THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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BIGGEST IN THE HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA'S 

 CAPITAL. 



Interstate Exposition of Irrigated-Land Products to 

 Accompany State Fair. 



National Irrigation Congress to Be Held Immediately 



Prior to the California State Fair, Accompanying 



Exposition to Overlap Fair Week. 



SACRAMENTO, CAL., February 28, 1907. It is an- 

 nounced here by the officials of the National Irrigation 

 Congress and of the California State Fair, that the dates 

 of these two events have been fixed to cover the first two 

 weeks of September, and that an Interstate Exposition 

 of irrigated-lands products on a large scale will be held, 

 commencing with the opening of the Irrigation Con- 

 gress on Monday, September 2, and continuing until the 

 close of the State Fair, Saturday, September 14. 



This will have the effect of making the California 



other trophies well worthy of interstate competition will 

 be among the prizes offered, and it is expected that com- 

 petition for these will be open to all other states, but 

 not to California, as a second set of trophies and prizes 

 will be offered for State Fair exhibitors. In the Inter- 

 state Exposition this state wil act as host to visiting 

 states and visiting exhibitors of irrigated-land products 

 and will hang up prizes for which her guests will com- 

 pete. 



The proposed exposition has been fully discussed 

 between the members of the board of control of the 

 Irrigation Congress and Mr. J. A. Filcher, secretary 

 of the State Agricultural Society, and the plans are 

 practically determined, subject to the approval of the 

 directors of the State Agricultural Society at the next 

 regular meeting, to be held in this city February 24. 



Details for the big event are still to be determined, 

 but it is probable that the Interstate Dry Lands Ex- 



This cut shows a 10 horse power gasoline engine pumping water for irrigation near Garden City, 



Kansas. This engine was manufactured and installed by the International Harvester 



Company of America, whose headquarters are Chicago. 



State Fair an Interstate Fair, so far as agricultural 

 products are concerned, and it is altogether probable 

 that the live stock feature, too, will be made to include 

 all the Western States. "The California State Fair, 

 Interstate Irrigated-lands' Products Exposition and 

 Western Stock Show" is the name that has been sug- 

 gested for the big event, which will eclipse any similar 

 effort ever made in this state, with the single exception 

 of the Midwinter Fair, held in San Francisco several 

 years ago. 



Under the plans tentatively agreed upon, the de- 

 tails of the Interstate Exposition will be handled by the 

 State Agricultural Society. The Board of Control of 

 the Irrigation Congress will, of course, take an active 

 interest in jt, and will offer .handsome prizes for inter- 

 state exhibitors, in addition to those offered by the 

 State Agricultural Society. A number of cups and 



position will open Monday, September 2, and that an 

 effort will be made to have the agricultural and horti- 

 cultural exhibits of the California State Fair in place 

 also by that time. The Irrigation Congress will be 

 scheduled to meet on the 2d, but the proceedings of the 

 session will probably be deferred until Tuesday, the 3d. 

 Saturday, the closing day of the Irrigation Congress and 

 the opening day of the State Fair, will be marked by 

 some kind of a grand demonstration, including a parade 

 that will eclipse any previous affair of the kind. 



The board of control of the Fifteenth National 

 Irrigation Congress will undertake to expend $50,000 

 providing for and entertaining the congress. Two weeks 

 of enjoyment will be provided, and visitors will be 

 given the time of their lives. The days of the session 

 will be quiet, in order that the attention of the delegates 

 may not be distracted from the main purpose. 



