The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-05
State Board of Agriculture
Working in Conjunction
With indianapolis CONNER
CiaI Club on Plan.
NATIONAL CORN KING
BACKS THE MOVEMENT
He Is J. N. Palm of Fountain
County, Who Recently Won
The $1,000 Trophy at Big
Omaha Display.
palladium Specially

indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 5.-Indiana
may have national corn show next
year, If present plans are carried
out. The State Board of Agriculture
is working in conjunction with the
Commercial Club of this city. with |
such project in view, but nothing
definite has vet been decided on. 1t
will be remembered that L. B. Clore,
of Johnson county, and J. NJ. Palm,
of Fountain county, this state have
within the past year taken the two
highest prizes FOR corn that have been
offered at the great show in the
west. Palm came back from Omaha
a couple of weeks ago with a trophy
valued at $1,000 which was offered
by the cereal food company at Bat
tie Creek, Mich, for the best ear of
corn in the world. Palm took several
ears OF corn raised on his farm and
one of them was declared by the
judges to be the most perfect ear in
the world. Palm would not take a
thousand dollars today for that ear of
corn, and he is having special glass
case made in which to place it for
safe keeping.
Clore Also Winner.
Clore also won first prize at another
corn show in the west last summer.
He is known as the corn king of In
diana. because he is said to produce
the best corn in the state The win
ming of the high honors by the two
Indiana farmers has stirred up an in
terest in corn shows in this state and
it is this that will probably bring on
a corn show in Indiana, according to
present plans. The matter was dis
cussed by the State Board of Agri-
culture at it's meeting yesterday, and
the Commercial club has already ap-
pointed a committee to look into the
matter.
At the meeting of the State Board
of Agriculture, yesterday, Governor
MARSHALL expressed the opinion that
the present excessive cost Of living
is largely the fault of the people
themselves who will not go out on
the farm and produce foodstuffs In
his speech to the members of the
board the Governor said:
Views Of Governor.
Il am not fully acquainted with the
purposes and aims of this board,
hence l am not in any position to ad-
wise you. If were to offer you any
advice it would be that the farmers
OF the state organize a movement to
break up the big farms Of Indiana
into smaller ones, and to induce the
people in the cities. who are now max
ing out bare existence, in the mills
and factories to go out and occupy
them. 1t seems to me that this is the
most important question confronting
an organization of agriculture in this
state. 1t seems to me that we have
too many lawyers, doctors and office
holders in this state and not enough
of men who are producing things for
their fellows to eat. While I am glad
see so many young men leaving the
farms to go to the cities where they
must face the hardest kind of fight
to keep body and soul together"
On Increased Cost.
The Governor dwelt at some length
on the increased cost to the consumer
in the city of butter, eggs, milk and
other produce. and that the only way
to solve it, as he saw it. was to in
'duce more people to produce these
products. and said that he believed
the state board could do a great deal
toward turning the tide of young men
from their tendencies to get away
from that sort Of work.
The Governor said the report had
gone ont that he was opposed to the
board, but declared such report to be
untrue. He said the only thing he
would ask of the board was what he
asked Of all other state officials, and
that was that they spend no more
money than is produced under the
present tax rate.
The report of Secretary Downing
shows that last year the total receipts
were $136.669.25. and the total dis
bursements $129.915.13. The total re-
ceipts from all sources connected
with the state fair amounted to $780,
1888. while the expenditures were
$95.954.70. The total salaries and per
diem expenses Of members of the
board last year amounted to $S,S777O.
The following members were re-
elected. for terms of four years:
John c. Haines, Rockport; Mason