Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-08
UNCLE SAN NATURE FAKER
Government is Showing Horrors Of
Grain and Food Pests.
CAMPAIGN FOR PURE THINGS
Hop Aphls, Tiny vegetable Parasite
that spOils Good Beer and
Bread, f. One Of the
chief Demons,

Nature taking is the speciality Of the
government exhibit at the Corn show. The
fakes in this instance are, however, for
legitimate Instructive purposes.
The bureau Of animal industries is, for
instance, showing a collection Of bugs, the
wonderfully life representations OF what
the insect pests would lock like II magni-
fled some Thousands Of times.
The hop aphis. a tiny vegetable parasite
which should be hated by every lover Of
rood bread and good beer. is a horrible
looking creature when one sees him magni-
fled from his scant mlilimeter OF length in
a wlld-eyed sallawhampus Of eighteen
inches between the wings.
Little children cry when their fond
parents lead them by the glass case In
which Ia displayed the greatest plaster
cast ever made In captivity OF the justly
celebrated Chiiorcores similis. 1t looks
like a winged mud turtle and Is said to be
an enlarged facsimile Of the Asiatic lady
bird, imported into southern California to
war against the San Jose scale, which got
there first in the Journey across the Pa
cinc.
There are bugs with whisksrs, bugs with
tentacles and bugs with graphing hooks
to grapple with other bugs. They are
for horrible examples TO shew the farmers
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ing up his stock and his crops.
Miss Newton Wakes Them.
Miss A. A. Newton, an employee Of the
Department Of Agriculture, is the maker
Of many Of these wonderful and awful
creations which are on display at tho corn
shOw.
A subject much more probably to her
liking IL shown in the wax speciments Of
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"rd like to Eet your recipe for preserv-
ing those apples" suggested a farmer to
Joseph Abel, a government officer who is
connected with the force in charge Of the
J exhibit.
Those are Just limitations made of wax,
replied Mr.. Abel.
"Oh, you wise guys can't fool me-" re-
turned the farmer, leaving in disgust. Il
guess I've seen more apples than you ever
heard Of, l raise ON on my farm"
There are plums with the natural bloom
on them and peaches with nice fuzzy fuzz,
that look good to eat. but in their hearts
they are just parnfine frauds.
Each of the beauty fruits or terrific
bugs represents many and many a day or
slow painstakinE work by skilled hands.
Every microscopic spot and coloration Of
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wax model with brush and paint. In the
reproduction of enlarged specimens OF the
tiny parasitic insects it is necessary for
the operator to work hour after hour with
tireless eyes at a powerful microscope.
Ffsnr For Pure Food.
What the government is doing to insure
the purity OF food products is we'll illus
trated by the specimens of rejected meats
on display in a refrigerator case. Here
parts of diseased hogs and cattle from
animals thrown out by the inspectors in
the routine Of actual work at the South
Omaha GbattoirB are shown in all their
r0pulsivSness. This display attracts a great
deal Of attention from the corn show visI-
tors and many of them are amusinsly
skeptical about the senuinsnSss Of tho ex-
hibit.
Mercy it's cruel to innoculAte animals
just to get specimens like that" exclaimed
one we'll intending, but much misunder-
standing woman.
Road making is the subject Of a most
interesting display. Here in miniature is
a series OF models reduced to scale show
ing exactly how the various kinds of
roads are made and how TO make them.
The representations are carried out to
the most minute detail. One OF tho tiny
sections Of Telford road il a miniature
steam roller with everything there, includ-
ing the whistle.
A model dairy barn, built to the scale
Of one and a half inches to the foot Is
the object Of much attention from the
farmers, The government Issues . booklet
telling just how to build such a barn,
which may be had for the asking.