Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-19
GRUMPY SHORT COURSE.
Business Men Offer Premiums Fol-
& Farm Displays.

Farm Displays.
The business men of Grundy Cen
ter are offering over 1925 in cash and
valuable prizes for the coming short
course exhibits, the prizes covering
thirty one classes. The premium lists
will be distributed the first of the
week and the farmers Of the county
are urged to get one and study 1t over
and then make try for any or all OF
|the premiums to which they are
eligible.
There are seven classes in corn With
nearly 800 worth of premiums offered.
and the winner of the class and sweep
stake prizes on corn will have some
thing worth his while. Part Of the
prizes are in valuable merchandise and
part in cash. 80.
There are three classes in small
grain, two in potatoes, and seven
classes for women in baking and cook
ing department.
There are three special cash
premiums for boys doing the best work
in stock and grain judging, and special
prizes for girls doing the best work in
the domestic science classes.
The spelling contest for the boys and
girls of the county offers three prizes,
first s15 in gold, second $40 in gold, and
third S. in gold. This will be one OF
the hardest fought contests Of the en-
tire week.
These prizes are open to holders
of short course tickets. The price of
a. ticket for the whole week for, the
men is 81, which includes four free
entertainments four evenings of the
week. The price of the tickets for
the women for the|whole week will be
81, the four evening entertainments
also being included. The evening en-
tertainments alone will be worth the
price Of the tickets
Begin to plan now upon attending
the coming short course. 1t is the
first one ever held in Grundy county.
Tama Leads as Butter Producer.
Tama, Jan. 19.-That Tama is the
biggest butter producing city on either
the Milwaukee or Northwestern rail-
road between Cedar Rapids and Omaha
is established by figures showing last
years business Of the j.; n. Mel Cream
cry Company. And it is very likely
that Tama beats Cedar Rapids as a
butter producer. The figures. which
would show the difference between
lama and Cedar Rapids, however, are
not available
From Jan. /, 1915 to. Jan. 1, 1916. the
J. H. Neil Creamery Company made
276, 406 pounds of butter. During the
summer months the company turned
out about 5000 pounds of butter per
week. This was one pound prints.
If packed in sixty pound tubs the
amount Of butter made by this COM
pany last year would make stack of
tubs more than a mile high. Then
there is another illustration. Pack all
the butter into one pound prints and
place the prints in a row. The one
pound prints would make a solid line
of butter more than twenty-five miles
in length.
The J. w. Neil Creamery Company
Hast year paid out about $4,000 for
cream.
Hampton Boy Wins.
Hampton, Jan. 19.-Harold Dirst, son
}.of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank H. Dirst, south
east Of town, won sixth place, a $50
lprize, in the state boys dairy contest
(which has been conducted for the past
| three months under the auspices OF the
State Dairy Association. The work
CONSISTED in caring for three or more
! cows, keeping track OF their feed as
| to kind, amount, etc. ~
There were hundreds Of boys turnout
the state in the contest, and probably
twenty or more from Franklin county
and the fact that the Franklin county
boy won sixth place In the state con-