Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-08-04
J. J. HILL OFFERS
$500 PRIZE
WILL BE GIVEN TO EXHIBITORS
OF BEST GRAINS AND GRASSES
At OMAHA SHOW.
Open TO ALL IN 6. n. ZONE
Great Northern Officials Interested in
Movement for Better Farmina-
Exhibits to be Carried Free.

James ]. Hill, chairman of the
Great Northern, offers $4,000 in gold
as prizes for small grains and grasses
exhibited at the national corn exposi-
ton to be held in Omaha, Dec. 6 to
is, and grown in the Great Northern
Zone."
The announcement that Mr.. Hill
would pay cash prizes at the corn
show to those exhibiting the best sam.
pies of grain and hay was made, fol.
lowing a conference of James J. and
l.. w. Hill with T. F. Sturgess, gen.
eral manager of the corn show, Will
A. Campbell of the Commercial Club
of Omaha, and Prof. C. P. Bull, of
the Minnesota Agricultural College.
The matter of arranging the classes
was placed by Mr.. Hill in the hands
of Prof. Bull and Prof. Thomas Shaw,
of the Dakota Farmer.
The zone from which these grains
and grasses may come in order to win
some of the Hill money comprises an
area of 214,00O,00O acres in Minnesota,
North and South Dakota, Montana,
Idaho and Washington, through which
the Great Northern runs. The rail-
road company will also assist the
farmers in every way in taking ex-
hibits to the national corn exposition
at Omaha. Baggage cars are to be
routed along the lines and pick up
exhibits which will be carried to Oma-
ha without expense to the exhibitors.
The interstate commerce law permits
the railroads to do this, and President
L. w. Hill announced that everything
would be done to encourage farmers
in the Great Northern zone' to make
exhibits.
Compete for World Prizes Also.
While competing for the gold Offer
ed by Mr.. Hill the exhibitors from
along the lines of the Great Northern
are also competing for the prizes Of
fered in the world classes, which az
gregate $4,000. Both James J. and
l.. W. Hill express the belief that the
states in their zone will carry off
some of the money and trophies Of
fered for oats and barley, as we'll as
standing good chance for the wheat
and hay prizes against the world.
The plan is to offer two first prizes
for corn, oats, barley and wheat in
each of the states and one first prize
in each state for alfalfa, timothy,
spelt, clover and peas. When $4,000
in gold is divided some two hundred
prizes will be arranged, which will
make it possible for number to get
into the prize-winning class.
James J.. Hill is growing a field of
prize-winning alfalfa himself, but says
he will not make an exhibit. From
seed corn obtained from the ten ears
which won $4,000 at the 1908 exposi-
ton, President L. w. Hill and num-
Der of his friends are growing some
fine patches of corn. While Mr.. Hill
will exhibit this corn, it will be en-
tered in the world classes and not
compete against the entries made
from the northern zone.
Prof. Bull is not only to assist Mr..
Hill in arranging for the big zone"
contest, but as vice-president of the
exposition from Minnesota, will be in
terested in the exhibit the state col
lege will have.
Plans are being made to have a
model mill, bakery, grain inspection
outfit and electric bleacher installed,
which will show exactly how small
grains are graded and handled when
they reach the primary market, as
we'll as the mills. The small grain
part of the exposition is to be as
large and as important as the corn
exhibits, according to Prof. Bull,