The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-01-28

convention held in this city Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday of last week
Thursday the corn exhibits were judg-
ed. Mr.. C. c. Tobias, the great corn
grower of the Boise Valley, carried
away three first, second and a third
prize. Several other growers won
prizes and thus kept the honors in
this county.
DR.. George R. Hill of the Agricul-
tural college of Utah was the judge
Friday. Messrs. H. P. Ashby OF
Boise and E. E. Dean of Payette were
the judges Thursday Of corn seed
Corn Awards Made.
The corn awards were made as fol-
lows:
Sweepstakes, 10-ear exhibit-Mar-
ion Winslow, Grecnleaf.
Lot |, yellow dent-First, c. c. To-
bias Caldwell; second c. Jackson, of
Parma; third, c. F.. Liebhart, Bull;
fourth, H. R. Dewey, Emmett.
Lot 2, white dent-First, Marion
Winslow, Greenleaf; second, C. C. To
bias, Caldwell; third, Clark Roberts,
Caldwell. fourth, John M. Nicholas,
Greenleaf.
Lot 3, any other dent-First, C. c..
Tobias, Caldwell; second, C. w. Whit
fen. Caldwell
Lot 4, any variety Aint-First, T. A.
Allen, Meridian; second, w. J. Wins
low, Greenleaf; third R. |. Sleeper,
Caldwell; fourth, John M. Nicholas,
Nampa.
Lot 5, any variety popcorn-First,
J: Winslow, Greenleaf; second, c. w.
Whiffen, Caldwell; third, Horace
Crookham, Caldwell.
Lot 3, any variety sweet corn
First, Charles E. Young, Nampa; sec
oond, l.. L. Young, Nampa; third, Louie
Young, Nampa; fourth, T. A. Allen,
Meridian
Best single ear-First, c. C. Tobias,
Caldwell; second, A. {. Johnson q
Son, Caldwell; third, c. c. Tobias,
Caldwell; fourth, Clark Roberts, o.
Caldwell; NTH, J. c. Dewey, Emmett.
Sons Beat Fathers.
An interesting sldelight on the win
ningS is the tact that in two instances
boys won with their exhibits over
those entered by their fathers. Mar
ION Winslow, who captured the sweep
Stakes award, is the young son of w.
}. Wlnslow OF Greenleaf, and Charles
Dung, winner in lot 6, crowded his
1ather, l.. l.. Young, to second place.
1t was stated that the boys team of
Lone Tree school captured first place
with the Boise boys second and Lone
Star contestants third
Gratifying Attendance.
Nearly 800 growers were in attend
ance at the convention sessions on
thursday, the officials being much
pleased with the large audiences and
the interest evinced. The keynote OF
the days program was quality" Two
disappointments were experienced in
the failure of D. R. Hubbard of Kuna
and William Wagner of Jerome to ar
rive for delivery of their talks.
V. d. Hannah of Notus opened the
morning session, in the absence Of
Mr.. Hubbard. with his talk on pure
Seed and Purebred Hogs: Why?" Mr.,
Hannah emphasized the wisdom of
growing only pure strains, whether #
be OF grain or livestock, A. L. Wilson
of Greenleaf gave concrete illustra.
tons along the same line by stating
that from GO grade hogs he realized
$776, while from only 81 porkers Of
purebred lineage he banked the sum
of $l558OO. sum
fIOpOSc SOmDlnatlOnS,
J. 5. Stinson of Nampa. at the open
ing of the afternoon session discussed
the feasibility of combining seed
growing with dairying. ]. H. Lowell,
president of the State Horticultural
association, advanced fruit growing as
a logical combination with seed pro-
duction. 0. f. Scott of Pocatello be-
ing present, his address on THE
Farmers Side of the Marketing Prob
iem, was transferred from FRIDAYS
program to round out the afternoon,
Concluding the afternoon session.
II. +. Ashby presented some Non
sense, and he again had a prominent
place on the evenings bill with hui
morous readings which were much en-
Joyed. Justice William NJ. Morgan of
the state supreme court pleased the
large evening audience with his pre-
sentation of "A New System of Legis-
lation."
DR.. George R. Hill of Logan
Utah, addressed the convention AZ
both morning and evening sessions
last Friday, and the best program Of
the entire conference was given, The
closed at 4:30 Friday al
Fridays Program.
Friday was the last day of the show
md convention. The attendance Fri.
lay was the largest of the week. Can :
ION county was again at the front
when the decisions on potatoes were
announced. William Hitson of Deer {
lat took away the sweepstakes award !
md hrst prize on Triumph variety A. ]
=. Rutherford of Twin Falls took 3rd {
,rizc on Rurals. Mr.. Rutherford was
he only winner outside of CANYON
ounty.
Finds Specimens Diseased. :
Much to the surprise of potato .
,r.owers OF the state who had % en- -
rles. on exhibition, a large number
i the prizes were unawarded and I,
cent by default because of disease in -
ne spuds they exhibited. DR.. George r
(. hill, who judged the potatoes
ound fusarium wilt in MANY of the !
peciments. The unsupported presence y
i this disease to the extent discover n
was something of shock to the "
Irowers, and they are unanimous in p
tanning to produce hereafter dis
t.th