Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-24
Prize Ears Of Contest Auc.
toned Off For Total OF
S5l5.5O
SHORT COURSE SHOWS PROFIT
\ Balance, Estimated at About $3.50,
Left After All Expenses are Paid -
Ear Which Took First Sweepstakes
Prize Brings Top Price Of $11.50 =
Goes to Grower, Fred McCulIoch.

A most successful auction sale OF
test, brought 10 a close and added the
final successful feature to the series of
successes of the first Marshall county
short course, late Saturday afternoon.
Thirteen hundred four ears, about thir-
teen bushels, were sold to the high
est bidders for S5l5.5o, an average of
$3.50 a bushel The financing of he
short course is also going to prove sue
cessful an estimate of the expenses
and receipts show substantial bal
ance will be left in the treasury.
Sale of Corn Spirited.
Professor Holden characterizes the
auction sale of corn as the most sue
ceSsful of the series he has attended.
The price Of single ears and ten ear
lots, in some eases, was sent upwards
by leaps and bounds by those who We're
anxious to possess such prime seeed.
We're anxious to possess such prime
seed.
In some cases the man who grew
and entered the corn was outbid in his
effort to retain It, Such was the case
of Fred McCulloch, of Hartwick, who
did not feel financially able to pay the
price for eighty of his ears which the
bidders had set. For these eighty ears
the short course realizes $2O4.50, which,
of course, makes the promoters of the
enterprise most grateful to Mr.. Nc
Culloch for entering such splendid
samples.
Prize Ear Brings $11.50.
The one best prize ear of the more
than 5000 that We're entered. the one
which McCulloch put into the sweep
stakes class, and with which he won
a $3.50 water supply system. brought
the highest price for a single ear. 1t
sold to Mr.. McCulloch for $11.5O.
The next highest priced ear. entered
by G. f. Howard of New Providence,
and with which he Won 500 sweep
stakes prize, brought $40. Mr.. Howard
bid it in for ten of his other ears he
was forced to pay SALT each, total
Of Sails for the ten.
All of the Corn Sold.
All the the corn which took first,
second and third prizes. was sold at
auction. Much of it brought from so
cents to IS an ear, in various lots
from ten to fifty ears. Among
the largest buyers was S. w. Myers
Of LaMoille. He purchased in all $50
ears for which he paid s176.50, an aver
age of a little more than $44 a bushel
The fifty ears entered by Fred McCul-
loch. which sold for $1O45O. were
bought by z. s. Grouse and d. S. Col
Inns, of Liscomb. The former did the
bidding. Mr.. Grouse was also one of
the heaviest buyers of the prize corn,
as was also c. E. Arney.
About $3.50 Will be Left.
The total proceeds from the sale
Of the corn exceeded the fondest hopes
Of the most enthusiastic by fully 500.
President c. e. Arney said today chat
the short course would have about
$3.50 left after all expenses were paid.
This amount will be put into the treas
lry of the Central Iowa Short Course
The expenses totaled
about $3.50, and the receipts amounted
to about $500. A meeting of the Of
Hcers was held late this afternoon to
check up the accounts.
Directors Meet Next Saturday.
A meeting Of the directors of the
recently organized Central Iowa Short
Course association is to be held in this
city next Saturday afternoon. for the
purpose of electing officers and form
the policies of the association.