Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-30
.ecial 10 Times-Repuhlican.

/ Special 10 TimeS-kePupAcan.
Alnes. Jan. so-Raymond McDermot'
! of Walnut. Pottawattamie county, wa
| announced sweepsteaks winner, vel
| low corn, in the boys state acre corr
growing exhibit; Harry Christensen
Humboldt. won sweepstakes in thu
white corn class and Walter Ridgett
| Council Bluffs, sweepstakes in corr
| other than white or yellow class.
Two hundred and eighty boys, mem
| bers OF the boys acre corn club, con-
Quoted by the agricultural extension
department of Iowa State College, en-
tered exhibits which consisted of the
ten best ears from their acre. These
were divided into sectional exhibits
central. southern, and northern.
Sectional Prize Winners.
Following are the placings in each
section. placed in their order OF win
ming:
Northern. yellow corn-Guy Living
ston. Milford; Merton Hook, Humboldt:
Arthur Talcott Fayette county: Ralph
Green. Baskerville: George Hawcott
Burt White corn: Harry Christensen.
Roscoe Mawdsley. Burt; Rexford
Ward, Charles City: Clifford Wilson.
Hanlontown. Other than white or yell
low: Howard Wright. Charles City.
Central. yellow corn-Paul Brown.
Salix; Roy Brown, SaliX; Frank Wig
gins, Prairie City: Lynn Sawyer Ser
geant Bluffs, and Joseph Honz, Dun
LAP. White corn: Neil Marker. Cor
rectionviile: Leslie Nordhausen, Man
son: JaOh r. Wilson. Kelley: John
orr, Colo. and Fritz Blume, Denison.
southern. yellow corn-RayrhOnd
McDermott. Walnut: Donald White
hill. Clarinda; Sammy Peel. Viewer;
john P Tucker. Viewer and Frank
Barker Red Oak White corn: Har-
vey Saar. Treynor: William Long.
Thurman. other than white or yellow:
Walter Ridgett. Council Bluffs; Lyle
Lorenz, Winterset.
Ray F. Bennett. F. E. Fuller and F. 5.
Wilkins of the farm crops department
OF the college. judged the contest. The
boys showed some mighty good corn.
the judges declared.
College Short Course Opens.
Iowa State College and Ames are
ana women. boys and girls. who have
come for the annual short course and
farmers week. Every train for Two
days has brought its quota of visitors.
with tine result that hundreds more
are enrolled at this time than a year
ago Altho this incoming host is put
ting the hospitality OF the town and
campus % the test, the accommodations
for visitors are holding out nicely and
for all who come lodging ard eating
places are being provided promptly.
Already it is assured that this week
will mark the greatest gathering ever
and the farm home. The programs
viii offer something like hundred diff
ferent addresses, lectures and demon
STATIONS daily. on every possible sub
ject relating TO farm and home. The
instruction staff includes some $50 fac
ulty members and scores of men and
women from the outside some OF inter
national reputation in their fields.
National Authorities on Program.
Some OF the well known national au-
thOrities who will speak before the
short course during the week are DR..
q +. Warren. farm management ex-
pert Cornell University. New York;
Prof George A Dean. Kansas State
Agricultural College: Frank l. Mann,
we'll known Illinois farmer: Prof c. G.
Williams OF the Ohio experiment sta
ton: Miss Anna Barrows. Column ia
University. New York City; Prof. Frank
A. Waugh. the we'll known Iandsca pc
architect, Massachusetts Agricultural
College, end Mrs. Mary Schenck Wool
man. expert in textiles.
one Of the strong features OF short
course week is the corn and small grain
show being conducted by the Iowa Corn
and Small Grain Growers Association.
BY noon Monday so many entries had
come in for this that every Dit OF ex-
hibition space had been taken and late
exhibitors were forced TO tie their cal rs
up with strings. 1t is thought
when the ears are counted that there
will be around $1,000 entered. This will
be the largest state show ever held
in the country.