The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-01-20
THE INSTITUTE
WAS A SUCCESS
NOTWITHSTANDING THE UNFAv.
oRAaLE CONDITIONS.
NEW DIRECTORS ARE ELECTED
Closing Program Was Most interest.
ing With Auction Sale Of Exhlb-
It's As Grand Finale. Plans
For Next Year.

On Friday afternoon the closing ses
sion Of the Farmers Institute of 1916
was held at the Schee Garage in the
Display room at the corner of First
avenue West and South A street
Quite a large company were present
and business for time was brisk. The
prevailing cold weather interfered
considerably with the attendance but
the exhibits and program were in in
terest fully up to the record of former
years.
Institute Directors Elected.
Sixteen directors of the Institute
were chosen for the ensuing year as
follows: Howard Masteller, T. c. Sted
dom, c. w. Randall, ]. w. Fox, c. w.
Jordon, A. A. Rinden, Walter lmig,
Albert Matter, f. T. Hanna, F. w.
Kitchener, Elmer Cameron, w. l..
Campbell. j. M. Convey, c. c. Caldwell,
Willis Pettitt and Walter Lytle. Most
OF these were reelected, but Howard
Masteller, Albert Matter, Walter Imig
and E. T. Hanna are new men taking
the places of w. /. Rice, Homer Hoov-
er, II. R. Hicks and Lewis Pierson.
On Saturday January 22nd, 1916 the
annual banquet of the Institute will
be held at a place to be decided and
announced later and the new officers
are to be elected by the new board OF
directors in a future meeting.
In spite of the severe cold and the
comparatively small attendance, the
Treasurer, w. /. Rice, states that all
premiums are being paid in full and
that from a financial standpoint, the
Institute is in the best of shape.
The Grin Schee Silver Cup Trophy
given some years ago to the party
securing each year the sweepstakes
at the corn exhibit and which has been
held in past years by various parties
among our best corn growers, goes
Ia Albert Natter this year, in close
competition with such corn growers
as the Krizer Bros. of Eddyville, Wal
ter Imig, Elmer Cameron and others.
Mr.. Natter is one of the younger men
among the Corn Growers of the
county and he is being congratulated
on all sides on his good fortune.
Sale of Exhibits.
j. M. Covey was the auctioneer and
r. r. Hanna served as clerk. At the
opening of the sale, Willis Krizer OF
EJdyville gave a short and pointed
talk regarding the purchase of seed
corn. Corn that had been grown in
Iowa and had been thoroughly tested.
He developed the tendency of seed
houses to advertise large supplies OF
seed corn, when the conditions of the
real supply do not warrant 1t. He |
strongly recommended the buying of
seed corn, that was home grown and
that had some real and genuine value
for il Is an undoubted fact that Ma
fNaska County stands at the head, in
the cultivation of the best grades OF
seed corn grown in this country. This
fact has been proven again and again
and the farmers should not allow
themselves to be imposed upon by
outside parties.
Some Is or IS small baskets of ap-
pies brought 10 cents each and various
cakes sold as high as 40 cents. The
first corn sold was that Of l.. V. How
ard, LIST prize 10 ears of yellow dent
and this brought roc.
10 ears of 2nl prize Reds yellow
dent corn grown by S. S. DeCook sold
for soc to G. w. Randall
10 ears of third prize yellow dent
ULu disO 5OlA lOl ~ NCAIo ~ \" w
Randall.
10 ears of first prize white corn
grown by Howard Mastelled, went for
.$l,05 to w. |. Rice.
10 ears of End prize white corn,
S1.00 to w. !. Rice.
10 ears of 1st prize yellow dent corn
Grown by Albert Natter and taking
the sweepstakes award OF the Insti-
tute, and which won the o. F. Schee
Trophy cup, 1928 to Albert Matter.
10 ears of second prize yellow dent
corn S175 to Ed T. Hanna.
10 ears of Bird prize yellow dent
corn, COO to Frank Kendig.
10 ears OF 4th prize yellow dent
corn, SOC to C. W. Randall.
10 ears of LIST prize white corn,
soc TO c. w. Randall.
10 ears OF End prize white corn,
.si.lO sold to Albert Natter.
10 ears of Bird prize white corn, soc
sold to C. w. Randall.
10 ears of LIST prize yellow dent
corn $3.50, sold to Frank Kendig.
10 ears of End prize yellow dent
y corn. Use sold to Frank Hoover.
10 ears OF Ord prize yellow dent corn
4 soc sold to c. w. Randall.
10 ears Of LIST prize white corn
$500 sold to Willis KriZer.
10 ears of End prize white corn, |
ISL. 25 sold to +. T. Hanna.
10 ears of third prize white corn,
75e sold to Homer Hoover.
10 ears of 4th prize white corn,
l5ac sold to G. W. Randall.
10 ears of list prize yellow dent
|corn $140 sold to II. Stacey.
10 ears of End prize yellow dent
corn $1.00, sold to Howard Wharton.
10 ears of 3rd prize yellow dent
corn. Use, sold to NJ. K Pickerell.
10 ears of 4th prize yellow dent
corn, soc sold to c. w. Randall.
SO ears of first prize yellow dent
corn. SAID to be the best bushel of
seed corn in the United States, grown
by Willis Krizer, sold for $11.00 to-
/ john Hoover.
so ears of End prize yellow dent
|corn $3.50, sold to NJ. X. Pickerell.
so ears OF Bird prize yellow dent
|coTn $5.25, sold to Albert Natter.
80 ears of 4th prize yellow dent
|eorn, $500. sold to Z. T. Hanna.