San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-05
Professor Attwater Here
to Exhibit Collection

specimens having been yiven his
name He is regarded as the great
est authority on the lives, histories
and habits of the birds and animals
of Texas. He was the prime mover
| in the organization of the Texas dry
| farming campaign in 190G, and the
beneficial results of dry farming
methods of cultivation. and conserva-
ton of moisture in West Texas, are
largely due to his efforts. personally
and in writing.
Only Room For Half.
For the last two weeks, Professor
Attwater has been engaged in I'M
packing and arranging his collection
in the two rooms assigned TO it in
the Main Avenue high school, and
while at least half the collection
will have to remain in the packing
eases. because of the lack of dis
play cases, and room TO place them.
the exhibits that are already arranged
form a most interesting and confpre-
hensive resume of the resources of
the state.
As the "nuts" are the most fire.
quently mentioned part of the OK
hibit. perhaps a description of them
should come first. There are between
three and four hundred specimen
cases of the edible nuts of Texas
10 two exactly alike, but many. of
them so nearly SO, that only a high
ly trained observer could detect the
difference Every known variety of
pecan is shown from the tiniest that
take 1000 to make pound and that
are only valuable for purposes of
classification, to the splendid Nelson
and Capitol varieties that are so
large that twenty nuts weigh
pound. Government bulletins, ar
ranged By Professor Attwater, are
shown illustrating the processes of
budding and grating pecans. so sim
ply explained and illustrated that
child could follow them. Twenty
varieties of the pecan were gathered
on the Medina River, and most of
the others in West Texas. All
hybrid varieties of pecans are shown.
including the hican. a product of
hand fertilization of hickory nuts
and pecans. Other nuts shown in
every variety. and size are grated
butternuts. hickory nuts, Japanese
and American variety of chestnuts.
chinkapins, 80 varieties of acorns,
chufa or ground-nuts, almonds. 20
varieties of walnuts. filberts. beech
nuts. pinion-nuts, bitter pecans and
the freaks of twin and triplet pecans.
all in careful arrangement of sampl:
specimens.
Big Wool Display.
The many woods of Texas come in
for a large part of the exhibition
and are represented by samples that
have taken prizes for more than
80 years. in wool exhibitions of the
world. and which prove conclusively.
according to Professor Attwater, that
Texas can beat the world in raising
sheep and WOOL" Prize winning wool
is shown taken from sheep of famous
varieties in other countries, in con-
trast with wool from the same type
of sheep which had been imported
to Texas, and in every case. the
Texas product is superior. Samples
of wool from the Cheviot sheep and
Angora goats are particularly inter
esting.
Flax, hemp and fibre taken from
unexpected sources in cotton stalks
and common weeds. are well worth
studying. For naught so vile upon
the earth doth live, but to the earth
some special good doth give" 4
cotton stalk thirteen feet high that
grew in the yard of L. W. began.
in San Antonio is shown, and DEM
onstration made of the use and value
of the long fibres it contains. Seven
stages are shown in the processes of
developing the wild growth of tn