The Lamar register., 1909-11-10
IRRIGATION EXPOSITION

The limitless possibilities or the
newer West. where by the expen--
ditures of vast sums of money by
the government and by private en-
terprise millions of acres of unpro-
ductivo lands are being converted in
to farms of most wonderful ferti-
lily, will be exploited for the infor-
nation and profit of those who seek
eithsr homes or investment at the
United States Land and Irrigation
Exposition which opens in the Col
iseum Building, Chicago. November
20 and closes December 4, 1903.
This exposition has taken on a
national significance and promises
to bring under one roof a really
comprehensive review of the splen-
did opportunities offered the ambi-
tious, in the rapidly developing
South and West. 1t is to be some
thing more than a prize pumpkin
show; 1t is to be a demonstration
of the newer agriculture which has
doubled the yield. Increased the
of the products of the soil. 1t is
promised that the results obtained
by the irrigation OF the arid coun-
flavor and multiplied the food value
wet will be set forth in way that
will interest and instruct all who
attend.
The great Coliseum building is
being decorated in a most lavish
manner and the space SO divided
and arranged that the results OBJ
tained in the several sections of
the West and South may be seen
and understood.
New Fruits.
The triumph of the plant breed
er, who. through careful selection.
Adjudication, and cross-fertilization
has produced fruits of delicious fla,-
or. great nutritive value and enor-
nous yield. will be shown in the
East for the first time.
You will see the results produc-
ed by Spencer. the developer OF
the seedless apple; by Burbank. the
Wizard, who has developed a white
blackberry. and a hundred othei
marvels. including the spineless
cactus, whose fruit combines the
flavor of a peach. a plum. a melon,
and a pineapple. all in one.
You will see the newly arrived
pitless plum; the frost resisting cit
range, which resembles an orange.
but far surpasses it in beauty
tenderness and flavor: the tomato.
the fragrant juicy white tomato.
and scores of other strange new
forms that have come to delight
the palate and enrich the grower.
New Methods.
Among the most interesting ano
important exhibits will be the dem
onstration Of modern methods o.
conserving the energy and fertility
of the soil. The newly discovered
fertilizer that collects nitrogen from
the atmosphere and stores 1t in the
soil. where the plants easily may
secure 1t when needed. The scien-
tific methods of the intensive farm
er who forces the land to yield the
most wonderful results. also will
be demonstrated. There will b,
exhibited the specially designed ma
chinery used by the irrigationist.
and the fools employed by the men
who practice modern scientific dry
farming.
The work of the staff of experts
maintained by the federal govern
ment is of SO far reaching a char
acter that few realize its impor--
tance.
Through the work of the Recla--
nation Service millions of acres
of desert land have been supplied
with the water that alone was need.
ed to make them productive. Over
$5O.Oo0,000 have been dispersed VI
TO this time. and the results have
proven the wisdom of the expendi.
ture. The men who have done
this vast work will be present tc
tell by word and picture how tn,
Naste piaCcs were TecldlmeQ anC
Iuade to produce wealth and com
fort for the enjoyment of man.
The Bureau of Plant Industry al.
30 will be represented and the
marvellous results obtained by tn,
explorers who have penetrated the
most remote regions in search o.
new plants to improve the native
varieties will be shown. In on,
year these men sent to the Bureau
for experiment over 1900 varietie
of seed and plants new to America
High land alfalfa from Arabia .grap
es from the Caucasus, mangou
from India. barley from Moravia
cherries and wheat from Russia.
The Santa Fe and other grea
railway companies have taken space
and by exhibits of products. by pic
lures. by word of mouth and b,
other forms of expression, will in