Morris tribune., 1915-10-22
FARMER DAHLIN
GOT THE PRIZES
Big Corn Show Awards Go to
''Regular Farmer" of Tfav-
erse County
From the Minneapolis Tribune.

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A young Swedish farmer who never
had had opportunity to attend an agri-
cultural college, but who several
years ago caught the spirit of progress
sive farming will stand prominent as
a corn grower in west central Mime
sofa for this coming year.
His name is C. ]. Dahlin. His
16O-acre farm is in Parnell township
in the southern end of Traverse
county. Graceville is his postofice
address. He is % years of age. All
about the Dahlin farm there are farms
Df soil just as good, titled by farmers
of far longer experience than Dahlin.
But their corn does not rank with his.
Young Farmer Dahlin literally
"'cleaned up'' the premium list at the
West Central Minnesota Development
Association Corn and Alfalfa exposi-
tion. He is awarded first prize fo.
the best single ear of yellow cornr
He is awarded first prize for the best
ten yellow ears. He wins the grand
championship and, most important Of
all, one of his ears carried off the
grand sweepstakes, which means that
it is the best single ear of corn of all
the tens of thousands of ears of many
varieties on exhibition here.
$500 IN PRIZE MONEY.
Such are the honors which yesterday
came to this young famer. Incident
ally about $500 in cash falls to his
lot as prize money. There is parti-
cular rejoicing among the develop
ment leaders in this section of Mime
sofa in that a regular farmer, I"
meaning one who never. has peeped
inside of school of scientific farming
has taken the grand sweepstakes.
Last year former agricultural school
professor, now operating a farm in
Chippewa county, carried off the hon
Ors which this year go to young
Dahlin.
The rejoicing that Irregular farm
err should carry off the honors for
the best single ear of corn in 16 fer
tile Minnesota counties does not con-
stitute an indictment of the agricul-
tural schools by any means, for the
leaders of development in this section
of Minnesota are persistent exponents
Df the agricultural colleges.
Rather they see in the victory of
young Dahlin encouragement for the
thousands of farmers who are not able
to attend the farm schools. Farmer
Dahlin had no better opportunities
than his Traverse county neighbors.
No better opportunity than which is
before any farmer in the 16 counties
which constitute the membership in
the West Central association.
DIFFERENTIATION WAS THERE.
In the words of Frank w. Murphy
of Wheaton, who is intensely proud
that a Traverse county farmer won
the big honor, ''All Dahlin had as
an advantage over others was a deter
mination to grow the best corn ir
western Minnesota, and he did," says
Mr.. Murphy. "Several years age
young Dahlin began to see that he anc
his neighbors were not doing thei1
best with the soil. He discarded some
of the "has been' farming methods
and began to apply himself. He
bought himself pencil and was mo-
ashamed to wear it where it could b.
seen. With his pencil he kept tract
of the records of his COWS. He checked
up on what his fields were producing
He got things down to just as fine ;
point as a good business man has il
his business.
REWARD FOR PATIENT EFFORT
''Now he did not Immediately be
come an exposition prize winner. Blu
he shot nearer and nearer to the priz
winning mark each year until thi
year when his corn outclassed every
thing else at the show, even beat tina