The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-12-30
KANSAS CORN STBBEETS WIZ
THY LAID TIE c0oz PRIzE, WHINING
OFER IOWA TRAE.
FOur Boys q ELanhatsaa Agricultural
College Brought Home $500 zrO-
ply BY OutronzinE Iowa
Eienin judging Corn.


On November 8, a corn-judging
team Of Eve students from the Kansas
State Agricultural college took hrst
honors at the corn-judging contest at
the International Live Stock exposition
in Chicago, and carried of the beauti-
ful 81 800 Cook trophy, which was Of
fered by Mr.. A. z. Cook, OF Odebolt,
Iowa, to the college whose students
showed the most efficiency in the judg-
| ing Of corn. This trophy is OF bronze
and glass. thirty-six inches high. The
trophy has a triangular base grouped
around scales, IMPLYING the exactness
and accuracy needed IN modern corn
breeding. In the center are three
glass cylinders to contain three ideal
ears OF corn. On one side OF these
/ cylinders stands bronze statue Of an
Indian chief in war dress, representing
the original conditions Of the corn belt.
I On the other side stands a bronze
statue of Charles Willard Cook, father
/ of Albert E. Cook, who purchased the
/ BroOkmont farm when it was a wild
prairie roamed over by the Indians.
The statue of Mr.. Cook, Sr., represents
the spirit of energy, skill and accuracy
of the modern corn breeder. Gaping
the trophy IS a bronze globe of the
world the position Of which, supported
4 by the ears Of corn, indicate King Corn
as the foundation Of the prosperity of
world.
The Kansas boys with their grades as
determined by expert judges were as
follows: D. II. luck, Manhattan, $50;
A. D. Colliver, Galva. $50; J. H. Che
ney, Great Bend, 337; F. A. Kiene,
Valencia, 324; Carl Wheeler, Bridge
port, 81.
The corn was judged and the papers
were graded by the following COM
mittee: Prof ". n. Hayes, of the
University of Minnesota, and Messrs.
Dean and Eugene Funk. OF the Funk
brothers corn-breeding farms. ofBloom-
ington. III.
Competition was open to the world,
but the Iowa and Kansas teams were
the only ones qualified for the contest.
The Iowa Agricultural college IS con-
sidered as ranking first among the ag-
ricultural colleges in the study of corn
and has for its chief in agronomy tin
Guiding corn judging) Prof. P. G.
Holden, the man who originated ''Sorn
| judging, F" and first introduced corn as
a subject for study at the Illinois Agri-
cultural college in 1897. The Iowa
team was in charge Of Asso. Prof. L.
( s. Kilnk, who had given his team the
best possible training. The Kansas
State Agricultural college is a beginner
in 'corn-judging' work, and the regu-
lar course in this study was introduced
only little over a year ago, yet in a
fair contest the Kansas State AgTicul-
tural college team scored thirty-eight
points above their opponents and won
the 81 500 trophy. This is a great VIC
tory for the Kansas State Agricultural
college and speaks well for the charac-
ter of the instruction received at this
/ institution, and is a special compliment
to Asst V. N. Shoesmith, who teaches
the fcorn Judging" trained the boys
in their work, and had charge of the
winning team at the International.
As aproPOs to what has gone forth,
it should not be left unsaid that Sher-
man county has just awakened to the
needs Of scientific farming, and the ex-
ample has been set by E. ". Albright
of this county. The day is already
here when the farmer must adopt the
most modern methods in his farming
operations or step aside for those who
do.