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to 23; grapes, Oetober 10 to14. Foreign exhibits in this kind of perish- 
able articles are necessarily very scanty. Canada shows some cran- 
berries and a collection of apples and pears modeled in wax; France, a 
few fruits; Austria, a remarkable combination of currants and goose- 
berries growing upon the same stem, with some fresh grapes and Turkish 
prunes. Italy shows some oranges and olives. The cranberry region of 
New Jersey is represented by some fine specimeus. A collection of wax 
models of apples and pears of Iowa is presented by the board of agricul- 
ture in that State. 
Agricultural products.—The next head of the classification embraces 
the direct products of soil-culture, except textile fibers. Several States 
presented collective exhibits of their capacities for general culture, more 
or less full. The most prominent of these special exhibits is that of 
Kansas which, with the Territory of Colorado, occupied a separate build- 
ing. The specimens are labeled with great care, giving the county, resi- 
dence, and name of the party by whom they were grown. The yield per 
acre in each county, from therecordsof the State agricultural department, 
is furnished on application. A large map of the State, spread out 
upon the wall, enables the inquirer to locate each county and to gain 
very clear ideas of the agricultural character of the State. Wheat stems 
are shown from 5 to 64 feet high, with heads 3 to 6 inches long; corn- 
Stalks 13 to 174 feet high, with ears commencing 10 feet from the ground; 
oats, 5 to 64 feet high; rye, 5 to 7 feet high; broom-corn, 18 feet high ; 
blue-grass, 5 feet 4 inches high. The collection of grasses embraces 14 
wild varieties, commencing with buffalo grass 6 inches high, and ending 
with blue-stem prairie-grass over 10 feet high—*‘ too big for hay, but not 
quite big enough for cord-wood.” Clover from 4 to 5 feet high, and ears 
of corn 12 to 15 inches long, have ceased to astonish the natives of this 
region. One stalk of corn had 13 ears and another 7. Iowa exhibited 
a fine collection of cereals, grasses, vegetables, seeds, &c. A remark- 
able feature in this Iowa exhibit is the collection of specimens of soils 
from 35 different counties in sections 6 feet deep. Massachusetts, Indiana, 
Michigan, Delaware, Ohio, and West Virginia also present collective 
exhibits of soil products. Oregon accompanies a similar exhibit with a 
printed statement of her resources, in which cereals and grasses are 
especially prominent. Wheat crops have not been known to fail during 
the thirty years since the settlement of the State. Neither weevil, smut, 
nor drought have been known to any extent; the grain is said to attain 
the weight of 69 pounds per bushel, and cats 45 to 50 pounds; good 
wheat lands, with good cultivation, yield from 26 to 45 bushels per acre ; 
barley, 40 to 70; oats, 68 to 80. These statements are guaranteed by 
the Oregon State Board of Immigration. Arkansas has a collection of 
soil products in a separate building, and distributes publications showing 
the extent and value of her agricultural resources. The grain produc- 
tion of this State is developing remarkably, while its grass crops are 
unexcelled by any other State. Corn 14 feet high, and grass 7 feet high, 
are noted in the history of a recent editorial excursion by newspaper 
representatives of several Eastern and Northern States. Among large 
vegetables seen by these tourists, cucumbers weighing over 60 pounds 
each were noted. The Western North Carolina Land-Company has a 
collection of cereals, grasses, &c., of the section it represents. Corpora- 
tions and individuals exhibit specimens of special production of great 
interest and value to the student of our agricultural resources ; some of 
these, however, have not been rightly located in the catalogue. 
England sends a very small list of products of this class, but among 
these is a very promising new variety of white wheat called ‘ Mainstay 
