596 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



The managers of the Minnesota State Fair presented the 

 delegates with tickets to the fair, the privileges of which a 

 large number availed themselves of to attend, and then left 

 for their homes at evening. 



The sessions of the Farmers' Congress at St. Paul were 

 equal to any it has held in ability, papers read, discussions 

 and quality of work accomplished. 



The majority of the delegates expressed a desire to hold 

 the Farmers' National Congress in Boston in 1899, provided 

 suitable arrangements could be made for so doing. It is to 

 be hoped that arrangements will be made to carry their 

 desire into effect. 



St. Paul is a city of 180,000 people, many of them from 

 New England and the Eastern States, giving to it a home- 

 like atmosphere to the Massachusetts delegates. 



Minneapolis, its twin, has 200,000 people, and the same 

 general characteristics as St. Paul. They were first settled 

 in 1849, are located on the banks of the upper Mississippi, 

 and have fine streets, fine public and private buildings, 

 water, sewerage, gas, electricity and all modern improve- 

 ments. Both cities have fine park systems, fine street rail- 

 way systems and steam railways connecting the two. 



Minneapolis is known the world over as the greatest of all 

 flour-producing cities on the globe. There are many fine 

 bridges across the Mississip[)i at the two cities, and the signs 

 of push and prosperity among the inhabitants are every- 

 where noticeable. 



Below the centre of St. Paul, upon a bluff 400 feet above 

 the waters of the Mississippi, and commanding a beautiful 

 view in either direction, are seven mounds of the ancient 

 mound builders. Three of them are 75 feet broad at their 

 base and 20 feet in height, liaving the appearance of a hay- 

 cock flattened by a heavy rain. The other four are small, 

 mere children, so to speak, by the side of the other giant 

 forms. They are grassed over and guarded with care by 

 the city. Whoever the people were that built them, they 

 were not lacking in artistic taste in selecting that sightly 

 and charming spot for their erection. 



The Falls of Minnehaha, near Minneapolis, and the Soldiers' 

 Home, located upon a commanding bluff of the Mississippi, 



