The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-01-21
fARIBO COUNTY YOUTH
VICTOR CORN CONTEST
There Is Also Long Listof Other
Growers Who Have Been
Recognized
from Mondays Daily.

from Mondays Daily.
st. Paul, Mimi, January liver
non Adams of Winnebago, Faribault
county, age sixteen, is the champ on
boy corn grower of Minnesota for
1915. Vernon made a record CT $50
bushels Of dry shelled corn on one
acre of land, and wins the gold medal
offered by the agricultural extension
division of the University OF Minneso-
ta This yield is said by T. A. Erick-
son of the extension division of the
Minnesota college of agriculture, who
is in charge of the boys contest work,
to be splendid result considering
the conditions under which the boys
had to work last summer.
Charles Temlelton, of Tracy, age
sixteen, stands second in the state,
and also in the southern section con-
test, with yield of dry shelled corn
amounting to 1913 bushels to the acre.
Winners in the other three sections
Of the state are as follows: South
Central: Alvin Skoin, Madison. age
fifteen. yield TAT bushels; Vern john
son. Cokato, age fifteen, yield IA A
bushels.
North Central: Floyd Memis, Long
Prairie. age fifteen, yield SIT bushels;
Anton Huseth Elbow Lake, age, sew
enteen, yield 56.S bushels.
Northern section: lie Roy Peterson,
Warren. age sixteen. yield So bush
els; John Croy, East Grand Forks,
age seventeen, yield 53.2 bushels.
Cash prizes are awarded by the
agricultural extension division of the
University of Minnesota. The first
prize in each section amounts to $40;
the second prizes. SIS: third prizes.
$40; fourth prize S., and fifth to tenth
prizes So.
Charles Templeton of Tracv won ali
additional prize. A 5000 calf offered
by L. f. Potter of Springfield to the
boy making the best record in the ten
counties of southwestern Minnesota.
Cecil HAYWARD of Pine Island, won
first prize for his story how he made
his corn crop. He secured yield OF
seventy one bushels which at seventy
cents bushel for market corn and So
bushel for seed corn gave him a
total return OF $5270. The cost OF
producing the corn was $21.S0 which
gave him a profit of $1,000.
The county champions are as fol-
! lows, and will receive as prizes trip
to the State Fair, in St. Paul next fail,
where they will be cared for in the
| BOYS camps.
| Edson French Anoka; Hilmer Carl
son. Detroit: Robbie Swenson, Bemid-
! ii: Rockwell Mayman, Sank Rapids
Victor Eastman, Beardsley: E. w.
Crumlette. Sleepy Eye: Frithiof An
derson. Moose Lake; James Palmer,
Excelsior; Harry Goldman, Pequot;
Roy 6. Halverson, Kerkhoven; Ar
Their sotherlund, Rush City; George
| Cunderson, Moorhead: Andrew lofts
| Tofte; John Essau, Mountain Lake;
Christian Olson, Brainerd; Percy
Jack. Northfield; Milo Galrner, West
Concord: Wyano Silvola. Alexandria
Clarence Hacklander, Blue Earth; J
Norman Have. Hayward; Henery
Wood, Pine Island; Anton Huseth
Elbow Lake: George Goodrich. Ano-
ka; Edward Devils, Park Rapids: AL
bert Broden. Wahkon; Edward Peter
son, North Branch; Robert Lossard
Grand Rapids: Warren Nourse, Jack
son: Fred Maurer, Mora; Albert
Br.kelund. WilJmar: Odin Storinn
Hallock; Alvin Skoien, Madison: En-
land Cavillin, Two Harbnrs: Clarence
Wedelshafe, Cleveland: Charles Tenn,
reton, Tracy: lie Roy Peterson
/ Warren: Vernon Adams. Winreba go
/, Walter John. Rassel: Albert Broden
Wahkon: Page Mel cod, Payalton
Gordon McCourt. Austin: Albert Gu
lick. Slayton; Edgar Halversoh. st
Peter; John Kruse, Worthington
Louis Predmnre. ; Rochester,: Car
Berg Pelican Rapids: George HOmme
High Landing: Hartley Schultz. Pine
stone: John Croy. Est Grand Forks
Selmer Thompson. Farwell; Geralt
Farrar. White Bear: Edgar Lanhan
Re- wood; Clarence Baumeartner
Bird Island: William Ross. Dnndas
Harry Ross, Dundas: Alfred Smart
Zimmerman: Milton Garfield. Win
throp: Clarence Holmrud, Duluth
Leon Ingram, Sank Center: Ernes
! Burtness. Blooming Prairie: Fred On
men, Morris; Richard Omen, Morris
Roy Halverson. Kerkhoven: Floyt
Bemis. Long Prairie; Walter Hanson
i Graceviile: George Cole. Tlr'br'
TaIle: Erwin Suffer-, Ware"a: no"al'
Strobe. Camnhe'l:' VOW Johnson