Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-04

Any farmer could spend the entire ten
days during which the show was held lis
tening to lectures and studying the exhib-
its In detail. and do II at a great profit to
himself. The lecture course was designed
with a view of giving both information and
inspiration to the attendants and its pur-
pose was carried out in a most admirable
manufacturers Tribune Sioux city,.
BiERest and Best.
1t is the biggest thing Of it's kin ever
projected. It's educational features clearly
outclass those Of any similar show. We
regard It as especially important that It be
largely attended by the young men on the
farm. They can learn there some things
that they cannot learn anywhere else. 1t
will set them to thinking along new lines,
and should be productive Of tremendous
benefit both to them and 10 the agricul-
tural lnterests.-The Livestock Inspector
and Farm News, Enid, Okl.
Genuine Education.
Education!
In that one word lies the essential benefit
and the browning feature of the National
Corn exposition just held for ten days In
Omaha, under the auspices OF the National
Corn association, which made Omaha the
permanent home of the exposition.
A vast number Of young farmers attended
the exposition. That was the object sought
in the beginning-to get the boys and young
men who are to be the farmers of the fu-
ture to study the lessons OF intensive farm
ing. These youths listened to the scientists
from the various states and countries eX-
plain and saw them Illustrate the prin-
ciples they have made practicable. The
idea that they will go back to their farms
and put into operation the theories they
learned is the basic principle on which the
hopes OF success for the corn exposition
turn. The sight Of hundreds and even thou
sands of these young farmers lined up be-
fore the school of improved farming was
inspiring. Northwestern Agriculturist,
Minneapolis.
How to Measure Results.
Imagine several thousand young men and
boys coming from the farms in various
states to this school Of intensive farming,
drinking in through lecture course and
practical test Of proven principles, the ways
TO make two blades OF grass grow where
but one grew before. What is to be the re-
suit? They go back TO their homes and
begin putting into practical operation the
theories they have learned and the princi-
pies they have seen demonstrated. And
what is the result of that? Count IT in next
years harvest and the cash receipts and
In the year after that and that and that
and 80 on. The purpose of this exposition
then deals with the future. It Is to edu-
cate the farmers up to that point where
they will know exacly how to till the soil,
to select their seed, to treat their crops so
as to multiply to the maximum degree the
possibilities of the ha~rvest.-The Agrtcul-
tural Southwest. CWichita-).
Permanent in Character.
It has been the effort Of the exposition
management to convince people that this
is not a passing show to be given this year
and forgotten next, but a permanent in
stitution Of national and international
scope for the education Of farmers In the
best methods of raising, not only corn,
but every kind of grain and grass grown
wherever corn is grown. In short. the Ma
tional Corn exposition is a grand clearing
house for the progressive ideas OF well-di-
rected and intelligent labor and the best
product of the seasons harvest It Is the
embodiment of a campaign of education
along the lines of improved farming, born
many years ago and developed by such
crusades as the Corn Gospel" ~inaugurated
In Iowa in 1904. To teach men how to make
two blades of grass grow where. but one
grew before is, therefore,. the f~undamenta
no broader view of the exposition than
that, misses much of the purpose of the
institution.-Farm and Stock. (St. Joseph.)