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THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



[January 



THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 



The Progress of the Great Work--A Birds- 

 Eye View of the Buildings and Grounds-- 

 Details of the Live Stock Department. 



A recent visit to Fairmouiit Park, on the 

 occasion of tlie presence of the President of 

 tlie United States, Judges of the Supreme 

 Court, and Members of Congress, revealed 

 remarkable progress in the great work, 

 since oiu' former visit. The remarkably 

 mild and open winter we are having is highly 

 tavoralile to the prosecution of outdoor work, 

 such as grading the grounds, and there is no 

 longer reason to doubt that all the details will 

 be completed in time for the opening iu May. 

 The apjiropriation of a million and a half of 

 dollars which has been asked of Congress to 

 complete the work will no doubt be granted, 

 as the repri'Sentatives of every department of 

 the government wlio inspected the biuldiugs 



line seen above these buildings is the Schuyl- 

 kill river, whieh runs to the right toward the 

 Delaware. Beyond it lies the great body of 

 the city, from which rise many steeples and 

 towers. On the farther side, to the left, ap- 

 pears a faint line, showing the Delaware river, 

 which borders the city on the east, and runs 

 southward, to the right. 



In addition to these there will be about one 

 hundred and fifty smaller buildings, erected 

 for the headquarters of different states and na- 

 tions, and for special exhibition of the products 

 of different industries, many of them present- 

 ing beautiful architectural designs. 



We print below, as specially interesting to 

 OIU' readers, the details of the arrangements 

 made for the exhibition of live stock by Burnet 

 Landreth, Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture, 

 and approved l>y Director-General A. T. Gos- 

 horn. These details of a siTigle department 

 will give the reader a fair idea of the magni- 

 tude of the enterprise. 



As to Hnlstcins, Herefords, Ayrshires, Devone, 

 Guernseys, Britanuys, Kerrys, and other pure breeds, 

 tliey are either imported or descended from imported 

 animals on both sides. 



As to Jerseys, that they are entered in the Herd 

 Register of the American Jersey Cattle Club, or in 

 that of the Royal Agricultural Society of Jersey. 



As to sheep and swine, they are imported or de- 

 scended from imported animals, and, that the home- 

 bred shall be of pure blood as far back as the fifth 

 generation. 



:l The term breed, as used, is intended to compre- 

 hend all family divisions, where the distinction in 

 form and cliaracter dates back through yearsof sepa- 

 ration; for instance, it is held that the proa;euy of a 

 pure-blood Jersey and a pure-blood Guernsey, is not 

 a thorouKh-liVed, but a cross-bred animal, and, as 

 such, is necessarily excluded. 



4. Iu awarding prizes to animals of pure blood, the 

 judges will take into consideration chiefly the relative 

 merits as to the power of the transmission of their 

 valuable qualities; a cardinal object of the exhibition 

 being to promote improvement in breeding stock. 



•5. In case of doubt relative to the age of an animal, 

 satisfactory proof must be furnished, or the animal 

 will be subject to examination by a veterinary sur- 

 geon ; and 



on the occasion referred to, expressed them- 

 selves highly pleased with what they saw, and 

 the national honor seems now to be at stake in 

 the matter. 



The accompanying engraving represents a 

 correct l)irds-eye view of the appearance of 

 the Centennial grounds and the relative rela- 

 tions of the buildings to each other. 



The Mdin Bu'dding is the extensive struct- 

 ure, rimning diagonally, near the centre of the 

 cut. It covers about as much space as the 

 other four united. Mwhinerii Hall is the next 

 largest building, and runs toward the right, in 

 the same range, with only a street between. 

 Ayriruhural Hall is near the lower corner, to 

 the left. Ifurticultiiral Hull is the ornamental 

 structure standing next above the last in the 

 view. The Art GaVery is the stone edifice 

 with the large dome, standing between the 

 last and the first liuildings named. This is 

 also called Jlemorial Hall. It was erected by 

 provision made by the State of Pennsylvania, 

 and it is designed to be permanent. The white 



Live Stock. 



1 . The live stock display at the International Ex- 

 hibition will be lield within the montlis of September 

 and October, ISTH; the periods devoted to each class 

 and family being fifteen days, and the division as fol- 

 lows: 



Horses, mules, and asses, from September first to 

 fifteenth. 



Horned cattle (of all varieties), from September 

 twentietli to October fifth. 



Sheep, swine, goats and dogs, from October tenth 

 to twenty-tifth. 



Poultry will be exhibited from October twenty- 

 eighth to Novcnil)er tenth. 



3. Animals to be eligible for admission to the Inter- 

 national Exhibition must be, with the exception of 

 trotting stock, walking horses, matched teams, fat 

 and draught cattle, of such pedigree that the exhibi- 

 tor can furnish satisfactory evidence to the Chief 

 Bureau, that — 



.\s applied to the thoroughbred horses, at far hack 

 as the fifth generation of ancestors on both sides, 

 they are of pure blood, and of the same identical 

 breed. 



As to short-horned cattle, they are registered in 

 either Allen's, Alexander's, orthe English herd-books. 



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only be brought forward, as the characterof the stock 

 will be judged by the general average of those ex- 

 hiliited. 



8. Exhibitors will be expected to furnish their own 

 attendants, on whom all responsibility of the care of 

 feeding, watering and cleaning the animals, and also 

 of cleaning the stalls, will rest. 



9. Forage and grain will be furnished at cost prices, 

 at depots conveniently located within the grounds. 

 Water can be had at all hours, ample facilities being 

 provided for its conveyance and distribution through- 

 out the stock-yards 



10. Exhibitors must supply all harness, saddlery, 

 vehicles and other appointments, and all such must 

 he kept in their appointed places. 



11. The Commission will erect ample accommoda- 

 tion for the exhibition and protection of live stock, 

 yet contributors who may desire to make special ar- 

 rangements for the display of their stock, will be 

 attbrded facilities at their own cost. Fractious ani- 

 mals, whether stallions, mares with foals, or bulls, 

 will be provided with stallsof suitable character. 



\2. All stalls will be regularly and distinctly num- 

 bered; coiTcspouding numbers on labels of uniform 

 character will be given to each exhibitor, and uo ani- 

 mal will be allowed to pass from its stall without its 

 proper number attached. 



