The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-18
S. C. GETS CORN TROPHIES
Wins Many Prizes in Corn Show al
Dallas-D. r. Cocker Heads
The List.

SdlOliud WIZ SCF
eral prizes in the world class awards
at the sixth National Corn exposition,
held at Dallas, Texas, according to
letters received by the state depart,
ment of agriculture recently.
Following telegram was addressed
by Commissioner Watson to D. R.
Cocker of Huntsville: .
my hearty congratulations on your
winning first on rye sheaf, third and
fifth df cow peas and fourth on bean
seed in worlds class awards; first on
oat sheaf and first on barley sheaf,
Southern zone awards; and first on
oats, sheaf and peck, and first on bar
ley and sorghum, South Carolina state
class, National Corn exposition"
The exhibit to the National Corn
exposition from South Carolina was
prepared by Clemson college and the
state department of agriculture. The
exhibit was under the direction Of H.
w. Barre, pathologist Of Clemson
college.
81 am just back from the Corn show
and am writing to advise you of the
showing made by the corn which you
sent and Of the exhibit in general.
"E. M. Joye won first in the state
class for best single a white dent
and best ten ear white dent corn. l..
C. Chappell won second for single ear
and second for ten ear. Jno. M. Nc.
Cutcheon got third for ten a and
Jas. Willingham got fourth for ten
ear. Mr.. Joye gets two 100-pound
sacks of fertilizer from Armour & Co.,
Dallas, Texas, first prize for single
ear, and a half ton Of fertilizer from
the Fidelity Chemical company, Hous-
ton, Texas, for first prize, best ten ear
Mr.. Chappell gets cash value Of 81
for second prize, single ear, and two
100-pound sacks of fertilizer from Ar
mour & Co., for second prize, ten ear.
Jno. NJ. McCutcheon gets cash value
Of 81 for third prize and Mr.. Will
bingham gets cash value of $3.50 for
fourth prize. I went to see the Ar
mour people in Dallas and they adj
vised that upon receipt of proper re-
quest from winners they would give
an order on their nearest distribut-
ing center for the fertilizer which they
offered as prizes, so 1t might be well
for you to advise these men to take
the matter up directly with the COM
panies. I shipped the ribbons. with
the samples. which are being returned
to you with the other exhibit ma
terial.
"Our exhibit made an excellent
show after we got it all together and
put up. Mr.. Cocker lost out in two
or three classes by his material not
arriving earlier, but he got in in time
for nearly all of his STUN to be en-
tered in competition. I had entered
1t all, Of course, before 1t came and
the classes that had not been judged
at the time his came he got into. He
won first for the best sheaf Of rye in
the worlds class and got sweepstakes
on oats and barley in the sheaf for the
Southern zone, besides taking the
prize for practically every state class
that he entered. Mr.. Whaley got first,
of course, on long staple cotton.
"The tea was quite a curiosity for
the Texans and secured for the eI-
hibit several headlines in the Dallas
papers. Very favorable comment was
also made on transparencies and
photographs, and the Hammond Dat
exhibit was admired by the Texas
farmers. People also seemed to be
very much surprised to learn that Pc
cans of the kind that you sent could
be grown in South Carolina"