| Show I t r 9 r A v 5 LARGEST MAP OF UNITED STATES T I Tn 1 Constructed of r representative l YO Growing n Cropo ro ol of Enoh I F jj St it Covers Six x nod and Is le n Worlds World 2 h r rI I 5 j 2 nn un on six none M of A n gentle I slope of T Tenn t on Hill nt lit the Ht St Louis Loula In ie the largest cor correct corr corrent rent r t map limp over constructed I Till In la I IO O feet long lone trait from rom tt tb welt pad HIll extends from north to south MO O feet feel tf l The nap to is tho the math main feature oT 01 thu large open exhibit liy by the lie bu hu bureau reau r alms Clu ut plant Industry of ref the department of or arid ana li la mip r Intended by lIy D 1 A laic IntI superintendent of vr the Western Washington We station under corder the direction of at Prof Prat W J 1111 III II n of tho United States department of at ug ag Tho Tha bureau of nt plant industry Is le mule made up of eight blo bio physiology and pathology fibre litre plant investigation medi medical medical cal plants Investigation and every phase Ot r plant life Ure Each of ot the eight unless h 11 i over by ly u it 1 chief and by ly lyate vote tote ate of tho the combined B W J of was to complete control of this authorized by Jy an nn not nat of Con Can ConI 1 I gross cross Mr was 1 to have supervision of ot tho the planting and yatton vat Ion The Tho several Fernl acres were fenced off In April and tho the entire tract was richly fertilized Tho The ground was plowed and nOlI harrowed tho the soil poll pulverized and the tho thool ol Uro tract sowed rowed to cow co pens This Tide crop cr not only enriches the noil but prevents the he growth oC of weeds and will r render the subsequent plowing sary lurr As B 8 the tho crops to br be grown will ho bo required to be planted Sit lit It Intervals Internist Int up I n a hart time before tore th opening of the exposition further plowing plow nil would provo prove V i tan n exhibit H is Hr I r ly 1 to lobe tob bt the lire Gardners Him slur ply pull up th eow a pea th The Th ground roc dv dvIs la Is Isto to tn be In een condition unu re reo but little work i roOn on It II The file lh map U la I of IJ tho the main tin lve ix ex x end the Nol crop grown thIs thin snail I Will coil the Ih ROV it y tore than per 11 acre acred I lr A d belt ell of ot blue bin M In IV II JU W feet te w side iU I A the r ry and IIII coast t ho m H s HOf Of tills till IIII Tilt Jin b bout U U I y line between the th etus tu tIt H nil air 11 murk mark I ly y Ih fret fN wi I i Th Tit t I comprising the fourteen si St tt 4 s of tin tU nu 1 t ur elm chose In Iii marked by it II white 1111 grovel l v wall iii The fhe Th an art to lu Im plant dIn d dIn In III growing irate of the 1111 of th Ih The 1111 m In Indol dor dol sad gravel w walks lk none II I t r n All prom promenade enade Mild and lire are of nf i nt to penult the tree free U f t t 1101 Thus Thun n it of 01 fo ro all an taia ars ij Is II cn itt d dand and the tho visitor nary us u ud 11 1 hits his way WilY h the th mass mue and Sl See by l demonstration junt Just shat crops no pi are lire grown in evory ova eve y purt of or the Ille United Unite Slates and liow they are alc The Ih cereals wilt will I be the feature feat me or of the great Kroat north northwest west while down In III Florida Florilla will be lie seen lleen growing the pineapple and ami orange and other semitropical and To roo hacco will lie lw a prominent mature of 01 allotment while colic canu und end cotton otton will wll be he found grow growing Ing In the plots of ground representing other southern Not only will th the product of or state be shown on this IBIS map by hy growing traps crops but hilt the tho section of or tho lute stale sinh on which each commodity is most grown will be shown In the great northwest northwestern ern Irn state stale of the map nt at St Sl Louis Jouis shows that wheat corn pota potatoes toes hay hn and the wild grasses that thrive In the f ml arid arld districts are arc more largely grown in 11 the eastern por s w ARSENAL DEDICATED D BY PRESIDENT P ROOSEVELT l THURSDAY i r J T A j a rl y F r wi wiM 4 4 t M 11 r C y yI i w I I t t ta ti jL i a h t L fa t I Thursday President lt the tha II magnificent new Illinois and armory at lit Spring Springfield field fl The arsenal ind lOd armory la is ono of the lie biggest and most nt iti III tho the country V A NV A A lion while in III the w wl west t hay lIay clover vetches timothy orchard hay luny 1111 anti anil ern I raspberries rUI and blackberries are more mOl grown Thus on the small pint flit of or ground that ono one great state slate will b be found a n score Core of o crops nOl growing There will wilt bo lio no actual lino IIno between n the growing though In the on cases HOB of af the various grasses wheat W t barley Jarley and tilt the line hue is II ai us distinctively distinct distinctively ively drawn draw Iran n by b n a wave 18 of or color as fiR Is s the theline theline line that divides the muddy ml II 1 waters nf of It the pohn those of the com comparatively eony clear Ohio thin lit ut the Junction of the two rivers at nt Ills filA While the m nt tut of tho the exhibits In the form farm of th tiel master ni nater map will fasten the eye lye mor quickly kly and will the admiration of or every ery viall visitor Ial tor to the tho tall fall the agriculturist and II nIl will fled find In the exhibits exhibit the map mail other nf ot equal eUal interest and lance lanceA A unique of or tilt the exhibit Is the school garden that occupies a large huge section extending on the tho garden map mill over tho ho Dominion of ot Canada front from Maine to Minnesota This exhibit U Is under tinder the tile di 11 direction of or Prot Prat Wheeler of or un of ot the United Sates agricultural depart department mint ment The liberal space allotted to this exhibit has lias ha been rut cut up UI Into lotI numerous v Mora lons and each of o these subdivisions visions i lOlls in turn Is s turned over OEr to so the till ar lIr arlous lous St Ill Louis schools A class of or pupils pupil Is II selected by the prim principal of or the school hool of ot the State nm depot t planting rind end cultivating the garden Is IsHI I isS HI S anti the n work of Af general genera direction fon of or rot Wheeler Lib Liberal eral prizes offered for forthe the bet best ml cul hated garden and for tor the th best hest he t results Tire The sight of or the little tote told tot II In their knickerbockers and gingham dresses ell their sailor hats and sunbonnets ell with ho hue hoe and ana rake inU in Is one Otte too seldom seen There are nrc of Dr other othor features surrounding the tha map mill that will reveal themselves elleA to the and will viii prove interesting and Instructive In |