NBC provided live radio coverage, and movie newsreel cameras recorded the event.
Concession stands hawked food and souvenirs.
Brass bands, Omaha Indian dancers, drill teams, and vocal groups performed. Racer Barney Oldfield drove an Allis-Chalmers tractor at the amazing speed of 62 miles per hour. Two men from Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio worked their way down the cornrows. Yield was carefully measured, with penalties levied for husks left on the ears and ears left in the field. The winner, a Nebraskan, husked 27 bushels in 80 minutes.