The walls of the other rooms were adorned by a number of paintings in oil and water colors.  A number of enlarged colored photographs of artesian wells, public buildings, and other scenes, were also displayed, as well as pictures of prominent men of the State.

During the exposition forty-three South Dakota people received attention and care on account of illness or indisposition or accidents, and thousands came there to rest, meet friends, and attend to business matters.  A post-office was maintained in the building, where thousands of letters were received and delivered.

The agricultural booth was similar in its construction to the “Corn Hall” of the State building, although different in design.  The place assigned this exhibit in the Palace of Agriculture covered a space 35 by 45 feet 6 inches, with aisles on three sides.  The facade fronted on the three aisles and in its architectural lines presented a solidity characteristic of the State’s exhibits.  Cane stalk and corn in red colors were used to form the base of the facade, being put on in transverse sections, which gave at a distance as well as by close inspection a very pleasing effect.  It was, however, to the interior decoration and exhibit that great labor and skill were devoted in making it especially attractive.  Grains in the native straw, grasses, and clover were worked out in many fantastic shapes and beautiful designs.  In the center of the booth, rising to a height of 15 feet, was a large octagonal pyramid, used almost exclusively for the display of grain in the straw; the bright yellow being in strong contrast with a red burlap background, made it naturally attractive.  On the south wall or side a like exhibit of grains and grasses was shown; four large display tables, also in pyramid shape, occupied the space surrounding the centerpiece above described.  On this table were several hundred glass jars, globes, and bottles for the display of grains and seeds of every description grown in South Dakota.  It was, however, to the corn exhibits that special care and attention were given.  Twelve large show cases were used for the display of this exhibit, besides a large quantity displayed in bulk, both in the ear and shelled.  Over 100 bushels of corn was used in this exhibit alone.

The exhibit attracted much attention from the corn growers of other States, and was conceded to be one of great merit considering the newness of the State, and, as one Illinois farmer said, “It is better corn by long odds than I raised when I first went to Illinois.”

The display of horticultural products was in the Palace of Agriculture instead of the Palace of Horticulture.  Twenty-five barrels of apples of some 15 different varieties were collected early in the fall of 1903 and placed in cold storage at St. Louis, thus supplying a continual display until the fruit season of 1904.  The fact that 10 medals were awarded to the horticultural display demonstrates the merit of this exhibit.