Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 31, 1916, Page 15

1916. THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31 INTERIOR VIEW OF THE GREAT AGRICULTURAL PAVILION AT THE NEBRASKA STATE FAIR GROUNDS I'he display of farm products at the | from the counties of Nebraska which | wealth in the breezes which blow |but what provides a market for these big agricultural mine lying in Ne-) the hard toil incident to handling| There are other sidelines to farm- state fair has always been a source [represent the older counties of the|across the state, moistened by the | products and many of them are braska soil. But when he adds to xl;(hc milk is done away with, Nebraska | ing which add to the wealth of the of wonder and delight to people who eastern part of the state, but the far | bountiful showers that fall upon the | shipped to the outside. the innumerable other things, such as | creameries relieved the housewife of farming industry and help the farmer panget g Reop] west, yes, even up into what was only | earth. Grapes and other fruits give| Just the amount that Nebraska stock, vegetables, flowers, fruit, etc, | the trouble of churning 41,776,080 | and his busy housewife to meet the have visited Agricultural hall and |, very few years ago the trackless|out an aroma that malnw.lhv build- [raises of fruits, vegetables and flow- the amount becomes almost ineom- | pounds of butter last year, this being | financial demands which have come have seen the wonderful displays of | northwest, sends in its displays of |ing a veritable sweet-smeling garden, |ers would be hard to determine. No- | prehensible until he sees the exhibits | the amount that was put out by the | with the years. Modern education all kind of agricultural products. | agriculture and most of them compare | while the wonderful display of flow- | body knows, except that he knows|at the state fair, and then he ln»gius] creameries of the state after the | has nd.(led to the expense of the About 2,000 exhibitors showed the | favorably with those of the older|ers and _shrubs makes one almost that, it is an almost unbelievable |to comprehend somewhat what wealth | cream had been separated on the | farmer's family, and as the boys and frait of their libors in‘the display of | counties. iwonder if he has not at last found lamount. It is known that last year | their lies in Nebraska farms. [farm and sent to the towns. girls must now have a high school agriculture in the big hall. Their work | One can hardly understand just|the Garden of Fden and is basking Nebraska raised large amounts of | And so from year to year people | Another side line of- the farmer | education qnd/pcr.haps a-course at was shown in everything from a half |how wonderful has been the devel-|in the smiles of nature's paradise. corn, wheat and like products, but no | have come to the Nebraska state fair | which the housewife has had a great | the university,7so it has been neces- bushel of potatoes to big watermel- [opment of Nebraska's western and| It is useless to try to describe the |statistician has ever attempted to give and haye gone away amazed at the [part in controlling is the poultry in-|8ary to add to the income of the lons and pumpkins, and from bright | northwestern section until he ob-|wondrous beauties of the horticultu-|the amount of vegetables and flowers | pictures painted by nature they have | dustry. No proposition has yet been |farm and the side lines -have helped grains of wheat to mammoth big ears | serves the displays of products from |ral hall. Winding in and out among |raised in the state. ; | seen. | discovered that will take from the @ great deal in this regard. Modern, of corn. Grass and alfalfa exhibits | that section. It is a revelation to the'| the beautiful wonders of naturei to| Just to give some idea of the re-| This year they are going to be more | farmer’s wife the right to raise chick- | farming has enabled the farmer, aroused the wonder of people from,doubter and a source of conviction that | the music of rippling fountains, the |sources of the state along agricultural | gmazed than ever. The 1916 state | end and sell eggs to the storekeeper, | Wherever he has taken advantage of outside of the state who could hardly there is no spot in Nebraska, but that | beholder soon drifts off into an lines below is a few of the products | fair bids to be far in excess of any | And so during the year just past the | it, to get the most out of the soil #understand_that the great American |under ngh!.conquns can be made |ecstacy of dreams, wonderful dreams, | which the State Board of Agriculture | previous exhibition. Entries on all | busy housewife has been able to sell with not nearly as much drudgery desert of fity years.ago could bring | to blossom like the Garden of Eden. dreams that are real, and can hardly | has gathered for the edification of the | classes are coming in and there is|25,108441 dozen of eggs and, adding |as in the old days, and so had more forth such wonderful results from its| But one reaches their height of |tear himself away from the beautiful | public: every indication that a trip to the[to the value of these, she has also|time to devote to the side lines with soil. | wonder and admiration when they ob- | picture spredd out before him, while . = s | fair this year will be an event ouc}snld $1,783,720 worth of poultry. . So, | beneficial results. Something like two dozen or more |serve the display made under the aus- | he drinks in the zephyrs, intoxicated | Winter wheat. | cannot afford to pass up. |as one of the important side lines Much of the benefits which he he= counties made a display of the pro-|pices of the State Horticultural so-|with the perfume of the myriads of |Spring rhex Y049 | As the traveling salesman has his|to farming, that of handling poul-|accimulated have come from the ducts of their counties in collective | ciety. As one steps into the mamoth | fruits and flowers, the product of Ne- | Rye, 3 5504330 {side lines, so the farmer has lhostlry is still an important one. things he has learned while attendins exhibits, and Agricultural hall ia_lrl?' big steel building wNich covers lhe;braskasynllde\l;f:ull iar‘:p.:_und garlvi(‘lflri'.";‘?"::l;n ey G :“"’“"’:::Iillrs of farming wnich do not ex-| Bee keeping is another side line | the Nebraska State fair and the coun- groaned with the car after car of all|{display of the products of Nebraska| However, Nebraska's wonderfu 14| actly come in under the tilling the|which is a valuable ohe wherever the | ty fair at home. Meeting - others of h AHE ] : ) Wild hay (tons).... 3182218 18, kinds of “fruits bf the farm” there on |farms, he almost catches his brcath,‘dlsplay of fruit and vegetables and i 2 0 Potatoes ... 10,669,677 4,420,210 | goil proposition. | farmer has found time to attend to it.| his vocation and swapping ideas has display. The county collective ex-|so amazed is he at the beautiful sight | flowers is not grown for the plv‘as-‘ So as one looks over the A')li\«(" It used to be that the housewife |This industry is not as strong as|enabled the agriculturist to rise to o+ hibit has brought out a great deal of | spread out before him. ure of the state fair visitor alone.|table, which does not represent n”‘took charge of one of the most im-[the others, but in Nebraska there|the situations which confront him rivalry in last three or four years and | Long tables covered with thousands | Many a man who has come to Ne-|of the bushels or the full value of |portant side lines, that of churning|are 20,007 stands of bees, which pro-|and solve them with beneficial results. each year sees new counties entering upon thousands of plates of big,|braska a poor man has become in-|the above products, because of the the butter and preparing it for the|duce a good income co their owners,| As an educational - institution the the contest for honors. luscious apples whose rosy cheeks | dependent raising these products for |failure of assessors to réport com-|market. Now that is mostly done|and this side line is increasing every | state fair has performéd wonders for ( These digplays do not alone come |give evidence of the health and | the market. Hardly a city in the state | pletely, he can get come idea of the |with a cream separator and much of‘”'ear. Nebraska, hme 1 PN e ¥ = = e = e e ] N 1 O 011 S AN A 3 LT e e L e e T NEBRASKA STATE FAIR Lincoln, September 4,5, 6, 7 and 8, 1916 Automobile Races, Monday, September 4. | Horse Races, Tuesday, Wednesday, Tl'iurls- Seven races from one to twenty-five miles, day and Friday. 3 harnéss and 2 running contested}by the »WOI‘!d{S b est ‘drivers. - races daily. Classes closed August 21st. A ERR S o 5 | ' SPEED PROGRAM—Daily Race Program RUTH LAW, Aviatrix, in day and night gyearold Trok....... Tucsday, September5..........§ 300 . 5 | 3-year-o rot...... .Friday, September 8.......... / fllghts'r See her IOOp the loop. 2:25 %rot. A Far .FVYegnestay. Se}t))tember 6 7188 i =T 2:20 Trot. .. .....Friday, September 8.......... SEVEN B AND S - The WOI‘ld renowned i 25155 lirot SRS .. .Thursday, September 7........ 700 s . 5 ki 210 rot ErEISER S Tuesday, September 5. ........ 1,000 KILTIES. Nebraska State Band. George it %—year-o}g gace. o %‘ }?esd(?y, SSept:,mlger, "73 e 288 . 5 i 3-year-o e ursday, September 7. ... . . LRI Green and his band, Superior, Verdon, 2:25 Pace...........Wednesday, September 6.. ... 600 Ainsworth an d J Oh \ 2:1 88 PacaiFmERE Thursday, September 7 9}’ Jon¢5 band- :7 2:13 Pace...........Tuesday, September5........ 600 LCBARON WHEATLEY G rand Opera Free-for-All Pace. . ... Wednesday, September 6. . . ... 1,000 QT —raadd " ) %) 13y O LA T - s o 211 08P aceiv it i, Friday, September 8........ .. 600 DOUble Quartette I j‘ Real camping on the grounds. = All the new improvements in Ma- —— il Come and have a week of enjoy- chinery. ORIO CHORUS ment and camp pleasures. The Autcmobile you want. . The world’s best Live Stock Show. | Nebraska Manufacturers’ Exposi- WH A NG k DOODLE QU ARTETTE The most complete and largest ex- tion will be held for a second time i o . . | at the 1916 State Fair. See Ne- — i hibit of Agriculture and Public braska:Made Goods. ~. THE BEST VAUI?EVILLE | tslfl'.‘"y‘:'a? Ay Rttt S Stupendoué DiSpLAYOF FIREWORKS. See what Nebraska produces in | Bil;:fd gt 2k School Encampment, for . Horticulture, Poultry, Bees and | §eptembef,‘j~ : 5’; 6 and 4 Honey. , gtl)y;el:::‘:?:g::e i vl JOHNNY JONES SHOWS | Visit the Ladies’ Departments in | For premium lists, entry blanks : | Domestic Products, Textiles and and information, write W. R. The Best Carnival Company on the Road. l Fine Arts. “ Mellor, Sec., Lincoln, Neb. ‘ST. PAUL ORAT Entries wned LT PR