Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-19
IOWA TEAM WINS FARMER CUP
Sharp Competition at Bluffs Fruit
Show for Omaha Papers Trophy.
TAKES IT FROM NEBRASKA TEAM
nfxteen-Year-OId hoy Of snrEent'
Bluff, Ia, Raises Best Ear of
Corn-stock yards sweep
stakes Prise,

The beautiful and valuable silver cup Of !
fered by The Omaha Daily Bee and Inc
twentieth Century Farmer contested TOT
IN fruit judging competition at the Ma
tiona1 horticultural congress at Council
Bluffs by student teams selected from
state universities was won yesterday by
che Iowa team Last year the cup was
won by the Nebraska State university
team. with Kansas second and Iowa thlro.
The trophy was given with the protecting
provision that II must be won twice by
Che same team before Sc becomes the prop
srty of the team. The result OF the judg-
ing contest yesterday makes It necessary
FOR renewed efforts on the part g -he con-
testing teams to decide its ownership. AS
each contest adds to It's value, It is now
eonEidersd 70 be worth three times as
much as Il was when Il was put up as the
prize for the first contest at the exposi-
zion last year.
Nebraska's team won second place and
Kansas third. Last year Nebraska won
nrst, Kansas second and Iowa .hird.
In the corn show section Frank J. Moore
Of sarRent's Bluffs, Ia, won the $50 silver
cup offered by the Clay Robinson Commits
sion company Of South omaha for the best
single ear OF corn, pronounced to compare
we'll with the ear that the National
Corn Show prize last year. Moore is a
boy. is years OF age.
The grand sweepstakes trophy for the
best ten ears Of corn. big silver cup, was
given TO Pierson and Wilson. two young
men Of Silver city, la.
Fruit Judging Contest.
The teams competing for The Bee and
twentieth Century Farmer cup we're made
up Of the brightest young men In the hor-
ticuitural departments or the state univer-
stiles, who have been especially trained In
Judging apples. The rules require that the
fruit to be judged shall be thrown into one
pile and we'll mixed. The students are then
required TO pick out and properly name the
various varieties, selecting the best speci-
mems which their judgments dictate should
be chosen as superior Each selection must
be placed on a separate plate and the mem
bers Of the team are then required to come
forward and tell why they chose them, the
points upon which each apple was judged
and q number of other things which de-
Enand the koenest discrimination and the
greatest familiarity with all OF the good
and bad points Of each variety. II thus
makes one OF the finest educational fea-
lures Of the exposition.
The Iowa. Nebraska and Kansas teams
undertook their work yesterday with tense
determination to win. Every known point
Of every apple was earnestly discussed by
the young men until a decision was reached
and all Of the fruit submitted for examinR-
ton was classified and judged. The plates
were then submitted 20 the Judges, Prof.
o. p. Close Of College Park, Nd, and
Prot w. N. HUT OF Raleigh, N. c., at the
head OF the North Carolina State college
They were the same judges who made the
award last year, and nearly all Of the
teams were composed Of the same alert
young men.
Last year the judges had an easy task
20 decide the winning team, but this time
Il was far from simple and It required
many conferences before II could be decided
that Iowa had beaten Nebraska and Kan
Bas.
The determination Of the teams and tn,
constant Improvement Of their work make,
st possible that the beautiful cup will b,
contested for a number OF years before 4
r. finally won twice by the same one.
Many Features at show.
Exposition crowds had much to entertain
them yesterday. IL was Southwestern
Iowa Day" ''Elks Day" and the day o
a great many other good things. The edu
oational program was one OF the best O
che week. Wesley Greene, president OF tn
Iowa state Horticultural society, Georg
A. Marshall Of Arlington Neb.; Prof. H. r
Smith Of the Nebraska State university
Hugh q. VAnPslt state deputy expert @
III x,
Woe president OF the Missouri Valley Cor
Growers association; Lou T. Genung an
others spoke on subjects relating 70 matter
In which they had specialized. It wa
Farmers Day and the exposition wa
crowded with successful farmers from low,
Nebraska. Missouri and Kansas.
A feature Of the day was the presence {
many delegations OF students or Instructor
who have been sent here to remain unit
that viii be useful in their work Anon
them was Miss Mary Harper Of Adel, Ia
a teacher in the public schools. sent heI
by the Board Of Education with particuls
instructions to secure all OF the informatio
possible relating 70 instruction In agricu
ture and horticulture for use in the publ
schools Prof. T. w. Tavenner Of Coin, IL
professor of agriculture in the Coin publ
schools, was Instructed to come here ar
spend two or three days learning all
could. He has done more 20 advance Il
movement Of agricultural and horticultur
instruction In the public schools OF Il
state than perhaps any other man in
and the farmers OF Page and Fremo
counties asked that he be kept at the e
position as long as possible without any e
pense 70 himself. Prof. Case Of the Omal
Commercial college, which has recently Z
tabnahsd a new Agricultural and hOr
cultural department as part OF the busne
education OF it's pupils, spent the day
the buildings and will be a daily visit
until the close OF the exposition.
b. Many Specials Come.
There were several special trains carryi
exouruionists from adjoining counties
southwestern Iowa, which swelled the Z
poaton crowds and made the attendan
for the day up to the record figures.
In the corn show section the work
Judging the exhibits and awarding
prisss was finished. Prof. Crossley ana
OF the other corn experts pronounce
winning ear OF corn to be the very best
all respects that had ever been produC
and declare II TO be superior to the ST.
ear developed az the National Corn show
Omaha. An offer OF $50 was immediate
made for Il, but refused. and Il will
auotioned off this afternoon with the OIL
prise winning exhibits. Young Moore, "
won has been selecting and studying c.
for the last three years, while he has b
working as a hired hand on farms. ?
ear IL the result Of his development throt