The State’s representation in the dairy department was both unique and so different from that of other States that it attracted much attention.  The space assigned for this exhibit in the refrigerator section of the Agricultural Building was 8 by 8 feet.  The artistic feature, aside from the display of butter in bulk, was a profusion of flowers, buds, leaves in the form of bouquets, wreaths, garlands, and festoons made out of butter.  They were artistically displayed on plates, baskets, and various sized vases, some of which were made of butter and others of painted chinaware.  At the back of the exhibit the name of South Dakota appeared in leaf-work letters, as well as statistics of the annual production of butter, milk, and cream, all worked out in butter also.

About the 1st of June the educational exhibit was put in place.  The walls were covered with art work, maps, and industrial work.  The cabinets were filled with mounted specimens of written lessons, drawing, music, maps, and industrial work.  The bases of the cabinets contained the remainder of the written work, neatly bound in volumes and labeled; specimens of basketry and woodwork, and a collection of zoological and botanical specimens.  A number of the schools were represented by photographs alone, others by written work, photographs, and industrial work, and a few by written work alone.  In subject-matter and original thought, South Dakota’s work compared favorably with that of other schools of like age and conditions, especially in simplicity and originality.

The arrangement of the mineral exhibit in the Mines and Metallurgy Building was along practical commercial lines rather than on specimen, spectacular, or on purely scientific lines, though rich specimens and beautiful pictures were displayed, and the State School of Mines had a most excellent scientific collection of ores, rocks, and fossils that was awarded a gold medal.

The location obtained for the exhibit was most favorable, and by many was considered one of the choicest in the building, having three full fronts on main aisles, two 44 feet and one 52 feet long, and was surrounded by the most attractive State exhibits in the building.

The installation was with stone walls 2 feet high, built of rough ashlar and surmounted by a dressed coping.  On the two 44-foot sides this was of the celebrated Sioux Falls red jasper.  The 52-foot wall was of Hot Springs sandstone.

On the face of each lintel the name of the State had been cut and gilded.  In the center of the exhibit on tables were two relief maps of the Black Hills, one of these showing the whole geological uplift 120 miles long north and south and 100 miles east and west, the other showing the mineralized portion of the hills as now known, 55 miles northwest and southeast and 25 miles wide.  The larger was about 12 feet long and 6 feet wide.

Across the exhibit from east to west and above the heads were displayed a series of panoramic views and pictures, transparencies on glass, being reproductions in color of the finest photographs obtainable, showing the scenic beauty and material conditions of our Black Hills country.  The varied ores were exhibited in large piles.