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Show Fertile Lands of Colorado. The traveler who visits Colorado fnrthj first time is surprised and impressed with the opportunities the state affords in agricultural agri-cultural pursuits. The m'neral wealth of the state, with its many famo-.is iniiws seems to have become ti.xea in the. mimlsot strangers, crowding out all know'eclgo ol her wonderfully fertile soil. Little thought is ever given to the 12, ( Of miles of in-iga-gation canals that have been constructed and the 2.000,000 acres of land which have thus far been made productive. Vet, out out of 371 exhibits from Colorado at the world's fair, eighty-one special premiunu were awarded, covering all kinds of fruit and produce. The wheat exhibit attracted wide attention, and twenty-five awards were given it alone, the largest number received by any one state in the Union. The fruit industry has reached ?-),0"0,H00 a year and is yet in its infancy. Sugar boot culture is a profitable industry. The min eral wealth of the state, which leads all other states in the Cnion in the output of gold and silver, does not compare with her agricultural wealth. A handsome and pro-lusely pro-lusely illustrated pamphlet, entitled '-Tin Fertile Lands of Colorado," lias just been Issued bj the passenger department of the Denver & Rio Grande railway, and gives detailed information of the lands and their location, and may be had upon application to S. K. Hooper, general passenger agent, Denver, or H. M. dishing, traveling passenger pas-senger agent, f8 West Second Southstreet, Salt Lake Citv. rta.li. |