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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 25, 1918.
NEBRASKA'S STATE FAIR
WI1H GOVERNMENT AID
NA TIONAL IN CHAR A CTER
War Department Exhibit Will Bring Home to Spectators
the Grim Fact of War, While Others Will Show
Relation of Agriculture to Winning
the War.
Fifty ytars of "biggest and best"
XMeDrasxa state uirs culminate tnis
year in a semi-centennial fair cele
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stances, the 1918 state fair would be
t celebration of 50 years of useful
ress to the state and its people. But
this is not an ordinary year, and the
fair this year will not be so much
state fair as a national fair. It will
be dedicated to the government.
The government will have a large
ixhibit, which will be the center of
interest for the average patron. De
partments of War, Navy and Com
tneree will be represented.
The War department exhibit will
tiring home to spectators the grim
facts of the war. Machine suns, air
craft gans and other guns like those
la actual nse will be shown. There
will be gas masks, uniforms, trench
periscopes, rifles and all the other
paraphernalia in actual use in the
trenches in France. Nebraskans will
have an opportunity to become fa
miliar -with the everyday things to
which the boys refer casually in their
letters, but which are strange to the
pome toiks.
Models of battleships, dread-
feaoghts, cruisers, destroyers and
other vessels will be shown in the
Navy department, with projectiles,
Relation of Agriculture to the War.
In the Department of Commerce
xniDii, agriculture ana its relation to
the winning of the war will hold the
Inain place. The weather bureau will
show it is able to forecast destruc
tive storms; the Forestry, department
display will graphically illustrate the
tonservatton of wood, the use of wind
breaks in protecjing crops and stock,
v mo we prevention 01 loresr nres.
The bureau of chemistry will throw
Iignt on misbrandinir and adultera
lion of medicinal preparations. Stuffed
. birds and animals and, the value or
harm these animals and, birds do will
be feature of the display of the
JJepartment of Biology, and the bu
reau of entomology will explain the
vays of destructive insects and how
to combat them.
To the fisheries exhibit will be
added a demonstration of pearl but
ton manufacture, in which Germany
reie-ned supreme before the' war.
AVar films and conservation films
will be shown. Four-minute men will
he on band to explain and discuss
war.matters and assist the committee
on public information.
New Hog Pavilion and Barn.
Nebraska is supreme. in1 the raising
of hogs, " The new $100,000 hog barn
just completed will be in use and it is
expected that the pens will be filled
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modern in every particular, furnishing
comfortable quarters for the stock
and convenient coigns of vantage for
the spectator! who go to look them
over. Pork production is one of the
leading industries of the country and
doubly important In wartimes. The
pure bred hog men are the foundation
of this business, and as a matter of
patriotism, will be on hand this year
-with laree herds.
Both beef and dairy cattle exhibits
promise to be large this year. Food
production must go on, in spite of
nigh prices of feed, and the state fair
gives producers an opportunity each
year and a new impetus toward in
creasing the quality of their herds.
Notwihstanding present discourage
ments, owners of pure bred herds
generally realize that after the war is
offer the demand for beef and milk as
well as breeding stock will be enorm
ous, and are not cutting down their
herds to any great extent.
Sheep Coming to the Front.
Shortage of wool and mutton has
given the sheep business a fresh im
petus in Nebraska. Last year the
Nebraska state fair increased its
premiums on sheeo. makinir special
classifications tor Nebraska breeders.
This brought out a much larcer and
better class of sheep than in former
years, and the enormous increase in
the number of sheep in Nebraska dur
ing the past year will no doubt bi re
fleeted in the sheep department at the
1913 fair. The general public would
be surprised to Tearn how many dif
ferent breeds of sheep there are and
how different are the qualities of the
various breeds. A trip through the
sheep department and a visit with the
various exhibitors is a liberal educa
tion to the averag. man. ,
Poultry in the back yard and poul
try on the farm will meet and com
pete at the fair. Both have been en
couraged by the government this
year, as poultry is a valuable addition
to the available meat supplies. The
Nebraska fair has always had a
splendid exhibit of high-class birds
and entries made this year promise
the poultry fans plenty of fine fowls
to look at and admire.
In addition to the regular exhibits,
class for rabbits has been made, as
rabbit breeders believe that the pres
ent meat shortage is giving them an
opportunity to demonstrate the value
of this little animal as a meat pro
ducer. Belgian and Flemish hares anH
white French- rabbits will be shown
and the differences between the
various breeds demonstrated to inter
ested spectators.
Home Grown Horse Exhibit
No live stock exhibit has suffered
from the war to the extent the horse
sectionhas. Last year there was a
very small exhibit of horses of all
kinds, except the children's favorites,
the Shetlands, which were out in full
force. For years past the finest Jraft
horses have been imported from
France and Belgium, and few Ameri
can breeders have competed, as there
was little chance for them, the French
and Belgian breeders being experts in
the breeding and developing of draft
colts. After the import'itions were
cut off, American breeders got their
chance and are demonstrating the
fact that fine draft horses can be
raised in this country. ' Numbers of
American breeders are expected to
enter the lists this year with home
bred and home grown colts as big and
handsome as those that used to be
brought across the water. The light
er breeds that had been practically
displaced by the. automobiles have re
gained their place in public estimation
through the war demand, and- it is
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hoped that the light horse display will
approximate those in. the days of the
light horse's popularity.
Food Production and Conservation.
In spite of the hot winds and hail
storms, which have damaged the
crops in various sections of Nebras
ka this year, the agricultural display
will be an eye opener. The weather
damage has been "spotted," and the
various counties will be able to get
together exhibits that will equal in
size and quality those of former
years, and that will surpass them in
many cases. The western part of the
state in particular has notified the
board that the exhibit will be. espe
cially interesting, as this has been an
unusually favorable season for that
section.
Food conservation will be no less a
part of the fair displays than food
production. There will be three main
features in this department ' ' The
food training camp, carried on un
der the direction of the department
of home economics at the university
farm, will demonstrate by concrete
example the use of substitutes in
cooking. The domestic products ex
hibit will show to housewives the
various materials obtainable for cook
ing and how to use them. The can
ning clubs, especially those organized
among the boys and girls of the
state, will have a splendid exhibit of
the products preserved by them dur
ing the last summer for winter use
and the methods used.
Plenty if Space for Babies. ,
In connection with the ever popu
lar better babies exhibit this year
there will be a section for defective
children. Such children may be
brought for private examination by
expert physicians. The advice given
will be such as people usually must
pay large fees to get No war work
is more important than the conserva
tion of our children, according to the
belief of the fair board, who are giv
ing plenty of space tc better babies
this year.
Heavy bookings have been received
for the machinery exhibit. Lack of
men and animals to produce crops
has resulted in a greatly increased
interest in machinery and the inven
tion and perfeion of numbers of new
machines.
The two most important features
of this exhibit will be, as usual, the
automobile and truck display and the
tractor show. There are more kinds
of trucks on the market than of'au
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The First National
Bank of Lincoln stands
today as one of the pio
neer institutions of trje
state. - '
Established in 1871, it
withstood all the trouble
and trials that attended
the development of a
'new country. It has
grown as Nebraska has
developed, until today
its total resources with its allied institutions ag
gregate more than $8,000,000.00.
While in Lincoln visit this Bank.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Of Lincoln, Nebraska. . .
S. H. Burnham, Pres.
H. S. Freeman. Viee Pres.
A. J. Sawyer, Vice Pres.
P. R. Easterday, Cashier.
W. B. Ryons, Ass't Cashier.
Leo J. Schmittel, Ass't., Cashier.
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