The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . WINDMII^Iv EXHIBIl*. this buildino- an investiof^tlon of the exhibits of Trinidad, Connect!-cut. North Carolina, New York, Indiana, California, Utah and Mas-sachusetts brings the wayfarer to the section devoted to manufac-tured goods. This Includes all sorts of wooden ware, both usefuland beautiful and well worthy of attention. A department of Its own, but Intimately connected with the agri-cultural display, is the Live Stock Department. Live Stock formsone of the most important displays at the Fair. The competitions r8B AGRICULTURE, include a
The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . WINDMII^Iv EXHIBIl*. this buildino- an investiof^tlon of the exhibits of Trinidad, Connect!-cut. North Carolina, New York, Indiana, California, Utah and Mas-sachusetts brings the wayfarer to the section devoted to manufac-tured goods. This Includes all sorts of wooden ware, both usefuland beautiful and well worthy of attention. A department of Its own, but Intimately connected with the agri-cultural display, is the Live Stock Department. Live Stock formsone of the most important displays at the Fair. The competitions r8B AGRICULTURE, include a kennel show, a display of fat stock and of horses, mules,sheep, swine, poultry, pigeons and pets of all kinds. For thesepurposes there has been erected a great oval pavilion, or arena,adjacent to Agricultural Hall. The exterior is of staff and stucco,and the interior an open arena 400 feet in length with ten tiers of. NOrEaster. [Painting by Miss S. Turjzer.)Exhibit of Burdett CouUs, Esq., M. P. seats and a broad balcony. Fifteen thousand spectators can beseated at one time. There are sixty-four stalls for the accommo-dation of live stock under the seats of the arena, while the stockbarns to the south are sufficient to shelter thousands of head ofcattle. The arena is floored with tan-bark and is the most satistao AGRICULTURE. 189 tory structure of the kind which has ever been erected. Whilecovering this portion of the grounds, the visitor will naturallyobserve the distillery exhibit which has been already mentioned, theimmense flock of wind-mills, with wheels all whirling, ranging fromthe most modern air motor to the earliest Holland mill; and the out-side exhibit of agricultural implements, all of these latter properlybelonging to the agricultural department and its accessories. No previous Exposition ever paid so much attention to perfect-ing the display in the agricultural exhibits, and this fac
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