Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-12
LESTER FINCH AWARpEp HIGH.
EST HoNoRs IN conn CON.
TEST At STATE COLLEGE.
NINE CONTESTANTS WIN
FREE TRIPS TO WARRINGTON
Winner Raises Mors than Ninety Mine
Bushels Per Acre at Cost Of II Cents
sushsI-RssuIt More Practical
Than Obtained BY South Carolina
Lad-Draft Horse Men Organize.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Ames. Jan. 12.-With q record of
1857 bushels of corn per acre grown In
spite Of dry season and at an aggre-
gate cost of only II cents per bushel.
Lester Finch, of Fairbank, Buchanan
county, is the winner Of the highest
honors in the boys acre corn growing
contest Of Iowa State College and q
free trip to Washington donated by
Wallace's Farmer.
But this lad will not be alone on his
pleasure journey. Eight others will
accompany him, each the winner Of a
similar free trip to Washington offered
by the congressman from his district
for the best acre of corn grown in the
district. These other boys and their
records are:
Thrd-vivian Edwards, GAINESVILLE.
Butler county: s7.17 bushels, produce
| ton cost, IA 2-3 cents per buskel. c.
E. Pickett. donor.
Fourth-Harry E. LaNelle, Postville,
Fayette county; 1922 bushels. produce
ton cost, 1871 cents per bushel. g. N.
Haugen, donor.
Sixth-David Jones. New Sharon,
Poweshiek county: s1.22 bushels, pro-
duction cost, 2Sh cents per bushels. N.
p. Kendall, donor.
Seventh =. Charles Whitehouse,
Granger, Polk county; 1922 bushels,
production cost, - cents per bushel.
s. F. Prouty, donor.
Eighth-Glen Mead, Percival, FIRE.
mont county; 97.8s bushels, produce
ton cost. 1sA cents per bushel. H.
Towner, donor.
Tenth-Ivyl E. Naylor, Stratford,
Hamilton county; 1856 bushels, pro-
duction cost 21h cents per bushel.
f. p. Woods, donor A second prize of
round trip ticket with Pullman &C.
commodations went to Lewis Helm,
Rutland. Humboldt county.
observation-disclosures l.. Brown, Salix.
Woodbury. county; $3.50 bushels. pro
duction cost, 81 cents per bushel. e. H.
Hubbard, donor.
Pottawattamje county - Arthur
Strohbehn. Treynor; COOL bushels. pro-
duction cost Fl cents per bushel. Do.
mated by citizens of Pottawattamie
county.
In addition the mother of the sweep
stakes winner, Lester Finch. will be
sent with the boys by the William,
Galloway Company Of Waterloo.
The yield of corn given Is not the
neld measurement or weight, but the
! weight after tests had been made for
moisture and Smelling at the college
and deductions figured. Some of the
acres yielded more than 100 bushels by
field weight. The awards were made
on the basis Of yield, 40 per cent: DUAL
ity OF best ten ears, 20 per cent: story
OF corn growing. 20 per cent; produce
ton cost, 20 per cent.
Better Than South Carolina Record.
Prof. E. c. Bishop, who has had the
contest in charge. Is especially pleased
with the low production costs The
corn was grown economically and with
profit In every instance. In this re-
spect 1t was unlike the much talked of
acre grown by Jerry Moore, of South
Carolina, who produced 22S bushels.
That was wonderful record, but the
lad spent $128.05 to grow that many
bushels, $91.55 of 1t for fertilizers He
broke the worlds record, but at cost
OF 90 cents per bushel as against II
cents per bushel for the Iowa boy. Les
ter Finch. The Iowa boys results
We're sound and practical, the others
highly impractical
These boys will meet at the college
the latter part of this month and pro-
coed to Washington under the guidance
OF Professor Bishop They will be ac-
companfed by the winner of the girls
baking contest to be announced later,
who will go as the guest of Successful
Farming; -Des Moines. <
Breeders Association Launched.
IF Iowa farmers produced again as
many high class draft horses as they do
now they wouldn't begin to supply the
demands Of the market for them"
That was the message delivered at
the launching Of the Iowa Draft Horse
Breeders Association at Iowa State
College by Wayne Dinsmore, secretary
Of the Percheron Society of America.
That was only one Of the circum-
stances attending the organization of
this association that promises to make
ganization in Iowa Nearly hundred
parts of the state. representing all
and the first list If officers elected
COIApI1SCS a SSAOh8 4IOup VI Iu0H. he
Indications are that the membership
will go to the 500 mark within short
time and that the association will
quickly become factor in the promo
ton Of the draft horse industry in
Iowa.
Mr.. Dinsmore's statement about the
demand for draft horses was based
upon the most Thorough investigation
Of the horse market.
1.-The receipts OF horses at the Chi
cago market for the year 1911 ex-
ceeded 100000 head. OF this number
not to exceed $4,000 would weigh over
1900 pounds. which is the minimum
weight considered for draft horses OF
this number not more than 5000 had
the quality Of the weight Of 100
pounds or over to be classed as first
class drafters. For such animals the
price has averaged around 1886 per
head. Matched pairs of this standard
have brought from $3.50 to 500 per
pair. The supply Of this kind Of ami
NAL has been far below the demand
and prices for them have been better
this past year than for any time with
In twenty years"
Profit in Draft Horsss.
Mr.. Dinsmore declared that the rear
inc NJ draft hnraos a. nroFI<o hlo Al