Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-24
SEVEN BOYS 10 YEARS
OF AGE SCORE HIGH
AMONG CORN GROWERS

Des Moines, Nov. 23.-Boys 10 years
old are the champion corn growers in
seven different counties of Iowa, the
list Of winners in the corn growing
contests conducted under the direction
OF the state college at Ames reveals.
The names Of the thirty-nine young
sters who will leave Des Moines next
Saturday for a trip to the San Fran
cisco exposition with all expenses paid,
4 Tor raising the most corn on an acre in
| their counties were announced Satur-
day night by j. w. Wooters Of the ex-
tension department Of the college.
Thirty-eight counties participated in
the corn contests. Woodbury. county
was divided into two parts, making two
prize winners there.
! The 13-year- olds who produced
record yields from their acres raised
from SIS to 90.5 bushels each. Boys
IA, 10, Is, II and IS years old particle
pated. Wade Hauser of Hardin
county, who is only 16 years old, won
the state championship with produc-
ton of 1901 bushels on his acre.
Besides the seven who are 10, there
were four boys aged IA, eleven aged Is.
! six aged 16, and seven aged II, and
fourteen aged IS participating in the
contests. Each youth planted and Gull
tlVated his own acre. receiving no help
with 1t. The highest yields in the
different counties lun from about fifty
two bushels in Worth county to the
150 in Hardin county. Difference in
the soil and climate in some Of the
cases accounts for the difference in
yield
Following are the counties which en-
tered the contest with the name Of the
winner, his age. and the quantity Of
corn he produced on his acre:
Benton-Arthur Schmidt, IA. .1449
Black Hawk-Parker Lichty, 49,. 1871
Boone-William Pestotink, 49,. 9O.5
Buena Vista--Julius Baumann Is ..759
Calhoun-Ray Archer. IA ........ 7O.4
.Cherokee-Elby Smith, IS 49,. .124.6
Clinton-John Turner 10 ...... 7O.7
Cerro Gordo-William Lalor. 49,. SIS
Clay-Virgil Mcdowell, Is 1880. $40
observation-disclosures Hazlett, 1S -. 6S3
Dickinson-Clare Pangburn, 10 -. 9S4
Emmet-Max Soath, Is e9.7
F'remont-Nirgil Van Ness Is ..102.5
F1oyd-Howard Wright, IS ..... 500
Floyd-Howard Wright, 16 .... 500
Greene-Ralph Tea garden, Is -. S62
Hardin-Wade Rauser, II ....151.1
Hamilton-Jordan Larson, Is -. $50
Harrison--Bernard Smith, Is ....l17.1
Humboldt-CharlesC Christensen, 10 700
kossuth-Charles p. Miller. s ..107.9
Observation-Disclosures Robinson, 16 ..100.3
Monona-George Lyons, II ....... 700
MISUNDERSTANDING Fowler, 10 ...111.7
Polk-William Cole, II ..11s.1
Linn-Archie White, Is . $50
Jasper-Frank Guthrie is ....... els
O'Brien-Otto Schuencke, 10 49,. 94.4
Palo Alto-Harvey Sprout. II 80. 1872
Pottawattamie-Ra Sherwin,
neutrality-suspicious.. 1858
Plymouth-Eugene Dugan, II I'LL
sioux-Eddie Roghair 10 .-...... SOL
Story-Louis Lem. Is ....... 1913
Union-Erwin Eddy. is ...... $40
Webster-Earl Blair. IS 1919
Worth-John Leavarson, Il 80. 52.9
Woodbury.
North half: Casio Stelck, 15.-. 500
South half: Ernest Larson. IA. 1886
Winnebae o---James Garrison. IL. 1871
Wayne--William Davis. 10 ..... 62.5
In addition. to. the foregoing. there
viii be two more Iowa boys in the
championship party which will take in
the fair without expense TO themselves,
making n group of fortyone in all. The
additional two Will be state-w wide
championship who raises the most corn
on an acre in any county outside Of
those listed above, and the boy who
gets the highest award for raising
baby beef and baby pork.