South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-11-28
HI SIBLEY GOES
To SEE CORN SHOW
Finds Yellow Ears and Some
Red Ones and Reads Good
Advice About Food for Cows.
BY HI SIBLEY.

''Trot over to the court house and
get feature story on the corn show"
Meaning me?" I asked sadly.
Yes you!" (rising infection, en-
phasis on first and last syllables.)
A feature story on The corn show
that was a slicker, as Frank Tinney
used to say. How in. thunder could
anyone write a feature story on a corn
show? What is there to write about
anyway?
This newspaper work is the most
discouraging thing in the world. i
came down this morning at the usual
! time (6:45) with my mind pretty much
blank, as everybody's mind is the
day after Thanksgiving, and in hopes
l would be assigned to some pleasant
task such as reporting the Mexican
situation from FL Paso or investigating
the social conditions of southern Italy
but no such luck. Just a plain, every
day corn show falls to my lot.
Beyond the fact that corn is plant
ed in hills, and the ripened grain
fed TO pigs and things, ! don't know
anything about it. A feature story is
supposed to have some elements of
| interest but an Unconditional object like
an ear of corn doesn't lend itself to
| lurid description.
to do what he is told to do and there
| fore its up to me to cover the corn
show.
Arising from my seat I removed my
coat from where ii hung on the gas jet
and putting it on / buttoned the four
! buttons (there should be five but one
| is missing) beginning at the bottom.
| Then placing my hat on my head with
the right hand l proceeded in south
! erly direction out through the door of
the office and down the stairs taking
each step in succession--that is, one
after the other.
Faced East, Then South.
RAISING through the front door,
should say the door way; / had first
opened the door, 1 faced east and at
/ the corner of the Ferndell grocery
turned to the right and proceeded due
south, increasing my speed as | passed
the Nickel Cafe. At the corner OF
Main St and Washington av.. in other
words at the Oliver Hotel, / steered
\ a course s. +. by s. and in due time
/ arrived at the court house. To be
exact il was 7:0S as l passed through
the door.
After inquiring at the auditors of
| flee and the county clerks office and
/ the county treasurer's office where
each gentleman in turn was too all
sorbed in his work Cit was 1907 re-
member) TO direct me 10 the exhibit in
question, I finally got the desired in
formation in the city surveyors office,
where said surveyor had snatched a
moment TO light his pipe.
Go down the steps. follow the cor
ridOr To the right make two turns
10 the left, turn east and you VIII
find the corn exhibit straight ahead,
he directed. / followed his instruc-
tons and brought up in the coal bns.
/ could just as easily write a story
about the coal bins as | could about
the corn show, but l had sneaking
suspicion that if I came back and fea-
tured the coal bins instead of the corn.
I would be laid off to reflect on my
sirs. for such would constitute a sin.
Backing out Of the coal bin and
after getting lost several times. l
finally found the corn show. / knew
il was the corn show. for there
ranged in rows on two long tables
were a score or more neat pyramids OF
corn. / can always tell corn when l
see IT. There was no mistaking the
corn.
yellow and Red Too.
Now let me see. what snail l say
about the corn. HIM, ranged IN rows
neat rows. we might say. And
color. general appearance. The pre-
dominant color was golden yellow:
Tbfs believe Is the usual color OF
corn. one pile was fiecked with red
little specks OF red on yellow back
ground. John BOrdner tolu me ulLS
was old fashioned calico. john Bord-
rer was kind enough 10 explain any
thing / wanted 10 know about the
corn. The trouble was, l didn't know
what 20 ask.
That's about all can tell you about
the corn.
There was an interesting sign or
plarard there though. which read:
ITO produce three gallons OF milk
COW must eat 80 pounds OF dry matter I
containing 10 pounds OF protein and
IA pounds OF carbohydrates. 20 pounds
Of COW pea hay. Is pounds OF corn
fodder and five pounds OF corn meal
will contain this food
Well that's interesting. The man
who figured that out probably spent
a good many nights on it, I can't i'm
agine what protein and carbohydrates
look like or taste like. but l should
imagine from the sound OF the names
a aour viii, kind Of Spunt< xrOulds