Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-18
SHAW BOOSTING LAND SHOW
Minnesota Ag1culturRlist Points Out
\ Advantages Of Exhibit.
VALUABLE TO THE HoMEsEEKERs
Al oPportunities Of various sections
Of West Presented within view
80 Visitors. saving Time
and Travel.

Prof. Thomas shaw a member OF tn,
faculty Of The Minnesota state Couere O,
Agriculture and editor @ widely known
farm Journal has written an aprre-.s-fo-
Of the aims and prospects Of the OuAas
land show. Prof Shaw places r7e-Ial en-.
phass on the siruifcanca of tile land SNOW
% those who are seeking homes Ia the west
ern districts about % undergo lerelopment
lie calls attention GO tire fact thst ri
Omaha the products % widely HeD1ra-eo
sections and the merits Of the various sec.
tons Of the west and uoriHyyes, Will be
shown concentrated az the LAND show This
Dc points out offers Oh OF the advantages
Of a journey through the regions rerre-
scented without %, expense and .ucuuven-
fence o. travel
In ms discussion Of the land show Prof
shaw sRyt:
Object of the shovr.
ne object OF the show 81 20 furnish
70 the people q the middle west an oppo--
tunity 10 See for themselves what car be
grown IN the northwestern states with and
without irrigation Many thousands OF
people who may be DESTROYS OF geelsnr
homes for Themselves or their families viii
then be enabled TO see FOR themselves the
products that these lands win nro6ucs n,
what may be termed nominal expense
Many Of those people could not afford the
expense Of a trip FOR the mere purpose Of
looking over a country so distant from
their present homes Why SHOULD they do
30 when the opportunity S. given them TO
zee samples Of al or nearly All Of the
varied products that their lands Will GROW.
a. an expense that is within the reach OF
an
The show 70 be held January Is TO "a
1911, promises 10 be one OF the larges, ana
best Of the kind ever Attempted. II viii
embrace all kinds Of grains. forares
grasses and ciovers. includIng alfalfa that
car be grown ia the northwestern states
II VIII include ali manner Of fruits fieid
( roots and vegetables It will SHOW what
u grown by the AID Of irrigation and with
out such aid. The grains ull be shown
IN the sheRf ana also In the seed The,
VIII thus be brought together under one
roof the productions OF the SOL COVERING
an area lErge enough 10 form. in q group
an empire IN itself The exhibits win he
80 grouped as TO show exactly what may
pe grown IN each locality, 80 that the
visitor may have the opportunity OF draw
Ing conclusions for himself rere rtJinr The
respective merits OF the productions from
each. Should he desire to make "a trim
Tor himself for further iuvegtlzatiop tbese
exhibits are 70 him IN & sense q Guide as
70 where he should 60 10 investigate.
/hose therefore who are DESTROYS Of maxi
ting such Investigations will miss rreat
opportunity II they fail 10 visit this show.
NOrthwest's Fertility.
persons, who have never visited the great
northwest have. in great majority OF in
stances the crudest notions In regard 70
its Agricultural productions They are much
prone TO consider It a vest region OF
mountains. bench lands and valleys. They
look upon the bench lands as being so arid
mat they can grow only grass and very
spArsely al that They believe that the
valleys only can be made 10 produce. and
Nhht these VIII produce only under the
stimulRnt Of irrigation waters
Even those who journey through the
northwestern states by rail only. viii form
conclusions that are far from correct with
reference 70 what the several states win
produce. They ride much OF the time
through the river basins. almost invariably
hedged IN b. bold and rugged bluffs. SO
rugged that they never can be cultivated
- never dRwns upon them thnt beyond
Nhefe bluffs are benches many Of them al
E1bst level and extending for miles ana
'1hHt these possess a soil surprisingly rich
In the essential element OF plant fond even
though II Is brown and gray in color.
should the person leave this train ana
drive back beyond the b.lffs. he Is sure
90 form incorrect conolUs .na regarding the
producing T~1Ser Of the lane
Except for two or three months in the