The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-27
MINNESOTA. IN
BEST CORN BELT
Gopher State Farmer Boys
Raise More than 100
Bushels to Acre.

st. Paul. Jan. 27.-Twenty.one
Minnesota farmer boys raised more
than 100 bushels Of corn on an acre
In the a%cre-yield corn.growing, contest
conducted last year by the extension
division Of the agricultural college.
Forty.ftve cash prizes. ranging from
IS tod $50. were awarded the winners
last week. and according to Professor
a. d. Wilson. head Of the department.
the contest has demonstrated that un-
der normal methods Of corn produce
ton Minnesota will become n Of tho
greatest corn-producing states. Tho
grand prize. a years scholarship at
the farm school. was won by Arthur
Hoese. Is years old, living at Mayer.
Carver county. Hoese raised 1856
bushels on an acre near Mayer. The
three district first prizes Of $50 each
were awarded to Robert Roth, II
years old. Lewiston. Wtnonas county;
Myron F. Wallace. II years old. Zim-
ar Doe. IL years old, Neilsville, Polk
county.
Two boys in Hennepin county were
winners Of IS prizes. Both raised more
than 100 bushels. L Harrison Of Ex-
celsior raised 1917 bushels. at a total
cost Of $26.62. and r. Steler, Excel
sior. raised 1904 bushels at a cost Of
$66.o6.
Leading farmers Of the state are
jubtlant over the results obtained in
this contest" said Dean A. F. Woods.
the ont have proven that the enor-
nous yields shown by more than
twenty of the contestants is no ex-
ception to the possibilities Of corn
production In Minnesota. The boys
under III rules of the contest, pract-
iced the normal methods Endorsed by
agricultural college specialists.
Farmer Must Help.
The agricultural school OF the state
must take an active part in the ad-
justment Of the industrial problem IL
the farmer is to find an open market
for his product and tho school reach
its highest degree of helpfulness to
the farmers OF the state. according to
who spoke yesterday at the farm
school chapel on What the School
and the Farmer Can do Toward Ad-
justing the Cost Of Living Problems"
The question OF terminal facilities,
transportation and the Industrial
problem affecting the mass of consum-
ers OF farm products must be met, he
said. by the school and the farmer
entering into the general movement
W A0JuSt ldOOT Troubles ana INDUS.
trial questions. He declared that the
salary OF the wage-earner, the adjust
ment of transportation and terminal
distribution points were Of as much
interest TO- the farmer as soil .conser-
vation, farm management and crop
rotations.
Soed-Testing Contest.
Farmers in northwestern Minneso-
ia will take part In a grain. corn and
potato seed-testing contest to be held
in connection with the farmers short
course at the Crookston agricultural
school, Feb. 1921. Prizes amountine
to $3.50 cash and farm machinery VAL
ued at $3.50 will be awarded success
full contestants. The contest will be
under the direction OF Conrad q. Sell
Wig, superintendent Of the school, and
prizes will be awarded for wheat, rye,
barley. fax, oats. corn and potatoes
raised in tho district last e
Nine counties of the ninth congress
sional district have entered the con-
test, and It is probable that the other
hve counties will be represented be-
fore entries are closed Feb. IL.