The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-05-13
Palace of Horticulture.

by frozen meat.
Palace of Horticulture.
The Palace Of Horticulture. is di-
yided into two sections in one of
which are growing tropical and equa-
torial plants and in the other are the
exhibits of fruits and flowers from
the different growing sections here
and abroad.
Palm trees, bananas. orchids.
MOSES and other tropical trees and
flowers are growing under the huge
glass dome in the warmed air.
The exhibits of fruits is complete.
All of the great growing districts
have booths In which they have col
lected their very best. Apples, pears,
grapes, pineapples, oranges and all OF
the common and uncommon fruits
from both hemisperes have been
brought together here for inspection.
The exposition grounds are series
of beautiful gardens. Thousands of
trees have been transplanted from
the mountains to the north and from
the valleys to the south. These trees
are fully grown and are of every va
rety. Shrubs and flowers have been
used unsparingly around all Of the
buildings and bordering all the walks
and drives are acres of lawns and
flower beds.
The Food Products Palace houses
all of the finished materials OF the
fields. 1t is not, however, merely
display of the foods themselves, but
many of the processes by which the
raw products of the farm are turned
into the finished products Of COM
merce are shown.
The Sperry Flour Company has
working flour mill in which all OF
the steps by which the raw grain is
turned into flour are shown and ex-
planned. In addition to the mill
there are cooks from ten different
nations who make the flour into
bread and other flour products.
Pure Foods Exhibit.
The department of pure foods has
a laboratory exhibit showing the
methods used in testing foods and
also in the preparation of formulae
and receipts for home and CONNER
cial canning. In connection with this
exhibit is the cannery in which the
actual operations Of canning all OF
the common fruits and vegetables
will be carried on. Also the products
of this cannery will be on exhibit.
The livestock exhibits are In two
divisions, the permanent herds and
the competition animals.
The permanent herds are at the
exposition during the whole period
that the fair Is open. These animals
are also eligible for the competition
but the idea is to have typical ami
mails of all the different breeds on
exhibition continuously.
The dairy barns and the creamery
will be operated during the entire
period of the exposition and all OF
the operations necessary for the sue
cessful carrying on Of the dairy busi
ness will be the subject of constant
study and demonstration.
The International Egg Laying Con-
test for pullets was started on No
vember 23 and will run for one year
There are 60 pens of 10 birds each
entered. The Tom Barron White
Wyandottes, from Gatforth, England,
are of the same strain with which Mr..
Barron has already won three con-
tests. The "Oregons" are daughters
of the 303-egg- -per-year hen and OF
the Oregon hen which laid eggs
during the past four years.
Novel Fowls Shown.
The Japanese government has on
exhibit six Long-Talled Phoenix
fowls, which are the first to be sent
out of the kingdom. The cocks have
tail feathers 10 feet in length and
are handled in the most careful man
ner because of the sacred associa-
tions with which they are held.
Persian fat-tailed sheep, from
which is procured the astrachan so
much valued as trimming; Chinese
chow chow dogs, Chillingham wild
white cattle, which were found upon
the British Isle by julius Caesar, Per-
sian and Arabian horses are some of
the interesting special exhibits of the
livestock department.
The interesting problems OF rural
life and education are fully illus
trated and explained in the Educa-
tional Palace, where also are to be
found all of the data that have been
collected in connection with the back
to-the-sol movement.
In the Oregon State building there
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