Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-30
Hawkeye State Gains Promi-
nent Recognition From Ma
tional Corn Exposition
sHAMEL is SUPERINTENDENT
South Dakota Farmers Select Iowa
Man to Judge State Exhibits-Sev-
eral Special Prizes Offered for Iowa
Grain Exhibits, Including Cash and
Machinery.
Special to Time.-Repupllcan.
Machinery.


tional corn exposition at omaha have
been named and many of them are from
Iowa, including the judge named by
! the agricultural interests of South
/ Dakota. who selected John Sundberg
an Iowa expert who has acted as judge
at the Mitchell. S. D.. corn palace.
| A. d. Shamel, chief of the bureau OF
| plant breeding of the department OF
| agriculture, has been asked to serve
! as superintendent of judges and has
/ consented
The following are the judges Sc
lected from Iowa: W. A. Hook. Pack
wood; Paul Taft. Ames; F. Heather
shaw. Des Moines: NJ. l.. Bowman
Ames. Professor p. G.. Holden, of corn
train special fame, will act as receiv-
ing judge.
The assistants from Iowa are:
George NJ. Alice; Newell: J. +. Sum
mers, Malvern; l.. Fl. Hopping. Nicola:
j. H. Petty, Elliott
Assistant superintendent selected
from Iowa are Fred McCulloch, Hart
wick; Grant Chapman. Bagley; Miller
Nelson. Goldfield and f. keenan,, Shen-
andoah.
SO many South Dakotans are inter-
ested in the exhibits that the corn
growers of that state wanted to secure
an absolutely impartial judge and for
that reason they selected an Iowan.
South Dakota is growing corn in a
region not commonly known as in the
corn belt and is attracting the atten-
ton of many Iowa and Illinois farmers
who are making homes there and
growing corn successfully. They are
following rapidly in the footsteps of
their neighbors in Iowa and introduce
ing the most modern methods of prac-
teal scientific farming on the new
lands of South Dakota and expect to
carry off many of the prizes at the
national show.
Prizes for Iowa Grains.
Premium lists of the national corn
exposition are out this week and will
be of more than ordinary interest to
all Iowans and especially those close
unusual premiums are offered for Iowa
grain exhibits.
Besides giving a complete list of
premiums under the various cassifca-
tions end the program for the show to
be helt- in Omaha Dec. 9 to 10, the
premium list of siXtyfour pages con-
tains letters from public men and au-
thorities everywhere which show how
firmly fixed is the policy in the states
and nation to improve and increase the
crops of the farms.
An idea of the premiums offered eX-
hibitors from Iowa may be gathered
from the following lists.
For best ten ears yellow dent corn.
open to exhibitors in northern zone,
first, corn planter, value, $50; second,
grinder. value $50; third, wagon box
value $25; fourth, steel tank value SIS;
fifth, lawn mower, value $40; five next
best 81 each; ten next best IS each.
Prizes running from 81 to $50 are
also offered for best ten ears of white
than yellow and white. The prizes FOR
corn are exceedingly large and "thor-
oughbred" grain will win prizes this
year almost as large as the prizes OF
fered for Thoroughbred" stock at the
big stock shows.
For Iowa wheat exhibitors the expo
sition offers a gasoline engine. valued
at 500, for the best half bushel sam
pie; and Il rubber tired runabout, worth
$50, for the best half bushel of oats.
Another noticeable feature of the
premium list is that Iowa has the long
est list of supplemental prizes Of any
of the states which will compete at
Omaha Ten Iowa banks offer cash
prizes while q list of seventy-f1ve
stockmen offer thoroughbred animals
from their barns and feed lots as
prizes for those who win honors for
the state on grain.
D. S. O'Leary, Of Iowa City, is one
Of the breeders who offers an animal
as prize. Mr.. O'Leary lists a thor
oughbred Hereford bull calf which
he values at 5000 as a sweepstakes
prize to the winner Of this premium
the competition being limited to the ten
ear prizewinning corn exhibit from the |
northern and central zones in Iowa.