The Green Forest tribune., 1903-09-19
GRICULTURAL EXHIBITS.
Commissioner Bradford Appeals
 for one for the Worlds Fair.

Commissioner of Mines, Man. ufacture and Agriculture H. T. Bradford has addressed an ap- peal to the farmers of Arkansas, urging co-operation in the mat ter of gathering an agricultural exhibit for the Worlds Fair next year, and sends 8 copy of his letter to THE TRIBUNE with re- quest that we publish same. The letter reads as follows:
 "The time is now at hand when the agricultural products of the state for the Worlds Fair, to be held in St. Louis in 1904, must be selected and stored, 80 that they may be shipped to St. Louis at the proper time.
 The board has made applica- tion for 5000 feet of space in the agricultural building, building which covers more than eighteen acres of ground, and whatever space is allotted to us must be covered by our agricultural pro- ducts on the day the fair opens; that Arkan sas is rich in min nerals, rich in timber, rich in fruits we all know, and yet we know that her greatest industry and the one that nearer all her people are in terested in than any other, is that of agriculture. We need more people in Arkansas who come here to make homes for their families, to bring into culti- vation the thousands of acres of fine farming lands that now lie idle in every section of the state; people who will assist in the ad- vancement of every material in- terest of the state, who will help make better roads, build more and better school houses, build more church houses, and who will stand up for morality and good government; to do this, and to bring this class of people to Arkansas, you have only to con- vince them as to what Arkansas is, and what they can do here. At St. Louis next year we will come in competition with every other state and territory in this country. It will be the greatest opportunity that We have ever had or will have again in a hun - dred years. Shall we take ad- vantage of the opportunity, or shall we by our neglect allow it to pass us and see others reap the harvest that might be ours: If we make the display of our agricultural resources that we can and ought to make, we will convince those who see it that Arkansas is in the front rank as farming country, and by doing that we will bring to us that class of people from every section of the country that will help to develop the state and make that class of citizens that are desir- able.
 The board has assigned me the work of collecting the agricul- tural products of the state and of arranging the exhibit at St. Louis. To make this exhibit complete I must have some of the best of every crop grown in Arkansas, and to do justice tc the state, l want fair sample from every county in the state ol each crop grown in that praticu lar county, and to secure this must have your co-operation ano assistance. 1 am anxious anc determined to make the bes showing that can be made fol Arkansas, and I appeal to you to assist me in doing so.
 I am writing to the county :, judge of each county, and asking him to help secure the products of his county, and by consulta' f tion and CO., operation with hin you can enable me to secure what I need to prove to the world that Arkansas is one 0 our best agricultural states an( that your county is one of ths best in the State.'