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VOLUME XXXV.—No. 5. 
NEW YORK, MAY, 1876. 
NEW SERIES—No. 352. 
THE AGRICULTURAL HALL AT THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 
The most interesting part of the Centennial Ex¬ 
hibition, which opens on the 10th of this month, at 
least to farmers, will be the Agricultural Hall, 
while fruit growers and other horticulturists will 
he equally attracted to the Horticultural Hall. The 
Agricultural Hall will contain products gathered 
from all parts of the world. Here will also be 
brought together agricultural implements from 
many countries with which the American farmer 
competes in the markets of the world. Side by 
side with the most improved of modern machinery, 
will also be exhibited the old-fasliioned and obso¬ 
lete implements of early times. If it is true that 
to travel and see foreign countries, and the ways, 
methods, and productions of strange people, en¬ 
larges the mind and the capacity for appreciating 
what is good or faulty in our own surroundings, 
then the intelligent and studious farmer may, in a 
few days, learn a lesson in this building that would 
require months or years of time, and large expense, 
to acquire in the ordinary manner. The agricultur¬ 
al building, a view of which is given in the above 
engraving, is situated near the Horticultural Hall, 
which has been already described in the American 
Ac/riculturist, and covers a space of over tea acres. 
To realize the magnitude of this building, one has 
only to look at a ten-acre field, and imagine it to 
be roofed over in the manner above shown. The 
building is of wood and glass, and consists of a long 
nave, crossed by three transepts, finished in the 
Gothic style. The nave is 820 feet long, and 125 
feet wide, with a bight of 75 feet from the floor to 
the point of the arch. The central transept is of 
the same bight, and 100 feet wide, the end transepts 
are 70 feet high, and 80 feet wide. The portions of 
the building, which are enclosed on three sides be; 
tween the nave and transepts, are roofed over, and 
will be used for the exhibition of the heavier and 
more bulky agricultural machinery and imple¬ 
ments. The yards for the accommodation of horses, 
cattle, sheep, and poultry, are not included beneath 
this building, but are placed near it, where they 
may be conveniently inspected. Every accommo¬ 
dation for the comfort of visitors, and their rapid 
transport from one portion of the exhibition to an¬ 
other, has been provided. Horse-cars, and cars 
drawn by dummy engines, will run to and fro con¬ 
tinually. It is understood that abundant accom¬ 
modations for lodging have been provided at 
moderate rates, and that there will be on each rail¬ 
road train going toward Philadelphia an authorized 
agent to give all nee ded information. For the en¬ 
graving we are indebted to the efficient chief of 
the Bureau of Agriculture, Burnett Landreth, Esq. 
