Show UTAH TO THE FORE at the land ind and irrigation exhibit held at chicago during the past two weeks the state of utah has added more laurels laurela to her already long list 11 S t the following was clipped from tile deseret farmer and is an all extract of a letter from dr 13 D ball who w was as one of the committee in chaice of th the e exhibit display Is not large but is neat and careful ly lv arranged thanks to president judd ind and J edward taylor secy of the state horticulture commission the utah apples ire are the feature of tile the display and alid are attracting much favorable comment it is by far the best apple showing that utah has ever made in fact the first time that utah has ever made a box exhibit the color of the moab apples tile the size of some ot of those front from anti and the uniform quality ind and navor flavor of the bear river products are especially striking the display of cabbages front from morgan isa Is a revelation to the women nomen of chicago and when they are allowed to lift them their amazement increases the large potatoes free front from scab and blemish from morgan weber and vernal flank the cabbages and are almost as eagerly I 1 y sought for as is souvenirs as are the apples the canned goods exhibit show another side of the resources of the tit state and the president ot of the american canning association freely acknowledged that lie he had never tasted such asparagus utah sugar is exhibited and the process of explained by it a representative of the utah sugar co at the other end of the booth is a case of 0 utah honey ilu another other of sorg sorghum bum beneath a canopy of ten foot caties canes while to one side Is a big pile of squashes so inage that people can hardly believe that they are genuine but when we as suie them thai thae davis and dox box elder counties have acres of them they look still more incredulous the agriculture college exhibit of grains and grasses from tile the dry farms help e I 1 p t to 0 d decorate e c e th the e booth boot 11 and adds much to tile the pleasing effect Dixie is there as ever with grapes nuts and chicagoans are evidently not dot up ill on pome grantes as they always if say look at those onions no worms ato to any one who nho has had anything to ilo do with former exhibits tills this one is a revelation in that way A few years ago a utah exhibit had to be sorted with utmost care to klep keep the wormy apples oft off the plates and even then we were not successful at ogden as the dark clark cup just across lu in the idaho booth reminds us but there lissome compensating satisfaction in looking at our glass case where all the sweep stake cups we have won since that time ire are on exhibition but back to the subject of worms out 0 of some 50 boxes 0 of apples e have been using in a display not one single worm has appeared one can roach reach into a box and place an all apple on the hie plate without a I 1 thought the pack exhibited is also a revelation even to some who havo been acquainted with utah fruit utah growers are now putting ill up an attractive pack ind and so uniform in size hie and color ind and free from blemish that it is possible to put it on exhibition in comparison with any of the western products the chicago exhibit shows fellows that utah is rapidly coming to its own we have been able to raise apples for years and we have now readied reached the point where we can market them |