Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-19

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that their sailing date made. It necessary
for them 10 leave for San Francisco Friday
evening.
Three side Speeches.
In the concert hall during the morning
@. w. Wattles delivered a short address on
the Navigation Of the Missouri River"
while DR.. George l. Miller spoke on Win
ter Wheat" These addresses by local peo-
pie were followed by an address by Prof.
A. G. Montgomery OF Lincoln, who spoke
on "a Practical Example Of Corn Improve
ment."
During the morning the live stock men
attended the auction sales of thorough
bred cattle which have been in progress
in South Omaha two or three days Of the
exposition. The sale Friday morning was
a strictly Shorthorn sale, c. A. Saunders OF
Manila, Ia, being in charge.
When the live stock men appeared on
the grounds in the afternoon they brought
all kinds of souvenirs and among other
things a neat little booklet published by
the Union Stock Yards company. which
gives the figures and the story of the
growth of the South Omaha live stock
market
Many Mexican Exhibits.
The Mexican exhibit, which was put in
place Thursday afternoon, attracted the
live stock men. The exhibit displays corn
from every state Of Mexico. and to secure
samples Of the various types zeferino Do
minguez had sent by express to his Puebla
ranch, several thousand bushels Of corn,
and to secure the types on display in the
exhibit cost more than 1900. The exhibit
also has some fine paintings of the soils,
showing not only the color, but the condi-
tons at various stages of dry farming.
The Mexican pillow with which the Indians
tickle the soir' is also shown and some in
teresting charts showing crop conditions
and production in various states.
The corn auction began at 2 o'clock and
the live stock men dipped in, bidding in
some Nebraska corn which won first prizes,
that the pure blooded corn might re-
main in its native state. The corn being
sold this afternoon consists Of Nebraska
firsts. Illinois. Ohio and the club exhibits.
The receipts for the corn, which are paid
to the exposition management, will
amount to more than $4,000.
While Saturday will be "Ak-Sar-Ben,. day
It will also be Lincoln day, the Lincoln
business men having sent notice that they
will be in Omaha in force on a special
train, which will come early and remain
late.
With such an outlook, President wattles
and Secretary T.. F. Sturgess, editor of
The Twentieth Century Farmer, are ex-
pecting a record breaker when 1t comes to
attendance.
DIR Miller on Winter whea
Speaking in concert hall on Winter
Wheat" DR.. Miller said, in part:
Thirty-five and more years ago I was
living In a humble cabin in Omaha, which
then HAD a population so small that I can
hardly remember to count 1t. A sack Of
by wagon train. That flour came from
the town named in honor Of Horace
Greeley. That flour had something about it
an idea what might be produced in Ne
braska soil, because this soil is permeated
with granatic wash from the upper hills.
peculiar whiteness and / believe that /
have found It in granatic wash.
been failures before have now succeeded
and through them 1 see the truth of my
words when I said, Nebraska is an agri-
cultural state or 1t is nothing" We have
no iron, gold or metals. 1t is agriculture
which has made this civilization what 1t
The drought has come at intervals OF
twelve years, and 1 have seen, year after
year, fields of corn, bountiful and beauti-
the bosom of hell itself had passed over
II. The young farmer of today does not
know how soon the drouth may come
the deserts of Arizona For thlrty-five
years, at intervals of twelve years, as |
have said. the corn crops Of Nebraska
were devastated by heat, and there was
such suffering as you may not know, not
merely distress, but naked calamity, which
l pray God l may never have to look on
again. Corn was king, and his royal ma
jesty ruled in state, but when your corn
crop failed, you had nothing to fall back
on. Twelve years ago l FASTENED here to
give what relief l could to a people suf-
fering for lack Of everything; 1t was dur
ing this period that the people were trans
ported to Iowa, free, and with such stock
as they had, in order to save their lives.
knew that winter wheat was raised
south of Nebraska and that spring wheat
flourished north of the state. But winter
wheat was not grown north of here from
the Hudson, where l was born, on west
ward to the great mountains of our west
ern states. Winter wheat. to flourish,
seed should not be blown away. A man
In Omaha discovered that a new era had
dawned for Nebraska, when a new thing
came IN, In the form of the drill. He rea-
soned that If 1t was necessary for the seed
to be covered with snow, TO save 1t, first
from the frost. and second from the wind.
of snow. To secure the growing of winter
wheat was the object of George w. Hold
the msinstay of Iowa and Nebraska has
been the object of the test. The result OF
cessful conclusion, the value of the crop
being $0.0o0,0OO to $25. goo. and the Yield
from 100000 to ~45,GOO,O0 bushels. What
Is that value, compared to the inestimable
north.
Tribute to Wilson.
1 admire that matchless man, Wilson of
the Department of Agriculture. Follow
Wilson and the men who assist him, and
what is better, teach your sons to admire
and follow his work, and l know that Ne
braska has no need to fear her future. l
believe with the dry farmer to a degree.
What We need is a crop that will be a pro-
lection to home. family and bank account.
and where will this be found IL not In
wheat? 1t is garnered in July at a time
when drouths are prevalent, and when /
have seen, in from twenty-four to forty
eight hours, the most bountiful crop Of
corn and one which represented life ana
money to the farmer, burned beyond re-
demption. 1t is the duty of every farmer
in both selfish and public interest to trv
and increase the crop along lines OF agri-
cultural progress. The value of the crop
In proportion, when you fail in corn, should
be greater and greater each year. Some
year when your corn crop fails, you will
give thanks to God for this wheat which
saves the life of your people.
l proclaim winter wheat as the salvation
OF these states, and know that you will find
II such, some year when your corn crop
viii fall under the awful invasion of heat
from the deserts of Arizona. l have seen
the time when this land which you buy
and sell at from $50 to 800 per acre could
not have been sold at 3 cents per league.
l myself have seen the time when I would
not have paid 5 cents per acre, If I had
taxes to pay on It..
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