The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
Farmers Institute



Bumper" crops make a bumper In.
stitute. The Mahaska County Farm.
ers' Institute this year is to be a
bumper.
The court room was given over to
the Institute yesterday and the farm.
ers have since occupied it in making
arrangements for their annual meet.
ing. The tables in the room are al.
ready crowded with exhibits and in
all lines the exhibitions are better
than last, or several previous years.
The quality of the showings is high.
er. The big crop of last year is mir,
rored in the Institute of this.
"You will never see such a showing
in many years to come" said Robert
Kent, one of the founders of the Insti,
tute this morning. Il have never
seen such an exhibit in any of the
years past" -
There are on exhibition thirty ears
of the best corn that the world has
ever grown. This corr is the proper.
ty of Roe Brothers and was purchased
by them at Ames. For the thirty ears
$500 were paid. The corn is part
of the best hundred ears and was
raised by A. Boyd, of Athene, Ill. The
exhibit at Ames won the $4,000 wagon
which was given for the best corn in
the world.
Ten ears of the second best hundred
were also shown.
The baby show, which is creating
much comment, will be held On Thurs
day morning at HOO o'clock. The
mothers are to bring their children
to the Institute and they will be as
signed places by the directors. The
judges in the contest are G. w. Shock
ley, Richard Burke and Chas. V. Hoff-
mann. These men are experienced
and know a baby when they e one.
Thursday evening the exhibits will
be thrown open to the public and the
court room will be kept open until II
o'clock p. m.
Considerable disappointment was
felt when the announcement was
made this afternoon that. Prof. P. G.
Holden, of the Iowa Agricultural col
lege, woul be unable to be present
and address the Farmers Institute.
The opera house was packed with ex-
pectant listeners and an able discus
sion Of seed corn was looked for.
The audience was ~agreeaDly sur
prised, however, when L. S. Klink, of
Ames, assistant professor of Soils in
the Agricultural college, was intro
duced to speak in Prof. Holden's stead.
His talk was forceful and clear and
filled the gap in a remarkably accept
able way.
The remainder of the afternoon was
taken up with the following discus
sions:
2. Should Seed Corn be Grown on
Land Richer or Poorer in Plant Food
Than That on Which the Seed is to
be Planted?
8. Is the Same Variety Best Both
for the Elevator and the Feed Lot?
4. Will the Continued Selection OF
Filled Out Tips for Seed Affect the
Size of the Ear or the Yield? Charlie
Roe, Herman Harris, A. L. Stutzman
Winners in Corn Contest.
The appended list of prize winners
in the corr contests were announced
this morning. The markings were
made by Prof. l.. s. Klink, assistant
professor of Soils in the Iowa Agri
cultural college at Ames.
Glass A-Ten Ears Any Variety.
Fred White.
Frank Everett.
3-Walter Roe.
4-U. s. Hill.
5-H. P. Crozier.
Class B-Ten Ears Yellow.
Walter Roe.
2-H. r. Harris.
3-W. J. Without.
4-Chas, Roe.
ST. B. White.
Class c-Ten Ears White.
Homer Dye.
Fired White.
3-Jerry NcMullen.
4-Perry Lyle.
5-H. W. Jones.
Class D-Large White.
1T. B. White.
y. F. Norris.
3-R. B. j. Ryan.
A. r. Hellings.
5-Chas. Hull.
Class E-Larse Yellow.
Frank Everett.
2-J IT Williams