The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-29
ENTIRE NORTH AMERICAN CON-
TINENT MANIFEsTINe GREAT
INTEREST.
a.
MISSISSIPPI HAS A fine PLACE
Display Of Mississippi Products Will
occupy One Thousand Square
Feet Near Entrance.

The great Land Show to be given in
Madison Square Garden November 3rd- |
18th, is attracting the attention OF the
entire North American continent, and
the fact that Mississippi will occupy
one of the most desirable sections in
the great show place through the lib
erality of Tie Mississippi Colonization
Association, whose headquarters and
offices are located at Hattiesburg, and
IN be able to display to the world the
lendid products of magnificent
State should be matter of pride and
should be given every encouragement
by the people of this commonwealth.
Desirable Location.
The section secured for the display
of Mississippi products measures 1000
square feet. 1t is near the main en-
trance on the north aisle. The dis
play secured and arranged by The
one side; the display of the New Eng
land states on the other, while at one
end will be the display secured by the
Cincinnati & st. Paul Railway.
$4,000 In Prizes.
Twelve thousand dollars in prizes
have already been offered for various
agricultural products, and the claims
of the south are particularly recog-
nized by prize of $1,000 for the best
sample of cotton. Mississippi leads
Athe world in the productiveness of its
cotton fields and in the sample of this
feecy staple. A prize of $1,000 for
cen should also attract the attention
OF farmers of this state, and par
tic the attention of the Boys
Corn Clubs, and there is no reason
why this handsome award should not
come to Mississippi. Two other prod
ucts in which this state excels are
pecans and yam potatoes. No prizes
have so far been offered for these two
products, and the railroads of the state
are thus afforded an opportunity to
these two products by offering hand
some money prizes at the big land
show.
Will Give Away Farms.
The Mississippi Colonization Asso-
citation has not only gone to heavy
experse in the way of payment for the
exhibition space and the decorations
therefor, but has arranged to give
away each day of the exhibition by
special allotment three forty-acre
farms. Every ticket of admission to
the show will bear the name of Missls-
sippi and tell of the land allottments.
This "a attract the attention of every
one of the hundreds of thousands who
visit the show, and will attract them
to the Mississippi exhibit to learn of
the details of the allottments and par
ticipate therein. This will be heavy
additional cost to the Mississippi Col
onization Association, but will be a
great advertisement and of far-reach-
ing benefit to this entire state.
The prospectus of The American
Land and Irrigation Exposition, under
whose auspices this New York Land
Show will be given, among other
things says:
Purpose And Scope of The Exposition.
The purpose of the Land Exposition
is to provide space to exhibit the prod
ucts of American soil; to give the peo-
pie of the farm and country, as well
as town and city dwellers, a complete
demonstration, with authoritative and
graphic information, regarding land
opportunities in America; and to de-
: pict progress of American agricul-
ture rom prehistoric times of the
PueblcSand Cliff Dwellers to the pres.
ent day methods of scientific soil cul,
tivation from Atlantic to Pacific.
. Finest Wheat, Apple And Potato
Exhibits.
4 There will be demonstrations Of ag.
i riculture as generally practised; illus
trations of modern scientific farming;
a showing of dry farming methods. and
4 agriculture under irrigation. Exhibits
have been secured from (and includ.
fng) Alaska to Florida and Mexico to