Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-11
Exhibit A Land Show VIII
Display Varied Product
Of The State
Commissioner Glbreath Tells
Of the Development Of
the Country
BY w. c. GiIbreath, Commissioner Of
Agriculture.

That North Dakota is primarily an
agricultural state there a be no
doubt when 1t is known that 28, 900, 900
acres OF its area is now under pillow
ana that it increased its acreage of
improved lands by YER 10000, 900
acres in the past ten years, more than
double the increase of any other state.
With these facts IN mind an exhibit
from North Dakota Is expected to con-
sist almost wholly of agricultural pro
ducts, but we have a few other lines
state of North Dakota was left by
those who are interested in the de-
velopment OF Minneapolis trade terri
tory.
In the North Dakota exhibit at the
and show will be seen some speci-
mems OF the pottery made from North
Dakota clay. 1t is not generally known
that the Flickertail state has clay
which will make pottery good enough
to market anywhere against imported
pieces or the famous GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
district.
Bricks From North Dakota.
Showing bricks made Of North Da-
kota clay at a land show several years
ago under the same management as
the Minneapolis exposition, resulted
IN one North Dakota manufacturer
furnishing the brick for nine govern
ment buildings, from small town post
Offices to barracks. North Dakota,
therefore, via show some bricks at
the coming exposition as they are
legitimate products of the soil. Some
Of the finest art-crafts pottery ever
displayed anywhere will be exhibited
in connection with our exhibit. 1t took
prize after prize at the St. Louis *
position and will unquestiOnably bring
great credit to the state when placed
in the Minneapolis exposition.
When the products of agriculture
furnish 81 per cent of rhe raw material
for the factories of the country and
North Dakota is an agricultural state,
but one other problem would EEL to
stand in the way OF North Dakota be.
coming at no distant date. something
Of an industrial state. This problem
Is power-power produced with the
use of fuel.
We expect to demonstrate in Min.
neapolis that the Ignite deposits of
North Dakota, amounting to $4,000
square miles, will solve the problem OF
fuel.
In most places without timber, the
state of North Dakota was left by form
alive periods, wei. supplied with fuel
fuel-its timber being under ground.
Wonderful Fuel Exhibit.
An exhibit of North Dakota products
is not complete without some samples
of this wonderful fuel. There are
seams of it varying in thickness from
a few inches to II of as feet on the
Little Missouri river, near the old
Roosevelt ranch.
1t is difficult to demonstrate to the
public the efficiency of this coal as a
steam producer. 1t contains more fix:
ed carbon than the bituminous Goals
of Kansas, Missouri or West Virginia
the maximum Of Flickertail Ignite be
ing SO per cent and the minimum
above 40. 1t contains more moisture
but this only makes it burn the better
/ Half the industries in North Dakots
| are now dependent on ignite for theil
power. The great government irriga
| ton project at Winston uses Ignite
for the fuel which operates its grea
pumps; the Northern Pacific has dem
onstrated by firing its engines witt
this coal that, while it takes more O
it, it Is still cheaper fuel than Pen
sylvanfa.
With coal in such quantities that {
farmer using a steam plow can litter
! ally "plow up the coal to pillow with
and the possibility of paying for Z
farm with the first years crop of fax
North Dakota win be able to compel,
with other states at any exposition
demonstrating that there are oppor
tunities in this state though it does
not have many acres of free land left
Flax a Prominent Feature.
Flax which would make Moscow II
Russia jealous for its fibre will Away,
be a prominent feature of any NORTH
Dakota exhibit. It has paid for man!
a farm in n year and in two year.
it lifts the mortgage and builds I
home. Within a short distance of tn,
Duluth market, where the crusher,
declare that there was never enough
flax grown, North Dakota Is the orig
inal linseed and linen state.
Wheat has been synonymous witt
North Dakota since the plans wer,
first drawn for the Red River vale!
and of course North Dakota is Away;
prepared to show samples OF what \
considered the best milling wheat II
the world.
Many varieties Of wheat will b
shown this year when 1t is as good 0
better than ever.