Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-10-19
THE CORN SHOW.
Ferris g. Cauthorn's the Greatest
Yet-Prizes Awarded.

closed last saturday. Wnlle tnefe
were not as many exhibits as last
year the market and maturity
condition of the corn was the best
yet.
Prof NJ. f. Miller, the expert
of the College of Agriculture at
Columbia, who awarded the prizes,
gave the corn the most thoro test. g.
even putting it down and putting
his knees and weight upon it, to
ascertain if there were any
give" The farmers raised bet
fer corn this season from using the
score card as advised in the lect-
ures last year given on Glow to
Pick and Select" :"
Theo. Selb, northwest of Mex
leo. won the $5S Majestic range
for the best 25 ears of white corn
in the show and George Snedeker,
three miles southeast of Mexico.
won the $58 Superior range for
the best yellow corn. James Ware.
of near Mexico, won the Estate
Oak heating stove for second best
white corn and B. o. Stephens. of
Auxvasse. won the Globe heating
stove for the best yellow corn.
George Snedeker also won the
90 rods of wire fence offered for
The best exhibit of mixed corn.
Many of the exhibits were very.
very fine. Note below the whole
number of exhibitors in the show !:
Mexico -- Meredith ArmiStead.
R. W. Allen. VIM. Poeger. Walter
Poeger. J. d. Allison. II. T. Ali
son, J. A. Bartels. II. l.. Bartels.
Wayne Bradye. J. S. Creed, Min
erva Cullers, j. II. Crockett, O. F.
Clark, j. II. billiard, O. b. Davis,
Charles Davis, Kenneth Davis,
Charles Foster, Roy Foster, Ru.
doiph Fritchie, w. Il. Griffen,
Frank Giefer, j. r. Hutts, Henry
Hildebrand, Oscar Iiildebrand, +.
D. Harrison, f. II. Holtkamp, j.
7. Johnson, j. +. Jesse, Emmett
Johnson, G. w. Miller, Ray Miller,
Patrick Mudd, Russell Nichols,
Andy Nichols, Wm. Price, VIM.
PreSsner, w. w. Peak, 7. j.
OToole, ii. r. Rosenthal, John
Riechers, George Settles, h. T..
Shut, G. Il. Spotswood, Baylis
Spotswood, Theodore Selb, +. X.
Winterhalter, A. b. Weidler, A. D..
Young, |. w. Young, Andy Chill
ders, George Chadwick, Roy Grif-
fin, Robert Arnold, f. c. Berry, j..
II. Berry, j. |. Brown, C. r.
Brown, Elliott Cunningham, w. II.
Canada, Il. b. Cook, Dwight Car
penter, j. L. Carpenter, G. l..
Dean, c. Dean, Bud Davis, Ed
ward Davis, p A. Erdel, Joseph
Fecht, r. l.. Weifer, Harlem Helm
Ian, Herod Hopkins, John Hayes,
W, NJ. Kincade, w. II. Morgan, j.
Il. Paradise, j. j Quinlan, Geo. +.
Snedeker, c. w. Shook, r. S.
Shook, Leo Sullivan, Charles Var
non, II. T. Vance, j. G. Ware, j.
IL. Ware Ralph Griffin; j. ID.
Hoover, j. s. Harvey, Otto Kun
kel, l.. Kirder, Edward Lieben-
good George Lierheimer, r. II.
Nichols, Frank Pierce, Fred Pear
son, Clarence Pierce, NJ. b. Paige
H. +. Riggs, Mrs. James Roy, o. G,
Roth, VIM. Roach, Thornton Scott
and Edgar Waters.
Benton City-Fletoher Fuhrur
Henry Kbotz, L. j. Paradise.
Nandalia-Rush Harmon, Wade
Harmon, Frank Wallace.
Molino-R. B. Hurd, c. r. Mas.
Sey, |. D. Berrey, Lewis Berrey
o' l.. Carpenter, VIM. Morgan,
Rush Hill. f. Hodge, L. B
"nterwalter, Robert Walter.
Thompson-L. Malstrom, V. Y
smith, j. Nj. Jones, p. T. Bruce.
Laddonia-J. A. Mudd, Gilbert
Mudd.
Centralia--Robert Dollins, S
W Daniel, S. J. Jennings, f. F
Fagg, G. w. West, 4. S. Fagg.
Martinsburg w. Simpson.
AuxrasSe-B. NJ. Yates, r. o
stevens, j. +. Holman, j. b. Hol
man.
Fulton-J. NJ. Cox.
Santa Fe-Ernest Vanlanding
nam, w. c. Drake.
T. b. Ham, southwest of Lad
Il