The Adair County news., 1911-11-22
THE CORN CONTEST.
II Drew a Large Crowd and Com.
petition was Spirited.
the PREMIUMS AWARDED FOLLOW.

The Adair County Boys Corn contest
has proven all, or even more, than its
most enthusiastic promoters and sup
porters had contemplated and, beyond
question takes foremost place of all the
efforts made to arouse interest and
bring about better methods and better
results in the farming interests of this
county. Instituted and encouraged by
the Agricultural department of our
State and heartily accepted and aided
by the business men of Columbia and
some of our most progressive farmers,
the contest, in its initial trial and i'm
perfect organization, brought into ex-
istence last spring without sufficient
time for mature deliberation and
thorough preparation, produced con.
vincing evidence. in the quantity and
suality of corn exhibited last Saturday
in the court house, to dispell the doubts
of all who may have felt that money
and time would be wasted. In fact it
proved to the extreme opposite and
clearly marks the beginning of new
era, new methods and surprising re-
suits. There were twenty-one exhibits
and every one we'll worthy considering,
even in a state contest of this kind, and
shows the great possibilities of Adair
county soil under scientific farming
There was time when new land under
old methods yielded sufficiently for the
needs of the people-a time when land
was butchered and turned out to vast,
but that day has passed and increasing
population and increasing necessities
demand that new method and better
results must be obtained for the well
being of posterity.
Many efforts have been made to in
duce farmers to make change and
few have accepted. To overcome this
slow and uncertain process the farmers
sons have been called to start right and
truly, in this county, they have respond
ed in a most encouraging way. There
were twenty.one premiums offered and
while more than fifty boys, between
the ages of ten and sixteen entered,
only twenty-one showed up in the con-
test and each one received a premium.
Owing to the severe drouth of last Sum-
mer many of the entries failed to re-
spend in the finish of the contest. but
those who did were well paid and bet
ter prepared for future work, The
largest yield Of corn was made by Bry-
an Royse, the ten best ears Of the en-
tire exhibit was produced by George
Page The combined weight of the two
hundred and ten ears was 1868 pounds.
The twenty-one samples'are now on ex.
hibit in Judge Moss Office with the name
of producer and the weight of each ter
ears on card. 1t was decided to have
another contest for 1912, and severa
dollars were subscribed for that pur.
pose. Judge N H. Moss was elected
President of the organization for 1912
Ray Montgomery, Secretary and Ton
Ed Jeffries Treasurer. The present
contest was largely conducted by Judge
Moss and to him we tender our thank!
for his faithful and honest efforts. Be
low we give the winners in the order il
which they won prizes as determined by
J. ID. Todd, A. /. Hurt and S. II. Nit
-chell the best corn judges in this re
gion,
Quantity on half acre
Bryan Royse III bushels 81 pounds
Edgar Harris, 40 bu 72 lbs.
Sam Simpson, 40 bu 6 lbs.
Dolph Wilson, 80 bu SO lbs.
Clay Smith, 80 bu 40 lbs.
Paul Marshal, 81 bu 81 lbs.
Edgar Royse, 20 bu 66 lbs.
Henry Morgan, 25 bu 15 lbs.
Tennie Cundiff, % bu &c lbs.
For best ten ears excluding the abov'
who received premiums for quantity
No one allowed more than one premium
George Page lst
Bascom Dohoney End
Leslie Banks Ad
Clete Banks 4th
John d. Lowe 9Th
Shreve Davis 9Th
J. w. Bennett 7th
Nathan Rice Sth
Bryan Dudley 9th
Otis England 10th
Ollie Rowe llth
Robert Caldwell IL
You will find that druggists every