The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-23
SHORT COURSE 80
PRIZE CORN SALE
Sweepstakes Ten Ears Sells For
$500 Per Ear.
TOTAL SALES NEARLY $4,000
Prof. Holden Acts as Auctioneer-He
Says White Corn Shown is the
Best He Has Seen In the
State of Iowa.

This Is the, best fifty ears of
white corn grown in Iowa this year
so far as have seen at Short Courses
over the state" said Prof p. G. Hol.
den, of Ames, Iowa's corn wizard,
/ as he offered the prize winning ex-
hibit in the fifty white ear class,
grown by Ed Anderson, at auction at
the Mahaska County Short Course
and Farmers Institute Saturday after.
noon. The bidding was active and
F. F. Everett took the prize Of $62.
Prof. Holden was among the highest
bidders and announced that he had
not reached his limit, but would glad
ly pay more for the sample if the
farmers would be willing for it to
leave Mahaska county.
J. w. Krizer's fifty ears of yellow
corn, which took first prize in its
class, sold to Thos. Soseman for $55,
and the second prize in the same class
grown by F. F. Everett, sold to o. F..
{ Schee for $50. @. ~. 80.
The sweepstakes, 10 ears of yellow
corn, grown by Willis Krizer, which
won the $40 windmill prize, sold to
c. w. Moore for $50.
A single ear, grown by F. F. Ever
EFT, which took first prize in the one
ear class, sold to J. Yer Steeg for So,
Total Sales Nearly $500.
To say that the corn sale was the
best ever had at the Mahaska County
Farmers Institute, would be making
the statement far too mildly, for the
more than seven times the largest
previous sale. While heretofore the
largest sum realized from the sale Of
all the show corn at the institute
was $50 and last year the amount
was only $40, the total this year was
$369.65. Three dollars per ear for a
ten-ear exhibit is certainly a top
notch price, and a dollar and twenty
five cents per ear for a fiftyIear exhib
it is equally as good.
All Corn Sold Well.
Prof. Holden acted as auctioneel
most of the time and Secretary F. F.
Everett cried the latter part of the
sale. All corn sold well and a com
plete list of the prices paid for the va
rious exhibits would be interesting
A few of the best ones, however, will
show haw the prices averaged. Fifty
/ ears of yellow, grown by Willis Kri.
ger, which took third prize in thai
class, sold to Prof Holden, of Ames
for $39. The first prize winners in
the ten-ear classes in the several dis
tricts sold for $11 and s12 each
among the purchasers being c. w
Moore, A. j. Lyle, w. l. Rice, Ed
Anderson, Homer Dye and John Yer
Steeg. The fourth prize winner IL
the fifty-ears of yellow sold to An
drew Lyle for $40. The fourth prize
winner in the fifty ears of white sold
to Will without for So and the sec.
ond prize winner in the fifty ears OF
white sold to Guy Pomeroy for IS.
The apples were very few and were
put in baskets of eight each and SOLD
for % cents a basket. The sales OF
fruit, vegetables, ETC., amounted to
about IS.
Credits Not Announced.
The credits given those taking the
Short Course for their class work
during the week and in the written ex
aminations Saturday will not be an
nounced until the. papers have been
(. gone over and word received form
,Ames. The prizes will consequent,
not be announced for several days.