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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1903)
Agriculture at St. Louis World's Fair ! Written for The Illustrated Bee by Frederic W. Taylor, Chief of Bureau (Continued from Fourth Pag-) Bent of these will V Intended to be ab solutely complete, covering every phase of the Tarloua subjects. Km an Instance let as take eon. Torre are scores of species and varieties. Includ ing the ordinary field corn, both flint and dent, sweet corn and popcorn. Accurately determined and properly labelled they should be of great Interest and would serve to settle many questions. But add to such an exhibit of the grain an equally perfect ene of the Taiious corn products Including all the constituent parts and their derivatives, and it is quits im possible t foresee the good that may be done. The products and by-products of corn are more numerous and Tailed than one would dream, until after making something of a study of the subject They include a good many things besides eornmeaL There are, tor instance, the animal foods and other products of the stalk. Including cellu lose, which la now appUed to so many uses. From the grain come all the varied meal and cereal foods, corn flour, starch, alco hol, glucose, etc Incidentally, it should not .be forgotten that alcohol may be and Is made from corn ao easily that but for the Internal rerenue tax It conld be sold about as cheap as gas oline, and used for heating and many other purposes more economically than any known fuel. A graphic illustration of this fact would be Interesting and should lead to an awakening as to the necessity of pro viding some way to make possible the gen eral use ef alcohpl In the sciences and In dustries without the payment of rerenue. So far as is known no such exhibit of corn has ever been attempted. This im portant cereal has been introduced within so comparatively recent a tlr.ts that much less is generally known about it than of Art of (Copyright, 1903, by Allen V. Gillespie.) I J I taxidermist, "are many, but our 1 -LI-, . , A V.K f-n, that not a single American millionaire has gone in strong for a collec tion of heads and horns. Nor can a single public institution In the United States rightfully boast of a collection that will compare favorably with even the third rate collections in Europe. "For some reason. or ethsr the directors of museums do not seem to comprehend the full zoological value of a .good collection, and hence they begrudge spending any money to secure heads and horns of ani mals that are rapidly becoming extinct. In the twenty-five years 1 have been In busi ness I do not believe that I have sold 125,000 worth of 'goods to museums, and I am the largest Importer and dealer in my line In America. "As for the millionaire. It seems to bo almost n Impossibility to awaken blm to the Importance of making a collection. Ho will buy a head or two and a couple of dozen pairs of horns, and then he will be satisfied. Maybe, during the course f his lifetime, he spends as much as $3,000 with a taxidermist, and then again maybe he doesn't. "I attribute tbe American millionaire's neglect of the field ot taxidermy to his hobby of establishing game preserves. He says to himself: 'Istcad of having mere horns snd heads around me, I'll have the real things tbe live animals.' But h for gets that he cannot have many f the moat noted animals of modern times in his pre serves, fcr the simple reason that ths few specimens now alive cannot be obtained for love nor money. "Take tho Alpine Ibex, f it Instance The king of Italy owns the only twenty now alive, and to kill one of them Is lifelong Imprisonment. A millionaire could not se cure one of these animals no matter how much money he might offer for U, but he could buy quite a few heads and horns at prices ranging from t75 to $25, which, are reasonable when you remember that tbe Alpine Ibex is extinct for all practcal purposes. "As this Is also true of many other ani mals not a few of which are American It behooves American museums snd American men of money to make before It Is too late collections that will g'vs p s'erlfy an ample idea of the animals of (be present day. Inspiration along this line should be taken from Europe, and especially from Germany and France. Every nobleman and every person of wealth In those two countries have collections costing thousands of dol lars each. A castle in Germany Is not considered habitable without Its myriad of heads and horns about the walls and as for the hunting lodges they are filled to overflowing with specimens of taxidermy. "I believe I have seen all the most noted collections in Europe and I knew that it la no exaggeration to say that their com bined value at present market rates Is close a to 0v,O0eXKd. "Ob his Hanoverian preserve Kmperor William has what 1 consider the finest and largest collection ef herns la the world. It consists not only of specimens) ef the any of the email grains. It win be easy to how la much the same way as la de scribed for corn can be worked out Inter esting and valuable data regarding cotton, tobacco and sugar beets. la looking over the field of new methods of educating and appealing to the public the plan mentioned was evolved, and It- Is hoped and expected that great good may result. The department of agriculture at St Louis Includes nineteen groups, beside live stock, which Is to be handled as a separate section. These nineteen groups include the farms themselves as well as practically ev- -erythlng that the farmer uses or produces, and pretty much everything made from that which he produces. It follows agricultural products into their second and, sometimes, even their third or four generation. Some ether exhibits Included In the de partment are agricultural Implements of every nature, all processes need la the production of foods and drinks of every description, as weTl as the factories In which they are made and the machinery used In ouch factories r proceeees. In 'addition there are all of the Inedible agricultural products, such as the plants grewn and used for fiber, for tanning and for the production of oil. Tobacco, and al cohol as produced from cither grains or fruits, come nder this department also. Then there Is all the literature on agri cultural subjects and the agricultaral press, the experiment station work of the Depart ment of Agriculture and the various ataua, the method of construction of farm bu'ld Ings, of buying, selling and leasing lands and all the multifarious processes con nected directly or Indirectly with agricul ture. Not only will there be shewn all those exhibits which properly belong indoors, but methods and appliances connected with the growing of crops and requiring te be domonstrated outside. For this purpoas Taxidermy Neglected by Americans German stag and ef the roebuck, but ef hundreds of heads and horns of foreign animals. Every American animal la rep resented aad to secure the epecUnens the emperor has spent thousands ef dollars through me. His American collection alone would put te shame the combined half dozen biggest collections owned la this country. - "After a month's inspection of the em peror's entire collection several years ego, I estimated Its value at se0y ROMKM. And several ef the emperor's subjects have collections almost as costly. Fact Is, the taxidermy business In this country would about go into bankruptcy if it were not for our mighty hunters and fishers. They have lately begun to use It to back up their, seemingly tall stories ef experiences with rod and gun. "This is especially true of tbe fisherman. When he catches a black bass weighing eight pounds, he doesn't eat it, as was formerly the custom; and thus destroy all evidence of veracity of the story of the big catch that he relates to his friends. In stead he sends the black bass to a taxiderm ist, who prepares it for preservation at the rate of $1 a pound. And then, when tbe fisherman has his story doubted by his friends, all that he has to do to prove his words Is to lead his hearers up to the black bass, mounted on an appropriate base. "The freak horn collector also contributes towards keeping the taxidermists in busi ness. The average American ' eeema to think that a pair of horns is sot worth owning unless it Is abnormal la some way. If a bull moose has twisted its antlers into some unnatural shape, we can dispose of them for two or three times the price we ask for a perfect pair, which the expert collector would rave ever. Why, for ene pair of exceedingly freakish moose horns I received $2,000, or nearly double the money I got for one of tbe finest pairs of, moose antlers I've ever seen. They had a spread ef sixty-eight inches and showed forty three points. But freak collectors passed . them by without a second glanee, and it took me nearly five years to dispose of them. The freak horns I sold in less than two weeks after receipt Indeed, I cannot keep up with the demand for freak things. "Of late years the mounting of Florida specimens has made considerable business. Alligators ars brought up north in great numbers by the wealthy, who have devel oped the hobby of scattering tbe hideous saurlans in life-like attitudes about their mansions. For one New York millionaire alone I stuffed a score of alligators last year, and he wrote me lately that he was forwarding me six more specimens. "Buffalo heads? No sale for them. Ths only man who makes any money out of buffalo heads is the plainsman who has managed to secure several heads by book or crook. He disposes of them to ths hun ters from east of the Mississippi, who take the trophies back home with them, and ttien call In their friends and ssy, 'See what I killed on my bunting trip west Tbe guide told me I was a very lucky man probably killed the last wild buffalo on tbe plains.' "Yes, the hunter prefers paying $600 or $1,000 for a head out west rather than $350 there has been set aside a very large area of ground upon which to carry on all such work. The United States Tpartmcnt of Agri culture has applied for ten acres of space on which to show plots of the various grasses and cereals adapted to growth In various parts of the country. This will nuke not Only a beautiful, but an Interesting aud educational exhibit. Horticulturists will be glad to know that their department will be supplied with the very best possible facilities. Particular attention Is naked to the splendid provlsloa made for pomologtosl exhibits. It will be recalled that at previous expositions It has sometimes been necessary t divide the fruit exhibits, placing portions in each ef twe or more spaces, so separated as t break the continuity of examination and readgrtng Impossible such comparisons as should constitute one ef the best features of such an exhibit The one enormous room, covering almrst four acres of floor space, can all bo taken in at a glance and will at the same time provide the opportunity for clote and spe cial study of varieties and species. This room will be at the same lime one of the highest la the exposition, giving that fail and complete ventilation so necessary to the successful exhibit ef fruits. The horticulture building will be vtsibts from a greater distance than any ether ea the grounds, slnoe It occupies the most elevated position. The beauty ef the build ing. Its commanding position and, particu larly, Its perfect adaptation te the use to which it Is to be put. combine to supply conditions that are most satisfactory. In addition to these general and larger arrangements, every detail necessary to the comfort and convenience of the exhibitors Is receiving the most careful attention. A room of ample slse is provided la which te unpack and prepare exhibits which will for a much bolter spedmea in the east That's why I've a stock ef twenty buffalo beads that I've been unable to sell since I bought them tour roars age. "Old you ever stop te think that the march of civilisation Is a great aid te taxidermy T Take Siberia, -tor example. Ten years ago we had scarcely any speci mens sf the Siberian ibex and roebuck la either Europe or America. But since the railroad has been opened specimens are earning eut ef the Interior by the carload. The prices are still high, however. A fair pair ef Ibex asm will bring S2W in the market any day. Alaska Is another .country that of late years has been sending new specimens to the taxidermist. They, too, are costly, but the European collectors de net stop at prices, and ao we ars doing a geed business In Alaskan heads and horns. "But, say, if we could only induce ths American millionaire to take Interest ia heads and horns, the taxidermist on this side of the wster would not have to de pend for a large part of his Income en renting full specimens of bears and other fur-bearing animals to the furriers during the fur-wearing season, at from $350 to $1,000 a rental. If only one-twentieth of the interest displayed by Europeans over heads and horns could be transferred to this country, we struggling taxidermists would become men of affluence within, a few years." Money to Burn Mrs. Ann Law ot Trenton. N. J., cooked a 20-eent steak the other morning with a roll of greenbacks worth $300. Mrs. Law was colas o Philadelphia on a shopping tour and drew $300 from the bank. She laid the money, which was Inclosed In an envelope, on a table in the sitting room She decided to breakfast on steak before - leaving home, and. gathering a handful of paper, kindled a fire In the kitchen stove. When tbe steak was cooked it dswned on Mrs. Law's mind that she had used the greenbacks for kindling. She gathered the ashes and took them to ths mint la Phila delphia te find out if she could get her money back. Cost of Clothes Barring the Inhabitants ot ths earth who wear practically no clothes at all, ths costume ot the average Russian costs the lesst Ten rubles, or about $7.60, will cloths a male citisen of the czar's realm, while the woman's costume will cost less than $3. Ths man's costume consists of coarse m TUB HALFTONE PLATES FURNISHED THE ILLVSTRAT&D BEiD ArcEndraVedtop the BAKER BEDS. EKGRsWLKG CD. OMAHA. bo arriving hourly during the period of rreuh fruit shipments. This room Is on the first floor and so located as to be of easiest possible acress from all exhibits. It will be supplied with tables, sinks, run. nlng water, ample light and every other convenleuce. At this room will be roads all deliveries of shipment a. Exhibitors can then be notified of tho arrival of their shipments and can unpack and prepare them for display without a moment's delay. In tho esse of quirkly perishable fruit, the saving of a few hours' time in placing It on the table Is of the utmost oomwqesnee. The outdoor exhibits In horticulture will Include everything which It is posslbls to bring toesther la flowers, decorative plants, shrubs and trees. The beautiful setting for this sort of dlsplsy constats of forty, two sens of ground surrounding the Agrt cu'ture and Horticulture buildings. This entire area has been plscei at (he disposal of the chief -of eh departments snd he has agreed to cover It with the choicest products ef the nurseries end floral estae lisbmeats of the wetV. It Is a aracsful tribute te agriculture aad hortloultara that the executive authorities of the exposition havo set aside the -solid tract of sixty-seven seres, consisting of a bill and approaches leading up te It, every inch ef wuloa la te be treated with agricul tural and horticultural exhibit a. It is as if these departments were "to constitute a large important exposition ef their own, and shews clearly how ocif-coa-talned are the rural Interests. Perhaps nothing else could more clearly illustrate hew large a port ken ef the capital and energy ef the world are Invested In those pursuits which are broadly classed as agri cultural. The farmer himself would per haps have a higher coaoepttoa ef the honor, ableness ef his employment did he appro, data that half the money and half the people ef ths earth are engaged in like pursuits. FREDERIC TAYLOR. eetten treusrrs tucked iote boots of naif, dressed leather, a cotton shirt and a sheep skin eeat A coarse Camlet caften bound around with a ansa completes the dress. The wesson wear a ssrataa, or long pet. tiooat, which Is held up by etrsps ran nlng ever tho shoulders, a chemise with sleeves te the elbow, a kerchief ever the bead and a pair of shoes. Stockings ere sxnettmes worn, hat snore frequently the legs end feet are hound with trips ef eetten or tinea cloth. For ewtdeor wear quilted Jacket or long cloak is added. The simplicity and cheapness -of - the dress is not duo to any lack of vanity, but to the poor cirrumstaitces under which the majority of ths Russians live. New York Press. 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