The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-23

Director Stewart of Expert
ment Station Obtains

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PITTsBURG. Pa. Aug. 23.-Jamea
fstewart. OF 1Forgantown. Director Of
the West Vfrsinta agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station. was in this city the
other day when he signed a contract
for liberal exhibition space in the
Land Show to be held here from Oct.
.E19 10 %. AIr. Stewart proposes to
IIet the world know that. as far as
agricultural and horticultural Oppor-
Itunities are concerned, no state in the
runion has any advantage over West
virginia that IS even worth slseak-
ling OF.
when It comes to variety of prod
uct.v said Mr.. stewart we've got 'em
AN skinned by multiplied miles We
have oil. gas. coal. timber. apples
oh. apples to beat the band!-and all
tother kinds of fruit; also live stock
icorn, oats, hay, wheat and wool. You
,can hardly name any essential thing
we haven't got. and of most OF what
you would name we have more than
any other state ORA locality.
II am particularly Interested in the
Pittsburg LaHd' Show because 1t is to
be so near to us. and was SO great
success last year. One of the dis
plays I am thinking of making is OF
the quality OF wool which we grow on
the backs of our west Virginia sheep.
Nothing finer IS produced anywhere
lin the world. we call it saxony wool
lit is not common to all parts of West
Virginia, 1 regret to say, because the
soil of the whole state is not adapted
to it; but this soil exists in many OF
the counties, and in these is produced
the wool of which I speak. 1t brings
the very highest price. ana the mar
ket for it Is over active. Here in our
own county OF washington adjacent
to Pittsburg this fine soil stretch
es over from West Virginia, and TINS
Explains why so much of your WASH
ington county wool ranks SO very
high in the markets of the east.
Il am looking forward to a great
future for West virginia in the mat
ter of wool growing, and feel justi-
fled in this not only by the high char
acter of our own product, but by the
fact 1 have had a great many letters
from Western sheep growers, partic-
uIarIy from wyoming, making inquir-
les about the prospects OF sheep herd
ing in our state. The vast cattle and
sheep herding tracts of the west are
disappearing before the march of civ
iil.zation and population. The farm
ers who are moving westward. seek
ing lands to cultivate. are gradually
possessing themselves of these Inn
mense government ranges, and it will
not be many years until they cease
to exist altogether. This is foreshad-
owed in the letters I have mentioned.
After while cattle and sheep will he
raised in West Virginia. Pennsylvania
and elsewhere in the east, as numer-
ousIy and as cheapIy as in the west.
This is being brought about by chang
ing land conditions. or course the
sheep herders and .1ool growers of
wyoming, as we'll as every other
ranEe-state in the praries and the
Rockies, are familiar with the con-
ditions under which our state of West
Virginia produces the finest quality
of Saxony wool in the world, and con-
sequentlX foreseeinE how they are
destined to be hemmed in, they are
sngac!ousIy reaching out for a share
OF the wool growing section of West
Virginia.
Il am going to make display Of
our wool in our big Land Show. along
with some other Important things. in
Guiding our marvellous fruits, and
VIII open the eyes of PittsburG about
the manifold opportunities lying at
their doors in West Virginia. OF
course we have imr-,lse sums OF
Pittsburg money invested in our state
but there is room for much more and
this will be made clear at the Land
Show.