Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-31
POllard'S Corn Show.
THE CONTEST TOOK PLACE IN
THE COURT HOUSE YARD
ON SATURDAY.
W. Y. Palmer, Of Galloway County,
Wins First Prize, C. S. Harrison.
OF Audrain, Second and David
Gregory, of Audrain, Third.

Jno. M. Pollard's great corn show
was held in thee Courthouse yard Satur-
day afternoon. The entries closed
at noon at which time seventy
five farmers had brought in samples
of their corn. There was yellow corn,
red corn, white corn, speckIed corn,
and every other kind of corn that man
can grow. The majority of the entries
came from Audrain county, but sew
eral other counties made excellent
showings.
In the contest Galloway county came
off victorious, W. Y. Palmer, of that
county, being awarded first premium.
The judges were Rufus Hisey, Joseph
Boyd, J.. M. Coons, John Brown, and
T. j. Clendenip, of Audrain county,
and Marvin Emmons, of Monroe
county. The prizes were: First, a
solid gold watch; second, a solid silver
watch; third, a silver cup.
The corn was displayed on a plat
form in the Court House yard and
made a grand showing. The cor dis
played was unusually fine, some of the
ears being as muchsas fourteen inches
in length and tenI inches in circum-
ference.
The following prominent farmers
from Audrain and nsighboring coun-
ties entered corn for the prize:
FROM AUDRIAN COUNTY.
Jno. F. Harrison, Elzea Harrison, ].
J. Talley, Ward Garter, F. A. Morgan,
Walter Offut, Anton Paschang @ en-
tries), Joseph Hildebrand, w. P. Hay,
w. ]. Kendall Rush HiIl, J.. N.
Waugh q entries, r. F. Gulick,
Wiley Canterbury, W. w. Scott, Joe
Wilson, B. F. Orear, John J. McClintic,
]. Fl. Sneed, W.R. Price, G. S.Harrison
g entries), Charles Dufins G. entries),
L. M. Gamble, Hugh Wilson, J. B.
Weaver a entries), John Gallop, Joe
Early, Chas. Mansfield, Claud Mans
field, q. M. Day Benton City, Harry
Day Benton City, J. S. Smith, j. T.
Swift, j. Fl. Brock, H. NJ. Daniel, Car
RE Daniel, J. w. Young, F. Hamilton,
s. Mcdaniel Ralph A. Dean, O. H.
Dean, G. L. Dean, d. j. Atkins, David
Gregory, At. Howard, G. R. Douglass,
G. N. Weant g entries), II. s. Lundy,
8. o. Graham q entries), Edward
Schroeder, H. w. Brinton, John Hill
debrand, Billie Johnson, G. II. Crock
EFT, E. Williamson.
FROM MONROE COUNTY.
d. M. Davis, G. B. Hurd q entries),
j. W. Maddox.
FROM GALLOWAY COUNTY.
]. T. Miller, w. Y. Palmer, G. M.
Palmer.
About two o'clock the judges began
the work of awarding the three prem
iums and it vas no easy matter.
About 2:30 the blue ribbon was tied
to the twelve ears Of corn which had
been entered by w. Y. Palmer, OF
Galloway county. The red ribbon
was given to the corn entered by @.
8. Harrison, of Audrain county, and
the yellow ribbon was placed on
David Gregory's corn. The lots of
corn which took the first and second
premiums were white, while yellow
corn won third place. The judges did
not give the prizes for the largest
corn, but for the best formed grams.
Rufus Hisey said that he had never
had a harder job, for he wanted to
give the ribbon to every lot he saw.
1t was all such fine corn that one
could hardly select the best. The
average weight of a dozen ears was
IS pounds.
After the judges had made the de-
cisions the three premium lots were
sold at auction to HI. G. Turner for 81.
The remaining corn was sold to the
same party for 81. The money thus
realized will be donated to the fund
which is being raised to build a house
for the widow, Mrs. Martha johnson,
who lost her home by fire a few weeks
ago and is now in destitute circum-
stances.
In offering such valuable premiums
for the farmers product, Mr.. Pollard
has shown his regard for the ~"tillers
of the soiIn and has also shown his
generosity by giving the money
realized from the sale of the corn,
J to so worthy q u as helping a poor
,wosaaa.Audrs county a Doasl
of no more enterprising citizen thar
John M. Pollard.