The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-01-26

have7 not found any that could be
characterized q bad. IN fact there 1,
mo poor quality In the grain. The
drst premium samples in all the dis
tttricts ara EXCELLENT The southern
district will grow the best corn. be.
cause OF the longer season. but I am
;gratihed to and that the northern
section is making good progress in
corn culture"
In conclusion Prot. Center offer
ed . word 81 encouragement to those
who have failed to secure q prem.
ium. and he felt that It was better &c
come TO the corn show and learn
wherein the failure comes. He told
tho losers TO study their score cards
and pick out the weak spots Of their
samples in order to overcome the de.
feet when they made their selections
for the next show. He referred to
the wheat and oat samples and said
that wheat which ought to have TAX.
en- drst prize raj put out entirely be-
cause Of the sinking smut, which
could easily have been eliminated.
and adding there was little or no
excuse for the sinking smut in
wheat. The oats were in the same
condition, that Is, unclean, or had
not been cleaned sufficiently as to
give them a place.
The committee on resolutions pre-
sented a report in which the people
Of the city were thanked for the
generous and hospitable manner in
which they had taken care Of the
visitors and also to the Commercial
club for the many courtesies that
had ben extended. There was
nothing that had been left undone
for their comfort, and their appre-
citation was keen.
President Burns responded to the
resolutions and said that It was the
aim Of the Commercial Club to do
everything possible to make the corn
show and short curse a success. He
said that Mitchell had always taxi
en- a great interest in anything per-
tanning to agriculture.and live stock.
Mr.. Burns said he felt deeply in
debt to Prof. Willis and his corps of
instructors for the splendid work
they have done during the week,
and he hoped that the show would
be brought back to Mitchell in 1912.
Mr.. Burns reviewed the shows which
have been held and stated that ev-
erything bore out the assertion that
the Mitchell shows had been the
most successful Of any.
H. G. Preston and Mayor Hitch
cock touched In an interesting way
on the corn shows work in the city,
and both expressed the opinion that
[it ought to be located here perman-
emily, for the good reason that Nit
chell was In the center Of the agri-
cultural district, that It had the only
corn palace in the world and that
the city always fostered anything of
this character for the benefit Of the
agricultural interests Of the state.
Prof. Willis gave a short talk con-
corning the work OF the week and
he expressed himself as being excep-
tionally we'll pleased with the way
things had gone. He was highly
pleased with the way in which the
commercial Club had, done things
and with the work Of the secretary.
T.. L. Ness, whom he found ready
and willing at all times to do every
thing possible to make the show a
go. Prof. Willis complimented the
women highly for their loyalty to
the domestic science course and that
hereafter he would be an enthusiast
tic supporter Of that branch Of the
work. He strongly suggested that
domestic science ought to be placed
in the high school at once.
With the conclusion Of the speech
es It was announced that the alfal-
ia luncheon was ready to be served.
In one corner of the hall Caterer Nc
Carthy has arranged a buffet lunch
con. and the people filed past and
helped themselves to the alfalfa buis-
cults and cakes and baked beans
were placed on the plate. and a cup
OF coffee was served.
The cakes and biscuits were made
from alfalfa -four and these were pro-
duced in Billings. Mont, where al
similar luncheon, but on a broader
scale, was served. The buiscuits and
cakes were accepted with some mis-
givings as to their taste, but reveal
ed the fact after testing that they
were not SC bad, although not very