Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1909-10-22
Wisconsin Exhibit at the Illinois
State Fair.

The wisconsin exhibit at the Illinois
State Fair, October 1st to 9th, 1909,
was surprise to the many thousands
of people who saw it. There were
many states represented in the exhib-
it's, most of them expanding many
times as much mouey on their displays
yet it was a common expression of
visitors that il quality the Wisconsin
exhibit was the finest on the grounds.
Orr grasses. clover, timothy and
| natives were so superior to all others
that blue ribbon was given to it.
In potatoes, apples, squash, rutaba-
boes, field peas and barley the Wiscon-
sin exhibit stood as class by itself.
Our sugar beets and tobacco attracted
much retention The corn Wisconsin
No. 12- was displayed in the form of a
star at the foot of the grasses in pos
| ition that made las golden glow
most noticeable. Many Illinois people
said this corn was as good as they
could grow in their counties, and sew
eral county exhibits testified to the
| fact The remark was momentarily
| frequent that 1--WE cannot grow as fine
products on our 5000 land. Why,
then, should we not be receiving many
central Illinois where lands range
range from $3.50 to $3.50 per acre? Sim
ply besause we have not sufficiently
shown them what our lands will pro-
duce. Scores of visitors told the writer
that they had read his articles in the
papers end had wanted to actually see
our products. In view of the fact that
that hundreds of thousands of people
visit this fair, where no charge is made
for SD ice and where the fair manage
ment bestows every possible courtesy
upon exhibitors, why should we not
avail ourselves of this splendid means
of informing the public of the onpor-
tunities yet prevailing in our unoccu-
pied areas? No one was more impress
ed with our exhibit than the fair man
ayers, who visited us repeatedly
The circumstances under which this
exhibit was prepared deserves mention
| Nea. the close of the northern Wiscon-
sin State Fair it was learned that space
could be had at the Illinois State Fair.
The Chairman aud Secretary of the
State Board of Immigration were
there and decided to take advantage
of the opportunity. Notices were sent
to the daily newspapers and the exhibit
was quickly forwarded. The neces-
sity of forwarding everything by ex-
press rather than freight limited the
size of the exhibit The fact that an
exhibit thus prepared was conspicuous
in it's suderiority over all others in the
important items of grasses, potatoes,
barley, apples, squash, rutabagoes,
garden beans peas, sugar beets, tobac-
CO. and ranked at least even in many
other products, suggests what can be
done in caaefully prepared exhibits in
future years.
No one who has been on the grounds
at such points as Springfield can aprre-
ciate the misconception of the people
as to Wisconsin's climate and products.
Our corn the boys contest at the
Northern Wisconsin State Fair and
our apples, pronounced by the superin-
tendent of horticultural products to be
the finest on the grounds, were such
surprise to visitors that l regretted we
did not have with us some melons,
cantalohpes and other garden products
Oar twenty-foot frontage was made
quate to accommodate the throngs of
people who wanted to linger at our
booth they were forced on by the
multitude following them. At future
exhibits we should have much more
fronthge and men enough there to
answer the innumerable questions
asked by visitors.
A. d. Campbell,
Commissioner of Immigration.
Madison Wis, Oct, a. 1909.