The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-20
GREAT NATIONAL
PRODUCTS OF
Will Be Held at Madison
Square Garden, New York,
Nov. 3 to II.
AGRICULTURE representing all

AGRICULTURE representing all
~ parts of the country is to be
IA displayed at the American
Land and Irrigation exposition
70 be held at Madison Square Garden,
New York city, Nov. 8 to IL. Great
interest is being taken in the project
by railroads, boards Of trade, state and
county oranges and commissioners of
agriculture. Eleven $1,000 cups are
offered as prizes.
The $1,000 cup for wheat is donated
by James J. Hill, chairman of the
board of directors of the Great North
ern railway, for the best 100 pounds
of wheat grown in the United States:
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy. president of
the Canadian Pacific railway, donated
$1,000 in gold for the best 100 pounds
of hard red winter wheat, spring or
summer grown, on either continent of
America; the International Harvester
Company of America donated $1,000
cup for the best thirty ears of Indian
corn of any variety grown in the Unit
ed States; A. ]. Earling, president of
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul,
donated $1,000 cup for the best 100
pounds of oats raised in the United
States; Colonel Robert NJ. Thompson
Of New York city, $1,000 cup for best
short staple cotton grown in this coun-
try; A. E. Stilwell, president of the
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient rail
way, $1,000 cup for best late pota-
toes; Colonel Gustav Pabst of Milwau-
kee, $1,000 cup for best bushel of bar
ley grown in the United States, and he
will also purchase all the crop of the
prize winner at a fancy price; Horace
Havemeyer, Jr., Of New York city do
mated $1,000 for best sugar beets
grown in United States; Horace Ell
liott, president of the Northern Pa
cific railroad. $500 in gold for the best
twenty-five boxes Of apples Of any
variety or varieties grown anywhere
in the world; Adolphus Busch of st.
Louis, $1,000 cup for best variety OF
hops and Paul L. Van Cleve, president
of Sweet Grass Land and Live Stock
company, Montana, $1,000 cup for best
alfalfa. All Of the above of 1911 crop.
Making Meal Flour From Alfalfa
One Of the important demonstrations
will be the showing Of meal flour made
from alfalfa, and tread, cakes, pies,
puddings and other culinary products
made therefrom. An alfalfa banquet
will be served by the state of Mon
tana, and alfalfa bread made at one
fifth the cost of wheat bread will be
distributed. The managers say that it
will greatly interest the poor in the
congested districts of the big cities in
learning that there is such an abun-
dance Of cheap food supply available
The value of alfalfa as a food for
horses and cattle will also be shown.
Recognizing the value of this. gift to
mankind, Hall Ledyard Cleve of Mon
tana has donated a $1,000 prize cup
for the person who will demonstrate
the fullest uses for alfalfa as a food
for man and beast
The departments of agriculture of
the United States government, Alaska.
Mexico and Canada offer exhibits of
agricultural displays along education
al lines. Displays will be made by the
leading railroads, states, boards of
trade and chambers of commerce,
counties and cities, land, irrigation
and real estate companies, as well as
by farmers and orchardists. Five rail
roads whose terminals are on the Pa
cific will show exhibits from their ter
ritories
The New York Central, New Eng
land railroads. Pennsylvania, Cana
dian Pacific. Great Northern, North
ern Pacific. G. NJ. and st. Paul, Puget
Sound railway, Southern Norfolk and
Western Norfolk and Southern and
Long Island railroads and others have
purchased exposition space.
The New York state legislature ap-
propriated $4,000 to enable the state
board Of agriculture to make exhibits.
Officers of the Exposition.
A prominent feature Of the affair
will be the giving to the people of the
farm and country as we'll as city
dwellers of complete demonstration
with authoritative and graphic infor-
nation regarding land opportunities in
America and to depict the progress Of
American agriculture from prehistoric
times of the Pueblos and cliff dwellers
to present day methods of scientific