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view of the scene presented during the entire of those memorable forty 

 days, of the crowds that entered the hall and fully and critically ex- 

 amined the fruit on exhibition, and much less of the extent, variety, 

 show and quality of the fruit. We can sit back in our chair and shut our 

 eyes and view the scene as we meditate upon its greatness as a whole 

 and the completeness of the many county exhibits, but we cannot, either 

 in cold type describe or by means of an ordinary newspaper illustration 

 reproduce the grand picture. We may see the same thing duplicated 

 here or elsewhere, and have some lingering hopes that such may be our 

 great pleasure, but just here and now are willing to admit that such a 

 scene is one of a lifetime. 



In this connection we also have to indicate where the enterprise 

 of the Rural World comes in. It may not appear seemly to boast of 

 one's own work, but that "light under the bushel" business comes to us 

 on good authority, and even if it did not, there exists no good reason 

 why after first of all suggesting the effort, and spending weeks of time 

 and traveling thousands of miles a year for three years, to say nothing of 

 valuable columns of space devoted gratuitously to the work we should 

 not mention it, and at the hands of those who come after us claim that 

 we did something in our day and generation to make the merits of this 

 grand state known to the people of the world. On this page is the first 

 article that was written on the subject. It appeared in the RURAL 

 World, Nov. 26th, 1885. It is truer to-day than then. 



