West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-11-04
CORN IS KING
Summers Campaign Of Preston Boys
Complete Victory.
COURTHOUSE LIKE A COUNTY FAIR
Committees Have Strenuous Time Sc
ieetins Prize Wlnners-AImost a
Hundred Contestants.

saturday last corn was crowned king
and ruled throughout the day and night,
II was the day of the great corn show, in
which the boys of Preston county showed
tho kind of agricuturists they werc.
There Were sevcnty-onc contestants, and
each considered his exhibit just little bit
better than the others.
The day selected for the occasion proved
TO bc an ideal one in every particular.
The boys with their friends and escorts
arriving on the ground early enabled the
work of preparing for the big show to
proceed at once, the main feature OF which
was the placing of the corn i'm the crates
prepared for the purpose, the registering
and numbering of the contestants, the APP
pointment of the necessary committees, etc
Prof. ID. w. Working having been
called TO another county on similar
errand, Prof. Il. G. Atkcson was detailed
as expert, who, together with c. b. Dillc
proceeded TO the arduors work OF grading
and peroenting the merits of over 200 ears
of Dent corn, it being the selection OF ten
ears each made 10y the scvcnty-ono rcgis-
tered contestants from their respective
productions The work of grading the
reports Of the methods used 10y the con-
tcstants in growing the corn was placed
in the hands OF committee composed Of
Prof. A. w. Carrico, Hon Emanuel
Dixon, Prof $. NJ. ShafIcr, Prof j. =.
Shaver, Ed NJ. IIcermans, secretary.
Another committee was selected TO COM
putc and report the per cent awarded by
Prof. Atkoson and recorded 10y his sccrc-
tary on each parcel of corn and To award
the prizes. as follows: j. j. Kelley, A.W.
Snyder, and Thomas Elliott.
After completing their work the COM
mittee reported 10 Hon. II. A. Hartley,
member of the board of agriculture, who
was called TO the chair in the after part Of
the day, about as follows:
We, your committee on reports, find
eight contestants have made SO near like
per cent in way of perfection that we feel
10th TO award the corn knife, IL special
prize donated 10y Prof. Working, 10 either
OF the contestants and recommend that
the chair appeal 10 the audience for CON
tnbution OF 81 10 enable your committee
10 award the corn knife and seven prizes
OF 81 each 90 the seven neNtwhose reports
show best per cent.
This appeal was promptly responded TO
by Messrs. Richard Loar, Allison Snyder,
John w. Watson, NJ. +. Pcl, DIR. $. w.
Warner, George A. Walls, and Emanuel
Dixon. The committee made the several
awards as hereafter set forth.
The committee on corn reported ~ fol-
lows We, your committee, find that Nos
3 and 10 scored the highest per cent in
perfection Of corn, and ask instructions
rs to the most popular method OF break
ing the tie recommended by the audience
Prof. Atkcson suggested a special com
mittce. Other suggestions were being
made when Hon. w. G.. Brown struck
the keynote by offering resolution
that with the consent of the princi-
pals, Howard Bickford, r. +. ID. No. .,
Function, and George Price, r. f. d..
No. ], Independence, divide the $40 prize
equally, 10 which the boys in their en-
thusiasm readily consented, making il
plain that the honor 10 them was pre-
fcrred to money. This decision upon the
part OF the winners caused T.. NJ. IIecrmans,
the distinguished farmer from Valley dis
trict, to whisper in our ear, make two
more special prizes Of 81 10 each Of these
boys. Here are the So"
At this juncture Prof. Atkcson was
called on for an address.
The professor in scholarly manner
Analysed the method of judging corn, and
while admitting the inability Of man
TO at all times arrive at perfection in judg-
ment, the system used was not faulty
that any defect that might be raised could
only be upon his judgment in passing on
the merits Of the corn so hurriedly a
time compelled him 10 do; that in judg