Smyrna times., 1918-12-11
CORN SHOW" IN SMYRNA
DRAWS MUCH ATTENTION
CORN OF HIGH QUALITY SHOWN
BY GROWERS OF TWO COUNTIES
Bows Corn Club Contest Prove Inter
esting--HOma Demonstration Agents
Make Exhibit-$2OO in Prizes.

4 Rows Corn Club Contest Prove Inter
esting--HOma Demonstration Agents
Make Exhibit-$2OO in Prizes.
This corn is good enough to 90 t,
I any of the big shows" said Prof. A. F
] Grantham Of Delaware College. last
1 Friday afternoon at the Newcastle
! Kent County Corn Show, which was
4 held in the Century Club House al
1 Smyrna on December 6 and 1. as he
] tied the grandchampinnship ribbon on
a ten-ear exhibit of white corn shown
i by Wallace Cook, of Newark. MANY
j farmers about Smyrna viewed witt,
interest the exhibit. The Farm Ru-
raus of New Castle and Kent Coun-
ties in cooperation with the business
men Of Smyrna provided the premium
list and managed this corn show at
which three silver cups, $4,000 in
money and twenty-nine ribbons wero
distributed among twentyone exbib-
tors from Kent, and six from New
Castle County. Besides the regular
exhibit OF corn the Home Demons+,a-
0n Agents of the two counties had
iverT attractive display of fireless
@okers and food products. The Rows,
Corn Club Contests proved to be very
4 Interesting to the fathers and mothers
well as to the boys. The Bows,
Corn Club Exhibit consisted of ten
ear samples OF corn grown by Corn
Clt Boys in the two counties. Some
Ctthis corn was as good as any in the
show and the exhibit was good thru
out. Wallace Cook, of Newark. who
exhibited the grandchampion ten pa,.
and nifty ear sample in the show is \
corn club boy and he also exhibited
the best ten ears in the Bows Corn
Club Exhibit. A judging contest in
which the boys judged there, ten ear
sample OF white, and the same nuno-
Der OF yellow corn, was held durino
ae show. Cash prizes were also Of
Ffed IN TINS contest. The following
As' Of prizes and award was given.
New Castle County Separately.
Ciass, 1O-Ears White Corn-First
Wallace Cook, Newark, $4.OO; Second
ffed Inmble, ,HOckessin, $500; Third
Az Whittock, Odessa, $500; Fourth
". Meyers, ,Middletown, $1.OO. Class.
ULars Yellow Corn-First, Fred
Snyder, Newport, S4.OO. Class 10
lars Mixed Con-First Fred Trirbls
Hockessin, $4.OC. Champion 1O-ears,
any variety, Wallace Cook, Newark
CaSs' 5O-Ears White Corn-First
Wallace Cook, Newark, $500; Second
= a > Whittock, Odessa, $500; Third
iIed Inmble, ,Hockessin, $500. Class
o'-Ears Yellow Com-First Fred
snyder Newport, $500; Second, no
Vue competitive; Champion, 5O-ears
any any color, Wallace Cook, Newark
Ribbon. ~ y" a ~ !
AFn' county Showing Separately.
Cass, lO-Ears White Corn-Fjrst. \
= :. D. Garrison, Cheswold, $4.OO; Sec |
~. l.' gilbert Cosden, Dover, $500; S
% ". '. Cosden, Dover, $500; t
'Vrr'A y, Harry Clark, Kenton. s1.OO: S
O'asS' lO-Ears Yellow Corn-First n
% U'o' ). hoffecker, Dover, s4.OO: Sec n
T.9' Ti Ueo. Poultney, Hartly, $500; o
r., iu, L. II. Donovan, Smyrna, $500; S
I-i'n' -, y. W. Hudson, Clayton. s1OO: s.
e.. hampton 1O-ears, any color r. D. a
n 1''iaOh' Cheswold, ribbon. Class, u
-. e%LS I white cOn-frst, T. D. CARR Of
c1u' c1 Cheswold, $500; second. Harry r. b.
,s5 .a,A, henton, $500; third, L. f. Ro- d
l.. ~ VI lola' $500; fourth, Gilbert Cos al
n. ' Do'er' Sl0O. Glass, so ears vel b.
.s. u. 'ooln-frst, George Hoffecker. Do al
4.,., H. e''9o; second, George Poultnev. in
.o1a ,"', $500. Champion so ears.anv he
ION ~ harrison, Cheswold, rib 81
,''" castle and Kent Together. "a 6"
gsIIsl slanPion 10 ears corn, any variety,
5anI: 4le Cook, Newark, silver cup; Gl
gana pon % ears corn, any variety,
irara. Oook' Newark, silver cup; ST
,sn snge exhibit, won by Capitol
se' Dover silver cup.
Do'' p Corn Contests at the Show. un
!. aHst Isl Judging-(three 1O-ear sam tn
es " " yellow corn; three 1O-ear sam hlt
# ". " %hIte CORN. First, Aby Ben ing
n n vol r.ola' $500; second, Robert Wa tai
enioer erarImlngton, $4.OO; third, Simon ing
r,os ,"' " VIOLA, $500; Fourth. J. Earl IN
,oI, ' Layton, $500; fifth, Wallace ha'
- NeWap1 G. m r, sir