an exhibit sent by tne
state shellish cOmn1ssiaa. lt sonafsiA
OF numerous specimens Of oysters, the
exhibits being arranged according 20
the ages Of the specimens and again
according 20 the variety and size.
The shellflsh commission was organ
lied by Dr. Caswell Graves about one
year ago. hut since that time Il has
been the means OF developing oyster
beds worth millions OF dollars.
In addition TO the specimen exhibitA
q number Of pictures and maps are
displayed. showing how the beds are
located ana developed. Tho whole wall
at the upper end OF tho booth In COW
cred with these pictures and charta
In recent report OF the Maryland
State Horticultural society IL is shown
that the annual crop Of potatoes I'm ths
state Is worth about s1.5O0o00 some
$4,000 acres being grown.
The exhibits Of this vagstabie OCCUPY
several large tables near The oyster
Display. Those potatoes ore unusually
large and firm. F1fteen varieties os
tbs Irish potato are represented and
two varieties OF sweet potatoes.
Pictures end osoorassons.
In addition % the psotures ana
charts mentioned above, there are q
number Of views taken In various Sec
tons Of Maryland. notably IN the a.
nous Middletown valley and near
SNeSepcA1S OoJS anu BSN0EAI Gup8E8IAs
ing photographs of exhibits made 90
different times hy the STATE Hostioul.
turai society.
On the wall directly over the once
are certificates for q gold medal
awarded at st. Louis for the corn and
canning displays and a Sc. Louis
grand prize for tobacco.
Hanging from the front posts before
the booth are six banners, won by the
State Agricultural school In intercolle-
giate contests. In addition there are
several photographs Of tho school with
interior views.
The nut exhibit shown m this booth
by w. McBrown Of Oakland, Md, N
one OF the few displays OF this kind
ct the exposition. II includes a num-
Der Of very fine specimens Of the Eng
tsh, black and Japanese walnut, the
hickory nut. chestnut, beeehnut and
butternut These are neatly arranged
On tables. each plate being carefully
hal.