The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-02-08

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1913 629 AIS ASS 243 1876 465
in the duplicating of the year 1909
caused by the dates taken for the
Is for the farmers institute, which
If. The Short Course was secured
ties in last month of the same year,
ting two meetings for the institute
lg year, 1910, the meeting was be-
December 26 to December 3lst. The
weeks lates than that of last season
or short course, more than twelve
of the last week in 1910. Conse.
Oil.
son. Krizer, it will be recalled has
been a regular winner at county, dis
trict and state shows, at the state
fair and at other meetings. AIR
Johnson asserts that he will take that
seed and with anything like fair con.
ditions will himself get into the prize
winners ranks. Mr. Johnson, by the
way. was one of the most persistent
bidders at the sale and he carried
home a lot of extra good seed for
which he paid good round price
He paid $3.50 for the ten ears of vel.
low raised by Roy Lytle, which won
first place in the second district and
he picked up several other lots Of
good seed.
All Corn Of Superior Class.
All of the corn shown was really
of a very superior class and any of it,
from lowest to the highest is prize
grade seed There was really little
difference in the samples shown by
the leaders. The judges had much
difficulty in determining who had the
best ten in the lot. Seconds. thirds
end fourths were really very superior
grades of corn and each and every
ear scored high. Francis F. Everett
won first place on the fifty best ears
but when II came TO the ten best
ears of the same variety Mr.. EveretIS
corn was judged third in his district
that of Roy Lyle and Sam J. Sted
dom winning over him. Mr.. Everett
was winner of first prize last year
and two years ago at the state fair.
He had the best ear Of corn III all
Iowa.
J. F. Krizer, of Rose Hill, had the
best ten ears of yellow corn in the
first district and he thought well
enough of it to spend the seven dol
lars he won in premium and eight
dollars more Of his own cash to get 1t
back again. That was paying a dol
lar and a half an ear for his own corn
Twenty-four dollars vas the sec,
ond best price paid for fifty-ear lot
of prize corn by G. r. Colville. This
was a fifty.ear lot grown by VILLAS
Krizcr
Good Seed Corn.
Good seed corn is in demand in all
parts of the county and Is high In
price and hard to get. Corn breeders
prefer the Mahaska seed because
they recognize its worth above the
average seed and for perhaps a
stronger reason there is strong
sentiment against planting imported
seed. Mahaska county seed gives
best results in its native soil be-
cause it Is acclimated.
White Corn.
White corn sold fairly well, bui
not up to the price secured for the
yellow. 1t is stated that the white
corn does not mature so well as the
yellow nor will it stand the grief and
the hard usage of weather conditions
that will be endured by the yellow
without appreciable damage. White
corn requires also a longer period
for maturing and it is more liable tC
frost damage in the fall.
Taken all in all, the corn show OF
1911 products was the best and the
most interesting in the history OF the
county and 1t will be a mark fol-
breeders to reach in seasons to come
Conditions were unfavorable and the
results obtained in the face OF the
difficulties encountered during the
season are loked upon as little shor
of remarkable.
Morning Session.
Examinations covering the worl
of the week were held Saturday morn
ing at the high school auditorium. 4
booster meeting" was first on thu
program and advanced classes in corr
culture, Professor Mosher's depart
ment, all who have given attention Il
animal husbandryy under Professo
Bliss. together with she classes in dc
nestle science, men and women, girl
and boys, came together at MIN
o'clock for one last round up meet
ing. All classes we're filed and nc
table feature of the meeting was TIL
large number OF the younger student
| present 10 take the examinations
Neither we're the elder member
wanting in the number ready to stan
/ the test of the examinations.
| Domestic Science Next Year.
Talks along the lines of work tal
en- up during the week were made b
Miss Neal Knowles. OF the Domesti
Science department. Her classes hay