The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-11
STRIKING EXHIBIT
 OF AGRICULTURE County Displays At Fair Are
 Remarkable GREAT INGENUITY SHOWN Baldwin County and Canada Exhibits Are Side By Side, Showing Prod ucts of Extreme Ends of
 North America.
GREAT INGENUITY SHOWN

The agricultural exhibits at the Ala bama state fair are practically completed. and the old farmer leans back among the wealth of the soil with an expression of deep satisfaction, for these exhibits are revelation to the public eye No one ever dreamed that so much grew in Jefferson, and the artistic arrangement this year is exceptional
 One peculiarly interesting feature is the fact that on the right of the building the Baldwin county exhibit, which comes from the gulf, is side by side with the big Canadian government exhibit, com ing from the far north
 The Canadian exhibit is beautiful Sun erntendent Rogers has brought south d car load of the soils fruit. which banishes the thought that Canada is always cold and dreary. The purpose of bringing 1t so far south Is to induce homeless people to take advantage of the British govern ments land claims in the new provinces and go up to find them homes. The grain, wheat barley, oats. vegetables, and scores of products are witnesses of a i rich soil
 The Jefferson county exhibit in charge ] of J. s. Montgomery and Edward Cox i both from Shades mountain, is a close i candidate for the big s1000 prize. Mir ] Montgomery has used nothing but agri- cultural products in his space, and they 1 are grouped as if by the hand of woman The front is railed off by a fence of sugar cane, while above great arches are formed in pea vines. corn hanging by the shucks, bordered with wheat and oats and ar tfstically interspersed with figures framed in red and white corn The rear is hung with cotton on the bush. small bales of hay and there are baskets of cotton decorated with stalks Of corn. Pyramids are piled high with pumpkins. melons preserves, potatoes, tomatoes beets. pep pers. cabbage and turnips. There is a table covered with fautless apples. circled with wreathes of oats. On one table arc 56 varieties of corn and the inside border
 is peculiarly graced by ground peas, hanging from their bushes.
 The Cullman exhibit first attracts the attention by the sign made with fifty kinds of seeds. and the pillars of nina ture cotton bales. Seed grain is displayed in great quantity while the shelves ot vegetables, the arches Of oats. the steps covered with jars of preserves, the lit tie hay room, filled with apples all catch the eye and hold it. The exhibit is in charge of Joseph Schunck and B. Won Hagel.
 The Shelby county exhibit is gotten up
 more on the massive plan. w. M. Chism. the manager. has made his pillars of big 1 bales of hay and cotton and has hung the posts with sugar cane, corn, cotton. peanuts, tobacco and hundreds of other products
 Perhaps the Baldwin exhibit has ths most variety. It Is arranged by A. T. Hutchns and E. c. Miller. The central figure is a small house, built of agricul- tural products. Between the front gables is picture of the rugged hand of ag- riculture upholding the world aiI under 1t is a beautiful color painting of the coast scenes of the county. This Is all framed and matched in the red seed of the sorgum top. held up by the cane stalks themselves. The roof is built with oranges and lemons of an enormous va iety, the ridge board Is a line of grape fruit: and the gutter is made of apples. The sides are matched with all kinds of fine grain stalks
 Among the unique features displayed was tea plant brought direct from & big tea farm in the county. There Is also alligator gar, a number of peculiar fish, display of juniper wood, enor- nous Japanese persimmons, the turpen- tine tree sap, rosin bucket and spoon, with which it Is extracted. thus showing the whole operation. Bananas. rice, to- bacco, and many kinds of seeds are all arranged in good style.
 Montgomerys exhibit was put in by W. C. Waftel. His speciality Is seen in the cotton, which shows more bolls to the stalk than any of the other exhibits: as well as the large ears of corn. A beau tiful effect is obtained by the sheaves of oats. posts of corn, the fence of cane. and the shelves filled with seed nuts and melons.
 The Madison county and the state ex- hibits are now both put in. Both are fine, and have an individuality of their own No one can afford to miss the agri- cultural department on the first floor cf the main hall