Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-25
SUCCESSFUL CONTESTANTS IN
FARM WORK FOR BOYS AND
GIRLS TO VISIT CAPITAL.
REMARKABLE RECORDS
MADE BY COMPETITORS
Earl zsIIer, Of Green County, Cham.
pion Corn Grower, With 13e Bushels
to the Aere-EIoise Parsons, Of Page,
Wins Garden Contest, and Ruth
FIeek, Of Floyd, Rakes Prize Bread.
Special to Timse-Republican.

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Ames, Feb. PA remarkable group
Of boys and girls will set out from
Iowa State College, Friday night, on a
pilgrimage to Washington, D. c. They
Will include the most successful boy
corn grower, the winner % the baby
pork producing contest, the bread bak-
ing champion and the most successful
grower and Gamer of vegetables. Their
trip to Washington, under the escort of
Miss Kate Logan, Of the agricultural
extension department., is their reward
Tor winning their respective contests.
The past years champion corn grow
er is Earl Zeller, of Greene county, who
grew 1o9 bushels on an acre of land.
Miss EloiSe Parsons, of Page county,
won the garden and canning contest
with a record of 5,31S pounds of toma-
toes on tenth of an acre and net
profit of $115.57 in their production and
sale. The bread baking contest was
won by Ruth Fleek, of Floyd county,
with score of 931a points on her
prize loaf and net profit of 1927 for
the year on her club work. The baby
pork production contest went to Glenn
ent Miller of Jefferson county, who
made profit of S4S.0S in growing ten
pigs.
Hundreds in Competition.
These Washington trips, donated by
the unian Stock Yards Company, of
South Omaha; the Iowa Federation of
Women's Club thru Mrs. Maud T. Sam
ford, Of Cherokee: the CEion Mills
Company, of Waterloo and Cedar Falls,
and Senator ]. H. Allen, were won only
after strenuous competition. Some
hundreds of boys and girls were en-
tered and many of those who did not
win district or statep rizes made fine
records. The trip will continue until
March and every expense of the
young people will be paid for them by
the donors Of the trips. In the corn
contest, twenty-one county winners
will get free two days trips to the
South Omaha stock yards and pack
ing plants.
Corn Growing Contest.
The complete list Of winners in the
corn growing contest follows:
State champion-Earl Zeller, Greene
county, 1879 bushels.
County winners - Ernest Nelson,
Audubon county, 80 bushels; Dewey M.
Cable, Black Hawk county, 1912 BUSH
els; j. Fred Mclaughlin, Buena Vista
county, 90.66 bushels; Christy H. Hid
reth. Calhoun county, 1866 bushels;
Floyd McLarnan, Chickasaw county,
S6.71 bushels; Oscar Watson, Clay
county, SO bushels; Harold Walrod
Clinton county, 1O7.45 bushels; Charles
l.. Bolon, Decatur county, SO bushels:
Virgil Tuel Dickinson county, ss.45
bushels; Forrest Inman, Floyd county,
90 bushels; Clifford Hanson. Franklin
county. 100.02 bushels; George G. jack
son, Greene county, 1920 bushels:
Orson B. Wells, Howard county, Ola
bushels; Clement Miller, jefferson
county, 120.E bushels; Lawrence
Tompkins, Jones county. IS bushels;
Merrill Lamb, Montgomery county,
62.55 bushels; Israel Halder, Pocahon-
tas county, 1924 bushels: Charley
Halder, Pocahontas county, 1876
bushels; Raymond McDermott, Potta-
wattamie county, 1925 bushels; Henry
Tutje, Sioux county, 1852 bushels;
Charles Chapman, Wright county.
1903 bushels.
Winners in Canning Club Work.
Those making high records in the
tomato and canning club work were:
Eloise Parson, Page county; Beatrice
Speers, Hardin county: Ruth E. Fleek.
Floyd county; Bessie Huxsol, Floyd
county; Loleta Green. Page county;
Blanche Kittelson, Dickinson county;
Brownie Taylor, Buchanan county;
Marie Mcnamara, Dickinson county;
Maud M. Hoeson, Dickinson county;
Helen Davidson, Dickinson county;
Forest and Robert Peters, Cherokee
county; Vera McCleary, Jefferson
county.