The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-02-05
ELK POINT MAN
IS CORN CHAMPION
Closing Session of Grain Men
at Gale With Rural Life
Conference.

For the third time II the last four
wears. an Elk Point farmer won the
grain sweepstakes in orr for the
state of South Dakota. The winner,
announced al the afternoon session
oil the Corn and Grain Growers as
ISOLATION, was Sam Carlson.
In addition to having his name in
scribed ON the grand sweepstakes cup
OF the Dakota improved Seed Comp
any, MIR. Garrison wins prizes aggre-
eating S115. The prize was given 10
MI. Carlson on his entry IF ten ears
OF white corn.
Roy lIiisabeck, OF Redfield, of the
sweepstakes OF the boys division and
also VIII have his name inscribed ON
the cup for hat division hung up by
the seed company. Mr.. Carlson and
Mr.. iliisabeck hav not won the trophy
before.
Prizes Regular Yield.
In the 1913 show, Mr.. Carlson en-
tered corn that he had cultivated with
the view OF entering in the state corn
show. But this year. his prize Win
nlng samples were selected from his
lresuiar field crop. His ten-ear entry
scored 81 points.
In The list of special premiums ON
small grains, Il. l.. Cummins, of Alex
andria, Won first on the best peck of
wheat in the Central district; Gee.
P%ierson. OF C%laremont, had the best
peck in the Northern district and Geo.
Schmidt of Canistota, the best ia the
Central district.
Wenz Bros, OF Bath, had the high
cst scoring peck OF oats in the state,
Mi Reed OF Vale, received the prize
nor h best peek of alfalfa in the
Northern district and f. G.. Hoffman.
for h best peck of alfalfa in the
Central district.
On the best single ears of corr in
South Dakota, Joe Smith, OF Tularc.
Won first; r, j. Prick, OF Yankton.
second, and James Chausse, of Elk
Point, therd. Special prizes also were
awarded 10 Sam Carlson, of ELK
Point, Alsen Bros, OF Mitchell and
r. ". L.ucke, of Nedfieid.
Meeting Last Night.
One OF tho important events OF the
week was The program by the associa-
tion last evening in the basement OF
the Eirs; Nefbcdist cbnreh AItbouob
the bia audience VOC di@~annointod
through rho sickness al Cnvernor
Frank u. Byrne and his inability to
be present. threc addresses of strik-
ing character were given.
The situation. confronting the
growers of corn and small grain in
America, through tH2 rapid growth
l.,f ,nao,+ va.,. ,,,. mo Nome non-
siaarcd ~ ,1r c q uonkins of tbe
,nivrrsny ~ Iliiaeia ~ Ma ANA
Aforementioned ~rapnl,,ior as an ngron.
'%o5nist
y AZ & Iliilt of Mitehc(l eli , ;33sn,s n
~ a. o n so hoarag ~ ,e,-i6,,l,,r, "a.
Sfewsad Me r~enendr,,s arowtb "a,
~ N a4.te. .gai,, X fas,,oo ma "a i,
re1sr sTnarTbgaor Mitchell nreefdenf n
tl,n .st3.e noar,l ar ronenis 1deaded
fioIs M xfsryion Of INC a~arieultIiial
wt,fln ar. tha state rpllese
;apats.,c,io,, Ne Eehird
StEtis,; los were onoted nv Dr. Hon.
Eins 10 Shoy4 thot inSthe mat decade
the aro,gtb in increased nrodnc1ion
of corn ana small Grains was NO,
keepina M with The arowth of nopul-
%Eation gEo s]it1:rton YIN. eenaciallv
serious he declared because for. the
first ti,ne i'm ,he history OF This conn
try free farms a"e not TO be had for
tho asking
One remedy Suggested Inv Or Hon
kins was to decrease cxuortations.
The average American il presumed
ia consume ahout a.. hi1sheIs ol
whea, a wear and the sunply of the
demand is a tremendous problem.
But less wheat is being Skinned. as in
the past ten wears. the exporjation
has decreased from 2l5.00o. 900 TO
1O3. 100000 bushels ANNUALLY
In this same period. the exporta-
ton of corn has been decreased from
100000 600 TO 4S. 600 bushels a
wear, so that the home demand may
be supplied. During this time the
tota! increase in food grain products
has ONLY been IL per cent. with n
population increase of 81 per cent. AS
there is no more land available for
agriculture. it will be necessary to
conserve the soil and make if pro-
duce heavier and, better crops.
South Dakota Fair.
In his address upon the South Da-
kota state fair. President Hill declar-
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