Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-20
BIG EARS OF CORN.
Exhibit Exoites Admiration OF
Many Visitors.
FARM PRODUCTS At THE CARNIVAL.

FARM PRODUCTS At THE CARNIVAL.
TWenty.eisht Farmers Try for Prize
in the Corn Line-The Entries in
Full as Exhibited at Carnival Head.
quarters on East Main Street.
Visitors at carnival headquarters
say they have attended county and
state fairs, both in this state and in
others, but they never saw such large
ears of corn before. Twenty-eight
farmers have entered this particular
product in the agricultural exhibit
which seems to excite the wonder CT
all who examine it. Aside from this
sweet corn and pop corn is on exhi-
bition as well as oats, wheat, barley
Irish and sweet potatoes water mel
ons, pumpkins, squashes, apples
peaches and assorted vegetables, all
home grown and true to name" as
the dealers in fruit trees say.
hC SOHJCotduIS lOI Jue DElLS OlGI-
ed for the best pound of butter are
plentiful, while the bread makers do
not number so many. The chickens
and Belgian hares also come in for a
share of attention, but the swine ex.
hibit is not very heavy, altho it is ex-
pected that farmers will enter the
lists more freely tomorrow.
The Exhibitors.
Following are the names Of the ex-
hibitors together with the products
they have entered:
Corn.
w. j. Bennett, Competine; G. w.
Creath, Agency; G. N. Manron, Keb;
Isaac N. Jones, Blakesburg; S. S.
Mahan, South Ottumwa; G. w. Davis,
Blakesburg; J. M. Epperly, Fremont;
Grant Bellies, Blakesburg; c. G. Nc
Coy, Ottumwa: S. Wittenmeyer, Kirk
Vile; Mast Bros, Ottumwa; R. Dobbs,
! Eldon; Newton Johnson, Chillicothe;
George Myers, Amador; ]. A. McMil-
Ian, Sigourney; Yves Buchanan, OF
tumwa; F. j. Hawthorne, Hedrick;
C. H. Spurlock, Richland; Alvin E
Davis, Center township; J. NJ. Biz.
zard, Ottumwa; Peter Lawson, OF.
tumwa: Judson Doggett, Ottumwa;
M. T. Joseph, South Ottumwa; D. F,
Wittenmeyer, Keb; j. r. Dale, Ottum-
wa; Lee Davis, Agency; o. Menge,
Agency; H. Young, Ottumwa.
Sweet Corn. -
Robert Dickerson, Ottumwa.
Pop Corn.
Will Cowan, Ottumwa.
| Oats.
| AL Pedrick, Ottumwa; H. Post, Bel
KNAPP; Isaac N. Jones, Blakesburg; F
Eyestrom, Martinsburg, ]. A. Dreamer
Agency; e. M. Eastburn & Son, OF
tumwa; w. w. Mclaughlin, Ottum
wa; G. w. Spears, Bloomfield.
Wheat.
| w. w. Mclaughlin, ottumwa
James O'Neil, Eddyville; o. Menge
4 Agency; Hezekiah Hill. Ottumwa.
| Barley.
| e. E. Moore, Ottumwa.
Coxcombs.
/ A. F. Andrews, Ottumwa.
| Apples.
/ o. Hook, Hedrick; w. j. Bennett
Competine; o. Menge, Agency; s. B
Carr, Keb; Thomas Truesdell, Ottum
wa; William Curtin, Ottumwa; j. 7
Hampton, Kirkville; Joseph Manro
Ottumwa.
Irish Potatoes.
Andrew Kelsey, Ottumwa; G. Os,
mannis, Ottumwa; Gabriel Williams
Agency; w. R. Buchanan, Ottumwa
Paul Amelang, Ottumwa; Fred Manrc
Eldon; j. N. Manro, Ottumwa; P. l
Amos, South Ottumwa.
Sweet Potatoes.
G. T. Thomas, Blakesburg; Henr
Drescher, Ottumwa.
Water Melons.
II o. Menge, Agency; R. Burnet
Eddyville; William Curtin, Ottumwa
]. R. Patterson, Sand Prairie; G. v
Davis, Blakesburg; w. T. JOSEPH
South Ottumwa; Howe Young, O
tumwa; William Jourlain, Ottumw,
5 Pumpkins.
Mrs. A. T. Sturgeon, Ottumwa;
Wittenmeyer. Kirkville; Newton Johl
' son, Chillicothe; Harry Chitwood, E,
dyville; w. w. Mclaughlin, Ottumwa
q A. N. Huber, South Ottumwa;
!. Menge, Agency; o. S. Fry, Eddyville
: A. l.. Parson, Eddyyille; David TO
:. inson, Ottumwa.
!. Squashes.
I'll ]. Grow, South Ottumwa; S. Witte
: meyer, Kirkville; ]. r. Dale, Ottumws
6 T. j. Hall Ottumwa; Lewis Montagu
!; Ottumwa; A. o. Carter, Bladensbur
;, Broom Corn.
y B. G. Long, South Ottumwa.
i Assorted Vegetables.
!. B. Hermann, Ottumwa; John The
i. en-, Ottumwa; Lee Davis, Kirkvill'
# o. Menge, Agency; ]. P. Schwartz
South Ottumwa; Lewis Montagu
q South Ottumwa: ]. R. Dale, Ottumw
d Peaches.
e Jacob Sedore, Eldon; Robert Die
s. erson, Ottumwa.
l. Canned Plums.
Nora King, South Ottumwa.
a. Preserves.
e Flora Pedrick, Ottumwa.
o Sorghum.
Il William Shields, South Ottumwa.