Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-09
LINCOLN Is READY
TO RECEIVE OMAHA
Reception on Elaborate Scale is
Planned at Fair for Visitors
from Douglas County.
EXHIBITS SHOW BIG PROGRESS
CF'rom a staff Correspondent

week and the Omaha visitors may rest
assured that II the weather Is good they
will spend a mighty interesting time.
Crowds began arriving at the grounds
early this morning and prospects looked
good for a big attendance, but about
noon q thundershower came up driving
the people to the shelter OF the buildings
and in all probability being responsible
for thousands staying away. The sun
broke forth about 2 o'clock and the
crowd proceeded to enjoy themselves.
Ex-Congressman Fowler of Illinois
visited the grounds in the afternoon, &C
companied by Governor Morehead and
was an interested visitor at the differ
ent departments and was especially taken
with the agricultural exhibits.
Fowler Likes Nebraska.
You may say" said the congressman
70 The Bee, that think Nebraska Is
one of the most wonderful agricultural
states in the country and its people
mighty industrious people. This Is my
first visit to the state that is to stop
off 1 have passed through before and
1 have been struck with it's beauty. but
I want to say that l had no idea that
its was such wonderful state"
The honey display is Interesting. one
entire building is given over to an ex-
hibltion of the sweet stuff and the 1T
tie bees, who are responsible for its man.
ufacture.
Another interesting display Is that OF
the Handcraft furniture, the reed furni-
ture made at the state penitentlary' py
the states convicts. Manager Eastman
OF the company has charge OF the display |
and has made a most interesting EXHIBIT |
Disbrow. Wild Bill Endicott. kilpat- |
rick. and half a dozen more drivers OF
automobiles who have entered Tor the |
automobile races on Friday and Satur- |
day. are already on the grounds SO II
40 assured that the crowds will see some
real racing on those two days
Today's Program.
Following is the musical program Tor
Thursday, Omaha day at the fair;
lO;30-Green at the auditorium. hate.
now at Automobile hall. HeglL ilt,,r az
Coiiseun pilgrim girls at Agriculture
Hor .iculture building. &c.
1901 grim cir. at Auditorium. Green
at Grandstand. Hagenow at AgncuituINH
HORTICULTURE building. Regiment at Coh-
S:So-Hagenow at rGandstand. ,,,,.-,
A:00-Regiment at AuditoLlninIn. S tII
girls at Agrioulture-Hol ticulture build
Ing. Green at Automobile nall
T:O0--Green at Grandstano.
s:O0-ReRiment at Grandstand.
9:1B-Hagenow at Auditorium.
Dairy Exhibit Fine.
DAIRY. Peace and Prosperity is the
sign which adorns the dairy exhibit at
the state fair In the old agricultural
building. Nations Engaged in Dairying
Are at Peace with the World" Is another.
The dairy exhibit this year Is along
the lines Of educating the farmer to Keep
a complete record on each of his cows
80 that he will know at all times whether
each animal is q paying proposition In
other yearsthe best cows at the state ag-
ricultural farm have been brought In ana
placed on exhibition, but this year five
common COWS taken promiscuously have
been placed on exhibition and daily
record of their output of milk is taken.
The first day Beauty" gave profit
over the expense of feeding of IA cents,
Spot made a loss of 1 cent. "Ruffy'
lost cents, ''Blackie" gave profit Of
IL cents and "Nannette" turned in
profit of u cents.
Modern Dairy show
The display shows modern dairy,
which can be put in on any farm and 10
recommended for use. A small gasoline
engine pumps the water and runs the
cream separator. The water is pumped
into a tank in which Is kept the cans of
cream and milk and runs slowly out into
the watering tank or any other place.
In this tank are kept cans which hold
butter and other things which the good
housewife may wish to keep cool and
thus fill the place of the icebox at the
same time that 1t is acting as a cooler
for the cream and milk.
Calves Fed on skim MIX.
-Four calves are on exhibition brought
tif,alx an i'm. mil faA IN he ~
mails when it is fresh from the separator
The calves are a husky looking bunch and
do not appear to have missed the best
part Of the milk. One Is 8 months old
and weighs 545 pounds. another months
old and weighs 4s7 pounds. another 5
months old and weighs COZ pounds and
one months old weighs 706 pounds A
butter statute OF Uncle Sam and the
record-brealing COW, La May, which 1t
took $50 pounds Of butter TO make. occupy
the center Of the dairy exhibit In a big
cooler made Of glass.
The walls OF the exhibit are covered
with signs giving information to the pub
lie. who are Informed that Omaha makes
the most butter of any city In the world"
Lincoln has the largest creamery in the
world" Nebraska has 10000 dairy cows
and Nebraska produces 62OOO.OOO pounds
Of butter yearly"
Like University Exhibit.
The university exhibit IN tho old horti-
cultural hall Is another place where visit
ors appear to like to so. The building
was turned over to the university people
last year and with a year for getting
ready they have put on wonderful ex-
hibit, including a wireless apparatus in
operation DIT. Condra Is present with
his picture show and keeps the crowds
entertained.
The hospital corps. under command Of
Major SpellmRn. has fortunately not had
very much to do % far. Stomach trouble
and like ailments have been the only
cases brought to the attention OF the hos
pital corps, the regular corps OF the Ne
braska National Guard. A detachment OF
the corps has just returned from the ma
tional school OF instruction, and II any,
body wants to get sick they can fell
assured that they win be attended to in
the latest scientific and approved man
ner by the major and his assistants.
De Lloyd Thompson exceeded all former
flights, today ascending nearly 1000 feet
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