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POUTRAYAL of itae oiiportunltiea of the
A E axiitultural west will be prcMnted at
K I the Second Omaha land show.
i UK tifcuuu iaim snow stands ror a
io:it!nuation of the movenieut which
was inaugurated by the first the de
velopment of the Idle acres of the west
and the diversion of emigration from the settlement
projects of Canada to the open areas of this country.
The show Is to represent the same vast area that
played a part in the displays of the first land show
held here In January. The show has. by virtue of the
success of the first, become an annual affair. It
stands as an Institution typifying the development
movement.
The show itself will be Just a graphic leswon la
opportunity. The land, which in its present state of
non-productivenesh. offers opportunity to the agri
culturist, within the boundaries of the territory cov
ered by the land show, Is to be measured in the tens
of millions of acres. ,
The mission of the show, however, does not nut
with the presentation of opportunity to the prospective
settler. In an exhaustive series of lecture programs
and educational demonstrations by agricultural sci
entists the utilization of opportunity will be taught.
The land show visitor may learn not only where to
farm, but how to farm.
The discoveries, or shall we call theiu achievements,
or agricultural science have had the effect of laying
h new world before the farmer the world if dry
farming and Irrigated lands. The principle of dry
farming and of Irrigation have alike been known to
the world since history was born, but unti? put to
work through the labors of the farmer-scic nti . the.'
have been of enmparathely little alue to the world.
While in the territory Interested in the land snow
there is a mole soil available which requites little of
such special attention as the terms of dry farming
ind Irrigation, imply, yet by virtue of this h; iti..i-
tion of treatment and the newness of the opportunities
hich it offers, the exhibition gains a Ian: part of
l's interest.
A glance over a map of the west and northnest
will ahow that agiiiultural development has been,
until within a very recent time, following the lines
i.f leant r ei.-tance The farmed acres hs. irit out
a'ong the slremns o in the fertile val--s where
i.mfall ha been most certain. .Vow tome the era of
Independence of nature's proris'on for the farmer.
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I V Hy the two systems of ft red. Irrigation an I dry farm-
F lng, he nay either make suffice a meager ralufall or
(supply water as he deems necessary. Thus is the area
of waste territory leduced by so meny millions of
square miles and so much added to the acreage that
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is to solve the great food problems of today and the
greater problems of the future.
The land Bhow is to tell where the land is and what
it will grow, then secondarily to tell something of how
these crops can be grown. The crops themselves as
represented by specimens and the laud men at the
show will care for the primary mission of the exhibit.
.Men of fame in agricultural science in the lecture balls
and at the demonstration displays will care for the
rest.
Kffecta of the labors of these scientists at the last
land show will be soon reflected in the crops to .be
harvested this fall within the radius of the influences
of the big show. Reports, for instance, already indi
cate that as a result of the efforts made by the
Northwestern railroad In a display of alfalfa of un
usual pictorial detail the acreage devoted to that crop
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Co-Operative Truck Farming
NOVUI. departure in suburban develop
ment work js to be tried by the T. 11.
Ackerson company, which some years
3"o founded the residence park of
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company's holdiugs there include 1.200
acres. A tract of forty acres just north
of Hrightwaters has been set aside for a subdivision
into truck farms and fruit gardens, the produce of
which it is believed will rind a ready market. The
tract will contaiu a hundred or more homt steads of
from one to ten acres each, to be operated on a co
operative plan.
The plan of co-opei ation as worked out by the
comiany. with the asitauie of expert agricultures! .-.
includes a demonstration fui in to be operated by the
company for the benefit of the suiroumltun tariueis.
This farm will also be a bureau of infoiiuaiion and
expert advice. The company has employed as super
intendent a professional agriculturist who has been
in the employ of the government in a similar capacity
and who has also held an Important position on the
famous Biltmore estate, owned by (Jeorge Vanderbilt.
at Ashevllle, N. .The company's farui-will demon
strate scientific methods in practically every branch
of agriculture, such m truck gardening, dairying, bor
liiulture. fruit g rowing, etc., to which the special soil,
climate ami environs may be adapted.
A beoond co-operative feature will be a department
for the supply of labor and materials at reduced cost
aud assisting in marketing farm products. This is
designed to give the smallest farmer the benefit of a
larger equipment at smaller cost than he could hlm
Belf supply. I'nder this arrangement he la relieved of
the necetaity of Investing in heavy tools, many horses,
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has been remarkably increased in a single season.
The effects of the educational features of the land
show may thus be expected to appear increasing in
geometrical ratio as the Feasons follow each other
into the years.
The land shows' lessons to the farmer are not re
stricted to the man farming new country. The aim
of the educational department looks full as much
toward the scientific development of the possibilities
of acres already under tillage.-' There are thousands
of acres in Nebraska alone which can be made to
yield much greater crops if the lessons of the Land
show are heeded. .
There are farmers yet to be converted to the doc
trine of rotation of crops. The work of the agricultural
scientists i never done. It never will be completed.
There always will be a vanguard in the development
etc., and i further relieved of keepm? latior on hire
for loncer pel ioda than hi wot U r iu'.vi In nl-i!-tion
to ti.'se ad van la;-;i s it i-- cles'ii! to :i '. t rir
ers in marketing at distant points their surplus pro
ducts not consumed at Hrightwaters. A farmer on
the I'.iight waters homesteads may. therefoie, avail
hi nfelf of the co-operative plan to plow his ground, to
i i.llivate and harvest his crop and tin illy to market
hit prod'ii't.
The : a:ne i n opernt Ive plan is to be put in opera
linn in c .ci y spec'al line, ai ."irditig to -the New Yo: k
Sun Should a farmer who may t.e iiiexpcrcwed
in a Hue contemplated wish to spec;a'i,;e in po iltrv,
lUtls. t'ru.ts or bees he vvi:l be slpi'.v n how to proceed."
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vvatci s lat ins a farmer should operate succ ."fully on
possibly per ttni of tiie cost involved under ordi
nary c -nidit ions elsewhere. The expert sas that the
entire surface area of the 'Hrightwaters farms c onsists
of a rich loam, virgin soil, in which everything indi
genous t the temperate .one can be raised
Prof. T. K. VrGre.v. college leeturtr an I writer
on a1--1 i'-ii i ura I ubie.- ts. i ipioied a saving: "The
Ackei sott idea of deuioiist rat ion and co-operat Iv e
farming Is entirely new and supplies the missing link
between the farmer and the agricultural experimental
stations that has hitherto been reeded to turn to
profitable account to the farmer the great work that
lias been done and Is bcng done by the government
in Bcietihc agriculture.
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movement and new lessons to be taught as new possi
bilities open.
Despite the strictly utilitarian purposes of the show,
It will be so presented as to offer more than ordinarily
attractive features to the general observer. The pro
grams of the show will be spiced with amusements,
while the displays will be presented in artistic deco
rative form.
The first, land show comprised displays from the.
west and the northwest all that country to the west
of the Missouri river which has a common Interest.
The story of the farm from the cornfield of the river
valley to the orchards of the Rockies and the oranne
groves of California was told. Specialized agricultural
processes from irrigation to dry farming under twelve
inch rainfall each had a 'chapter. In the same terms
the story of the west will be told again at the second
land show with new and greater exhibits and many
added features.
Nebraska is to be given uire emphasis in the show
to come in October. Rig expanses of territory in other
parts of the west, not represented at the laHt show
are to scud typical exhibits. The preparation for the
next land show is already under way all over the
territory to be represented.
I'lpns for the recognition of each state In the show
have been solved by the, land show management J Sp
cial days when men of prominence from each Mate
will speak have been set apart Ka'ii day of the show
from the 'Opening. October 1 ti. to the c lose, October
2S, will present a program of special interest to those
concerned with individual states or sections.
The special day programs for the show follow :
Monday, October 10- Omaha. Council 1. luffs and
South Otvaha Tri-City Day. Opening at 7 p. in.
Tuesday. October 17 Iowa Hay; South Dakota Day.
Wednesday, October IS- Nebraska State Day.
Thursday. October 19. Idaho State Day.
Krida.v. October 2 0 Washington State Day.
Sat ui day. October 21 Omaha and South
l'ublic School Day.
Sunday. October 22-1. abor liiion Day;
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Monday, October 2H Montana State Day.
Tue sday, October 2 1 Oregon Statt Day.
Wednesday, October 2?- California State Day.
Thursday. October 2 fi Colorado Mate Day.
l-'lida: , October 27 I'tali State Day.
Suture!;!.., October 2K-- Nevada and Wyoming State
Day.
In magnitude the Land show in Octobar will exceed
auy similar exposition give u in the wesi. To give
space for the displays anil programs to be presented
an area of approximately thirty thousand square feet
ill le us-d Of this space about nineteen thousand
square feet are covered by the Coliseum in whiih the
lua in show will he held A number of auxiliary struc
tures are to be constructed for the purpose of giving
loom for the lecture balls and an auditorium for the
pre sentation of special protra ins.
in the remodelled Coliseum tile show will unfold a
striking picture. I'roin the enttatue on Twentieth
street the land show vibitor will be led through the'
roomy lobby to the entrance proper imo the avenue
leading across the- "Court of Honor'" to the "tirand
Staircase." by whieii the Nebra.-i.a exhibit on the
stage will be reached.
The "Court of Honor" will be marked bv an im
pressive series of decorative columns surmuuuie-d by
lights and carved figures. In the center of the court
will he located an electric fountain playing streams
tinted with many colored, constantly changing lights.
This fountain gives the opportunity for the introduc
tion of an almost classic touch to the decoiative us
peeis of the show. Arising from the fountain at
stated periods of the day's program will be "living
pictures" representing the stales in the show by al
legorical groups. The dome of the Coliseum, the
colonnades marking the "Court of Honor" and the
exhibit booth will be decorated in gay 90 lor g in kee-p-ing
with a fixed tone design.. Itei&cUns Ixttweoa tn
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decorative columns will be festoons of Rmllax inter
woven with thousands of tiny electric lights.
A temporary structure for the housing of exhibits
of farming and road making machinery will bo erected
near the Coliseum. "Machinery Hall," as this build
ing will be known, will give a floor space of one
hundred by two hundred feet. Two lecture halls and
tin auditorium for special day programs will also ha
erei'teM.
The st-ige of th" main show, about which the Ne
braska exhibits are to be arranged, will be occupied
by spectacular productions to be given In connection
with the show.
By the products of the soil to be included In this
displays of the show many of its ornamental aspects
will be gained. Tho second annual land show is to
be marked by an unusual display of fruits. On (
special days to be set aside later in tho framing of
the programs these fruits will be elistributed among
the show visitois. The season at which the show
will be held lends ilseif particularly well to the pur
pose of making a complete and extensive display of
fruits. In October practically all of the fruits grown
in the west will be found in their perfection 1n some
part of the wide teiritory included in the show.
Included in the displays of the land show will be ex
hibits representing many of the great industries of the
west. The vast wealth of mines and water power
will not be forgotten. Miniature plants aud specimens
from the great fields under development will have a
part in the displays. The laud show will thus be
given something of UiVi tone of a general western ex
position. The openings of the west are not confined
to the farm alone. The communities which serve the
farmer and furnish market places for his crops must
grow ami develop with the Increase of acreage devoted
to the- purely tanning industries.
The mighty significance of the movement for -which
the land show stands is given expression In the vast
ness of the feriitory included. In the state of
Oregon Hloiio there arc now millions of acres to be
reduced to tillage1 a"d productiveness. In recogni
tion of the value of the land show to the development
of the west govi riiois of the states to be represented
and their legislatures :ive been taking cognizance of
the show and aiding in the preparation for the displays
to be laade.
Tin e!e-. 11 -est 1 at ion resulis of the last land show
and an inkling of what may be expected ef the next
is given by i lit- lua.-s of statements contained In con
gratulatory letieis received by the land show man
ageiiKtePt since the closing of the exhibit iti January.
Hut a mon tanginb- slid positive test iinorlial to the?
eff lii-hcy of Hie land show i ri the attainment of Its
purpose is give 11 by Hie rapidly i ticre asing move ment
of kc it ho a to the- we si w a ril. Railroad reports indie atl
that coloni-i 1 1 .. i h s are carrying more wt tiers Into
the Wist than ever li. 'ore The cedirtift inoveni"Tit of
this month p-o , is,--; t.cu reeeirils. Aeriin fruits of
the- lend show are fh mn in a review of the work of
the score s ef Im.d a ;c ucii s in Omaha, many of which
have been esiablishe-el since the first show was closed.
Numerous patties of prospective land buyers have
In 1 11 taken into the we-st by Omaha laud au nts Ilun
dree'j of farms have b. 1:1 sold as a dire, t and positive
res r It df the show
Investigation of
give evidence of t
movement. Since
individual eases also frequently
ie fruits of the "back to the soil"
he land show an On alia mlnhiter.
Rev. J. K. Iliiciiuon.
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pastor eil kount.i. Memorial
bi'coiue Ho leader of a col
onization iiiov 11 ; r-i t . lie I. hvm a prosperous Omaha
churc h 10 l'o 01 in a f.. 1 1 1 in the vwst, leading a flock
of future fanners with him
Be-glnning October 11 and continuing throughout
the t iituinc te 1 days the- Si e ond Abn.ftI Lund show,
held by The Omaha Hi e pud i he Twentie th Century
Farmer, will be in piogress to tell the ever new story
of the west and tho western farm.
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