The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-24
American Land and Irrigation
Exposition to Give Valu-
able Prizes
BIG ADVERTISEMENT
IN WINNING PRIZES
Increases Land Values in Sec
ton from Which Product
Comes, Draws Atten-
ton to Whole State

The American Land and Irrigation
Exposition. which will be held in
New York city November to IL.
offers opportunities for the Virginia
farmers TO advertise themselves to
the world and at the same time com
prizes. The exposition viii be in
stalled on a very large scale and there
viii be exhibits from foreign coun-
tries as Well as from Alaska and all
the States Of the Union.
The railroads are taking a large
interest in the exposition, which ia
expected TO accomplish great good by
bringing 10 residents of the Atlantic
seaboard, especially TO those large
cities, knowledge OF the advantages
that the sparsely settled regions of
tho West and South offer TO the
home seeker and capitalist
( Although the States of Virginia,
North Carolina. Maryland and West
! Virginia have not arranged for an
oflclal exhibit at the exposition. ii
Is expected that certain commercial
clubs and communities and the rail
/ roads which traverse the States will
display products of their fields and
( orchards that will interest visitors
and induce some OF them 10 settle In
the State. a.
Valuable Prizes
For oats President Earling Of the
/ Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sount
railway, has offered a $1,000 cup
Il Quality of grain. yield per acre. pu-
rity and chemical composition of
grain are points Of merit. Exhibitor,
viii be required to furnish sworr
statements as to the yield per acre
with complete history of the crop
For sugar heets Horace O. Have
meyer has offered a $1,000 silver cup
The terms Of award have not beer
definitely settled. but probably tn,
beets viii he Judged on the followini
4 percentages OF merit: Sugar contents
85 points, purity. Is points: shape
20 points; weight. 25 points
For barley Gustave Pabst. Of Mil
waukee, has offered silver cup val
ued at $500 for the best bushel o
barley exhibited and stands ready I,
purchase the entire crop from whicl
the winning sample is taken. II /
understood that the following point
VIII be considered In making tn
award, viz; productivity, breed type
chemical or food value and genera
= appearance
For wheat the president OF tn
canadian Pacific railroad has offere
= Sl,Vo0 III gold for the best hun
r dred pounds of hard red spring o
r winter wheat grown anywhere in tn
two Americas and shown at tn
. American Land and Irrigation Exposl
7 ton" Wheat will be judged on tn
1 following points: Milling quality. 4
per cent weight per bushel, 30 pc
mt =
p size. Is per cent. color indicatin
freedom from disease, 10 per cent
I and purity, per cent
For wheat, James J. Hill has offer
ed $1,000 prize cup flor *he bes
hundred pounds Of wheat grown /
r the United States in 1911 to be wo
by the exhibitor whose grain give
the largest yield per acre has the hes
general appearance aud weight and
= truest TO type and variety Mr.. Hi
, further requires that the wheat place
: In competition FOR his cup must b
: exhibited by the actual grower VIII
must be prepared to make aftidav
as To the ms thod of preparation of tn
CO. land fer the wheat crops grown @
n the land for the three years previou.
= date and method of sowing, amour
Of seed used and the date of har
vesting. United States growers ma
compete for both prizes, Canadian
only for the first.
For apples, President Elliott C
the Northern Pacific railway, ha
given a prize of $500, consisting c
1 nty~fye twenty dollar gold piece
Ter the best exhibit of twenty-fv
boxes of apples Of any variety o
varieties. +"
Virginia Products In List.
In view of the wonderful Yield an
e quality Of Virginia grown grains, pc
~ tatoes and peanuts, and the size, color
- ing and delicious tastes of the apple
I grown here and OF the uniform sue
Y cess which products OF Virginia field
and orchards have met with whereve
shown in competition with like pre-
duets from other States and countries
"a number of these first prizes shoul
/ be won by Virginia exhibitors II the
VIII make the proper effort. The com
| petition viii be keen, and reliance o
the superiority Of our soil and climat
must not be allowed to take the plac
Of the utmost care in selecting seec
planting II at the right time cult
waiting and harvesting il in the hes
manner and preparing the exhibit
10 bring out every point Of merit t
the best advantage.
The prizes are of great value an
the winner Of any one OF them will
have the right TO be very proud of hi
success. The farm, the country an
the State which produced the win
ming products will receive much fav
. orable advertising. The particula
4 district where the product Is grow
and the man who produced II vii
become famous. Land values In hi
district will increase as a consequence
Of his success. The advantages o
competing for these prizes are many
and the chances of success for Vir
\ ginia farmers a least as good as thos
from any other State. Fun particu
lars may be had from Gilbert Me
Clurg, general manager American
Land and Irrigation Exposition, Sin
ger Building New York