Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-07
CONTEST IN CORN
One of Features of Annual Meet
ing of Farmers In
sti.ute.
SESSIONS IN PORT BYRON
Program Prepared to Cover Two Days
Merchants and Manufacturers
Make Donations.

Addresses upon interesting subjects
pertaining to farm life both in the
field and in the home, corn contest
and prizes for various other articles to
be on exhibition will be the features
in connection with the annual meeting
of the Rock Island County Farmers in
stitute, which will be held in Port By
ron next Wednesday and Thursday.
Merchants and manufacturers have
been liberal with their donations to
make an attractive list of prizes, which
will add to the success of the institute.
The program is as follows:
wednesday,.
Morning session, 10 O'clock-Prayer.
Rev. A. Harper. Address of welcome,
W. B. Shaw; response by F. A Wood:
Farm Life so Years Ago. DR.. w. H.
Lyford; Farm Life at the Present
Time" w. B. Shaw
Afternoon session, 1870 o'clock-Mu
sic; w. H. Mumford. professor of ami
NAL industry, Champaign; Split Log
Drag. w. S. McCulloch; J. G. MosieI
Chief in Soil Physics, Champaign.
Evening session. 7:3O o'clock-Music
by Port Byron orchestra; Practical
demonstration in cooking and talks on
same. Mrs. Kate w. Gleason, Moline;
Music, Mrs. Estella r. Miller
Thursday.
Morning session, $50 o'clock-Elec-
ton of officers. appointing of commit
tees. etc: Frank II. Hall, Aurora, Sec
rotary and Superintendent of State
Farmers Institute; Elementary Edu
cation, Prof w. B. Smith.
Afternoon session, 1:30 o'clock-Mu-
sic; Better Corn Culture w. S. Nc
Culloch; Educational Influence" S. J.
Ferguson; Farmers National Con-
gress." l.. B. Strayer.
Following are the prizes offered:
Prizes.
Best 10 ears of yellow dent corn rails
ed by anyone in the county-CorE
planter donated by Moline Plow com
pany. valued at $42.
Second best-Walking cultivater, do
mated by Rock Island Plow company,
valued at SIG.
Third best-14-inch stirring plow, do
mated by Deere & Co., valued at $14.
For boys under Is years of age. rails
ed by their own efforts:
Best 10 ears of yellow dent corn,
closed face silver watch, donated by l..
S. -McCabe & Co., value, $l2: second
best-Open face silver watch donated
by c. J. Josephson, Moline, valued at
$40; third best-Open faced silver
watch, donated by Young e McCombs'
valued at $3.50.
Bread Contest.
Three loaves best home made wheat
bread, young ladies under IS years of
age living in the county, iron bedstead,
donated by Fisk & Loosely, Moline,
valued at 81; second best-Donated by
H. w. Cooper, manufacturer saddlery
hardware, Moline. IS; third best-Silk
umbrella, donated by Sommers q La
Velle, valued at So.
For boys under IS years living in
county:
Best essay how corn was raised and
of Clothes, donated by
The London, valued at $40; second
best-OvercOat, donated by Jonas Bear
& Co, valued at 81; third best-Pair
shoes. donated by Boston shoe store,
valued at IS.
Officers.
The officers are as follows:
President-F. A Wood, Milan.
Secretary-A Saddoris, Port Byron.
Treasurer-W. II. Ashdown, Port By
ron
Executive Committee-W. S. McCul-
Tough, John Fife, Thomas Campbell.
Entertainment Committee-W. III.
w. F. Garrett, William Groh
Director of Illinois Farmers Institute
from the Fourteenth congressional dis
trict-Dr. w. II. Lyford, Port Byron.
Corn Judge-Miner Moffett.