The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-10-21

money and continued effort, and that
they are handled and exhibited lby,sx-
,lerts who have made trade Of the ;ex.
hibltion business. Yetswlth all these
against It, and lacking ,in4all the pro.
fessonal touches, they .show-prob'
ably strengthened by the :lack-the
most striking and impressive exhibit
at the show is that from West Wiz.
ginia. ihs..ss, x .e.tJj.s. sia..sj
= From the live black bear, at one end
OF the ts5.foot space allotted to tthis
State to: the highly ornamental glass
at the other, the whole thing is Illus.
,tratiYe of the present conditions In
West GYirginla-from ,wildness almost
primitive in one section to the last
word In one OF the most. advanced arcs
In another. And lying between the
time OF the wilderness, with its wild
beasts, and that Of the great plant
that from the sands on the earth's faces
works; out theCglass iof simple but mar:
vicious beauty. a istoryiis told of rich
ness and variety Of soil products tina.
strikes deep into the mind OF every;
beholder who knows ihowtto ;tnterpret
the sign language. This exhibit, which;
thus Stands naked to the eye, with
nothing OF :ornamentation to district
the attention OF the visitor ssfrom its
utilitariani appeal, was gathered and
installed blythe State Agricultural Exi
pertinent Station at Morgantown, un,
der the direction of Prof; James H:
Stewart, resident director and actual
manager and while At is the first at
tempt of the kind the jinstituionfhas
made, lit shows a full understanding
of the effect awhlchia direct 9presenta-
ton Of the State'sIIresources of soil
Will have. ,ll'ia
In high glass jars are shown the va
irIous soils from different sections ~
West .virginia--that adapted TO the
culture of wheat andtcorn;f others that
produce the best celery, cabbage and
onions; still others that bring great
crops OF alfalfa; those In which tim.
othy best flourishes-soils adapted to
apples and tomatoes. and those where
peaches and apples bothsdo well. But
most interesting, perhaps, because ::ot
the striking illustrations OF. their prod.
ucts presented with them. reathose
soils5'thatt are marked "apple" and
"peach," respectively, uncoupled with
any other product. 1t must not be
thought because nothing else. is men.
toned as growing in them that these
soils will product nothing but apples
.or peaches, as the case may be, for
even athe ,y.chert"nof-a the Hampshire
Mountain sides, though 1t looks like
nothing but broken shale, brings ex-
,cellent wheat and, good corn, but they
are so dlstinctlvely adapted to apple
and peach culture that their other
uses are not much dwelt upon. (
Illustrating the productiveness OF
these soils are samples OF corn
great ears a foot; in length. big, deep.
grained and sound from rim to pith-
wheat, rye, oats. IGerman1millet, buck
wheat; in grain and flour; potatoes,
linrivaled In size &and perfection l'of
quality: stock, beets,i great. fellows
weighing g. or 10 pounds each, and
growing 80 tons to the acre.. pears,
ounces, grapes; yes. and -cranberries;
also the finest, fllmiest, '.laciest" look.
Ing wool that ever Come from back OF
sheep, and then the "big show''s SO far
Us this exhibit Is concerned, the peach.
es and apples, land more especially the
latter. for the formerdo not lend them
selves SO readily and so adaptablytto
the exhibition business. Neyerthe-
less, the exhibit OF peaches Is sufii;
cientto give an idea Of what the State
can do In the matter Of quality while
the question Of quantity must be left
to- the telling 3of those in charge; land
ot:tthe literature with (which theyGare
armed. i NJ 4 ~
i West Virginia has for many years
and In all sections. produced peaches
pfssuperb qualitytand In quantity sufil.
Client 10 supply the local markets, shut
1t lis only Soflrecent years that, their
culture for theibig, markets thas abeen
ttakeniupiasS aStrade.. and sthensin$wliat
selseWhereSlni pthes State would shaye
seemed the most ,unlikelypplaees the
eastern slope of the fountains thal
sentinel the counties Of the = Eastern