112 MISSOURI AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



Such a State with its million dollar appropriation, deserves, de- 

 mands, must liavc. and will have, the best exhibit at the St. Louis 

 World's I'~air. that was ever displayed to the gaze of an admiring pub- 

 lic, bv anv state or nation. 



AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE AT THE EXPOSmuN. 



(By Professor John T. Stinson, Superintendent of Pomology, Depart- 

 ment of Horticulture, World's Fair.) 



Ladies and Gentlemen : 



I am here to meet }ou in the [)lace of Mr. V. W. Taylor, Chief of 

 the Departments of Agriculture and Plorticulture of the World's Fair, 

 who is on the program, but unluckily for you he is in New York and it 

 is impossible for him to be here. 



I am not going to attempt to make such an address as ]\Ir. Taylor 

 would make, for he is an Exposition man and would take up this subject 

 in a thorough and comprehensive manner. 1 desire to say, however, for 

 the encouragement of all of you who are interested in seeing Missouri 

 make the finest exhibits in the Departments of Agriculture and Horti- 

 culture that have ever been made at any Exposition, that you will find 

 that Mr. Tavlor will do everything in his power to assist those directly 

 in charge. He has had a large amount of Exposition experience, cover- 

 ing the World's Fair at Chicago, and the Expositions at Omaha and 

 L'uftalo. 



It is not necessary for me to attempt to give facts concerning the 

 general scope of the Exposition, as the members of the different societies 

 here represented are probably well acquainted with the general plan of 

 the exposition. It is well known that this exposition is planned on a 

 much larger scale than was the Columbian Exposition at Chicago. 

 When it is realized that the exposition gronnds extend two miles in one 

 direction and one mile in the other, some idea of the extent of this great 

 exposition is obtained. 



The largest building on the grounds will be the Agriculture building 

 which will cover practically twenty acres. This is evidence of the rec- 

 ognition by the exposition officials of the importance of the agricul- 

 tural industry. 



Some of the other large buiirings are the Transportation building, 

 which will cover over fifteen acres, the Machinery Building, which 

 will cover over ten acres, the building devoted to the Varied Industries, 

 covering over ten acres, and the Manufactures building covering prac- 



