The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1910-10-21
HAMILTON BOY WINS
FIRST CORN PRIZE
EXPOSITION HELD HERE YESTER.
DAY WITH THIRTEEN ENTRIES
FROM RAVALLI-MISSOULA.

The James J. Hill corn exposition
was held in the chamber of COM
merce building yesterday. There were
13 entries all told, made by boys from
Victor and Hamilton. Missoula coun-
ty exhibits were to have been includ-
ed but none came through.
M. l.. Wilson, superintendent of the
experimental farm of the Great
Northern railway, located at Fallon,
was judge and made the awards. The
scoring resulted as follows:
First prize, S10-David Hope of
Hamilton. Score IS IL.
Second prize, $S-Brice Hickman of
Victor. Score 70 IL.
Third prize, STR. Pollinger of
Victor. Score 81.
Fourth prize, $1-Charles Powell of
Victor Score "a.
Fifth prize, $1-Lawrence Waters
of Victor Score 60.
Sixth prize $1-Esther Howerton
of Hamilton. Score 81.
Seventh prize, $1-Ralph Powell of
Victor. Score Sc.
Hamilton. Score 81.
Ninth prize, $1-iEarl Welliver of
Hamilton. Score 53
The other entries were made by Sid
ney Albright, Ed Croughan, Sam
Downing and Lawrence Fairbairn,
whose exhibits were all good,
Those FROM the corn belt who view
ed the exhibits were fairly surprised
at the excellent showing.
This corn exposition was the result
of the offering Of $1,000 in cash for
county and state prizes to Montana
pupils for specimens of corn during
the year 1910. For each county of
Montana prizes amounting $25 are Of
fered The Montana championship
includes cash prize of $1OO. For state
prizes an amount aggregating $50 is
offered for prizes for corn grown at
an elevation of $500 feet or under, at
elevations from $500 to 5000 feet, also
the same amount for specimens
grown at attitudes above 5000 feet.
A special championship prize of $25
was offered for corn matured at the
highest altitude.
The prizes were FOR 10 selected ears
offered in competition by each one
making entry. Each entry was Sc
lected from an eighth of an acre or
more.
The judging was according to the
following scale: General appearance
20 points; trueness to type, 20; ma
turity and condition. 25; vitality-ger-
minating power, 25, and shelling per-
centage 10.
Mr.. Wilson Addresses Schools.
Immediately after luncheon Mr
Wilson, upon invitation of Superin-
tendent Schwarm, addressed the pu-
pills of the eighth grade and high
school on the subject of Corn Grow
ing and Dry Farming in Montana
Mr.. Wilson explained the manner anG
purpose of the dry farming expert.
ments and told the method OF grow
ing things without water. He also
went into detail concerning the use o.
corn. In part he said: The aver
age person in this country is ignoran
of the many uses of corn. Hardl!
anyone realizes that when he licks tht
back of postage stamp he tastes
corn. There are about 125 uses tt
which corn is put. Until the last pur'
food law was passed, when anyone pu
maple syrup on his pancakes in th'
morning he was using corn syrup IN
stead of maple. One of the minor, bu
unusual uses, to which corn is put /
the stopping up of holes in warship
made by bullets. A chemist in Wash
ington was experimenting with corr
and accidentally discovered that
substance made with the interior Q
the corn stalks would expand whe
coming in contact with water. Thi
was lust the thing that the navy want
ed and it is now being used by almos
every country in the world. A hors
feed made from the remains OF tn
kernel after the oil has been remoy
is used by the armies on march,
It is light, healthy and nourishing.
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