The Lamar register., 1917-10-10

portunity is afforded for more i'm
pressive lessons in the results that
have been obtained from the national
campaign for food conservation and
increased food production than are to
be gathered from these exhibits, which
re open to visitors at all hours when
other parts of the show are open.
One of the most attractive and in
structive of these displays Of farm
products is that installed by the state
Of Colorado, occupying the entire west
end Of horticultural hall. 1t was large
y through the efforts of Ralph Voor-
aces, treasurer of the Wichita FEEDER
Il Land Bank, a former resident of
Denver, that this big display was made
possible II is in charge of D. W.
Thomas of the Agricultural Bureau
f the Denver Civic and Commercial
association, Howard D. Sullivan Of
he Colorado State Board Of Immigra-
ion and A. Z. King Of Alamosa, Col
orado.
One Of the chief purposes of the
itate Of Colorado in installing this big
display has been to emphasize the
work being done in that state to in
rcase agricultural production as an
id to the great national campaign to
'eed the forces Of democracy in their
ight against the armies of autocracy
headed by the German kaiser Colo
ado crops for 1917 are 25 per cent
,rcatsr than those for 1916, and every
ffort is now being made to make the
1918 crops show an increase Of at
east 2j per cent over those of 1917.
There is in the state Of Colorado not
less than 100000 acres of fertile
agricultural land, capable of produc-
ing crops Of the same quality as those
displayed at the Wheat Show. which
has never been broken. Hundreds Of
new farmers are going upon those
lands every month, and it is hoped
that agricultural acreage for 1918 can
be increased at least 100000 acres
over that Of the current year.
The Colorado agricultural display
shows crops grown both with and
without irrigation and will give visi-
tors an excellent idea Of what may be
done on the farms in every section
of the state. There is also small
display Of fruits from the famous
Grand Valley Of western Colorado,
which will give some idea Of what is
being done in the fruit growing line
in this section Of the state as well as
in the Incompahgre and North Fork
districts and in the upper and lower
Arkansas Valley fruit districts. Colo
RADIO is marketing this year the largest
fruit crop it has grown since 1909,
and perhaps the largest crop in its
history. It is being sold at good prices
and will bring growers close to S.
100000.
The potato displays from the San
Luis valley and the noH-irrigated dis
-ricts Of eastern Colorado are attract
ing much attention. Though Colorado
has entered no potatoes in the COM
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ally conceded that the potatoes dis
played in the state exhibit are not ex-
celled by anything to be found in the
show. The San Luis valley holds the
worlds record in the yield Of potatoes
per acre, one measured acre in Sa-
guache county having produced 5S7
bushels. Though the western slope,
northern Colorado and other potato
growing districts are not at present
in the displays, they have
produced crops this year fully equal
to those grown in the San Luis valley.
The display Of sheaf oats and bar
ley from the San Luis valley is an
other feature Of the Colorado exhibit
that is attracting much attention.
The entire exhibit is tastefully ar
ranged, in keeping with the excellent
methods that have been adopted for
the installation of all agricultural and
horticultural displays to be seen at the
show.--Wichita Beacon.