Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-12-24
Awards of Prizes for Boys Corn
Growing Contest.

! ants in the Boys Corn Growing
Contest inaugurated in connection
with the Farming Demonstration
Train over the lines Of the Ore
gon Railroa and Navigation Co.
in Washington last March, have
lately been received at the State
Experiment Station. The seed corn
for this contest was supplied by
the Experiment Station, and was
Of two kinds, one a yellow dent
and the other white dent. which
had been grown for several years
on the Station farm. This seed
was distributed to the boys under
eighteen years of age at each stop
OF the Demonstration Train in
each Of the four counties, Whit
man, Garfield, Columbia and Wal
la Walla. Each boy was allowed to
choose his own variety, and was
given enough seed to plant quar-
ter Of an acre. The entire group
of boys at each stop were given
instructions as to the best meth
DDS Of growing corn in Western
Washington by Professor George
Severance, the head Of the De
partment OF Agriculture in the
State College and Experiment Sta
ton. Printed instructions or sug-
gesti0ns were also sent out to each
Of the boys from the Experiment
Station.
Early i'll October, instructions
for gathering the corn and the
appointment of committees to
measure the tracts and supervise
the weighing of the corn were sent
to each boy who had received seed
corn. LIT was required that the
tract should be accurately meas
ured by a committee of two men
selected by the nearest local farm
ers organization or commercial
club, and that the corn should be
husked not later than the 18th day
OF October, and stored in a dry
place with free circulation of air
until November 10th to 18th, be-
tween which dates it must be
weighed in the presence of the
committee.
The prizes were offered jointly
by the O. r. & N. Co, and the
Washington State College, and
were as follows: Sweepstakes
prize, for the best yield Of corn
on a onefourth acre tract, 800
County prizes, to be awarded in
each of the four counties for the
best yield of corn on the one
fourth acre tract, $40; for the sec
oni best yield, $50; for the third
best, S20; and for the fourth best,
$50.
a total of sixty-fve reports from
competing boys has been received
at the Experiment Station. These
doubtless represent the best result
obtained by the boys in each COM
lGunity. y large number of .ie
boys failed to plant or car, for
their corn properly, or di not
send IN reports. Unfortunate ac,
dents spoiled the crop of some
boys. The unusually heavy frost
OF July and early August injured
SOM Of the corn planted by the
Nalla Naila county contestants.
and was lost in this way.
| The reports have all been exam
med, verified and compared by a
committee of the Experiment Sta
ton men, and the prizes awarded
os follows, the yields obtained be-
ing expressed on the basis of bush
els per acre:
Sweepstake prize, 800, Warren
Love, Garfield; yield, 90 bushels
per acre.
Whitman County prizes, 30 con-
teStantS reporting First prize.
$40, Glenn Stricken, Colfax, 10
ouShclS second prize, S3O. Richard
Maynard, Colfax, 60 bu; third and
fourth prizes, Pennoyer English
and Ira kruger, both of Farming
ton, tied with 81 bu., each award
ed $15.
Garfield county prizes. 7 contest
ants reporting, First prize $40,
; Delwm Williams, Pomeroy. 65 bu !:
{ second prize $50, Emile Houk
Pomeroy, II bu; third prize 500,
William Young, Ping, 81 bu; 4th
| prize $40, Elgin Jacks, Gould City.
a bu.
Columbia county prizes, Is con-
! testants reporting. First prize $40,
, Merwn Vannice, Dayton, rs bu /;
second prize, Ralph Warwick Day
, ton, 6S bu; third prize, $40. Chas
Heady, Dayton, 81 bu; fourth
prize, $40, Lester Mcdonald