Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-27
Main. no,ors at Corn Show.


The showing Maine made at the Ne"
England corn show in 1910 was very Gre
ditable, but her best material apparently
did not appear at that tine. MesSrs'
C,untiu OF North Berwick Burnen of
Cumberland Center and E. II. Lowe OF
GRAY had trio of dark horses In hid
ing. All of these samples appeared at
the annual show of the Maine seed I'm
provement association, held at Augusta
in December. Mt Guptlll showed 10
ears flint corn winning an important
Mace. Messrs. Burnell and Lowe showed
excellent samples OF sweet corn. also
winning places in the state show.
When the flint corn was called out IN
competition with the other states of the
eastern zone at the recent national corn
show, 1t was plainly seen 10 be winner
over the samples from Massachusetts.
Rhode Island, New York. pennsylvania.
and Delaware. The other states OF the
eastern zone, New Hampshire, Vermont.
Connecticut, Maryland and New Jersey,
did not exhibit any flint corn. From this
show ring the victorious sample was car
ried to the national zone contest. where
il came up against all other flint corn
growing states of the union. 1t was
awarded the national sweepstakes certi-
fcate. and Mr.. Guptill of Maine was
hailed as the producer of the best 10 ears
Of flint corn grown in America in 1910.
However, the honors TO Maine did not
stop here This same sample was again
called out to compete with n sample of 10
ears of dent corn from Missouri and one
from Indiana, for the 5000 Kellogg corn
N
grown In America. The Indiana sample
won. but Maine enjoyed tho distinction
of being called out in the highest class
at the national show.
No less honors fell to Messrs. Burnell
and Lowe. the former winning the first In
| the world class for early sweet corn and
| the latter winning first in the world class
| for late sweet corn. Mr. E. X. Holbrook
| of Mechanic Falls won second In the
world class for early sweet corn with a
| sample that was 4 close second TO Mr..
Guptill's. In all these classes there was
keen competition from Illinois, Minneso- =
| ia, Nebraska, Kentucky and other states
| G. r. Files of Benton. Me-, won fourth
place In the class for sheaf wheat. The
| winning of these prizes comes as hap
py surprise to the members of the Maine
| seed improvement association and TO the
| farmers of the state. 1t sets place to
| live up to. There are other laurels Maine
must strive for next year. The world
must be informed as to the riches of field.
| forest and stream of this resourceful
state.
The lesson which this great exposition
| brings to Maine seems to us to be call
| to further organization among the far
| mers of the State, and to wholesome
campaign of advertising of this common
wealth. Colorado was represented at
Columbus by a healthy crowd OF good
takers. Iowa, Nebraska and Virginia did
much good advertising. South Carolina
was there with some good boosters and
| Minnesota came down with delegation
| headed by their governor, who addressed
the large audiences twice.. upon questions
of national importance, and upon the re-
sources of Minnesota in particular. We
hesitate to offer suggestions lest we be
| presumptuous, but having reported things
as we saw them, it seems to us that the
time is ripe for sound. Wholesome
boosting Of the Pine Tree State.-H. $.
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