The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-06-19
Land Show at Conservation
Exposition Will Set a
New Mark
WHAT A BUSINESS MAN SAID
Nothing Like Display in This Depart.
ment of Big National Exposition
Ever Has Been Attempted in the
Country Refore-Lessons for Farm
ers.

E D. Stratton, land and industrial
agent of the Cincinnati, New Orleans
| & Texas Pacific and the Alabama
Cheat Southern railroads, paid his first
visit aSfeW days ago to the grounds
UPON which the big National Conserva.
ton Exposition will be held in Knox
Vile from September to November l
OF the present year. He went to Knox
Vile with a party of other railroad
men. After his visit to the grounds,
after he saw what had been done and
what was being done in preparation
fer the exposition, he expressed him
SELF in this wise:
ITO say that 1 was most favorably
Impressed would be to put it mildly.
l had no idea that such a site for an
exposition could be found anywhere in
this country. 1 had no idea of the ex-
tenn and character of the buildings al
ready up, and was delighted to see
such good progress being made in the
Ell ection of the big new buildings"
"Will your roads be represented by
land exhibit" he was asked
They WILL" he replied, positively.
ley could not afford to be unrepre-
serted."
This was hard-headed man of bust
ness speaking. He had seen. That
was enough for him. His decision was
made.
Greatest Of All Land Shows.
At this early date this statement can
be made positively and without fear of
contradiction:
THE LAND SHOW AT THE Ma
T1ONAL CONSERVATION EXPOSE
TON is GOING TO BE, NOT ONLY
THE GREATEST LAND SHOW EVER
SEEN IN THE SOUTH, BUT THE
GREATEST LAND SHOW EVER
SEN ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED
STATES.
Land primarily is the basis of all
wealth. Much has been learned about
lane in recent. years, many lessons of
iucalculab!e benefit to the tillers of
thu soil have been taught. Many les
sens remain to be learned; there is
still much in the land and in the meth
oCs Of its best cultivation still to be
taught. Land shows are, compare
lively speaking, a new institution.
They have done much to educate the
people.
The conservation of the soil Of the
United States is one Of the greatest
projects undertaken in this twentieth
century of progress
And the Land Show at the National
Conservation is going to exemplify the
most advanced thought along these
lines.
Building Is All Ready.
The new Land Building on the beau
tifu, exposition grounds of the Ma
ttonal Conservation Exposition is COM
pleted. 1t stands on a terrace; it is
beautiful in design, beautiful in execu-
tiCn In the rear of the building is an
auditorium that will seat 5000 per-
sens. The building is spacious and
vas constructed especially for the
Land Show and all that goes with it.
Or the lower floor of the big white
building the land companies and the
land departm of the various rail-
roads will have their displays. On the
upper floors will be the educational
exhibits, and these will include the ex-
hitits Of the different experiment sta
tons of the United States Department
OF Agriculture in the Southern states.
Mr. Farmer, here are a few of the
things that are going to interest you
when you pay your visit to the Ma
t;ona1 Conservation Exposition and the
Land Show in the Fall:
You are going to be shown in a most
striking and convincing manner how
best to maintain and increase the pro-