Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1917-11-09
THE GREAT ROUND UP
Biggest Corn show Ever Held
Record Sale of Corn
Charlton Ahead

much OF the success OF the ISouHu
Up but to the efforts of the man
ayers and their assistants glory
unlimited is due. The last three
days Of last week marks an epoch
of greatest Importance to this
county, for at no other time has
any event been so particularly In
the interest of the great iesourc-
es of this part of Old Missouri.
This is essentially an agricultur-
al country, and if our main pro-
ducts did not show to the best
advantage at the big show put
on in this city, then men who
have attended such all over the
country were much mistaken.
While the one important product
was corn, all other main crops
were on display and attracted
the attention which they d ,serv-
ed. Corn premiums were large
and at no other time or place
were there ever SO many entries,
43 in the hundred ear first prize
class and 155 entries in all class
es. Mo-, Ia, Illinois w. Va, and
Indiana competed, and while
Indiana walked off with the
greater number of prizes. it is
true that the judges had much
difficulty in making decisions, so
good were numbers of the dis
plays and also true that Indiana
exhibitors, with experience in
dozens of shows and advised just
how to select for show purposes,
had much advantage if they did
not have superior samples from
the stand point of real value. As
it was, the first prize for yellow
corn remained in Missouri, H. G..
Windsor of Bonneville capturing
the money and ribbon. Yes,
Poor Old Mo. stands ahead of
all the corn raising states for
the best yellow corn and is in
easy stepping distance of any
other for white corn. This county
failed only because our best,corn
raisers did not compete. Yes,
that is the only reason, for the
prize for the best ear, white or
yellow, went to Geo. M. Dewey
of this city. The thot that it
would be of no use to enter
against the world kept many of
our corn growers from making
their appearance with as fine
corn as is produced in the world.
And people who have no particu-
lar interest in any kind of agri-
culture who visited the corn
show were charmed with the
beautiful appearance the display
made. In the county court room
racks five tiers high on tables
filling the room and the halls
of the big building fill
ed with similar racks, on all of
which the corn arranged under
the supervision of DR.. ]. IT,
Dewey certainly was fine to look
at.
Next in beauty were the dis
plays made by district schools,
if this part of the big show was
not much prettier than any other.
Jordan easily won first because
of the extent of the display, but
Prairie Valley, Mcdonald, Cole
man and all the others were fine
E. Indian Grove. SIeyster. Agee.
Hazel Ridge and Scribner each
and every one being admired and
highly complimented by ALL
who saw them. 4
In the economics department, |
displayed at the the store build
ing on main street, the cake.
bread, butter. honey and all else
presented a splended appearance
and were unbeatable. There
were not SO many entries in this
department for the corn show
was the '.ite and nothing was
introduced to attempt to over
shadow it in the least. not even
the distinguished snsnkers on the L