Arizona republican., 1917-11-16
FAIRS AGR|CULT LTURAL DISPLAY
 |S BEST IN STATES HISTORY

If Arizona's chief industry is mining she certainly has a healthy rival for honors in agriculture, judging from the most magnificent display made in this department at the State Fair this year. It would seem that each county tried to outdo itself.
 one remarkable feature of the agri- cultural display is large exhibits of po- tatoes. In fact it is the largest exhibit that has ever been shown at a state fair, according to competent judges. There are about F varieties shown. There are those that reach gigantic proportions and those that are just the size for the market. Davis of PinaI county remarked that the Arizona State Fair had never looked more like Ireland than when he looked upon the fine dis play of "murphies' before the judges stand, in fact it looked so much like home that he could not refrain from shedding few tears because of his homesickness.
 Maricopa county of course has one of the most comprehensive and exhaus- tive exhibits ever seen at any state f2ir. In this county booth one sees the valleys choicest citrus fruits, and they are the finest ever placed on exhibition at the Arizona State Fair. There is the open display of fruit and fruit boxes ready for shipment. Standing before this part of the county's booth one sees oranges, lemons, grape fruit, olives and clusters of olives, peaches of every variety. There is good prospect for Arizona becoming a rival of California in this particular industry. A little farther along one sees pomegranates and grapes Of all varieties. Dates are the most important of industries com ing to the front now in this state. and when they were exhibited at Peoria H., many visitors there were surprised to learn that Arizona is producing so much or this lucious fruit. Arizona Is indeed advanced in this industry. The same exhibition that called forth so much surprise and admiration there is to be seen at the State Fair. Dates are shown packed and in clusters. Jap aneSe persimmons, quinces, cantaloups ana the by-products of the fruit and vegetables are also shown such as honey from the bloom, olive oil from the olives, and cotton seed oil. both crude and refined. This county also has the largest exhibit of vegetables ever made. Among the exhibits that call forth exclamationS of surprise are bean pods measuring I2 inches, red sweet potatoes weighing an average of one and one-half pounds each, Chinese cabbage measuring 24 inches, egg plants measuring 22 inches. turnips that stretch the tape to 1615 inches, oats that reaches more than six feet in length. There are Japanese radishes that measure 16 inches, sweet potatoes weighing pounds. Yellow Jersey sweets, and sweet corn that has no equal. Then across the aisle one sees flax, barley. wheat, cotton, one bale of which weighs 5S0 pounds. Milo maize, perhaps the largest single crop of grain grown in the valley, is much in evil dence, and the Avondale variety seems 10 be the most popular variety on exhi- bition. KafiF corn is a strong rival of the milo maize and some fine speci- mems are shown. Here are also shown the jumbo and Spanish varieties of peanuts, both gathered and on the bush, there are almonds of several varieties. There is the long staple cotton and the short. One stalk displayed contains soc bolls. Some remarkable corn is to be seen in this display. Millet, sugar cane. and the sorghum grain which has been found to be as good for human consumption as for cattle. The Roose- welt dam as shown in miniature show ing the project leading into the valley NANi all lltdl lflt udIu IltduS to the valley. Much credit is due P Aepli for this splendid exhibit, though he says that he wants the credit to go to his associates, E. A. Leek of Phoenix. W. Rorex of Peoria, P. J. Edson of Phoenix, and T. c. Evans of the Mesa Commercial club.
 Yuma Display Fine
 Yuma county has very fine display and the articles worthy of special men ton is seven cuttings of alfalfa from one field. The long staple and the short cotton. It is estimated that there will be 5000 bales of the long staple and S,o00 bales of the short raised in Yuma county this year. A novel display is the pulled cotton showing length of fibre. They show four varieties of dates, the Deglet Moor being the choicest quality. They show 16 varie- ties of grain and sorghums. Barley, wheat, broom corn, sweet and field