The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-29
NORTH DAKOTA
EXHIBIT DRAWS
IOWA FARMERS
Products of Flickertail State
Soil Feature Fairs in Corn
Belt
RY w. TAYLOR


Humboldt. Iowa, Aug. 29.-North
Dakota is cutting wide swath down
here in Iowa, where the tall corn
grows
Last week North Dakota exhibit
Of grains and grasses. fruits and
vegetables. coal md clay products
was on display at the 18th annual
Fayette county fair at Yves. Union,
and this week it is being shown at
the Humboldt county fair.
The exhibit is displayed in tent
22x24 feet in size. and is in imme-
date charge Of J. + Buttree of VAL
ley City and i. L. Norlng Of Wash
burn, county agent of Mclean coun-
ty. T. r. Lang, travelling immigra-
ton agent of the Northern Pacific
and j. J. Lanin, agricultural develop
ment agent Of the Great Northern.
are assisting in the distribution Of
literature and passing out oral n
formation to prospective settlers.
1t is no mere extravaganza to say
that this exhibit is generally re-
garded as one of the most attractive
and interesting on the grounds. The
fact that North Dakota has gone tc
the trouble and expense Of prepar-
ing and shipping an exhibit 500 miles
to an Iowa fair is in itself impress
sive and not without appeal to local
pride.
But it is the quality Of the exhibit
itself which docs the business"
The moment one of these Iowa
farmers catches glimpse of the
magnificent specimens of wheat,
oats, rye, barley, flax and other
grains which occupy the foreground
of the exhibit-well, you couldn't
drag him away with log chain.
And the women are not whit less
interested than the men. "Oh, Pa,
just look at that flax" "Say. Pa,
isn't this lovely honey" "Why, Pa.
look at that coal. I didn't know
they had coal in North Dakota, and
here it says they have five hundred
billion tons of it."
That sort Of comment goes on
hour after hour, day after day. One
old farmer went over the exhibit
very carefully and thoroughly; then
giving it final survey he declared
There amt no better show anywhere
on these grounds, and I've seen EN-
all. It | was a young man. you'd
see me streaking for North Dakota.
Then there was a young matror
with the light of adventure and con.
quest in her eyes. She led a grour
of friends about the tent, fairly
bristling with EXPLANATIONS OF ad.
nlration and approval the while
She signed the visitors register
with flourish, then turned for .
last fond look at the exhibit. "Nortt
Dakota. she murmured: 1--WE arr
going out there to live one of thes,
days. I've been wanting to 90 70,
some time, but Bill keeps hanging
back
No doubt Bill is tenant farmer
and his wife doesn't propose that h,
shall wear his life away paving s!
to S12 . year per acre as rental whe,
in four or five years the same nav
ments would give them absolute It'll,
to land equally as gooe.. in North Da
kota.
The exhibit was collected and IRE
pared under the direction of ]. NJ
Devlne. North Dakota commissions
OF immigration. Thirty varieties q
grain are shown, covering wheat
barley, oats and rye. Then Their
are all varieties Of grasses, includin,
bromus. prairie rush grass. purnl
beard grass, wheat grass, tall gram
ma. false red top and buffalo pras
the grass of the days of BIZ
ranches and great herds. Tire
specimens of Grimm. alfalfa ar
shown. Then there are exhibits .
vegetables, including cabbapes. caulj
flower, sugar bcets, carrots, pars
nlps, and rutabagas. The potato ex
hibit is impressive, as is that q
corn. OF which many varieties ar
shown.
There are specimens Of product
made from North Dakota CLAW. an
samples Of North Dakota soils. i
Guiding both surface and subsoil,
Much interest is evinced in picture
in large frames showing beaut
spots and farm .cenes.
Already the exhibit has bee
shown at Perham and Pine Cit,
Mimi, West Union and Humboldt
Iowa, and now it goes to Morriso,
Peoria and Carrolton, I'll. Then hac
to Coon Rapids, Iowa, where a fou,
county fair is held, closing the fir:
week in October at the Cattle Cor
gress and Belgian Horse show ;
Waterloo.