Arizona republican., 1911-06-04
CHICAGO LAND SHOW
 DISCUSSED BY BOARD
The Offering of Prizes to Skillful Farmers and the Encouragement
 of Experiments.

l At a meeting of the board of trade
 directors the matter of the Chicago
 land show was given a thorough dis
 cussion. and while there seemed to be a I general cOncensus of opinion tkat it is
 something this valley should take the
 largest possible advantage of, definite | action was held in abeyance for the
 time being. The show will not be held
 until December. which is long way off, and there will be time 10 decide upon plans a little later.
 It is pretty well assured that there will be several large exhibits from this valley, made by private parties, and the idea was advanced that the board perhaps could do no better than to send
 lecturer there to deliver daily talks illustrated by moving pictures and slides This would be supplementary to the work of the private exhibitors. and yet would be work of which the whole valley would receive the benefit. With this in mind. it was decided not to take space at this time for d general board exhibit.
 At the meeting an appropriation was made of S15O for the use of tte com mittee on exhibits, to be given in prizes during the year to farmers producing the best crops and the best exhibits, after plans to be devised by inc com mittee It is not understood that all the prizes will be announced just now but that different prizes will be of fered as time goes by for seasOnable crops.
 Another idea that was exploited and will doubtless be acted upon. was to develop a community cooperation in determining the best varieties of seed to be planted for different crops. For instance. a man may want tO raise corn, but be in doubt as to the variety Of corn that does best in this section. The plan is to furnish seed to a mum Der of farmers to experiment with in small way, and at the end of the season have these farmers all. report to the board the result of their cul- lures and the conditions under which their crops were grown. With g dozen men trying out several varieties of corn. it would not take long tO deter mine which one gave the best results. It would only take a little ground and would be information for every body, and besides the man who had the most desirable seed would be able to get a good price for it from others. The same method would be followed in respect of various crops. While this is a sort of work done by the expert ment station. it's resources are limited, and by interesting the farmers in the plan the work of the station would only be augmented and made more quickly useful. Beside. the way scl- entific farmer grows things is not all ways as good criterion for the gen eral and unskilled public as the results achieved by the average of a number of ordinary farmers. This matter was left in the hands of the committee on exhibits and on rural affairs
 Two other matters were definitely acted upon. One was to continue the branch board of trade in Los Angeles through the summer and the other was to enroll the board of trade as a mem Der of the American Civics association. That entails an expense of 8 but it gives the board all the valuable publi- cations of the association as well as the dignity and advantages If mem bership.