The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-21
SEASONS COTTON GR0P IS GOOD
Secretary Board Of Agriculture Congratulates Far
y" 3mers On This Years Yield

tors we're not the ultra fashionable who are so promi
nent at horse shows. large per cent OF the attend
ance was composed OF aborers and people OF modes
salaries who wanted to what the farm might offe
improvement over their present prospects The
eager to gain information about the southwest
Oklahoma seemed to be especially attractive to them
rometmes people would remain long by booth
making inquiries that they would interfere materially
In the general lecture work Often listened to the
story OF low salaries and hopeless future. and many
the eager inquiries concerning opportunities for
a home in the southwest Occasionally interest
ed In manufacturing attracted by pictures Of
coal mines, oil fields and waterfalls to enquire about
prospects here for manufacturing concerns There
many inquiries from these two classes Of people
the home seekers and the manufacurers-that we had
set OF slides prepared showing Oklahoma agricultural
aud industrial opportunities These slides gave
caEion to show and describe In lectures the Oklahoma
corn, cotton, wheat, broom corn, live stock, raw
eralby the side OF the COAL OIL gas and water power
for manufacturing Thus appeal mace TO the
capitalist and the OF little no means Each
could opportunity In Oklahoma. In fact ;he
two words Oklahoma and Opportunity were made
prominent In the lectures on Oklahoma Resources The
rapid Development of the state shown in the mat
ter OF farms and farm houses from the soddy to the
modern farm residence on trolley line: IN education
from the sod school house 10 the modern high school
and college buildings in cities from the tent town to
the skyscrapers of Oklahoma City. Fruit growing, live
stock, poultry, minerals, lumber, etc, etc. were all
shown In pictures and described In lectures.
Oklahoma Is much talked about and but little un-
derstood Surprise was expressed that we can grow
cotton that have good school and church facilities
etc
While It not supposed to be my business to
advertise Oklahoma, l lost opportunity to do SO
The novelty OF cotton booth attracted the people
and the only limit to the advertising ones physical
ability to talk. The show open from 10 m. to
10: 80 D. m. every day, Sunday included for 16 days
Each OF the states In the Rock Island dvisioa
specialized on one product Colorado had poultry;
Kansas exhibited wheat and wheat products; Iowa.
corn; Minnesota farm management; Texas, feeds;
Arkansas rice land Oklahoma cotton The Agricul
tural Colleges OF these states furnished the displays
and the lecturers. This plan derided success
Each lecturer prepared four-page bulletin on his
specially and these given TO visitors
The Oklahoma booth exhibited samples OF all the
steps in the manufacture Of cotton seed products In
cluding cotton seed mean OIL and Dread; also bale
of cotton and samples OF all the steps In the
facture Of cotton cord and rope The oil mill and the
Pioneer Cotton MILL OF Guthrie kindly furnished these
exhibits The State Fair Association OF Oklahoma City,
furnished bale Of cotton and handsome design Of
the word "Oklahoma" Samples Of Oklahoma soil and
subsail shown. How cotton is planted stalk
OF cotton many bolls of octton and tyres OF the six
principal grades OF cotton were exhibited
Our SOUVENIR consisted OF small envelope on
which was printed directions for growing cotton in Chi
cago A few seed OF which had the lint on It,
were put into this These given to visitors, who
were shown how to make oklahoma butterfly" pin
bv conbng lint out each side OF the seed and stick
ing a pin through the seed 1t was surprising how
pleased people with this little device.
Some odd questions asked about cotton. Sew
eral mstook the seed for pussy willows Some asked
II cotton grows on trees Many surprised to learn
that plant the seed every year, while others showed
plainly that they did not believe that cattle will eat
cotton In fact must be very careful In the north
about talking either cotton Oklahoma. People are
as ignorant OF one Of the other and the whole truth
about either will generally be dlsbelieved, which sug
gests the Importance OF more and better advertising
7. M JEFFORDS.