The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-30
FARMING MATTERS.
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be a@zie-ret, re g Lo-i. Worlds
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cultural prodEcer
Plans have been accepted .sE a
unique building foE the states szT.cGi-
t1ral display ., s. Louis. TIA
architect Il Walton y=rEoa- TIE cos.
al. 10; be great, but The building
should prove an attraction. Apar
from the slight framework the con
ztrTct!Cu .TIII b@ u Colorado zro-n
cereal. and other DrotuCrs- What.
oats. alfalfa barley and other grains
tha, flourish In the state s!ll oe
brought 70 play in al artistic manner.
The pillars 0! the building ~!l! De Of
glass. sI!ed with the thresned grain.
TIE grains are 10 be dipped IL
prese-Tat.Te solution before packing.
The solution g!Tes them gloss
which ADDS beauty TO their appear
ance az well az asording protection
from destructive elements.
The building will be s21tI feet and
thirteen feet high to the oornice,
which will rise an additional fifteen
feet. The states best products vii! be
collected and harmonized throughout
the inside. II Casaday. chairman. and
Robert r Willis, superintendent OF
the agricultural department. are in
charge OF the work and they state that
the progress Of Colorado in this direc-
ton will be revelation. The eI-
hibit will not only show what has
been done in comparatively few
years, but what Is possible with fur
ther development. The grain raisers
and the cattle Taisers and the potato
producers also are anxious TO do what
Is possible to make il success.
Commissioner Paul Wilson has
other projects a,oot in the same line
Former Senator Swink Of Rocky Ford
was in conference with him yesterday,
says the Denver Republican, in refer
ence to the apiary display. Mr.. Swink
knows as much about bees as he does
OF melons and he has made Rocky
Ford famous in this line. A carload
Of honey will 90 to St. Louis. 1t Is
fact that the nectar produced from
Colorado flowers is the purest and
sweetest produced anywhere. Nature
is not over generous with the supply
and wide distribution in the state, but
she has made up In the exluisiteness
Of the bees effort.
Another important project has been
decided on. Models OF the principal
beet sugar factories in Colorado Will
be exhibited. The St Louis authori-
ties have given 5000 feet for sugar
display and Colorado has been allotted
one-half. the other half going to
Louisiana for q cane sugar exhibit.
Colorado now leads the Union in the
quality Of it's sugar beets and it Will
soon be as far ahead in sugar produc-
ton as it is in the matter OF gold. The
great HaveUeyer recognizes Colorado
as the first sugar beet state. He paid
little attention to the beet industry
and the trust confined itself to the re-
fnipg Of the cane product until Colo
rado demonstrated what could be done
in beets through rich soil and irriga-
ton.
Aid Is being given the Worlds Fair
board by the capitalists interested in
sugar beet growth and an excellent
display at St Louis will result; so
tha. the visitor will find that Colo
rado has developed from the Silver
state" to the Cold state" thence to
the Alfalfa state" and can now be
classed as the Sugar state" while still
holding the records in the products al
ready named.