Weekly journal-miner., 1912-11-06


 time. over fifty awards. nearly half oi which are first. is the story of Arizona's triumph at the Seventh International Dry Farming Congress, which closed at Le,hbridgc. Alberta, Canada. recently
 Viewed from the standpoint of publicity. this was the cheapest ad- vertisement the State could possibly buy for Sl 900. the amount it took to carry the undertaking through. Almost every man interviewed at the booth, and there were thousands. was an American farmer of expert ence and means Thousands were spoken to personally by J w. Angle. Professor McOmie and myself and nearly ten thousand pieces of litera- turc were distributed among those visiting the exhibit.
 From the viewpoint of awards, Arizona received more ribbons for individual exhibits than any State showing at this. the greatest agri- cultural exposition ever held in Am erica, with one exception, Oklaho- ma.
 It is cold in Canada Nearly cigh. ty per cent of the farmers in Alberta Saskatchewan, British Columbia and Manitoba. the four provinces exhib- iting most largely. arc American citizens who trekked to those inn mense stretches of deep and fertile soils because acreages were cheap. Land is going up steadily and these farmers, in greater numbers yearly, are disposing of their lands: and, disliking the extremely cold winters are seeking attitudes where there arc agricultural possibilities. combined with milder climatic conditions.
 These being the conditions in Western Canada. Arizona could have chosen no finer. more productive field for the exploitation of her wares than Lethbridge. We found scores of well-to-do farmers who easily were made interested in the New State and many declared they would take a trip through Prescott. Phoenix and Sulphur Springs Valley and look over the land with q view to settlement. One of the men in ierviewed and interested by me was one of the first settlers of Lcth- bridge, one of company which first sold large blocks of land and opened up the country. With two associ- atcs, he will come to Prescott in February, with the object of get ting control of large tracts and ob- taining Canadian settlers for them.
 In that part of the world. people are too busy making money to get a proper insight into the advantages and resources of the Southwest and IL IS up to Us to carry the gospel to such benighted people. On this trip We did this X list of the awards will be published in the Journal-Miner soon.
 l.. l.. Bates. who acted as substi tute for me at the State Fair, now closing, has earned the thanks oI every citizen to whom the advance. ment of Yavapai County means any thing. He has labored carly and lat, to make our county exhibit the best ever shown and he has succeeded in a manner beyond expectation Under his direction and with the as sistance of several public spirited citizens of the Verde Valley, th, county has every big prize in th, agricultural apd horticultural list, be sides enough ribbons. mostly irsts to equal all won by the other coun ties, multiplied by two, Nearly al the exhibits made were from Jerom, and the Verde Valley. Alihougl Stewart and Maus did not participat, in the exhibit, more fruit prizes wcr, taken than last year, the biggest ii the history of the county for th, number of awards won. The Unite, Verde Fruit Company alone 90 more ribbons and awards than al taken by the Fair Oaks orchard ii 1911.
 It IS due 10 the apathy of th, farmers in the vicinity of Prescott that that section was SO meagerl, represented A singular lack Q public spirit is shown by some O the best of our farmers in the cen tral part of Yavapai Pima county with tiny but very choice exhibit took the blue ribbon for white den, corn, prize which could easily hay, been won, had Hill, Western, Wyn koop or any of a score of our Pres