Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-01-25
SUCCESSFUL ANNUAL MEETING
HELD IN THIS CITY
LAST WEEK.
SENATOR YOUNGADDREssEs INSTITUTE
List of Prize Winners and Prizes
Awarded by Judges in Grain
Contests.

held in this city on Wednesday
Thursday and Friday of last week
The meeting was an exceptionally
successful one from every stand
point and the officers of the insti-
tute L. G. Gates, president, and j..
9. Hisman, secretary, and those
who assisted them are receiving
the congratulations Of all who We're
SO fortunate as to attend for the eff
Eficient manner in which the institute
was handled.
One Of the most attractive features
VI the institute was the exhibit CT
grains and grasses of Charles A. Swim
dell, owner of the Glenwood farm in
Adams township. In this exhibit Were
twenty different varieties of corn and
thirty varieties of small grain
which were SO artistically arranged
as to attract the attention of even
those who were not especially inter
ested in such crops. This exhibit IN
its entirety was donated by Mr..
Swindell to Lenox college of Hopkin-
ton and no doubt will be of great
value to the agricultural department.
of that institution.
The poultry department was under
the direction Of ]. L. Seeley, Truman
Smith and F. K. Greer and contain
ed many excellent exhibits.
Large crowds attended all the ses-
sions OF the institute and on Thurs
day and Friday even standing room
was at a premium.
The program as advertised was
carried out with but few exceptions
and many interesting and instructive
papers were read.
Prof. F. L. Gregor of Ames talked
for over an hour on cow testing and
gave one of the most instructive adj
dresses ever given at the institute
Prof. Luck of Ames also gave
very instructive address on corn
Judging and testing and answered a
number of questions asked him on
This subject by members Of the insti-
tute.
s Owing to the illness of some of
the officers of the institute and the
'.ateness of the closing on Friday
the prize winning corn was not solo
as has been the custom at previous
institutes but was returned to the
exhibitors who allowed the institute
20 cents on each sample for it's re-
turn.
The prizes for all the small grains
were furnished by Charles H. Swim
dell. 1t is now talked that next
year the small grain, corn and poul-
try exhibits will each be put under
a sparate head SO to relieve The
regular officers of part Of the work
necessary to make the institute a
success.
At the business meeting of the
institute A. E. Mead was chosen as
president, Frank Sly. secretary, F.
K. Grier, vice president and Fred
Munson, treasurer.
Following is list of the prize Win
ners' and the prizes awarded:
Division A-Expert.
Class best 10 ears yellow dent
1st, G. A. Swindell, $40, vacuum
cleaner, Carhart & Nye; End, c..
X. Greer, years subscription to
Manchester Press and two horse
evener, w. d. Hoyt.
Glass 2-Best 10 ears white dent
1st, Jno. M. Jones, So, State Saw
ings Bank; End, c. A. Swindell. ]
pair mems artics, P. F. Madden.
Division R-Amateurs.
Glass best 10 ears yellow dent
LIST. VIM. Welch, $5., First Nation
al Bank; End, Sahen & Richardson,
stock food. s1.60, Keiser Bros, ]
box cigars, Sallsberg and Lyman;
3rd, C. w. Swindall. whip, w. j..
Kirkwood; 4th, Will Jones, $1.0O
stabling, Harry Gray; 5th,. Phil R.
Paris, so cents, w. l. Millen.
Class 2-Best 10 ears white dent
lSl, T.. y. alNs, Po.Vo,
Tank & Silo Co.; End, Henry Claus,
sweater coat, Gildner Bros; 3rd,
Clarence Hitler, harp, Myers &
Sphinx; 4th, Chester A. Carrothers,
photos, N. H. Hyde; 5th, G. w.
SwindeH, stabling. so cents, Maur-
ice Hennessey.
Glass 3-Best 10 ears other than
white or yellow-1st, Thos. And
rews, horse evener, w. D. Hoyt
& Co.; 2nd, Byron Robinson, stock
food, B. w. Grems; 3rd, G. w.
Swindell. whip. B. ]. Lawman;
4th. ]. C. Reed, blacksmithing, E
S. Cowles; 5th, Geo. e. Van AUX
en-, stabling, so cents, e. S. Cowles
Glass 40 ears flint-1st, C. w
Swindell, wagon doubletrees. D. F
Young.
Division c-Girls under 1s years.
Glass best 10 ears yellow dent
}, 1st, Gladys Bailey, cracker jar,$2 sc
Il D. R. Lewis; End, Elsie NJ. Ph
grim, salad dish, A. E. Peterson.
Glass 2-Best 10 ears white-1st, Ma
garet Jones, bed spread, BurtoI