St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-01
CORN PRIZE WINNER.

In view of the greater interest being manifested
corn growing, and also of the greatly increased yield
of corn, the past year, word two about the
prize winner Of the Kellogg $1,000 90 Trophy, for the
best ear of corn, at the National Corn Exposition
held recently at Omaha, Nebraska, should be of
! tunate winner was Mr.. Fred c. Palm, of Newton,
lnd and according to his statement, it took him
seven years to produce this ear, by which he
that ne had striven seven years to reach
| his ideal.
According to the superintendent of Judges at the
Exposition Palm ear was not only the best ear OF
corn this year, but was a finer specimen than the
famous Pascal ear which sold for $55000 two years
ago. And, according 70 Prof. G. l. Christie, of Pur
due University, one of the judges. it was the best
| ear the world ever produced.
my system OF farming" said Mr.. Palm to an ag-
rlcutural press representative, "to rotate wheat,
oats and corn and use some commercial fertilizer"
The field from which this ear was selected made
raised on farm but engaged in various pursuits
until 1893. Last February he wrote the American
Elevator and Grain Trade as follows: During ali
my various vocations was impressed with the fact
that agriculture is the foundation and life of every
other business IN existence; that it is the master
wheel; and as it slows down gathers momentum
so DO all commercial or manufacturing enterprises
In 1898 was enabled to rent some land and borrow
team OF horses and some implements with which
outfit began farming. subscribed for agricultural
papers and asked for all the Experiment Station bull
letlns could get. The study and Investigations
made IN this way proved to be interesting, entertain
ing and beneficial, but not to the degree wished
hence started to school, and became one of the
short-course students. While | am only, as vet
what should be called primary feel that have
made no mistake in following up the instructions
that have come from experimental Investigations y
Mr.. Palm is still farming the land he began on in
1893, and while he is a tenant, he owns all Of the
horses and up-to-date machinery to 280 acres Of
land and is half partner in all the grain cattle and
hogs About 40 head of cattle and 300 head of hogs
are fed annually to the fat products It is
noteworthy that Mr.. Palm was not only reader of
agricultural litertute, but student of short
winter course at the Agricultural College of his ma
tive state, The fact that a farmers conference
been called at Baton Rouge for JAM 10 to %, under
the management Of the Agricultural College, of
the Louisiana State University, should cause the
farmer of Louisiana, who are being forced by the
boil Weevli to grow corn more extensively to give
serious consideration to the opportunities offered dur
ing these two weeks of becoming acquainted with
the most up-to-date methods of dealing with these
crops Practice in Judging corn livestock and agr
cultural products will be leading feature of the
conference. The expenses after reaching Baton
Rouge, should not exceed ten or twelve dollars for
entire period.
For full particulars write W. r. Dodson, Baton
Rouge.