South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-04
INDIANA NOW HAS
NEW CORN KING
Everett Mcclure. of Aurora
Wins Over All in 600 Con-
tests in State.

Everett Mcclure. ~ aurora, is
the rev corn king OF Indiana win
ing over all the other 900 contest
ants in the 5-acre corn growing con
test. the biggest event OF this kind
I'm the United states. Mcclure grew
IN average OF 1Os.OS bushels OF corn
on his tract final figures just OBJ
tanned by r. s. Thomas. OF the soils
and crops department Of the Pur-
due university extension stan show.
This contest is under the auspices
OF the Indiana Corn Growers asso-
citation. The average Yield OF all
men IN the contest was SIS. against
q state yield Of about SO bushels.
Another Dearborn county man.
Charles T. Luke, OF Dillsboro. was
second with a yield OF 1888 bush
els per acre. A Johnson county
man. O. Ray Grifith, OF Franklin,
was third with 1922 bushels. and
.. l. Constable, OF Goodland, New
ton county. was feurth with 1O1.11
bushels. All OF these men win the
handsome gold medals awarded By
the corn growers association for
Yields Of 100 bushels or more.
In addition 20 these gold medal
winners, 10 contestants won silver
medals for yields between So and
90 bushels Three johnson county
men won these hoEors. They were
John Stainbrook. Franklin. $50
bushels; G. l. Handy, Edinburg.
96.97 bushels. and T. y. Brown.
Franklin. S6.Se bushels. Two from
Newton county, Harry War;. Brook.
with 1894 bushels, and William
Littlejohn Kentland. S5.O7 bushels.
drew silver medals other silver
medal men were Isaac RI. Miller,
1.awrenceburg. S5.79: Charles L.
Pirtle. Sullivan. S5.51: Harold
Meyers. Shelburn. S5.S6: Curtis
lTopewell. Farmersbarg. s6.72; c.
T.. Schaff, Dale, $3.50: ". TT. Ba-
ker. Lyons. 99.43; William J. Burch,
Bloomington, 1923: NJ r. Robert
son, Bloomington. 90.9s: r Z. Nc
l<ee. Franklin county. 94.99; J. l..
McCarty. laurel, $500: Tiff Brown.
Needham. 1854: John Sheffler.
Shelbyyille. S6.97: W. c. Sowder
IIeltonville. s6.31; Ed Stipp. Hell
tonville. SS.47.
Men who grew 10 10 So bushels
10 the acre viii receive bronze
medal There are 81 of these and
the winners are as follows: Tippe-
canoe county. Howard Clarl<son:
Tayette, William Senior and T.. +.
Trusler: Union. Paul McCray. Geo
NJ. Quick and Rollard Paddock;
l'orter county. J. 4. Warren; Ma
zion county, F. Y. watson: Newton
county. Walter E. sell. Frank Nc
Kee. George r. Clarke: Johnson,
Paul Finn, G. L. Kerlin. c. A.
Brown. Roy Clore. Q. NJ. Robbins.
&. n smith: Bartholomew. Frank
t. NIcHenry. Norris McHenry;
Hamilton, Herbert Clark: Dear
horn, A It. Greene, Preston John
stOn. !. y. Cooper, Fred W. Hard
ing. J. r. Mechanism. J. L. Butler.
John Schoole. Sullivan. William
Mickey; Spencer, G. L. Hammond;
Greene. Y. D. Sexton: Wayne. ]. c.
Dougherty. Ransom Miller and
William Pagan. Monroe. Robert
johnson. Franklin. Denwie I.aRue.
William 4. Golden cecil White
man. George Schultz. g. +. Riggs.
Bayard Russell. OrveilIe G.. Dare,
William smith. Decatur. VI. NJ. Car
ter. J. ". Crise, n. y. Oldham;
shelby. Chauucey Poer. :. 5. Mont
romery. Walter shelter F. y.
Philips; Lawrence. g. A. Colglazier;
Jasper. John F. Alter
In addition 20 the state medals.
each OF the So counties finishing
viii give prizes worth $50 TO the
county winners. The contest this
year was much larger than ever
before and 81 counties were repre-
scented. hut the frost in June and
the drouth later i'm the summer
caused two-thirds OF the contest
ants TO drop outs
The accomplishments OF these
men and a study Of their methods
should be OF great value 20 the
farmers OF the state i'm the Wort,
OF corn Improvement said MI.
Thomas.