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do SO well in nearly all parts of the State that Alissouri is becoming 

 noted the world oyer as the great fruit State of the Union. 



At the great St. Louis Fair, Missouri occupied more than double 

 the space of any other State, and the results show how well we kept 

 up the exhibit. During the season we showed six hundred and forty 

 varieties of fruits of twenty-two diilerent kinds, and forty-eight kinds 

 of nuts. This wonderful display used over one hundred thousand 

 plates of fruits during the seven months. Our awards were justified, 

 surely : 



Three grand prizes. (One for extent of exhibit, one for beauty 

 of installation, one for educational features of the exhibit.) 



Twenty-two gold medals. 



One hundred and fifty silver medals. 



One hundred and ninety bronze medals. 



The above samples of corn were shown .at Steodinan Institute. All the corn w-is 

 planted after .Tune 20 and yielded from 40 to 75 bushels per acre. Courtesy of Jas. O. Erwln. 



