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Illinois Exhibit at St Louis Fair Showcases 10000 Boy Grown Corn
Ten thousand Illinois farmer boys tended 10,000 plots to grow corn for a World’s Fair exhibit in St Louis. Prizes total $3000. 500 grains of white corn were provided to each boy for planting. Illinois emphasizes corn varieties, strawberries, dairying, and minerals with a $250,000 fair fund and a grand Illinois building designed by Watson & Hazelton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
St. Louis
State Board of Agriculture
Frederick W. Taylor
Palace of Agriculture
Illinois Corn Breeder’s Association
Egypt
Clay County
Palace of Horticulture
Jerseyville
F. D. Coburn
Northwest
Lincoln
Grant
Watson & Hazelton
Chicago
Illinois Commission
H. M. Dunlap
Savoy
C. N. Travous
Edwardsville
John J. Brown
Vandalia
Joseph Mahoney
Fred M. Blount
James H. Farrell
Samuel Alschuler
H. C. Beitler
Walter Warder
Cairo
Albert Cambell
Effingham