Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-17
PRIDE OF PRAIRIE STATE !
Corn Display at the Exposition is Very
Extensive One,
BoUNTEoUS CROP OF FINE VEGETABLES
County Exhibits Are Elaborate ana
Creditablc to n High Degree
Products Arc Attractivcly
Arranged for the show.

The great fertility of Nebraska soil is no.
where better attested than in the Agri-
culture building at the Greater America Ex-
position just at this time, for that great
building is filled with evidences of fertility
and also Of the wonderfully bountiful crops
of this year. In this structure, set apart for
Nebraska products, there is at present one of
the finest and most extensive displays OF
corn, small grain and vegetables ever
brought together in the state. 1t goes far
ahead OF any state fair that was ever held
and will more than compare with the show
ing made last year in the same building.
1t is but within the last two weeks that
the interior has been put in shape, as the
decorators were compelled perforce to wait
until after the harvest to obtain samples OF
the years growth AS soon as the small
grains were ripe they were put on show,
and now that corn, the chief crop, is ready
to be husked the amount of that staple
coming in for display is simply enormous
Several counties in the state have made eX-
cellent showings and there are also very fine
exhibits from Iowa and Kansas. BY all oddj
the Douglas county show is the best of all
II is the most elaborate and the largest. AT
the present time the corn is attracting the
most attention. Some corn picked from the
field of ]. NJ. Abraham, near Valley, Is about
the finest that has ever been raised in the
state. The seed was obtained from Ohio
last year. One ear in the lot weighs over
two pounds and 1t is all very large. The
cob is small and filled to the very end COM
pactly, many an ear not having missing
kernel even at the tip.
Besides the corn there is also a fine show
ing made of potatoes. w. E. Some, from
near Elk City, has an exhibit of potatoes
that are top-nochers for size and perfect
ness, some Of them weighing as high as two
pounds each and forty of them filling q
bushel basket. A pumpkin weighing over
$50 pounds attests to the fertility of the
soil in this county and a number of very
large watermelons also are another evidence
Waterloo comes in with large and artis
tically arranged display. ]. II. Taylor has
| the superintendency of the exhibit oi
products. The arrangement of articles il
very good.
A very extensive and elaborate display o
vine products is the most prominent ir
| the booth. There are pumpkins, squashes
gourds and citrons of every variety, size
| and color. There are crinkly squashes anG
smooth squashes, red, green, white anC
pink squashes and pumpkins and melon:
galore. A mammoth Chill squash occupies
| the post of honor, with portly dimen-
| sons, it's weight being 100 pounds Many
varieties of seed corn, both field and sweet
are shown and twenty varieties Of apples
| show something of the fruit-producne
capabilities of the county.
Lancaster county has a large exhibit, tn,
booth being very pretty one. unique
decoration is that of broom corn, the produce
| being shown in all states from the raw
| material to the handsomely made broom.
| ready for use. The corn and potato dis
play is also very good.
| Dawson county has made a fine displa!
! of alfalfa and sheaf grains. The booth il
handsomely decorated with different kinds
| of grain. Corn and vegetables are also vel
| represented.
| Washington county is distinguished by
| great variety of grasses, there being 49,
kinds on the walls, the most complete ex
hibit Of any in the building. The vegetable
| and small grain showing is creditable alst
and the fruit show is good.
Cunning county Is represented by some fin
potatoes, and great many of them. The,
| are clean, perfect in shape, and the yiel
has been very large.
Boone county makes showing of grasses
| grains and corn, with vegetables as a sor
| S'NS
but very good exhibit OF products. ThurstoI
county is also represented by a good chs
play of products, from corn to vegetable
and prairie hays.
In the Iowa show Dubuque county
probably the most extensive. Major E. H
Smith is the superintendent and he ha
arranged tempting display of cereals cor
and vegetables. Firty varieties of cor
have been placed on large arch occupyin
the chief place in the booth. The differen
varieties OF wheat have been placed in pee
quantities and other small grains ar
shown in glass cases. Polk county is dis
tinguished by its fine potatoes, its pop
corn, sweet corn and field corn. Deawar
county has general exhibit of the product
indigenous to the west.
Kansas las two county shows, Lyon an
Linn. N. E. Bartholomew is in charge @
the later booth, and his pride is the tai
popcorn he has there. The stalks are fftee
feet high and highest ears are eleven fee
from the roots. On four stalks there ar
thirteen ears of perfectly grown corn.
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