THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION. 



HELD IN ST. LOUIS, 1904. 



SOME FACTS ABOUT THE WORLD's GREATEST EXPOSITION — MISSOURI IN 



COMPARISON. 



AGRICULTURE. 



Agriculture at the Exposition. — If there was one particular in which 

 the Louisiana Purchase Exposition excelled all other expositions it 

 was in the beauty and magnitude of its agricultural display. Agri- 

 culture is the foundation of all arts, sciences and industries. The only 

 human occupation, which from its very nature bears an inseparable 

 relation to the State. Hence there was nothing more fitting than that 

 the greatest display of the greatest exposition in all the history of 

 expositions, should have been devoted to agriculture. 



The Agricultural Buildiug. — The building itself, with its twin 

 palace of Horticulture, was badly located. It is the general verdict 

 toda}' that the Agricultural and Horticultural buildings should have 

 been placed directly west of the Transportation building. The incon- 

 venient position of the Agricultural building acted only as a tem- 

 porary hindrance, for when its glories received their proper adver- 

 tisement, the crowd thronging its aisles was always large. Although 

 severely plain in architectural style, the building was graceful enough 

 when viewed from a distance. It was 1,600 feet by 500 feet, and so 

 immense that its interior did not reveal the fact that its south door 

 was nearly twenty feet higher than the north entrance. The building 

 contained a systematic arrangement of every exhibit pertaining to 

 agriculture from the earliest day down to the present time. Fully 

 one-fourth of the space was devoted to farm implements and ma- 

 chinery, and appliances whereby farm products are manufactured into 

 the thousand and one things necessary to our daily life. This section 

 of the building included fertilization and irrigation displays. 



Special Displays. — The appliances and methods used in agriculture 

 were also exhibited in many of the special displays, notably those of 

 cotton, tobacco, dairying and the manufacture of food stuffs. All 

 through these exhibits corn was specialized. The grains from each 



