The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-06
l6O Entries Made by Marion
County Farmers.
DISPLAY IS VERY HANDSOME
Judge is Busy Fixing The
Awards in all Glasses.
FOrty-ninc Farmers Enter Into Con-
petition 10 Determine Which Has
the Best Variety and the Best Sue
cess I'm Corn Raising.

Should any person doubt that Ma
rion county farmers have the secret
for raising good corn, he need onlyI
take the elevator to the third floor
of the Uhler-Phillips store to be con-
vinced of the error Of his belief The
farmers are just ms willing as the
most pronounced Missourian to
"show" the doubters and in fact they
have showed them, with one of the
finest displays of corn ever gotten
together in Marion county
The farmers wives are not to be
outdone either. for they have pro-
vided a display OF corn pone which
would make the old time "Souf be-
for de war" darkey's mouth water
and then the little folks have not
been forgotten for there are pop corn
balls there which would keep the
most ravenous child busy for an en-
tire day and cause him to dream of
being buried in popcorn at night.
Just forty-nine OF the rn-grow-
ers of the county have taken an in
tcrest i'm the corn show and have
matched the result of their skill
against the others to determine to
~ they shall also determine the ow-
ncrship of some OF the prizes which
have been donated by the merchants.
The show opened this morning as
per gchedule and today there were
many visitors and just as many ad-
mlrers as there were visitors The
work of judging the corn was begun
promptly by J. W. Cook, of Forest.
Ohio. an expert on corn. The per-
cents will be fixed today and the priz-
es win be awarded tomorrow. The
real big thing Of the show will be the
auction which will be held tomorrow
at two o'clock. Bidding for the eN-
hibits for seed purposes will he quite
| spirited and there will be plenty OF
competition and fun.
In addition to the regular display
| two special displays have been ar
ranged Stiffler Brothers of Pros
pect township have a show of twenty
one varieties and Fred Neubauer. OF
| Richland has a display of fifteen var
| ieties.
The exhibitors In this corn show
| and the townships from which they
| hail are: w. A. Sager, Bowlinl
Green; Fred Neubauer Richland
| Stiffler Brothers. Prospect; Harvey
Klinefelter. Richland; ID. Fisher and
Sons, Clardon; A. o. Rhoades, Bis
Island: G. w. Douse, Claridon; ]. Q
| Gay, Scott; William Klingel, Rich
land; ]. w. Burtsfield Grand Prarie
| John Reckley, Pleasant; j. w. SIT
| ritt. Green Camp; j. l.. Berringer
| Pleasant: George Setter, Pleasant. c
L. Dobblns, Scott; c. A. Enz, sal
| Rock; Arthur williams, Salt Rock
NJ. ID. Porter. Pleasant; NJ. NJ. Beh
ner, Pleasant; ID. Neidhart, Pleasant
| II. w. Johnson, Pleasant; E. n. I'm
capher, Marion; Henry Garrett, Plea'
| ant; Josephus Thomas, Prospect; j
| II. Thbaut, Prospect G.. w. Parks
| Claridon: S. p Belt, Pleasant; ID. II
| Rider, Pleasant; w. II. Lawrence
| Marion; w. B. Peters, Marion; Mrs
D Wise, Marion; Mrs. NJ. A. Peters
| Marion; w. II. Kramer Marion. j. T
| Thibaut, Pleasant; J. B. Conley, Ma
rion; C. w Pangborn, Big Island; r
| Z. Bunford, Big Island; j. w. Ken
nedy, Big Island: p. d. Dunn, Bis
Island; A. ]. Jeffers, Green Camp
| Charles Uncapher, Big Island; j. d
| CUTLERY, Bowling Green; Schultz
| Brothers, Marion; B. w, Green, Pleas
ant; T.. A. Green, Pleasant and Mrs
| NJ. NJ. Behner, Pleasant.
There are in all $50 entries.
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