The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-18

/ Illinois consumes annually zI6, 800 coo
bushels of corn"
The great value and Importance to
the State Of this immense yield Of corn
IS summed up and illustrated in a very
graphic manner by these two notices
and the manner in which they produce
a decoration. Fancy bushei baskets Of
motto. one basket containing white and
the other yellow ears, each kind being
perfect in size and proportion of both
cob and kernel Other things are rep
resented in this booth that are in some
instances very handsome. Corn is cas-
lily recognized as king Of this section
Corn at first thought would appear
rather a pTosaic product to us for elab
crate decoration, but the people of Iili
different products Of this crop for an
artistic representation of the import
anCe Of their agricultural and live stock
interests.
The different products of corn are
here represented in such a thorough
manner as to attract attention of those
who have never considered the subject
beyond the necessary feed for cattle.
Glucose sugars. starches. dextrines. the
different meals. corn oil. corn oil cake,
and substitute for rubber, are all here
represented as important by-pToduCts
of the great corn crop of Illinois; of
these the rubber substitute is probably
the most interesting because of its nov
city. 1t Is produced from corn oil by a
vulcanizing process similar to the man
ipuIation of genuine rubber gum; it is
said to be used in connection with rub
Der gum but it will be difficult to induce
the general public to accept il as an
Improvement. However, certain people
want goods at their own prices and
the probabilities are that this is a Iegi-
innate means of furnishing them with
what they think they want.
The Missouri exhibit is similar in the
fact that corn is here also the leading ar
ucle, though it is represented in a very
different manner. A noticeable feature
in this connection is one peculiar corn
that Is grown not fer the corn but for
the cob. This is the cob that IS used
in making the faD2Ous cob pipes that
are now sold at every cigar stand and
IN great many other places through
cut the land
The value of these pipes lies in their
porous structure that enables them to
readily absorb the nicotine; it is called
pipe corn and is grown in bat -Four
counties in the State, as so far it only
grows to perfection in this limited area
While the corn is all right IS a grain
there Is nothing uncommon about it
eithvT III appearance Jr yield, but the
cob IS exceptionally large and firm, Civ
ing the exact consistency required for
this class Of work.
The round wire corn crib filed with
red, white, and yellow corn is rooted
with corn thing made by splitting ears
Of corn in two in the middle, length
wise 1t is topped with an immense ear
of yellow corn four and one-fGuTth inch
IS in diameter aGd twenty-seven inches
in length; a fitting crOwning ornament
for building Of such construction. No
other article in the exhibit attracts 50
much attention as this ear of corn It
is typical Of the immense corn produc-
ton Of the State of Missouri IN size and
representative Of the ingenuity of z y
Carver, President Of the Missouri Com
mission What the inhabitants Of Ms
souri, cannot grow, apparently they car
manufacture