Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-04-05
county fair next week? z? inquired the.
squire after the papers We're all fixed.

ANO, Sll.Ss&4 1S93fOu
not compete With EN- on yield because
I've had experience. This is tile first
year for about nine-tenths OF EN-
That's powerful clever Of you" APP
proved Tomlinson.
Sure is. You could take the prize
all right, Iareckon.'' said Mr.. Wilson.
II guess SO, but Ill submit a dozen
ears in competition for the prize for
best dozen ears. | need that $50 to
90 to the state fair on, where the real
big fight will be- said Joe.
well, good luck to ye. We've had
4 fine time today, and | guess we've
all learned somethin,'' said the Judge
IT know have. I'm goin' to try some
Of this intensive farmin'. II Teller
can make one and two hundred bush
els to the acre it's better'n scratchin
ever so much ground like we do. Yep;
think I've learned somethin' today
considerable somethin',' he said as he
shook hands and climbed in his buggy
for the homeward trip.
Me, too" said Tomlinson. 1t amt
goin' to be five years till farmer i'll
this county that makes less than forty
bushels to the acre is goin to be count
ed doggone poor farmer an too shift
less to live-mark what | tell you.
We're all havin' our eyes opened
Tom Ralston stayed to supper, and
it was happy and jubilant party.
After supper they began sorting over
the corn by lantern light to pick out
q dozen ears to try for the prize ear
competition at the county fair and the
state fair also. By bedtime they had
found only three ears that came up to
Joe's idea Of perfection
Next day the hunt for fine ears went
forward. Two surprisingly fine ones
were found among the common run Of
the corn During the course of the
search every ear had been handled.
and the result was about bushel and
half Of beautiful corn.
Then came the work of sorting this
down to twelve. Joe marked the diff
ferent varieties with thread Of differ
ent color tied about the ears after he
had selected the dozen. Everything
was then in readiness for the county
fair the following week. -
Mr.. Weston hitched up the team
next Monday early. Tom Ralston came
along on his pony. Mrs. Weston and
| Annie were in the wagon. and Link
had place in there too. The cOlored
boy had worked most faithfully and
was enthused over learning about agri-
culture, so he was given the trip also.
Joe entered his dozen ears of corn.
and it was placed with merely a num-
| Der on it-no name. The corn expert
| of the state and the commissioner of
| agriculture and an agent of the fed
eral department Of agriculture were
the judges.
The Corn club exhibit of the county
was good-three times as good as that
of the previous year. The best rec
ord presented was hundred and one
bushels on an acre. Some Of the boys
We're much disturbed when they found
Joe Weston was on the ground. but
We're treasured when he repeated that
he would not compete except for the
o',t uo1en ca
When the pfize winners we're an
ho '[' lie got me Szo III q walk. ~
one came near nm on Il.
II doubt if there's another Dozen
ears in the entire state that can equa
Them said the great authority OF
corn, who did the grading, as he pinned
the blue ribbon on the exhibit anC
handed Joe Weston two ten-dollar GOLD
pieces and a five.
AS they drove home that evenins
zoe was iubilant.
PA, you've got to go to the state
lair with me- he commanded.
..Oh. shucks. Joe, / can't spare the
money nor the time
i I'm paying for this. It's my treat
and this 500 will see us through il
great shape. 1t will keep you from
getting behind the times. want 70,
to see that fair Well spend three
days. It's educational =
What about the work On the placer
began Mr.. Weston.
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