The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-09-08
NICE PRIZE AWARDED
Wonderful Display Was Cause
Of Great Deal of Favorable
.ffs Comment
From Saturday, Dairy.

evening of July 80, the Fisher broth
ers of the Fisher Clothing company
in passing a field of corn belonging
to c. E. Klein, between Waterville
and Elysian, were so surprised at
the height of the stalks in the field
that they stopped their car and got
out and picked three of the first
stalks they came to. Next morning
they measured them and found the
tallest to measure ten feet, eleven
inches. Out OF curiosity to find if
there was any more corn as tall as
this in the country they offered a
S. John B. Stetson hat to the first
man who would bring in a taller
stalk than the one they had found
and were surprised next morning
when they opened their store to find
j. d. Humiston there with a stalk
| measuring eleven feet and four
inches, therefore claiming the hat.
During the next few days there were
many farmers who brought in still
taller stalks. Among these were:
w. L. Keogan, height of stalk
| fourteen feet, one and one-half
| inches, Mankato: Elmer Burke,
height of stalk thirteen feet, five
inches, Good Thunder: ]. A. Francis,
height of stalk thirteen feet, three
| inches, Vernon Center; Elmer Grice,
! height of stalk twelve feet, ten
| inches, Mankato, Route No. 6; G.. e.
Klein, height of stalk twelve feet,
nine inches, Waterville; Louie Cords,
height of stalk twelve feet four
| inches, Mankato, Route No. 4 John
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| nine inches, North MankatO; Richard
| Jones, height of stalk eleven feet
nine inches, Spring Island; Clayton
Moses, height of stalk eleven feet,
eight inches, Kasota; H. l.. X. Crane,
height of stalk eleven feet, six
| inches. Mankato, Route No. 1; Peter
Peterson, height of stalk eleven feet,
four inches, Good Thunder Route No.
L; Andrew Paterson, height of stalk
eleven feet one inch, Mankato, Route
No. 3; Frank Heller, height of stalk
ten feet, eleven and one-half inches,
Waterville; Fl. c. Small, height of
stalk ten feet eight inches, North
Mankato.
They then decided to put on a
contest that would give more farm
ers a chance to show just what this
part of Minnesota could produce in
the way of corn. They then offered
a $25 Kuppenheimer suit or overcOat
to the one bringing in the tallest
stalk with two developed ears,
grown on not less than a five-acre
field any time before September 1.
C. r. Shumway, agricultural direc-
tor at the high school, very kindly
consented to act as referee and de-
eide which man was entitled to the
prize, which was awarded to F. M.
Washburn, Lake Crystal, Route
No. 5, his stalk measuring thirteen
feet, ten inches upon which were
two ears of corn that measured ten
and one half and nine and one-half
inches respectively, both being filled
to the end of the cob.
This contest has caused great
deal of comment not only in this
immediate vicinity but by parties
from other parts of the state also
from Iowa and other states, who
were either passing through in their
cars or visiting friends here. They
noticed the tall stalks that were ex-
hibited from time to time in front
of the clothing store and many an
expression of surprise was made
about such corn being raised in this
part of the state and more than once
did the Messrs. Fishers explain to
some of the fair sons of Iowa that
Minnesota has soil, climate, and the
industrious farmer that could raise
as good corn right here in this
neighborhood as was produced any
where in the world.
The winning stalk with some of
the better preserved stalks will be
exhibited in the agricultural depart
ment at the Mankato fair, Septem-
Der IA, Is, and 16, where you will
be able to see these fine specimens
of Minnesota corn.
Below is given list of the farm
ers who brought in competing stalks
with the height of same; all of which
had two developed ears:
F. N. Washburn, Lake Crystal Route
No. 3, thirteen feet, ten inches;
Louis Holberg, Mankato Route No. 1,
thirteen feet one inch; Delmar Bin
ger, Mankato, Route No. 1, twelve
feet eleven and one-half inches;
Herman ID. Yeager, Good Thunder,
| Route No. 1, twelve feet, seven and
one-half inches; Louis Skov, Rapi-
| dan, twelve feet, six inches; John
Kroeger, North Mankato, twelve
feet, four inches; C. H. Johnson,
Mankato, Route No. 4, twelve feet,
| one inch; G. E. Klein, Waterville,
Route No. 8, twelve feet, one-half
| inch; Delmar Binger, Mankato,
Route No. 1, eleven feet, ten and
| one-half inches; R. e. Childs, Good
Thunder, Route No. 2, eleven feet,
nine and one-half inches; G.. c..
Strong, Mankato, Route No. 2, elev-
en- feet, six inches; Charles H. Bed
bury, Garden City, Route No F.. l.,
bury, Garden City, Route No. 1,
eleven feet. five and one-half inches;
Louis r. Loe, Good Thunder, Route
No. l, eleven feet, five and one half
inches; F. Heinzeman, Mankato,
| Route No. 3. eleven feet, four inches;
| X. r. Dittberner, Mankato, Route
No. l, eleven feet, two inches VIM
Raether, Good Thunder, eleven feet,
three good ears; B. Hull, Kasota,
ten feet, eleven inches; Ed Ulmen,
| Mankato, Route No. 2, ten feet, ten
inches; Geo. Hanes, Madison Lake,
ten feet, ten inches; l.. T. Silkey,
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