The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-28
HELD IN HONOR Of
THE TINES TO CONE
National Corn Exhibition to
Open in Omaha on 9th of
December.
SOME SPECIAL FEATURES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
WILL HAVE EXHIBIT.
SOME SPECIAL FEATURES

Omaha. Nov 27.-In Chicago in '9s the
world celebrated the anniversary Of the
discovery Of America; in St Louis, the
Louisiana purchase was the reason why:
in Portland, it was the trail 10 en-
pire blazed by Lewis and Clark In
jamestown. it was the first settlement
on these wide-flung shores of ours. Every
exposition that has been held since Phil
adelphia's centennial has been N celeDra-
ton of something big that has gone be-
fore.
But in Omaha next month-from Dec.
6 to Dec. 1S-an exposition will open which
will celebrate the future. II is not 10
be for the day that was, but for the day
that is to be.
It win mark the formal opening of
new era in agriculture in which the man
who tills the soil viii hold the same place
IN the commercial world as the manu-
faeturer who has developed the mechanl-
cal arts.
The exposition at Omaha will show
what science has accomplished IN Prodnc-
ing farm crops. 1t will also show the
possibilities in a graphic way and as
semlnate among 10000 farmers the
knowledge that the government ana
twenty-five states have gained, by years
of hard experimental work TO improve
farm crops and increase the yields.
Will Show the Best.
Known as the National Corn exposi-
ton" the two weeks show at Omaha is
broader than the name corn" usually
implies 1t is used by the exposition IN
a continental sense, meaning all grains
and grasses.
The National Corn exposition shows the
best Of every cereal, the best of every
forage crop grown in America, the eS-
hibits being brought together to compete
for prizes amounting to $4,000 and a
score of gold and silver trophies worth
from $500 TO $3.50 each. These are Of
fered for such exhibits as the best ten
+ ears of corn in the world; the best sin
gle ear; another for the best peck of
oats, while another goes for the best
sample of barley.
These individual exhibits. made Dy
farmers from almost every state IN the
union, by school children who are study
ing agricultural science in the country
schools, and by owners OF vast tracts
of wheat and hay lands, viii form but
an incidental part of the National Corn
exposition.
The real exposition shows the results
of the spending OF tens OF millions OF
dollars by the government and the states
in building up the practice and science or
agriculture. They show the Infinite pos
sibilities of increasing the yield per acre
and the profit per worker, when the en-
ergv of heredity in plant life comes like
electricity into mans hand and is intel
ngently directed.
The government is installing an exhibit
which will show that its department or
agriculture working with the states, has
been able to secure varieties and suggest
methods Of handling the lands of the
United states, winch increase llt DAOuuC-
ton a billion dollars annually.
This exhibit has been prepared by the
bureaus and offices of the department,
The experiment stations have sent grains
and grasses of Alaska; tropical products
and food plants from Hawaii; corn grown
on swamp lands of the south, which three
years ago were covered with four feet of
water and produced only swamp grass
fifteen TO twenty feet in height. wheat
and barley from the famous dry
farmed" regions, as well as from lands
which must have water applied artificial
ly to produce crops at profit
Animal Industry.
From the bureau of animal Industry A
display viii be installed covering the
whole wide range of handling CONNER
cial animals; model and full size milk
houses; sanitary DAIRY barns: models of
cattle and sheep dipping plants; sixty
samples Of diseased animal tissue, and
wax models showing the effects that
Texas fever and other diseases have on
farm animals.
The bureau Of entomology shows many
cases of injurious and beneficial insects
with specimens illustrating their habits
chiefly insects Injurious to grains, fruit
trees and forest timbers.
Twenty-Five states which are the lead
ers in agricultural experiment work have
reserved space for displays These have
been arranged at a cost exceeding $4,000
Take the exhibit Of Indiana state
that has won twice the grand champion
sweepstakes on dent varieties of corn
Here Will be shown sixty varieties Of corn,
fifty varieties of oats and twenty varie-
ties OF COW peas. For five years Indi-
ana experiment stations have been work
ing with the corn crop. They have solved
problems which il would take an fndi-
vidual a score Of years to solve if in
deed one man could ever work them out.
They show the results of using various
types Of cultivators and methods of Gull
tivatiOn.
Wisconsin knows more about barley
than other T-,fo
IS willing to impart It all to visitors at
the corn show.
Wyoming Is solving the problem Of eli
matizing corn and making it grow in
high attitudes.
Montana shows dry farming methods
and products; Colorado a miniature land
scape with irrigation bitches and methods
Of applying water.
Illinois is mastering soil culture, Mis-
souri, abolishing hog cholera.
North Dakota shows the world how to
&VNNrNNfNNHN%FNA@ ~