Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-18
CORN CONTEST ENDED.
General Satisfaction is Expressed Over
the Results at GrinnelI.

the heSQItS at OFtnnetis
Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, Jan. 1S.-The fourth IN
nual corn contest for Grinnell is ended,
and every one seems pleased with the
display, and general satisfaction is eN-
pressed with the results. The attend
ance was fair, Notwithstanding some
very severe and unfavorable weather.
The addresses by NJ. l.. Wilson on corn
culture and corn judging. and by r.
K. Bliss on animal husbandry. aud
again on horticulture, were listened to
with great interest by large audiences
OF farmers, who expressed themselves
as we'll pleased and profted. The in
terest taken by the women was also
notable, and the prizes carried off by
them We're creditable to their judg-
ment. Judging from the interest shown
this year. and the entries made by
boys. there will be some competition
from that source in the next contest.
Plans are already on foot for the Sc
curing of a short course here next
year, and Professor Wilson volunteered
the information In his afternoon adj
dress, that when he saw the amour.
and excellence Of .he corn displayed
mere, ne IilhuG uP Ills llllllu dl DllNS
that he should recommend to Profess
sor Holden to put Grinnell on the list
for a short course next year. One firm
has already offered prize for that &c,
casion. of a sulky corn pillow.
The sWeepstake prize for the best
single ear, was won by George Eggert,
of Newton, that on yellow corn by L..
j. Craft. of Victoria: on white corn,
by William Smiley, of Malcolm. and
that on ANY other variety" by Fred
Otcheck, of Grinnell. Mr.. Otcheck who
lives just over the line in Jasper coun-
ay, made thirty eight entries in the
corn and vegetable lines, and carried
off eighteen premiums. Mrs. Otcheck
took first prize for best ten ears Sc
Iected by lady. Prizes in the various
groups and classes were distributed as
follows: Group i, Chester and Sheri-
dan, William Smiley, OF Malcolm, Sam
uel Rafferty, of Newburg, Lloyd Sears
of Grinnell, John Iverson. of Grinnell;
class 2, white corn, William Smiley of
Malcolm. Group 2. Grinnell and Mall
com townships. yellow corn, John
Hannay of Grinnell. c. L. Stanley, Mil
ton Scandrett. w. r.. Scandrett. all of
Grinnell; white corn, Charles Paden,
George Wisecarver, John Campbell,
Guy Steele, all of Grinnel. Group 3,
Washington and Pleasant townships,
yellow corn. H. w. Lincoln, H. C. Selle,
William Selle, of Grinnell, James Duff
fus Of Malcolm; white corn, H. W. Lin
coin of Grinnell, William Schmidt of
Searsboro. Group 4. Sugar Creek,
jackson, Union and Deep River town
ships; yellow corn, O. A. Latchem, r.
e. Latchem of Montezuma, II. Macy OF
Newburg and j. V. Kline of Grinnell,
white corn. Howard Smith,
o. A. Ia.elo en-, of Montezun ma;
Group S, Warren, Scott. Lincoln, Bear
Creek, Madison and Jefferson town
ships; yellow, Ralph Whelan, d. Nc
Ilrath, of Brooklyn; white corn, Fred
Otcheck, of Grinnell, A. Monkey. Of
Newburg, Howard Smith, of Monte
yuma, Charles Paden, of Grinnell.
Group 6, anywhere outside of territory
named in the other groups and within
a radius of twenty five miles of Grin
nell, yellow, L. j. Craft, of Victor, w.
A. Sickle, of GrinneH, Fred Otcheck,
of Grinnell, Leonard Byrnes, of New
ton; white corn, Verna Otcheck, Of
Grinnell, Leonard Byrnes, of Newton,
H. F. Warden, of Melbourne, Fred OF
check, of Grinnell.
1t is not often that q man objects to
getting the best of a bargain, but one
exhibitor in this contest, after buying
some of the prize corn sold at auction
on Saturday afternoon, came back and
paid an extra dollar because, as he
said, he thought that was right"