The weekly examiner., July 27, 1901, Image 2

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Display of Agriculture
at the Pan-American
The Exhibit Is an Unusually Elaborate
and Instructive One to Those Interested
Special Buffalo Correspondence.
THE exhibit oi the United States
department of agriculture in
the Government building of the
Pan-American is very comprehensive.
While it is. of especial interest to the
farmer, it appeals also to the scientist.
There are more divisions and bureaus
in the department of agriculture than
in any other connected with the gov
ernment. Many of the men who are
at the head of these bureaus are grad
uates of the best technical schools in
the country and have received degrees
from the most noted universities in
this country and in' Europe. Several
of these bureau chiefs were asked by
the secretary of agriculture to give
especial attention to the selection of
the exhibit to be made at the Pan
American exposition on account of the
fact that people from every part of
this hemisphere were expected to visit
Buffalo during the summer of 1901.
The result is the exhibit is exception
ally thorough.
The importance oi the exhibit in the
division of chemistry in this depart
ment can hardly be estimated. In this
exhibit are shown pure foods and food
adulterants. There are displayed in
en attractev form the principal man
ufactured foods ina state of purity.
Each of the exhibits is accompanied
by analytical data showing the com
position and nutritive value of the
sample. In connection with these are
illustrated the principal adulterated
forms of these foods, accompanied
with a statement showing- the nature
of the adulterant and the amount
thereof contained in a given quantity
of food. The principal adulterants em
ployed are illustrated in bulk, with
statements showing their properties
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and the dangers of their indiscrim
inate use. , The principal adulterants
illustrated are preservatives and col
oring matters, and in connection with
coloring matters skeins of white silk
are shown colored with the dyes ex
tracted from food products. This ex
hibit is not only typical of manufac
tured and adulterated foods, but also
educational in showing the character
of these foods and their value as nu
trients. An illustration of the beet sugar in
dustry of the United States is given.
A large map shows by shaded areas
the parts of the country best suited to
the growth of sugar beets with a high
content of sugar. This map also shows
the locations of existing sugar facto
ries, as well as the locations of those
which are in process of building or
projected. The exhibit consists of
samples of products from the various
factories of the United States, show
ing all products, from the perfect beet
to refined sugar. An illustration is
also given of the byproducts used for
cattle food and the various forms in
which the refuse of the beet factories
is mployed for that purpose.
Statistics in a convenient tabular
form are shown representing the pos
sibilities of the industry and its pres
ent magnitude. Photographs of all
the leading beet sugar factories are
exhibited, illustrating the methods of
construction, field operations and fac
tory progress. There are at the pres
ent time 40 beet sugar factories in the
United States, representing $15,000,
000 of capital, and the output of sugar
annually is about 100,000 tons, worth
$10,000,000.
Practically every section of the ag
ricultural department is represented
in the exhibit at Buffalo. There is the
bureau of animal industry, including-
an elaborate dairy exhibit; the divi-
sion of soils; the division of vegetable
physiolosry; the "division of agrostolo
gy; the division of pomology; the di
vision, of, entomology; the division of
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botany; the division of forestry, and
the weather bureau.
The scientific agriculturist finds
something of interest in every divi
sion, and the whole exhibit is con
stantly thronged with visitors, but it
is to two or three divisious that the
majority turn. Aside from the divi
sion of chemistry, which contains
many things interesting, and of which
we have already spoken, the exhibit of
the bureau of animal industry attracts
great attention.
One of the great objects of the gov
ernment in maintaining this division
of the agricultural department is to
control and prevent the spread of con
tagious diseases among our farm ani
mals, and this feature is well illus
trated at the exposition. Every possi
ble means have been employed to il
lustrate to those interested the symp
toms of the different diseases and the
methods of cure and the prevention of
a spread of the contagion.
Still another feature of interest is
the illustration by photographs of the
inspection of animals intended for
food for either home consumption or
export. Could the people of Europe
but view these photographs they
would see how senseless is their cry
against American meat products.
The dairy industry is illustrated by
maps, charts, photographs and mod
els. The exhibit includes a collection
of models showing the great variety
of forms and kinds of cheese made in
Europe; a variety of packages, foreign
and domestic, showing the different
ways of preparing dairy products for
market, and a collection of material
showing methods of utilizing the by
products of the dairy. A working
model of a creamery is also shown.
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EXHIBIT AT BUFFALO.
The exhibit of the weather bureau
is of especial interest to meteorolo
gists. A 15-foot model one-fifth the
actual size of a tower used to display
signals along the coast of the Atlantic,
gulf and great lakes is shown. This
tower is not used in all cases, but onlj
where the circumstances are such that
flagpoles cannot be placed in positions
of sufficient prominence. The actual
towers are 75 feet in height and made
of galvanized steel. On these towers
are displayed storm sig-nals, flag's by
day and lanterns by night, when a
storm is expected. Only in case of the
probability of heavy winds is the sig
nal raised. In Buffalo the "qualifying
velocity" is 42 miles-an hour.
Another interesting feature of this
exhibit is a plaster paris chart show
ing topography. The chart is a sec
tion of a globe and is so made as to
represent the altitude above sea level
on its snrface. Lines showing the
mean annual temperature are drawn
across the map. The annual rainfall
is also shown, the coloring of the map
marking the amount of rainfall. A
self-recording rain gauge of the new
est type is another most interesting
feature.
An exhibit of kites is also seen.
These kites have been used in scien
tific demonstrations of the conditions
of the upper air, recording relative
humidity, temperature and- pressure.
Prof. Willis Moore is in charge of this
exhibit.
The forestry division contains much
that is interesting. The exhibit con
sists mainly of a photographic collec
tion illustrating the relation of agri
culture to forestry, supplemented by
maps and sections of commercial tim
ber trees from the Appalachian moun
tain region. The photographic display
embodies 60 framed bromide prints en
larged from photographs, together
with 20 colored and uncolored trans
parencies. The subjects illustrated by
bromides and transparencies com
prise," briefly, th various method oi
lumbering, their effects on forest pro
duction and on the adjacent agricul-
tural lands. The effects of forest fires
on the forest land and the relation of
such denudation to the flow of water
in streams and the supply of water
for irrigation is fully shown. The
prineipal types of trees and forests
are illustrated to show the size and
lumber production of forests occupy
ing agricultural -and nonagricultural
lands. The value of preserving certain
types of protective forests on water
sheds for the conservation of water
important to large areas of agricul
tural lands is illustrated. A special
feature of the photographic display is
the illustration of individual trees, of
the mammoth big trees, the giant red
firs, white firs and the sugar pines of
the California Sierras by colored
transparencies. It is 'interesting to
state in this connection that these
transparencies are the largest ever
made. Typical agricultural valley
lands in the east and west are illus
trated fon the same scale, showing the
special protective agencies of natural
adiacent mountain forests antLolant
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ed shelter belts of forest trees. The
region and the subject from which
these illustrations were taken are rep
resentative of the principal agricul
tural and forest sections of the United
States.
The progressive agriculturist will
be interested in the exhibit of the divi
sion of botany, as it relates to one of
the first essentials of his calling. The
exhibit represents the work of the
seed laboratory at the department of
agriculture, where samples of all
seeds distributed by the government
are now carefully tested for purity,
germinabilitv and freedom from seeds
of noxious weeds. Thousands .of sam
pies from farmers and seedsmen in all
parts of the country are also tested
at this laboratory. The work is of
special interest to farmers, gardeners,
seedsmen and experiment station
workers, to whom the subject of pure
seeds is of vital importance. The seed
Laboratory of the department of agri
culture is well recognized as the most
important seed testing station in
America. Its methods, standards and
most important pieces of apparatus
have been adopted for seed testing
at many of the state experiment sta
tions.
On entering the space devoted to
this exhibit at the left of the main
aisle one sees first -in a glass case a
purity separating table with magni
fying g-lass, forceps and other tools
used by experts of pure seed, chaff,
sand and other foreign matter and
weed seeds. Next is a pair of fine
balances on .which samples . are
weighed, all percentages in seed pur
ity tests being based upon weight.
Beyond the scales is a new combined
mixer and sampler. In this a quan
tity of seeds is quickly mixed and a
sample of the desired amount deliv-!
ered which willfairly represent" the
e n ti re 1 o t One of t he osVaJptQ J
live- pieces oi auparmus useuT i-n, "pur
ity testing is the blast impurity sep
arator, which is also a new device.
The air blast is furnished bv a' modern
blower driven, by an electric motor.
The device itself, however, in which
the separation of chaff and lighter im
purities from seed is - performed
through the action of an air current,
consists of a simple bent glass tube
connected with a receiver.
Actual germination tests are carried
on at the exposition as in the seed
laboratory at Washington. Commer
cial seeds are counted, arranged in
folded blue blotters, moistened and
placed in the standard germinating
chamber, where they are kept at fixed
temperatures favorable to germina
tion. Check germination tests, such
as are employed in conducting tests
with many kinds of seeds, are made in
sterilized sand and soil in greenhouse
"flats." The number germinating
each day for a definite period in each
of the tests are noted and the per
centage of germination thus com
puted. Many weeds the seeds of which are
most frequently found as impurities
in commercial seeds are represented
by living plants, labeled with the
names by which they should be desig
nated by English speaking people
wherever found. A unique feature is
an exhibit of seeds of many of these
weeds and also seyeral kinds of com
mercial seeds arranged under 40 mag
nifying glasses, accompanied by seeds
of the same kinds in open dishes, so
that one may readily compare the
magnified impression -with the actual
seed and note differences and distinc
tive characters that would not appear
to the unaided eye.
The results and importance of seed
testing are graphically represented
by several groups of glass tubes con
taining different kinds- of commercial
seeds. These show the ordinary com
mercial seed, the amount of pure seed
true to name In the sample and the
amount of inert mattersuch as chaff,
sticks and sand, the proportion of
weed seeds and finally the amount of
germinable seeds true to name, as de
termined by test of similar sample
and the proportion of waste. A com
parison of these last two indicates
how much is often paid for waste in
buying untested and poorly cleansed,
seeds.
Commercial seed growing is shown
by photographic illustrations of some
of the largest seed farms in California,
where the production of garden seeds
has reached its highest development
in this country.
Through every division of the de
partment great care has been taken to
make the exhibits interesting and in
structive, and the results attained
have been wonderful. The entire ex
hibit is in charge of Mr. Harry Brig-
ham, the son of the assistant secretary
of agricultxire.
CHARLES EDWABD LLOYD.
Specieg of Palms.
The number of species of palms
known in 1797 was 16; to-day they
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Moriarity's laterbury Furniture Company,
BROADWAY, NEXT TO POLI'S THEATRE.
House Furnishers and Undertakers,
THE WOODRUFF GROCERY CO.
Fancy Groceries,
Wines and Liquors.
40 North Main Street,
Waterbur y
THE BEST
SIXGJLE OS DOUBLE
HIO XN THE CITY.
247 BAKE ST.
Prop. Arlington Hotel.
THE IATERBURY FARREL FOUNDRY
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Waterbary, Conn. Patent Power Presses,
Drop and Foot Presses, Roiling and Wire
Mill Machinery, Rivet Machines, Cartridge
Machinery, Jewelers' Tools, Gang Slitters,
Trimming Lathes, special machines and
sheet metal machinery of every descrip
tion. VAEENTIKE BOHL.
Beef, Pork, Vea! and Provisions
at Wholesale.
South Willow Street,
Near N. T. & N. E. Freight Depot.
Whenever you are stopping over
at Bristol, Conn., call at the
CONliVIERCIAL
HOUSE.
C F. MICHAEL. Proorietor.
AT LAST
We will change this
and say we have our
ad."
Fall
Stock of Shoes ready
to
show you if you give us the
opportunity. The best
Ladies Shoes we ever had
for the popular price of
$2.00. We make a specialty
01 Hoys shoes.
George G. Minor,
SHOE DKALEB.
52 Bank Street
Waterbury
Genuine
Real Estate Bargains.
The store and tenement property, 276
Dublin street, the two-family house with
large lot, 268 Dublin street, two double
houses with large lots, 293 Dublin street,
the two family house with large grounds,
63 and 67 Dublin street.
At the prices asked . and on the terms
they can be secured, ought to enable us
to close a deal on all of the said places
wiLiiiu iue next rew aays.
The owner of the said property means
business as he expects to make his home
in the future on the other side of the
water.
For the above Bargains, Loans on
Real Estate, Fire and Plate Glass In-
surance, btores, Offices, and Tenements,
see
WILLIAM J. SCHLEGEL,
Lewis Building, - 65 Sauls Street
LOVERVl
FRIGBRATOR
REFRIGERATORS!
This is what we want to talk to you about.
We have hundreds of them in stock, and
on account of the long spell of rainy
weather we have reduced the price to a
figure at which nobody need be without
one. Call early and make your selections.
FURNITURE
RENOYATING.
It's a real good lime to
have It done ItfOW.
Coverings
were never cheaper, assortment never
larger, work never as good
as NOW.
Let Us Show You
our goods and estimate on work you
want done.
THE .
Lapalme, Hoffman Go.
Painters, Furnishers, Decorators
158 & 160 Grand St.
THE HOLMES, BOOTH & HAYDEKS CO.
Waterbury, Conn. Salesrooms: 37 Park
Place, Hew York.
Brass, Copper & German Silver
"The Beer
That's Drank."
SPRING
ANNOUNCEMENT.
We have never been better equiped
to supply the trade with our standard
and always excellent '
Lager Beers,
Ales and Porter. ..
Our bottling department has every
facility to meet promptly all demands
of the hotel and family trade.
The company's Stock Ale will soon
be ready. No expense has been
spared to make it a strong and ster
ling beverage with a flavor that only
age can give.
Telephone 310.
THE HELLHAN
BREWING COMPANY.
FOR SALE !
HAVE FOR SALE IN
various parts of tlie city
houses to suit everyone.
Prices low and. sold on "the
installment plan,
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STREET
Brass City Coal Co.
T. F. CONWAY, Manager.
Coal,
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Wood and
' Charcoal.
YARD NEAR GAS HOUSE.
CENTRAL OFFICE: Cannon 8s Webster
Drug Store, 105 Bank street.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford R.' E.
May 19,1901. '
HARTFORD DIVISION.
Trains leave Hartford as follows :
For Springfield, Boston, Albany, Hortham
ton, and all points on the Connecticut River
Line x2.30, 5.55, 8.04, 9.26, xll.18 a. m.: xl2.05,
I. 25, x2.42, 3.5a for Suffield, 4.35, 6.20, x6.50, 9.20,
II. 20 p. 111. Sundays, X2.30 a. m:; 1.25. x6.50,
9-15 p. m.
For Meriden, ITew Haven and Hew York
X3.00, 6.40, 7.08,8-00, 8.33, 10.40, xll.07 a. m.;
X12.25, 12.55, x2.58, 3.50, 5.30, x7.10, 7.40, 10.05 p. m.
Sundays, x3.00, 7.45 (to New Haven) a.m. ; 12. 00,
x7.10, 10.05 p. m.
For Middletown via Berlin (New Britain
Junction) 6.40, 10.40 a. m. ; 12.25. 3.50, 50, 7.40
.and 10.05 p. m.
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Trains leave Hartford as follows :
For Saybrook Point and way stations 6.35,
8.55 a. m. ; 1.48, 4.30 p. m.
For New London 6.35, 8.55 a. m. ; 1.48, 4.30
p. m.
For Hartford, leaving Saybrook Junction at
8.18 a. m. ; 12.29, 4.20 and 6.30 p. m.
For Hartford Trains leave New London,
connecting at Saybrook Junction, at 7.35 and
11.45 a. m. ; 3.55 and 5.53 p. m.
ijaugatuck Drvisioir.
December 2, 1900.
Trains leave "Waterbury as follows :
For New York 6.35; 8.12, 10.50 a. m. ; 1.28
2.48, 6.08 p. m. Sunday, 7.05 a. m. ; 5.20 p. m.
For Bridgeport 6.35, 8.12, 10.50 a. m. ; 1.28,
For New Haven (via Derby Junction) 6.35,
8.12, 10.50 a. m. ; 1.28, 2.48, 4.45, 6.08, 7.20 (mixed)
p. m. Sunday, 7.05 a. m. ; 5.20 p. m.
For Ansonia 6.35, 8.12, 10.50 a. m,; 1,28, 2.48,
4.45, 6.08, 7.20 (mixed) p. m. "Sunday, 7.05 a, m. ;
5.20 p.m.
For Watertown 6.45, 8.41, 1L17 a. m.; 1-30,
4.01, 5.00, 6.12, 7.03, 9.05, 11.20 p. m. Sunday, 9.43
a. m. ; 8.00 p. m.
For Thomas ton, Torrington and Winsted
8.86, 11.12 a 111. ; 3.56, 6.58 p. m. Sunday, 9.38 a.
m. ; 7.55 p. m.
C. T. IIEMSTKAD, Gen. Pass. Agent.
HIGHLAin? VlYlSWa,
Trains leave Hartford as follows: '
For "Boston and "Worcester x5.05. 8.30
xlO.56 (Boston only) a. m. ; zl.55 p. m.
For Plainneld and Providence xo.05, 8.30 a.
m. ; xl.55, 5.30 p. m. -
For Putnam xo.05, 8 30, xl0.56, 11.20 a. m. :
xl.55, 5.30 p. m.
For Willimantic x5.05, 8.30, xl0.58, 11.20 a. m. ; . '
xl.55,.5 90, 7 15 p. m.
For Rockville via Vernon 8.30, 10.56, ' 11.20
a. m. ; 1.55, 5.30, 7.15, 9.50 p. m.
For Springfield Branch 10.00 a. m. ; 6.20 p. m.
For DanbUry &50 a. m.'; xl30f 102 p. m.
For FisbJdll Landing 6.50 a. in. ; xl2.30 p. m.
For Waterbury 6.50, 10.22 a. m. ; xl2-30, 4.02,
x6.30 p. m. Sundays, 8.30. 10.00 a. m.; 3.30,
5.30 and 7 .30 p. m.
Tnirtl rail trains connect at Bristol.
KC x Express trains.
Central M England Railway Company.
Ponglikeepsie Bridge Route. .
Station Cor. Church and Spruce Sts
Trains leave Hartford da'ly except Sunday,
6.00 a. m. for Cottage Grove and Bloomfield.
8.20 a. m. Express for Millerton and way
stations.
12.40 p. m. Western Express for Simsburr,
Collinsville, New Hartford, Winsted, Norfolk;
Canaam, Boston Corners, Co pake, Khinecliff,
Poughkeepsie, Highland and Campbell Hall,
connecting with N. Y. O. & W. Limited Ex- " '
press, due in Chicago 9.10 p. m. following day.
3.05 p. m. Millerton local, for all way stations
to Millerton.
4.45 p. m. local for Winsted and way stations.
6.35 1. m. West Winsted local, for all vt
stations to West "Winsted.
Sundays only, B.4U a. m. for all line
stations to CampDell tth
Tickets for the South and West for sale.
Chicaifo, I17.5Q, first-class: M second class.
For tickets, time tables and information, call
or address W. A. Wolcott, Ticket Agent, C. N.
K. Railroad Station, corner Church and Spruce
streets, Hartford, Conn.-
w 4J MAttxm, uen. fass. Agent.