Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-18
TULGRE PRODUCTS LOOM BIG
This California Community Makes
Big Show at the Coliseum.
VARIED PRODUCTS ON DISPLAY
TuIare County Boasts OF les Peaches,
for ~ Has Tsken first Prizes
at Parts aud other
Cemtcrs.

Tulare county that boasts Of being the
largest county In the state Of cahtornia,
the home OF the largest trees IN the
world and also the resting place Of
Mount whitney, the highest mountain
peak in the United states, is on hand
at the Land show with an exhibit that Is
second to none II Is In charge OF Mr..
and Mrs A. Il. Mot Of visalia and is
the product OF the Tulare County Board
Of Trade, an organization that Is made
up Of che farmers, grain and fruit grow
ers Of the county,
Tulare county is midway between San
Francisco and Los Angeles and contains
I,ssS square miles, equal 10 al5SlOo acres.
Within ito area IL contains mountain
ranges. foot hills and valleys, thus CIV
ing It a variety Of climate, In Its valleys
II has the climate Of that portion Of Calf
fornia lying to the south, while in the
foot hills there Is found a climate similar
TO that Of the Mississippi and Missouri
sections OF the country. AZ result Of
the superior location II is able 20 grow
all Of the grains OF the purely agrioul-
tural states. as we'll as the fruits OF the
semi-troplcal regions.
The Tuiare county exhibit Is one that
attracts universal attention and admira-
ton It Is located on the right and about
midway Of tho Coliseum. II 10 housed in
two booths, built upon the pagoda lines
artistically trimmed and decorated WITH
the California poppy, the state flower.
Along the outside the booths are frescoed
with large photographs OF California
scenery, orchard and ranch scenes, while
inside, in jars and in their original state
are the products Of this wonderland and
county which lie an empire In Itself
OF the grains shown is Indian corn that
is unequalled by any Of the competitors
Egyptian corn. kind that grows similar
10 cane or broom corn. and 10 superior TO
any other grain as a food for cattle,
horeses hogs and poultry. In addition II
is ground into meal and flour and lie used
20 a great extent as a breakfast food, Tor
bread and pastry.
Then. too, Tuare county is showing
potatoes that yield 800 bushels per acre,
grown without irrigation; pumpkins and
souashes. the largest of which weigh ESQ
pounds and are as sweet IS sugar.
Alfalfa and native grasses are shown
in profusion, which helps 20 make the
county strong as a dairy section or the
state. There the alfalfa yields as high
II
as eight tons per acre ana IL frequently
cut during favorable season as many as
five times per year.
Tulare county boasts Of It's peaches and
well IL may. for It has taken first prizes
at the Paris exposition, the Worlds
fair at ST. Louis and at the Alaskan ex-
position held at seattle. In glass jars
peaches are shown that weigh sixteen
ounces each. as delicately eolored as
maiden's cheek and as sweet as honey.
Besides the peaches there are pears,
prunes. apples, grapes, the table raisir
and those Of the wine variety.
When It comes TO apples Mr.. and Mrs
Mot have in their collections; those tina
weigh two pounds, and are colored a
only nature can paint the hues Of th'
rainbow, ...-
In growing strawberries, Tulare county
does not take back seat for any locality