The Master at the Utah State Fair

There was a large agricultural convention and State Fair in Salt Lake City when ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and His companions arrived in September 1912, which interested the Master. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá visited the agricultural exhibition and spent some time exploring it. He visited a display of agricultural machines, asking about their cost and use, then went to the area where fruits and vegetables were displayed. As He examined the grapes, apples, pears, pomegranates, cabbages and very large pumpkins, He praised American agricultural progress. When the section manager saw the Master among the visitors he rushed over to be introduced, then accompanied ‘Abdu’l-Bahá through the area, offering Him samples of fruit (though sale and consumption were prohibited). Afterwards, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá directed His attendants to buy seeds of some of the fruits and flowers to be sent to the Holy Land to be planted at the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh.

Source: Earl Redman, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Their Midst, pp. 208–209, drawing on Mahmúd’s Diary, 29 September 1912.

Collected from bahaistories.com (Subject: agriculture).

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