El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-31

varied than was expected that not only
is the agricultural building which was
enlarged for the occasion, crowded to
capacity but some OF the exhibitors
have been compelled to show under can
vas or as in the case of the Glendale
chamber of commerce q house made Of
alfalfa, bales.
As was to be expected MaricOpa coun-
ty leads, with Yavapai county a good
second Other counties exhibiting pro-
ducts Of orchard, garden and farm are
Flma which has a splendid showing
from the experimental station, operated
IN connection with the state university
at Tucson Pinal, Yuma Greenlee.
Grahdm and COcOninO- In the exhibit
celery, corn, potatoes and other vege-
tables grown by the MOQui indians.
Graham Plans to Do Better.
me EXHIBIT from Graham county, in
which lies the fertile ella valley. is
not such an exhibit as that county
can make and IS II will make another
year If the fair commissioner from
that county can have his way. he has
seen what other less favored counties
nave done this wear and he will try to
impress upon his people the necessity
Tor DeSlnning this fall to make a show
- ne 4slf OF 1913, which viii adver-
Slolit1es of the ella valley.
Greenlee's Fine Apples.
IL7SeAISe coQntys exhibit consists
sOIe4y or apples and is a good one
taking many prizes. Yavansf corTtT,
700; IS strong on apples but is almost
as large and as diversified as is tha+ Of
779laIlcopa county but along different
ines It's showing Of Irish potatoes
would make a potato grower from the
famous potato belt of Wisconsin 81,
Nlous, while 1t has on exhibition corn
10. ~ ~ ~ any grown IN Illinois or
LO"d ana wheat, rye and oats as plump
as any Of either ever grown in Mime
sofa or the DakOtas, with a much
greater yield per acre, if the word ~
hn
value. I00e
salt River Valley Dates shown.
ne space allotted to the Salt River
talley IS filled with dates in the date
DIVISION, oranges, lemons and eraDe
IIuIls IN Jhe citrus fruit division, and
long staple Egyptian cotton r1111ines
tMO Dales 70 the acre in the section set
apart Tor Ihar new Salt River valley
product Giant stalks of ribbon cane ara
SHOWN 10 prove that the soil and cli-
mate are suitable for producing cane
sugar as wei as beet sugar in the val
icy Egyptian wheat yielding 1900
POUNDS per acre, milo maize lyaffir
corn sorghum, alfalfa and veeeta HES
or all kinds make up the balance Of +be
eAhlDlL and III up the remaining space
Citrus Fruits From Yuma.
/ una county, which has but recently
arrived as an agricultural county
mas q very creditaDIe showing of cifrTIs
fruits and some vegetables buf r,ro171iees
70 be lined up with MaricOpa as ~
AlDlIor OF Sub-trOpical AGRICULTURAL
Wv IA ueAL year santa Cruz and
Cochlse are the only counties of SOUTH
ern Arizona to have no reDresenfatior,
IN the agricultural building at the
Mineral Exhibit CreditabIe.
The mineral exhibition BUILDING IS
crowded to the doors with we'll ar
ranged cabinets well filled with labeled
ana CLASSIFIED specimens of ores which
are round IN Arizona. As to variety
ana number Of specimens shown Yava-
pal county leads with COchise second
ana ella third Every county in the
state IS represented in the mineral
work of school Children shown
The exhibit made by the school chill
dTen OF the state is particularly good
ana IS attracting much attention With
the exception Of the showing made. bv
the state university at Tucson and the
state normals at Tempe and Fiagstsff
the exhibit is made up wholly of
schools IN the various towns in the
SAT- river valley, including the indian
;T5ll ana one or two private schools. /
me manual training departments of
the Phoenix high school has filled
huch space with some really good spe-
cimens Of handicraft.
The county school superintendent Of
the state and the members of the state
eachers' association who are in Phoenix
attending the state convention have
taAe en- mucl2-lEterest in the educational
eNuDlI made by Maricopa county
schools and promise to be on hand net !
year with exhibits from their respect
i've counties.
As result of the good showing made /
az the ialr this year two state associa-
tons have been formed-the poultry
ana pet stock fanciers and breeders
nave got together and lovers of sod
1ogs have organized the Arizona ken
lel lc!uD which viii apply for member
now now under the sanction of the latter !
hereafter.