Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-12
IOWA CORN SHOW
HAS BIG ENTRY
EXHIBIT HELD At AMES THE BIG.
cEsT EVER HELD-1t,ooo EARS
ARE SHOWN.
OTTUMWAN PRESENT
George Haw Attends and Receives
Sample Of Prize; Panama ex-
position Commission Holds
Session.


Ames and Des Moines where he attend
ed the Iowa corn show given by tne
Corn and Grain Growers association VI
Iowa at the former place and a meeting
Of the Panama exposition commission
at the latter. Mr.. Haw made the trip TO
Ames with the idea Of getting informa-
ton for Ottumwa and Wapello county
in raising corn and has returned WIN
a sample OF the champion corn and lots
Of valuable information for the FARMERS
Of this vicinity.
At the corn show every county with
the exception Of Wapello was repre-
sented and 1900 ears OF prize corn
were on exhibition. The Judges OF the
show stated to those present tnat IL
was the finest corn they had ever seen
At the close Of the show the first prize
was given to William Zeller OF Cooper
for the best thirty ears in the southern
section and ne presented an ear OF tne
corn to each member of the commls
sion. Mr.. Haw asked the raiser what
the corn would sell for and he told him
that it could not be bought for 50 an
ear.
Mr.. Zeller who is among the fore
most corn growers in Iowa traces MS
success to one ear Of corn which he Sc
cured about five years ago. In 1910 ne
started to raise corn and his crop rof
the year WAS ttDoul tulklS poSliSAc ~
the acre. Becoming disguised with the
corn business he heard about the col
lege at Ames and vent there and Sc
cured the ear Of corn to which he at
tributes his success. AS the result OF
his experiment he won the Junior
championship for ten ears and pro-
duced the champion acre Of corn for
the state, raising 141.6 bushel. In 1914
Mr.. Zeller produced the grand cham
pion bushel Of corn Of the state and
sold it for $125. He also sold as a result
of the prize something over 100 bushels
Of seed corn at IS per bushel and has
had inquiries for more than twice as
much seed corn as he has been able to
produce the past season. At the l9l5
show he had the grand champion BUSH
ell and the prize CLUB exhibit while one
soon took the champion junior 10 ear
prize and another the champion acre
for the state.
In 1914 Mr.. Zeller had an average Of
eighty -four bushels to the acre against
thirty bushels for 1910 at the same ex-
pense per acre.
Mr.. HaW was presented with one OF
the prize ears by Mr.. Zeller and when
asked what he would do with 1t ne
stated that he expected to have some
Of the Wapello county farmers plant 1t
and beat Mr.. Zeller at the corn show
next year with his own sample.
Thursday, January Mr. Haw at
tended meeting Of the Panama expo
sition commission OF which he is a
member, at Des Moines. The idea of
this association is to establish repu-
tation for Iowa and TO advertise it's
products. Six hundred ears Of corn
have been obtained by the commission
from the exhibit at Ames and will be
used in the Iowa booth at the fair.
Mr. Haw has the blue prints for the
Iowa booth in the Agricultural Palace
at San Francisco and from the draw
ings one can CLEAN a fairly good mental
picture Of it. The floor space will be
about sixty feet square and will be
forty feet high. The woodwork will be
painted a rich cream and the word
Iowa will be made In gold raised let
tiers on the top of the booth The booth
will assume the shape Of pyramid
over which hangs a Horn Of Plenty"
made of crimson silk with gold stripes
circling it and yellow mouth and
mounted on flexible wire frame. The
booth will be enclosed with rich yellow
corn and 800 bushels will be needed to
cover the pyramid. The site for the
booth will be at the middle intersection
of the principal aisle and will occupy a
prominent place.