G TITO OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 6, IPOS. RULES GOVERNING CONTESTS Exhibitor Matt Be Member of Ut . tional Corn Association. OUTLINE OF THE EXHIBIT ZONES Bene Valaable laforaatloa in f.lvra a How to "eleet Cora for the Parpoae of Mtkli am Exhibit. The work of formulating the rules for governing the contest! of the National Corn exposition has been one of magnitude. It haa required the most careful thought and preparation, for the number of ex hibit Is going to be aonvthing tremendous. There will be over 6.000 Individual exhibits, to ay nothing of the collective and state, exhibits. The tak of making; the rules Is heightened by the large variety of exhibits, too. If corn were the only exhibit the task might have been simple, but corn Is only cne, to bo sure, the cl.lef exhibit. There ate oats, wheat, rye, barley, all kinds of grass, and farm Implements, and cereal foods. The great proportion of the pre mium list, VA.VO. has been another ele ment making for the seriousness of the rules formulation. Complete List of Ralea. Here Is a complete list of the rul-s gov erning the contests, a announced ly Rugene V. Punk of BiJrley, 111., president of the National Com association: 1. Exhibitor must be a paid-up member of the N'utionsl Oorr. association. Mem bership tee is Jl per ar.num, which entitles the member to membership card, with coupon at tached, which ad mits once to the exposition, entitles inemher to exhibit In every cluss open to him, including club classes. 2. All exhibits, except thoxe not reclvlng prizes In tie industrial sec tion and grass se. d imd also excepting ell state and county collective exhibits, become the property of the exposition and will be soki privately and at auction to the highest bidder toward the close of the exposition. 3. No exhibitor can make moie than one entry In any One clans, but lie may enter In each class open to him. 4. The exhibitor Is not required to attend the exposi tion. 6. Separate ex hibits must be pro vided for each en try; that is, one ear In the single ear claps, ten ears for each ten-ear class, seventy ears if or the bushel class, etc. 6. It Is not necessary to make entry in xweepstakes. Only winners In class are ellKllile to sweepstakes. 7. I'niess specifically, excepted all entries must have been grown or produced by the exhibitor, season It-OS. No subterfuge what ever will be ullowed. If an exhibitor at tempts to show an exhibit tr any port thereof, as his own, nnd it Is proven that he purchased, borrowed or was given the same, then said exhibitor shall, be for bidden from competition In any and all exhibits In the. exposition. The above rule Is imperative and a re ward Is offered for the exnesure of any exhibitor who may violate the same. Such information must be presented to the gen-'.- era! manager in writing, sinned by the Informant, together with affidavit that the .. same is true. 1 8. Exhibitors are urged to make en . tries before November 25, so that am- pie display space may be provided. All m exhibit, must be received at the Audl ,2 torium In Omaha not later than 6 p. m., t-Saturday. Ueceniuer &. It . Is expected A that-all owurds will b made before the y formal opening Decemker' f. . The executive committee reserves x v. the right to make any change In this 4: premium list that may jteeui adviaable. i Competent refer e Judges will cnunsel with Ju.!t;e: In making de iloiis whtre the cen test is clote. 10. l'rotests made In writing will be considered by the executive committee In conference w ith the relcree Judges. Tnelr I Ueel-lons will be final. .' 11. l'reiniurii will be paid at 10 a. m., ; ISaturlay. Ieeemlr 1!. or earlier, as . the exposition niunagcinonl may deter- mine. j iZ. No Advertising marks will be al- lowed on exhibit other than those placed f theieon by the National Corn association, f Name of exhibitor may be placed on IX , litblts after owaiiln have been made. J IS. The executive committee of the i National Corn association will confer v with the mate vice presidents In select s' lug expert Judges from their rt-apectiva . states. 14. Wheti packing corn for shipment carefully mark and wrap each ear aepa .. rately. Semi full Instructions. Bo sure to attach your name and postoffiee od - dre to eaeh package. Those who are 3 unable to attend in person may ship cx i hit-it prepaid to J. Wilkes Jones, gen 1 eral manaKer. Omaha. Neb., and they will i -be cured for, properly displayed and -- Judged. The exposition (Auditorium) , building will be open to receive exhibits . Saturday, November 28. nnd Judging will begin us soon ns exhibits are installed. 15. When making entry exhibitors are Invited to attach bid upon their different ; samples of grain and grasses. If no . higher bid Is received the exhibit will be " packed and returned to the exhibitor at the close of the exposition. 1. The Junior division ( lasses are open ' only to hoys and girls under 21 years of ' age. T Students regularly enrolled In tha long coiiite of Instruction at the state agrl- cultural colleges are not eligible in the , Junior division. r Those taking what Is commonly termed ; "rhort course" Instruction may enter In the Junior division. Exhibitor In the Junior classes are not rtjuUd to become member of the Na 5 tional Corn association or pay entry fee, ,' but If contesting In senior classes they must become members. 1 Ralea for Club Exhibits. v A corn club exhibit shall consist of r five ten-ear samples, any color, or dif- leient varieties or colors, exhibited by five dlffeienl persons. Each of the five exhibitors must con- tribute to the exhibit ten ears of corn, no more and no less, and no two sum i' plea may come from the same field. Four of the ten-ear sample must be grown ' by the exhioltors, but the fifth exuiult . may be purchased anywhere. W here members of a family are operat- lng a farm Jointly, but one sample may , quality troin the farm In the same ex hibit. Members competing in the club con teste must live wlthlu a radius of ten nulra of a given point. r The purpose of the club exhibit Is to , promote community of Interim In crop Improvement. This plan is also caiuu I lated to prompt the grain dealer. mer- chant, land owner or any person lnter ' esied to Join ill making up a club and i promote Its Interest, tt'erhape local con tests will be held prior to senulng the ex hibits on to Omaha.) In the oat club exhibits the same rules apply, except that one-half bushel of ' grain will be required for eacn sample. Each person exhibiting must become a member of the National Corn association, tlatltae of Zoaea. t A map has been drawn dividing the country into tones for the purposes of classification of exhibits. These gone are arranged as follows: Eastern Sone Is composed of all states eaat of OniJ and Kentucky. Southern Zone All states south of West ', Virginia, Kentucky. Missouri and Kansaa. Western Zone All stales west of Texas, Oklahoma, the Dakota and that portion of Kansas west of the following counties: Phillip, Rooks. Ellis, Rush, Pawnee, Kd wards. Kiowa and Comanche; and Ne braska, west of the following counties: Hoyd. Holt. Oai field, I'awson, Uuaper and . (irnas. Northern Zone Tlie Dtikotaa. Mlnneita. Wlaconaln and Ulchigan and the four northern tiers of cuntlea In Iowa Central luut is comprised of Ohio, In diana, Kentucky, Missouri. Illinois and that portion of Iowa south of the northern sone and that portion of Nebraska and Kansas k . east of the western sone, and 1 subdivided r as follows: KwTtii Central Zona Columbiana, Stark, Wayne, Ashland, Richland, Morrow, Dela ware, I'nlon, Lsan. Phelly and Mercer and all counties north 1n Ohio; J"r, Hlarkford. Orajit Howard. Carroll, White, Jasper, Newton and all counties north In Indiana; Illinois, nil territory north of the T. I. W. railway east of Peoria and north nf the following counties: Filtm. M'l'oouch sni Hancock; all of Iowa south of th four north tW-rs of counties: all of Ne braska east of the western ion". Houth Central Zono All of Kansns enst of western sone, Missouri. Kentucky and all of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio south of north central lone. Seleetlaar Cora to Exhibit. Here Is some Information on the selec tion of corn for exhibits that will be valuable to the exhibitor: Select the typo of eirs that Indicate the largest possible yield consistent with safe maturity and type characteristic. The ex hibitor should study type characteristics and undertake to select the entire number of ears required for each entry, of a uni form character that Indicates the strong est breed or type. It Is unfortunate to have even a single ear showing mixture. The out cross may be earlier or later than the true type and may cause the progeny to revert or degenerate toward a mongTel. ' to not get the Idea, that "show" corn Is different from the type of corn that ought to go Into the planter boxes. The National Corn exposition Judges will be selected from different states and will be guided by the score card standard that prevails In your respective state. It Is suggested that you write your state ex periment station and ask for a copy cf score card which explains the standard In detail. The Judge from each state will attempt to place the award upon the typo of corn that will give the largest yield, consistent with safe maturity In your re spective state. While It Is Important to have ears of com showing straight rows, and tips and butts well filled out In strong uniform way, those points are not aa Important as many exhibitors think. The shape of ear should be cylindrical An increase of but five bushels per acre on the basis of the pres ent acreage of corn in Nebraska would increase the income of the state more than $18,000,000.00 annually. There is no real reason why the average yield of corn in Nebraska should not be 40 to 50 bushels per acre instead of 28 bushels, the present average. and slightly tapering toward the tip; the length and circumference should be as large as It is safe to grow In your dis trict and mature before freezing weather; kernels should be reasonably uniform In width, thickness and depth; the depth and shape of kernel and size of cob deter mines tho relative amount of shelled corn per bushel. However, kernels should not be too deep for safe maturity In your dis trict. Excessive starchlneas, chaffy or lm mature ears must be avoided. Use great cam to select ears that have not been frozen or frosted, for even a light freeze while there is yet excessive moisture in the ear may entirely destroy the vitality. Ears should be in good market con dition, which means reasonably free from moisture. No ears shall be shelled by the Judges at Omaha. The Judges will not discount ears that have had kernels removed, In making awards at preliminary contests. ALFALFA ADVOCATES ACTIVE Corn ShoTT Will Afford Mark Inforasa tloa to the "Balanced Ra tion' Beckers. Cattlemen have In recent time become Interested in the question of the "balanced ration," and men who raise alfalfa are claiming that this grass ted with corn really makes for belter cattle at a cheaper price. This Is one of the questions on which cattlemen who visit the National Corn exposition can take up and study In telligently, tor the best authorities as well as the beat grasses and grains will be on exhibition. The strong advocate of, alfalfa argues along the following line In behalf of this feed: It required extraordinary high prices at a time of urgent need tur the consuming teed traue to reahzo lae necessity of caic tuliy considering all the diliereut classes u. rood stulf presented in tne market. Aideu oy the agricultural experimental siatiuua and by men who have made it a lite aludy to adjust various producta Into classes wheieoy the utility of each a a wnole or In connection with other feeds could be fairly measured. The feeder of today is capable of Judging a ration that Is properly balanced. The breeder looks at the value of the food stutf more particularly for developitib' bone, muscle and energy, whereas the feeder is first for a developed frame upon wuich lie can build a full measure of meat and fat. The dairyman la looking generally for large production wHIi quality included If the quality does not cost too much in proportion. To aeiect from various feed in the market and proportion them to con stitute, a ration having ach one of the i.ecessary component parts lor building up the various U isues requires experience. Judgment and t ie knowledge of the cost of each article nvist enter into the ration balanced. To reach Just thai fine point where all of th- constituent elements of a feed are appropriated by the animal with out loss, is inn ambition not only of the consumer but aiflo of the manufacturer who mixes the balanced ration. In order to get the best results from corn the excess of carbohydrates must be counteracted by protein. This Is not only necessary in pro ducing growth in young animals or In adding to the milk secretion or developing actual fat on tne body, but is required to preserve the animal's hoalth and vigor. A dumb beast, confined with facilities to sallffy the craving of a hen'thy nature, needs roan's aid to procure tha necessary balances to apease appetite, stimulate growth and satisfy digestion. The proper balancing of a feed brings the right bal ance on the ledger page. Hrecders. feeder ard producer of any kind of animal de velopment, direct or Indirect, need to study nioft carefully the proportion of Kratn, mill feed, alfalfa feeds or various concen trates for balancing. Too many consumers fail to appreciate the necessity of making a food pilatahl a well as nutrltous. The enlmaj craving satisfied, contentment fol lows, and either growth or fattening Is stimulated In the natural rest which the animal enjoy after a peif-ctly ialatbl meal The consumer must recognize that a ration balanced for one purpose ' M-ldoui fit for another. You can not prow w --ol on sheep. Increase milk production, develop bone, blood and muscW In pigs, fatten homes for stock shows, incre.ise the wind and vitality of horses for the ra.e course, all on the same uninterrupted feed. A little change now and then is Just as desirable and healthful to the animals as it Is to man. and we all recognize how tiresome become the same diet for every meal. If the consumer 1 not properly fitted to balance bis ration, a good method to get experience i to try the Calaneed ra tions of reputable fead manufac turer, who have by exenm. nt uVveJ' ped ration which their experience has proven suc cessful. It is conceded that the alfalfa products are the most desirable and successful con centrates used, coHiir.g direct from nature and carrying all th ingredients necessary to make up a proper balancer of the grain ration and one that is a feed In itself, thereby reducing the cost of the feeding. A KBOwlaa; tilrl. A girl who was guiding a party through the Pennsylvania mountains lost her way. She came upon some cowa and knowing the cow must be somewhere near human habi tations, she twisted their tails and followed them home safely. MAT IS THE REAL PURPOSE? Question Whose Answer Gives Insight Into Corn Show. . TEACHING LESSONS FOR FUTURE laealcatlng the Frlacladea of latea le Farming la the Mlads of tha Tlllera of tha ill of Tonorror. What is the purpose of the National Com exposition In the larger sense? That Is the question practical men have asked and will ask. It la easily answered by those who have given thought to tha subject. One says, "The purpose of tha National Corn exposition Is to make two blades of grass grow where but one grew before." Another says, "It Is the purpose of the management to make a grand clear ing house for tha progressiva Ideas of well directed and Intelligent labor and tha product of the season's harvest." Doth are correct, but neither goes far enough. Picture to your mind's eye several thou sand boys and young men gathered from various states and sections of the country lined up at this exposition where scientists are making practical demonstrations of proven principles of Intensive farming. Then picture again these youths returning to their homea filled with this knowledge of multiplying crops. What will they do? Put Into practical operation what they have learned. Next year these same youths may attend the National Corn ex position and very likely If they do they will bring other youths with them. They will again and their friends will for the first time study these Wessons of ad v a n c e d farming. And so on and on this system will be continued and where will It end? That's the ques tion asked In the first place and the answer to that question is the an swer to the orig inal. Primarily men will think of the National Corn ex position much as they would think of any other expo sition merely a passing show to be given this year and forgotten next. Wrong, decidedly wrong. If that were all there was to the National Corn exposition it would not be worth the effort It costs to establish It. It would certainly not pay men of scientific minds to give months of their time toward its preparation. The farmer who attends 'this exposi tion and sees no more In it than the mere picturesque display of a lot of fine crop and Implement and cereal food exhibits certainly does not get the full benefit of the exposition nor a fractional part of It- lie can take nothing tangi ble away with him. He haa been Inter ested In looking at things, that's all, but he has not derived any practical bene fit. Or if this man wins half a dozen pretty and costly premiums and gets no deeper Into Its subject he still has missed the main mark. That man who does not go away from this exposition convicted by the Knowledge that he has received an Incentive that will drive him on to greater effort In his work as a farmer, that will enable him to till the soil with unerring Intelligence and reup more bountiful harvests and care for those harvests with keener discrimina tion that man will fall to get what the exposition has to give. Another Vital Point. And here Is one important thing that must not be overlooked or disregarded by the farmer who intends to get all there is In this Institution: He must un derstand the Importance -and correctly es timate Its future value to the youths thus drinking in this knowledge of in tensive farming. In this fact, after till, lies the most permanent good to the present-day farmer. Whether these youths are his sons, his farm hand or his tenants, the result is practically the same and the benefits will flow back to him with unabated fluency. He wiW be the gainer in the long run. His aoll will receive the treatment it requires, his seeds .for planting and sowing will be selected with the scientific Intelli gence necessary and his harvest will be meUtlplled as desired. Both In quan tity and quality will they be Improved. It Is to this common en) that all the sci entific effort of expert agriculturalists Is bent in this great university of learning. PUBLICITY A VITAL FACTOR Advertlalaa an Iadlaaemaable an eat of the Con Skew's sneers. Kle If the National Corn exposition In Omaha will owe lis ultimate success to any one factor or element more than all others that certainly will be tho publicity that it has received. It is seriotuly to be questioned if any sim ilar enterprise in this country ever had the volume of adve. tising and tho diacrimi nat.ng character of advertising that has been given to this exposition. One hundred of the best large dally papers In the United States, from the At lantic to the Pacific from the dominion to the gulf; scores of farm Journals and hun dreus of weekly papers have opened their columns to reading matter and llljst-alioru, and this campaign haa been kept up with out interruption for months. It has been fairly a bombardment of publicity. And it required a practical newspaper man to direct this vxilally Important, this indispensable part of the work, C C Rosewatcr, general manager of The Bee Publishing company, chaiiman of the executive committee, has had charge of the publb tty end of the exposition, and in ear ning on the work he has used four claasca of publications the dally pre of Omaha, 1,001! weekly newspapers published within a radius of W0 miles of Omaha, agricultuial paper and publications and 100 metropoli tan papers. Mr. Rosewater was asked to tell what had been done to secure publicity for the National Corn exposition aud alter sketch ing the early history of tha corn show to demonstrate how it had b-en a necessity to arouse- first of all Omaha people, he out lined the systematio plan which has been pursued to awaken interest throughout the country. "This Involved four classes of publica tions," said be. "First Tha daily press of Omaha, which haa for months been print ir.g column outolumn, and I may aay page on page, of matter regarding tha National Corn exposition. 'Second One thousand weekly news paper published within a radius of 600 miles of Omaha. These were selected on a 1ME 24th and L Streets. South Omaha Sells Furniture 20 Per Cent B USEFUL !HlLDOaY PR Goods Selected Now Set Aside tor Christmas Mwwmwtcsi avvr"rs-! sa ui il sj.iwasaoi irtau JM--r )' aifcy 'UMfJA aV i US J Made In Grand Rapids. Macey Section Book Case, in the "World. Delivered to home at Factory List. ' la . "-t,-V- M&ffl STS.U i u n J; H $27.00 Buffet, like Cut, solid oak for $19.00 fe" W i $10.00 Leather Scat Rocker $7.50 $12.00 Leather Seat and Back for $9.00 Choice of Mission, Golden Oak or Mahogany.' Special Christmas Line, full leather Turkish Rockers; plain or tufted. One-third below Omaha price. as WSJ 1 ,pjn s, "PH,iMi Jim .ffyff.fflTT. circulation basis. Nine-tenths of the people from ths outside who are coming to tliu exposition will be drawn rroni within a 60o-mlle radlu and two-thlrda from within a radius of half that lt-ntn. These papers have been furnished witn a weekly copy slieel containing short articles cf a nature especially adapted to their readers. "Third Tho agricultural papers and pub lications which have been furnished special illustrated articles prepared with a view te suiting their nature and their re .dt-rs. "Fourth A list of Vi melropulltal dailies, papers like the Chicago Tribune, the Lin coln, B!oux City and Pes Moines papers, etc. These have been sent Matter f a nature such as newspaper men know they could find available and they h:ive not only used It, but In many inula nee have sent checks back as pay at their regular space rates." Magazines, the speaker said, had been utilised largely that people of standing the d.untry over might be led to realise the Importance which magazine editors attached to the National Corn exposition. He men tioned In llluatration of this editorial com ment la Collier's and articles In the Review of Reviews and other publications of like standing and authority. To tha great aid which tha railroads have " 771 y t "HT) TsT TT ny V T TtD MV if lUliU 11 11 LU J.M elow Omaha Prices !;! I'- j jv Vf Hi . f r 1 irt I t . r - I . .wt ... .. r Solid oak China Closet. . .$9.50 $25.00 China Closet 18.00 fcWafW,VWWVWMW-WW.rV Best your Car load of new 6tyle Brass and Iron Beds, 25 below Omaha prices. Six-foot Pedestal Tabl for 9.75 8-foot solid quarter-sawed oak Pedestal Table tor ...$15.00 Just received 25 new Library Tables, from $5.00 to $25.00 .'0 per cent below Omaha prices. 1 $4.00 Parlor Stand, like cut, solid oak or mahogany fin ish $2.75 i xtended in advertising the National Corn tipouition, Mr. Rosewater paid recognition at length, and explained how the Impetus to passenger agents and others had come from the presidents of the roads, who had been induced to take these steps. The speaker had brought with him clippings and advertising matter and circulated these farnor.g the auditors to show what country and city papers, agricultural papers and the rallrouds have done. He also Spoke of the tfiOX) special circu lars mailed, and the hundreds of thousands of other pieces of mall matter sent out by railroads and business houses, and men tioned too the posters and three sheeta put out by the railroads and the exposition Itself. Freraattoa The melancholy visitor peered about th grocery store, "You keep the only commercial porium In the place, do you not? em he atked of the proprietor. "I do. What can I do for yehr "Sell me all the stale eggs you have." "Haw! haw! Must be going to the ahow tonight?" "I am billed to Dlay Hamlet in thla benighted village this evening," replied the caller ith dignity. rbUadelij lphia NO. 1 LEATHER COUCHES $24 to $35 Plain or Tufted. SOLID OAK CDIFFOMER With mirror . .$5.75 $14.00 Chiffonier, like cut $10.00 Your choice of golden, mahogany or maple. ehilless per cent $19.00 PRINCESS DRESSER Like cut $15.00 i'our choice of golden, mahogany or maple. m$l ijjaMM.Hi i lejgafcig-Tii glTi liiilil siaWg i in . sfitaWW.iaJlM.fc 1 . v !. , ' i- ' . i t KITCHEN CABINET Without Top Single Bin $2.75 Double Bin, like cut $3.75 Complete line of lirand Rapids Kitchen Cabinets, with top, 30 per cent below Omaha price. MILLIONS IN TREE PLANTING -National Forester Oatllavea Pima Make Uulr I'lure Profit able. to Not Including old plantations that have been cut, approximately 25,100 acres of forest have been planted in New England. It is estimated that 5,(jui,0u0 board feet of white pine and 34. (M) feet of hardwoods could be harvested today from plantations In New England. Most of the white pine plantations have been established within the laat few years and will not be ready to cut for twenty five or thirty years. Two hundred million feet is a conservative estimate of what Uiay then be obtained. From the trees that have been planted during this year of IPti about eO.OOO.uOu feet may be obtained when the plantations become merchantable. And only beginning has been made towards rendering productive the Immense area of land in New England which can be devoted to forest growth better than to anything else. If tha 1.600.000 acre In New England that need planting axe set with trees, It will meaa tha production of 60.0u0,000,0m Xeet of Delivery a! 2S timber, or twenty-five time as much a was cut In New England In liuO. Tho profits of such an undertaking will be mil lions of dollars. It will mean In many parts of New England the building up again of a forest Industry. A good beginning has been made by each of the New England states In framing of good forest laws and in demonstrating to the people the practicahillty of forest plant ing, but the keynote of success in this whole work rests upon good fire laws, rigorously executed, and a realization by the people of the great seed there will be in the future for a local supply of timber. Gifford Mnchot In Boat on Transcript. Duoaa of the llorae. That the horse la to be driven from Its stronghold on the farm Is the assertion of a writer In the curent Engineering Magazine, who declares that the motor vehicle in proving itself more efficient and profitable for plowing, harrowing, reaping, threshing and hauling. It will be a caw of the survival of tha fittest, and progrelve American farmer will he quirk to adopt the change when tha economy of the substitution Is fully dem onstrated, kjngllsh farmers, however, have mada greater progress to the utilisa tion of motor agricultural machinery tli an have Americans and tha ""gUf i motor plow la said to bo la wlda kae. )