Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-22
Saturdays Attendance Greatest Of
Four Days Following Opening
Prospects Are Favorable.
DISPLAYS ALL OPEN TODAY
Doors of the Auditorium to Open This
Afternoon.
MANY CHILDREN IN CROWDS
Youngsters Interested in Special Pro-
grams of the Day.
AN ADDRESS BY CHAMBERLAIN
ANY CHILDREN IN CROWDS
AN ADDRESS BY CHAMBERLAIN
south Dakota Man breaches Gospel OF
Scientific AEricuIturc-SiIO EN-
hIbit ArriVcs-Prof. HOldcn
COMING from Ames.


The Land show viii be open this after
noon at O'Clock continuing until
O'Clock In the evening. the regular closing
hour.
For the entertainment Of the sunday at
tendance the amusement features OF the
show viii be- emphasized The musical
programs of the day by the Hawaiian
singers the Land Show concert band aud
Miss Netto Reter, cornet soloist. VIII con
tain many religious numbers. The lectures
to be given this afternoon and tonight
will be devoid Of technical features. aim
ing TO provide a source OF amusement
rather than instruction
The attendance for the first four days
OF the show. according to the management,
was greater at the close last night than
for any similar attraction ever held pre-
viousiy in omaha.
THE success OF the Land Show Is a set
| tied fact" said T. +. Sturgess, editor OF
! The Twentieth Century Farmer. THE IN
| terest shown i'm tho show points TO the
! popularity of the movement. The pros
| poets fur the next Land Show ahe assur-
| ing"
! Hundreds OF Youngsters.
! Public school day for the children OF
Omaha and south omaha yesterday after
! noon at the Land Show brought youngsters
| by the thousands from every quarter. All
during the afternoon they thronged in the
big Auditorium, enjoyed the numerous eX-
! hibits with childish gee and also found
great deal OF entertainment in the illus
/ trated lectures given by experts from sew
! eral Of the western states and also Hawaii.
| Though the children came in great mum
bers. there was a steady stream Of farmer
visitors from Iowa, Nebraska and other
! states during the entire afternoon.
| Women, too, made up a large proportion
OF the throng and they found many things
to interest them, prominent among which
was the Burbank exhibit Of ''processed'
fruits and flowers. From an artistic view
point the Burbank display is probably the
most interesting, as well as attractive.
feature of the show.
From the time the doors we're opened in
the morning until they were closed at
night there was not dull moment max
ing Saturday the first real big day Of the
Land Show. The people are rapidly be-
coming acquainted with the attractiveness
of the exhibits and every day until the
close Of the attraction enormous crowds
will be in attendance.
Address by Chamberlain.
The principal address of the show was
delivered by c. A. Chamberlain OF Brook
ings, S. D., superintendent of farmers in
stitutes.
Il wish we could do something TO induce
the farmer to lay aside his prejudice
against scientific methods Of producing
crops" declared Mr.. Chamberlain yester-
day afternoon. in brief lecture at the
Land Show Mr.. Chamberlain, a resident
! Of Brookings. $. d., is associate editor
, of the Dakota Farmer. published at Aber-
Co. s.Il.
, a writer and lecturer, and is devoting much
Of his time to inducing the farmers OF the
western country to cast aside primitive
methods of farming and mix brains in with
their work.
t Continuing, he spoke to the farmer, tell
; ing him I'm plain terms that he is too
prone to "hoot" at anything suggestive
OF science. Scientific methods OF farming"
> he declared, sis nothing more than the lay
ing OF the definitions OF principles OF
mother nature and not until we adopt
, them win be able to meet the conditions
that are rapidly coming on with the in
, crease Of population. For some reason there
has been a marked increase in grain con
sumption per capita during the last few
years. and unless We mix brains with our
work in the future we will not be able
. to meet the conditions that will come with
further increases.
Producing More Grains.
. Notwithstanding the fact that Iowa
! showed loss in population during the last
E decade the production of grains has in
creased I'm that state. What does this show,
5 II shows that with scientific study and the
4 application of brains that the Iowa farmer
[ has been able TO increase the amount OF
e his products despite the falling off in
a population Science Is the only thing that
In
y place It in the high rank 10 which it be
: longs among the scientific followings. The
, farmer, It seems, has not yet learned TO
4 work otherwise than by the sweat OF his
, brow"
q In prefacing his remarks Mr. Chamber
lain spoke OF the gradual tendency OF the
farmer westward, closing with the remark
that Nebraska is now the granary OF the
world. Because OF the restlessness OF the
y crowds, all bent on seeing everything in
the shortest possible time, Mr. Chamber
lain confined his talk within a period OF
a few minutes, but in that time he told
great many interesting things to the
farmers.
Holden Comes Monday.
Prof. r. G. Holden of the Iowa Agricul-
: tural college, at Ames Ia. expert corn
cuturist. will reach the Land Show Mon
day. lie Is to lecture at the show Monday
afternoon and evening.
The work OF Prof. Holden has for years
- been devoted TO the Improvement Of the
d corn crop OF the Missouri valley territory.
o A display In the upper corridor OF tho
70 Auditorium. showing the evolution OF corn.
u Is Of interest In connection with the lee
u lures to be given by Prof Holden. This
u collection Is the work OF William James
OF Dorchester who Is I'm charge Of the
= alfalfa exhibit on the main floor OF the
e show. The collection shows corn as Il
was found In the beginning Of history, of
e It's use by man and each successive step
, since In the development Of big perfect
~ grain of today.
a Methods Of gaining the best crop OF corn
under the conditions presented by varying