The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-23
CAPT. R.F. KO[B TALKSOF THE AR Is Here Preparing Alabama State Exhibit ERECT CORN PALACE"
  Declares This Years Exhibit Will Be Greatest Ever Shown in State. Praises Montgomery Cot
 ton Convention
ERECT CORN PALACE'

Capt R. F. Kolb of Montgomery com
 missioner of agriculture of the state ot l Alabama, is in the city at the Morris l hotel. Captain Kolb came up to look after the state exhibit in the agricul- tural department of the Alabama State fair, and he stated Thursday night that | the exhibit will be the biggest and best that has ever been seen in Ala bama ~ Capt Kolb was in Birmingham all of yesterday and will remain a part of to- day Yesterday morning he went out to I the fair grounds to look after the plac- l ing of the state exhibit, of which he has charge. It will occupy the center of the agricultural hall, and will be housed in the "corn palace" which will be AS feet square, and 60 feet high. In 1t will be included exhibits from all of the nine ag- rieultural schools in the state. Alabama s agricultural resources will be completely shown.
 Of the state fair exhibit Captain kolb said: q am here to look after my ex- hibit at the state fair. l will go out to the grounds in the morning to look after tine location of the exhibit, and will prob ably be here all of tomorrow and part of Sunday. completing arrangements for it.
 'I am going to meet an expert in that line tomorrow from Atlanta, whom I have employed to build the framework of the corn palace in which win be placed the agricultural products to be shown at the fair. The palace will be IS feet square and 60 feet high.
 At the top will be placed fdll sized figure of the Goddess Ceres and the build ing will be filled with exhibits from all over the state Three men have been busy for the last two months getting up these exhibits. and there will be three carloads of products shown from all parts of Alabama An exhibit from each of the nine agricultural schools of the state will be shown, which include the products of their farms.
 This exhibit will be the state exhibit, under the direction of the department of agriculture of Alabama, and we will make it the greatest agricultural exhibit ever shown in the state.
 T believe that the 1911 state fair will be the greatest fair that has ever been held in Alabama All of the counties nf the state are interested and preparing eX- hibits and the fair is bound to be great success"
 In regard 10 the convention of cotton growers recently held in Montgomery, Captain Kolb said that it was great gathering and that much good would in the end be realized from its sessions.
 Tt was the greatest convention ever held in the soutri." said Captain Kolo. "There were present over 800 delegates from every cotton growing state in the union from Oklahoma to Florida and to North Carolina.
 1t is bound to result in much good in the end We shall soon find out its accomplishment. ! received, only a few days ago, letters from prominent cotton raen of Europe indorsing everything that We did.
 T do not believe that the estimates that the convention put on the crop are too small If anything. I believe they are too large. We based our estimated on re- rorts from every state in the south, and reports were accurate. After considering fully theSe reports from the states of the south. wr placed our estimate at 12,500,- COG bales"
 When asked about the Jones contro- Versy, Captain Kolb said that he had given his reply to the newspapers, that 1t had appeared in yesterday morning papers. and that outside of the reply he had nothing to say about the matter.