The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1927-12-10
EXHIBITS OF SOIL PRODUCTS
AT STATE FAIR
(Arizona Producer)

(Arizona Producer)
The Agricultural AID Horti.
cultural Building of the Arizona
State Fair had county exhibits
from eight different counties and
individ ual exhibits from several
other counties. The counties
that made complete county ex.
hibits were Apache, Navajo, Co.
conino, Yavapai, Maricopa. Pi.
nal, Cochise and Santa Cruz.
/ Assurances have been given
that Yuma county will have an
exhibit next year which will be
q formidable contestant for the
grand county prize. Yuma coun-
ty produces citrus fruit. pecans,
dates and practically all crops
! which which are produced in
| Maricapa county. 1t is conced.
ed that this county has the pos.
isibility of assembling an exhibit
for the State Fair which would
have great advertising value for
1 Yuma county.
La the grand county awards,
| Maricopa was given first place
and Yavapai second. The ex-
| hibits from ell counties were of
a quality which made competi-
ton very keen. Growers are
| learning to select those products
/ which have most commercial
value. DR.. e. P. Sandsten, hor.
ticulturist of the Colorado Col
I lege of Agriculture, who has
j judged the exhibits in this de.
| partment for the past twelve or
thirteen years. states that the
| quality Of products is constantly
Improving and it is becoming
| Increasingly difficult to place the
! awards. There were some sur
prising exhibits. For instance,
Pinal county was given first
prize on Washington Naval Or
anges and sweep stakes on or.
anges. This was from an ex.
hibit which was furnished by a
group of growers in a canyon in
the mountains about twenty
miles from Winkelman. While
there is only small acreage of
land in this canyon. the excel
| lent quality of the fruit II an in
! dicatlon of great possibilities in
4 development of not only this
but similarly located sections Of
Arizona.
Another example which is
! possibly Of more commercial
| significance, was that of the
award of first and sweep stakes
on lettuce, which went to a
grower IN Cochise county. Fa-
vorable climatic conditions make
it posi- BILE. to produce lettuce in
some parts OF Arizona before
the shipments begin in the Salt
| River Valley, Casa Grande Val
ley and the Yuma Valley. which
are acknowledged to be the
great lettuce producing areas.
This award should be an en-
couragement to growers in Go.
chise county to produce lettuce
for the markets in Arizona,
which in the off season are me-
cessariIy supplied from Califor-
MIA. Obviously, dealers in Phoe.
nix would prefer to buy Of the
growers of Cochise and Yavapai
| counties rather than from Cali
fornia if the product IS favora.
| Bile.
! The State Fair affords an OPP.
portunity for showing the range
of crops and fruits which are
grown in the different sections
of the state. Without doubt,
there are many localities which
are susceptible to great develop.
ment.
The advertising value of ex.
hibits at the State Fair cannot
be too strongly emphasized.
There are few sections, if any.
in Arizona which would not pro.
fit from an increase in the nun.
Der of producers if sufficient
volume of products cap be put
on the market to justify market.
ing costs. We are on the eve of
Developments of this kind, the
possibilities of which are too
great to be even mentioned.
The Importance of agriculture
/ in Arizona and it's possibilities
of greater development are so
great that it is unfair to the
growers to ask them to place ex.
hibits in a building so inadequate
and SO inconvenient as the pres
ent structure which was built
twenty years ago as a temporary