Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29
At The CORN SHOW
King Corn and Queen Alfalfa Will
Sit Upon 1t.
SOME NEW NOVELTIES DEVISED
Best Modern Ear and Most Print
tive Ear, with the Tiuiest,
VIII Re Displayed at
Exposition.

Old King Corn will sit upon a throne OF
royal %splendor at the National Corn expo
s%ition. and Queen Alfalfa will be regally
symbolized by the ten-ear sample winning
the grand premier sweepstakes. for which
the neat purse Of $1,000 is hung up.
The heir apparent will be the best single
ear of corn in the world. a veritable Prince
Charming. 1t is planned that this glorious
ear shall have a setting as follows: TIL
Corn exposition Indian maiden shall have
the grand sweepstakes single ear en-
sconced upon a golden salver in her right
hand. while the sinister band holds another
platter displaying an ear Of primitive and
prehistoric pod corn. This will offer COM
parison, showing tibet corn commonly
grown until a few centuries ago, and about
the only corn then known, in contrast with
the magnificent ear winning the worlds
sweepstakes. This primitive ear Will show
each kernel enclosed in a husk-like pod at
tached to a spine instead OF a cob. This
primitive growth, It may be remarked, was
recently discovered anew by a newspa-
per correspondent and heraIded to the
world as a discovery equal in value to the
hullcss oats. 1t may be added that there
was a Lake City, Ia. date line preceding
the story. Enough!
The tiniest ear Of corn will be displayed
on a tray held out by Tom Thumb, dressed
in full evening clothes cut in the latest
mode, shawl-roll coat and waistcoat Gas
they say down east) of white silk.
The sweetest ear of corn will be displayed
in a like manner by a little girl dressed in
a directoire evening gown Of corn-colored
satin.
The largest ear of corn will be appropri-
ately held up to public gaze by an elon-
gated. but not attenuated. giant.
Exhibits for the Corn show.
For the next few days there could be
kept standing in type a statement to the
effect that exhibits for the National Corr
exposition by the hundreds and even by
the thousands are pouring in on and wei
nigh %engulfing the department of exhibits
Saturday the special car bringing the
Wyoming exhibits arrived in Omaha on the
Union Pacific, and in the afternoon came
a special Illinois Central car from Chicago
bringing hundreds of Illinois and Iowa
entries. The quantity and quality Of these
and the other exhibits received up to date
have astopished even the most optimistic
of the corn exposition officials.
Every mail not only brings thous.
ands of letters regarding entries oil
letters asking information, but every
mail also brings the promise Of
some or other distinguished man to at
tend the exposition. The latest Of these Il
a note to President Wattles from former
United States Senator Joseph M. Carey
of Cheyenne. Wyo., accepting an invita-
ton to attend the exposition and to de.
liver an address. The subject Of Senator
Carey's address is wyoming in the Future
as an Agricultural and Live Stock State
Every live stock man knows that Senator
Carey is one OF the biggest cattle growers
Of the west.
Governor-elect Ashton C.. ShallenbergeI
OF Alma, another we'll known live stock
man, has been invited to deliver an ad
dress during the exposition on the after
ANoon of December Is. incident to an impor
liant program arranged for the live stool
breeders.
The day following the arrival of Super
lntendent Of Exhibits Young. Prof. A. d
SLAMMED Of the United States Department
OF Agriculture arrived in Omaha. Prof
Slammed is superintendent Of judges o
the exposition. and not only will attenC
this work, but will help in outlining tn,
arrangement of exhibits.
The Bee Want nd pages offer the bes
advertising medium.