Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-18
LOTS OF POETRY IN CORN.
An Eastern Tribute to the Glory of
Nebraska.
Springfield CMassD Republican

Springfield CMass) Republican.
This crop rises to it's glory in Nebraska.
as all know who have studied the exhibits
of that state at the great expositions. There
have been corn palaces, and the great ears
have been shaped In forms without number
more or less artistic. Many people upon the
prairies do their thinking in terms of corn.
as the south does with it's cotton. In win
ter, as well as summer corn reigns in Ne
brasIa. This universal interest there has
been quickened by the Burlington railroad.
which is to start a train called the seed
corn special" which is to employ eleven
days on the line in Nebraska and northern
Kansas, starting out the 18th and ending
its run on the 3Oth. 1t is a Christmas gift
to the farmers of those states, and the train
will be manned by specialists from the Ne
braska state farm and will be in charge Of
the railroads industrial agent. This means
corn talk by experts all along the way and
special trains will be run on the branch
lines TO bring more farmers to the localities
where this instruction is given. Next MONTH
from the 10th to the 10th. there is to be the
state winter corn show at Lincoln, jointly
managed by the Nebraska Corn Improvers
association and the state Board OF Agricul-
turc. Cash premiums are given to all ex-
hibits scoring over 20 points, and the oc-
casion will also draw out a display Of corn
planters and cultivators. Each exhibit from
the farm must consist of forty ears, grown
by the exhibitor In 1905 The directions given
for selecting an exhibit as full of the
music OF nature AZ they can be packed. and
for that reason we reproduce them:
/. Uniformity of exhibit. All the ears in
an exhibit should be uniform in size, shape
color and indentalon. Don't have some
long and some short ears. Don't have some
thick and some thin ears. Don't have some
cylindrical and some taperng ears Don't
have some light yellow and some dark yell
low ears. Don't have some cream white and
some pearl white ears. Don't have some
rough and some smooth ears.
2. Shape of ear. The shape should be
cylindrical or nearly so. Ears should not
swell at the butt, nor be thicker near the
tip than in the middle.
3. Color of kernels. There should he no
white kernels on yellow ear. There should
be no kernels showing yellow on white
ear The yellow on a white kernel can be
seen only below the cap. The cobs should
be uniformly red or white.
4. Market condition. The ears should be
well matured, firm and sound. There should
he no evidence of smut nor any kernels
gnawed by rats nor missing from the cob.
8. Tips Of ears. The tips should not be too
tapering and should be we'll filled with reg
ular, uniform kernels. The cob should not
protrude beyond the kernels.
6. Butts OF ears. The rows of kernels
should be even and swell out evenly be-
yond the end OF the cob. The shank should
not be large nor extremely small.
Z. Kernel uniformity. The kernels should
be of uniform width at the top and should
have about the same indentation.
8. Kernel shape. The kernels should be a
deep as possible and tapering.
8. Space between rows The rows of kerr
nels should he close together from tip to
crown