Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-20
ENCEL RAISES PRIZE CORN
D. 0. stelk Of Hall 0Ou,ty Carries Off
seoond and Talmage Miller Third.
LIFt-TERM CONVICT ASKS A PAROLE
Implement Men Holding Convention
and Discuss Trade Matters Behind
Closed Doors-Suicide Com
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From n STAFF Corresp ondent)
| LINCOLN, Dec. fs.-(Spec ial THE oficial
announcement of the result in the state
corn growing contest for boys indicates
that Robert Engel OF Saunders county is
| the winner of the first prize from among
| the 800 contestants, representing sixty-hve
| counties in the corn belt Of the state. Engel
received score of 81 and will be awarded
cream separator valued at 800 The win
nor of the second prize is d. o. Stelk.
] Hall county schoolboy, while the third
prize went to Talmage Miller OF Cass
county and the fourth to winfred Bixby of
Lancaster county. State Superintendent
McRricn announced that the prizes will be
distr ted as soon as the necessary am
| davts Of parents and guardians have been
| received certifying to the production or the
| exhibits from the seed furnished by the
| state department.
| The corn was judged with reference TO
uniformity of exhibit, shape Of ears color
| of cob, color OF kernels, market condition,
tips of ears, butts of ears, uniformity OF
kernels. shape of kernels, space between
kernels. proportion of corn on ear and
weight of grain.
EngeL the prize winner. in letter TO Mr..
Bishop describes in detail the method en-
ployed by him in producing the corn. He
| writes:
Mr.. e. c. Bishop Lincoln: planted my
| seed corn in black loan in the garden that
had been planted to garden truck the year
before. The ground disced two times
then listed and the corn drilled in. The date
of the planting was May 26. 1t was set In
drills sixteen to eighteen inches apart. The
rows were three feet four inches apart. 100
waited with disc cultivator June 10. The
disc was set to throw the ground out and
again with shovel cultivator June 10 and
| II, and was laid by with disc cultivator
set to throw the ground In July 10. The
corn was gathered November II and yielded
about 800 ears. They weighed 04 pounds.
l worked about three and a half hours with
a team to prepare the ground, plant the
corn, cultivate it and gather it. The mar
ket value of the crop is $40.
ROBERT ENGEL.
Fremont, Neb.. Route 4. Saunders
County"
The following list gives the names Of the
leading prize winners out of the 230 who
were awarded prizes in the Nebraska boys
corn contest. held at Lincoln, December
IA and Is:
Score
Robert Engel, Fremont No. 4, slO0
cream separator ......................... S4.(
d. o. stelk, Grand Island No. 1, feed
mill ............,.............. 49,
steel windmill .........................., SO b;
Winfred Bixby. Denton. riding cult
vator ............................ S2.t
wire woven fence .......................S 81 (
Frank Dee, Washington, incubator 80. 81 i
Charlie Schultz. Yutan No. 2, $40 in
Helge Lauridson, Mason City No i.
SO in clothing ........................... n.
Hooper. ten-rod roll twenty-bar poul-
try fence ............................ rs.
G.. II. Rickmann, Saline county, De-
Samuel Chinn. Dixon county, Concord
Glen Edwards Va sarpy county, La Platte q"
shovelng board ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 20.
Lloyd Frease. Dodge county, Hooper
Eddie McnnicK. Dodge county, Hooper 7 e.
Carl 7. Gautt. Saline county, Crete
John H. Caldwell. Adams county, Kene. 10
John schmidt. Lancaster county. Have. 90
io Esc No. $40 set of carpenter tools 10
Frank Schmidt. Lancaster county.
Havelock No. l .......................... %.
: Claude Burke. Buffalo county. Pool
Each. fountain pen.
Walter Ballard, York county. Benedict
Eddie Fotz. Platte county. Humphrey 7S.
l Val Kuska, Fillmore county, Ohiowa
Joseph e Schweitzer Seward county Z"
Beaver Crossing ........................ 70.
| George Caughlin. Douglas county.
Each, one all-wool $3.50 sweater.
j Clarence DeBord, Lancaster county.
sd@eTs Timpe. washington county. "
John Ely, sarpy county, Springfield. r.
L Willie Schultz, Saunders county, Yutan n
L Harvey West, OtOe county, Unadilla.. Il.
Each one all-wool $500 sweater.
l Clarence Bellows. York county Lush
Justus Brahnstadt, Lancaster county, "
Il Kramer Observation-Disclosures. 20
| Clarence Brady, Lancaster county. Lin
Fritz W. Muller. Butler county, Bell
wood. Box 10 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 20
Ralph Armstrong Cass county. Green
Hugh Garrett Fillmore county, Geneva So
! Emil Johnson York county. York No. l 50
Henry Williams, Dodge county, North
Christian sorenson. Sherman county.
Loup City Box 951 .......;.............. IS
West Point NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. "s county s.
Jules II. Hammont, Custer county. Ell
Elmer Ramshaw, Saunders county. u
| Each. one pair gauntlet fur gloves. y
i Harry II. Odell. Gage county, Beatrice 81
Hermann Batenhorst, Cunning county.
West Point ...,.......,......,......... 81
4 Lee Phelps, Otoe county, Douglas. .... 81
1 Ronald T.. Elkland, Saunders, Weston
1 Leslie Grace, Merrick county, Central
III City No. 2 ............................ IS
l Christolph W. Wellensick. Otoe county.
syracuse ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Sc
n Harold Ely, Sarpy county. Springfield 65
Il Walter Jameson, Lancaster county,
Lincoln No. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IS
4 Arthur Swanson, Phelps county,
Holdrege ........................... s.
l BENJAMIN F. Graunke, Cunning county,
West Point No. ...................... IS
Each, 500 in silver coin.
n Ralph Swift, Buffalo county, Water
town OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. "a
Carl Ellithorp Lancaster county. Ben
nett NO. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81
w. r. Schoenleber, Saunders county,
Ccresco ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. g.
Rudolph Kleeman, Dodge county, Serb
ner NO. / ''..-......-..-....,. d
Gussie Mass, Lancaster county. ROca
No. .'':''''..' ,:'''.'.... ....'.......... 81
Ignac Prucha. Saline county. wilber s.
- Charlie Rein, Gage county. Holmes
James McManaman, Lancaster county,
\ Thomas stibai. Colfax county, Rich
y | August Nordgren. Madison county
II ! Newman Grove No. 2................... 6:
n Ray Wilde, Cunning county, West Point
81 Justin Julsen. Madison county, New
N Ray A. Parmenter, Adams county,