The Mena weekly star., 1913-10-16
Joe Taylor Led in Corn on Upland Acre With 9i Bushels, Robert
 ConnaIIy on Bolton With 73.5.
Bonnie Wear Got First on 10 Ears for Boys and R. F. Wear Defeated
 All COntenders Among Men.
3lS.4S BU. ON 5 ACRES
Oliver Harrison Took $100 Premium on Best Yield From ) Acres of Corn, With w. E. Taylor
 Close Second.

The annual corn and cotton show for Polk county came to close Wednesday, with the-' awarding of the prizes in the different de- partments. In the corn department the greatest yield per acre was pro duced by Joe Taylor, member of the boys club at Wickes, he mak- ing 9i bushels This yield is re- markabe considering the drouth of this season, and shows all the great CT contrast from the fact that the next greatest yield on upland was 5iS0 bushels.
 The top bottom land yield was 73.5 bushels, this by Robert Connal- ly of Rocky, with Roy Stockton of Hatfield second with 65.l8 bushels. The lO-ear exhibit of Bonnie Wear won the first award among the boys, and Enos Garland was second.
 RE. Wear took. the first for the best 10 ears shown by men. The corn was judged by c. V. Ru- zek, assistant agronomist at the State College of Agriculture, whose specially is corn.
 Best 5-Acre Yield.
 There were six contestants in the 5-acre corn contest for men. The first award went to Oliver Har- rison, who lives a few miles south east of Mena, he producing 3lS.4S bushels of shelled corn. He will get the SlOO offered by w. A. Rag land and the Kansas City Southern railroad in equal sums.
 W. E. Taylor of Grannis produced 30l01 bushels, but there was no second premium offered in this de- partment. Frank Thompson, R. E.. Watkins, Hardie Jones and D. L.. Taylor each made reports and their names are given in the order of their respective yields. The corn prize winners:
 
 l.-Robert Connally, Route ?, Mena, 1850 bushels; S25.O0. 2.-Roy Stockton, Hatfield, 65.4S bu.; Si25O.
 3.-Bonnie Wear, Ink, 65.3S bu.; S750.
 i.-Carl Cotton, Opal, 62.5i bu.; $500.
 5.-Alonzo Whittenberg, Mena 59.4S bu.; nursery stock, $500. 6.-Bev. Edwards, Big Fork, A bu.
 7.-Robert Grady, Cove, l2.67 bu.
 Upland Corn.
 i.-Joe Taylor, Wickes, 94 bu.; $25.00.
 2.-Hoyt Jones, Mena, 54.S0 bu.; watch and fob, $i500.
 3.-Twinkle Burnett, Board Camp, 53.98 bu.; cream separator, $i5.0o. 4.-Enos Garland, Acorn, 46.3s bu.; 5000.
 5.-Roy Wear, Board Camp, 43 bu.; S7.5O.
 6.-Johnnie Strawn, Mena, 4e.7i bu.; $500.
 I.-Joe Feel, Mena, 37.66 bu. 8'-Roy Mays, Opal, 37.50 bu. 9-Willard Bales, Roue 1, Mena, 35.4O bu.
 iO.-Doy Crosson, Board Camp, 30 bu.
 ii.-Willis Eagle. Cove, 22.i5 bu.
 Boys Best Ten Ears. 1.-Bonnie Wear, Ink, 5000. 2.-Enos Garland, Acorn, S7.50. 3.-Hoyt Jones, Mena, $500. 4.-Roy Wear, Board Camp, S4.00. S3.5O.
 6.-Joe Feel, Mena, $500. 7.-Bev Edwards, Big Fork. s2.50. ,,S'-Robert Connally, Route 1, Mena, S2.OO.
 si.5O.
 iO.-Alonzo Whittenberg, Mena, Si00.
 Mems Best Ten Ears. 1.-R. F. Wear, $500.
 w. H. Whittenberg, S4.50. 3.-Joe Garland, si0O.
 4.-Victor Wear, $3.50.
 5.-R. E. Watkins, $500. 6.-Hardy Jones, S2.50.
 I-Oliver Harrison, s200. S.-R. E. Watkins, $i.50. 9-Chas. Burnett, $i00.
 io'-R. F. Watkins, S0.50 Eminent Speakers Address People. Before the noon hour arrived enose present heard a most in- sStructiye address on corn by c. V. SHuzek, the corn specialist of the slate College of Agriculture. He uevoted much attention to the se- ,ectlon of seed corn both as to va riety and quality.
 The first speaker after dinner