Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-28
MANY FRIEND-.l.rs ARE FORMED
From Morning Until Evening Lively
Doings Will Occur Today,
DINNER WILL BE HELD AT NOON
Ak-Sar- Ben Boy Scouts and Y. M, c. A,
Are on Tonight,
FINE SPEECHES GIVEN FRIDAY
Prof. Thomas shnw Talks About
Montana in interesting way and
E. w. PettIbOne Makes Address
on .Thc Electric city"

Interest in the Land SHOW, which has
! been growing from day to DAY since the
opening, will be keyed to its highest pitch
/ today the last day Of the products eN-
! hibit. All the managers and exhibitors eN-
press regret that the show is about to
close. for a circle OF friendship has formed
among them that will be hard to break,
but they have arranged to make the
closing day the liveliest Of all, and one
that viii be remembered.
! The last Of the social functions, which
/ have marked the Land Show most every
day since It opened, viii be enjoyed az
noon today when the exhibitors of the
intermountain states and Hawaii viii be
| guests at a dinner arranged Jointly by
the Commercial club and Land Show man.
| agement at the Commercial club.
From early Saturday morning until late
at night there will be few dun moments
at the Land Show. There being school
II is expected that a countless number Of
| children will be attracted. They viii find
much to interest them during the after
noon for time has been set aside for the
Omaha Boy Scouts They win give an ex-
hibition of everything from first aid to
the injured to camp cooking and marches
Evening 60 He Lively.
! In the evening there will be something
happening every minute, The South
Omaha Live Stock association will take a
whirl at enjoying themselves. The even
ing festivities will also include an Ak
sar-Ben as well as Young Mems Christian
association night There will be lively
speaking by the board OF governors OF
Ak-Sar-Ben and there will also be SONGS
and stunts by the Ak-Sar- Ben octette. A
company of forty Young Mems Christian
association boys will appear In drills and
setting up exercises. In addition to all
these features there will be special fare
we'll concerts by the Land Show band
Miss Nettie Reiter and the Hawaiian
singers.
Both Montana and Utah had special DAYS
at the Land Show yesterday, and both did
themselves proud The delegation from
Utah told the story Of their states wealth
health and happiness In song and speech.
Montana also had a special program, VIII ch
was presented under the direction OF sam
w Teagarden. A pleasing feature OF this
program was the presentation Of loving
cup to Mr.. and Mrs G. b. Witter of
Montana, who were united in marriage
last evening, The cup was secured by MIS-
Teagarden and Mrs. MacDougall OF Boise.
Idaho. by popular subscription among the
Land Show exhibitors. The Montana pro-
gram included fine music and a number
OF excellent speeches, an interesting one
OF which was delivered by. Prof. Thomas
Shaw. one of the greatest agricultural ex-
perts in the oountry.
Prof. shaw Speaks.
In his remarks Prof Shaw said THE
history OF Montana, until the last two or
I three years, reminds one Of the story Of
( the Australian shepherds who graEed their
focks on areas beneath which was untold
' wealth in gold They were obiivious Of the
wealth that lay beneath the ground on
. which their flocks we're feeding, Thus
4 was It with the ranchmen OF Montana.
D They graEed their flocks and herds on the
lands which they were satisfied could
never be successfully cropped. What the
ranchmen said everyone in Montana said.
for they thought the ranchmen knew. But
the events Of the last few years have
proved that the ranchmen did not know.
They were asleep and the leading agrlcul-
tural papers only rocked them into pro-
founder slumber by telling them that they
G were right in saying that the bench lands
, OF Montana could not be successfully
farmed.
Some men, however, had the courage to
begin farming those lands, and they found
THAT they got crops. Thus Investigation
began. and what has It led to? II has
furnished evidence that Montana is oglng
to lead all the states in the union IN
cereals; that It Will hold a higher rank
in the production Of live stock than It has
, ever held: that II will become one OF the
greatest sugar producing states i'm the
union, and that It can at least hold its
: own against all the states that lie to the
westward in the production of fruits not
readily perishable.
Ranch Lands TiIIabIe.
Montana has fully 25OOOOOO acres Of
. tIlIable bench lands which can produce
!, crops on the dry land plan That on these
! bench lands more winter wheat and flax
). will be grown than are now grown In any
=, other state in the union will soon be dem
q onstrated by actual production, How can
. Il be otherwise? The average OF winter
wheat is about thirty bushels per acre.
Only 100000 acres OF the 10000 acres al
the low average for Montana Of twenty
bushels per acre would neon 100 900
bushels Of that cereal in single year As
much as seventy-six bushels per acre have
been reaped under dry land conditions, and
= forty to fifty bushels are not uncommon.
, Flax will easily yield ten bushels to the
acre when properly grown Done and one
half million acres OF bench lands devoted
to the growing OF flax would send the
production OF flax away beyond that OF
: North Dakota, which until recently pro-
= duced more flax than all the rest OF the
!, United States combined. Five acres Of flax
grown at Stanford in 1893 gave thirty BUSH
els per acre.
= Live stock 20 Increase.
n That the production OF live stock Will
= be away beyond what II has ever been will
. be very evident when II Is remembered
y that some day Montana will have 500 OO
acres Of land, not including the lands al
=, ready referred TO- under the ditch. These
lands II all laid down TO alfalfa would
" produce 9O0OQOOO tons, capable OF feeding
twice over all the live stock in Montana
- az the present without the aid OF a single
n acre Of pasture. But there are more than
10000 acres Of rugged pasture lands thai