The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-11-20
Spectators Marveled at Splendid Ell
hibits-Many Communities Plan
Growing Potatoes on Large
Scale-the Winners.

dIlu SATURDAY uluSL IIlc auspices "
the Ward County Farm Bureau and
the Association of Commerce, was e
pronounced success, both in attendance
and in the number and quality of the
exhibits.
The large room was well filled with
the finest kind of exhibits. One step
ping into the room, and not knowing
just where the show was held, might
easily have imagined that he was at
tending corn show in one of the ia
nous corn districts in Iowa. There
were more than 200 exhibits of corn,
including the various types that thrive
so well in North Dakota, many of the
ears being fully foot long, and large
and well filled to the very tips.
Never was there a better potato
show held anywhere. This section Of
North Dakota cannot be excelled any
where in the United States for grow
ing potatoes, either as to quality or
quantity. The exhibitors in the corn
and potato sections have displayed ex-
cellent judgment as to selecting the
proper type and in making uniform Sc
lections.
If any one man can be singled out
as being most responsible for the sue
cess of the show, we might mention
lJourgen Olson, of this city. Mr.. Olson
got into the potato growing game
right last season when he co-operated
with many farmers in this important
branch of farming. Mr. Olson spent
a large sum of money to make this
first show success, investing in hum
dreds of choice cigars, many galloni
of cider, sandwiches, coffee, etc., which
were given to the crowd free. Mr
Olson also paid for the music, which
was furnished during the three days
by the Quigley orchestra. Mr.. Olson
realizes that there isn't such differ
ence between the people who live in
the country and those who live in the
towns, when they once take off their
masks and get together on a common
basis. There are people in the country
who try to preach the doctrine of class
hatred towards the town folks, and
there are men in the towns who doenot
pass up an opportunity to array the
town folks against those who live .or
the farms. Mr.. Olson believes that
such a. show as we had in Minot last
week, will do much to allay this sus-
plclousness held by one class against
the other.
A representative of the Independent
talked with quite a large number of
the growers and learned much of in
iterest regarding the success that they
have had with corn and potatoes.
A. c. Nedrud, Logan farmer, who
won first prize on his Minnesota 49,
has been growing corn for many years
This year he had 20 acres, including
five varieties: NV. Dent, Early Vel
low Dent, Red Flint, Gehu and Mime
sofa 13. He plants his seed about
May 20 each year and cultivates the
field six times. He always checks his
corn in. He had to 90 out into some
deep snow banks to secure the selec-
tion that won him the first prize.
julius Rue of Burlington brot in
, three exhibits. He grew 35 acres of
corn this year and used it in filing his
silo. He estimates the yield at about
35 bushels per acre.
Farmers learned great deal about
selection Of seed corn and seed pota-
toes.
H. L. Walster, of the state Agricul-
tural College at Fargo, Judged the
corn. To an Independent representa-
tive, he said:
I 1T is the best corn show l have
seen in the Northwest and is one of
the best ever staged in North Dakota
The farmers showed good judgment
in making their selections. might
suggest that farmer should have an
ideal in mind and pick his seed to that
ideal. The winners picked uniform
seed that was we'll ripened. Corn that
lis ripe and will ripen is more import
ant to North Dakota than a big ear,
that is not ripe. Ripe corn means bet
ter feed and is good crop insurance
for the next crop Of corn. The show
ing of Yellow Flints deserves special
mention, also the N. w. Dent and the
Minnesota 13. / selected the exhibits
Of Dakota White Flint for Grand
Championship, because it was very
true to type, was uniform and we'll
ripened."
There were a number Of unusually
striking exhibits. One was bundle
Of corn, taken from the field run by
Thos. Hecker of Logan. The leaves
were stripped from the stalks and the
husks from the ears, presenting a
splendid sight, proof positive that
corn is one of the states big and best
paying crops.
There were several fine exhibits Of
pop corn. Walter Traxel Of Foxholm
had one Of these and at It's side was
a box Of the flaky corn all popped.
Several exhibits Of Red Flint proved
to be an oddity.
The Grand Championship prize on
White Flint, raised by Mr.. Benson Of
Sawyer, will be used BY DR.. Worst for
immigration purposes. Good seed corn
was offered ct the show for $500 q
bushel, but not much was sold.
Milt Wenner, Of Sawyer, who at
tended the show, reports growing fine
mature Rustlers White Dent corn In
Just 80 DAYS from the time the seed
was planted until the seed corn was
picked.