The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-02-13
WESTERN CANADA CORN
Wins First Honors at Kansas
City.

Wniie visiting the Canadian Govern
ment Information Bureau at Kansas
City. where there Is on exhibition a
very credtabie display Of Canadian
products, my attention. says writer
In the agricultural press. was directed
to few ears of Dent corn. bearing
the modest inscription,
This Northwestern Dent corn took
the first prize at the Soil Products
Exposition recently held In Kansas
City. Mo-, and was grown by John
Hamilton OF Redwood. Manitoba"
Redwood. Manitoba. lies about twelve
hundred miles north of Kansas City.
and II was quite pardonable that these
Canadians should so proudly parade
the fact that they had been able to
carry on for their corn display the
blue ribbon that for years the old
"corn growing" states had looked up
on ms being. practically their own. and
for which they were strong contest
ants In the recent show
asked Mr.. Hewitt, agent In charge
Of the Canadian Government office mt
20l2 Main Street, Kansas City, what
the winning OF the prize mems for
Canada. His reply was that II means
the "cOrn belt" Ii moving northward.
and In few years to the fame that
Canada has already achieved ms a
wheat. barley and oats producing coun-
try. viii have to be added that Of
growing the best corn In America.
"Why." he said. twenty years ago
q friend Of mine was attracted at the
Minnesota State Fair by the number
Of those who were examining some
corn growth north Of Crookston. Min
nesota. II was not the large ear pro-
duced farther south, but II was an even
ear and perfect kernel. The interest
conferred In II was the fact that II had
been grown 80 far north. That was
twenty years ago. Today. the trnv.
eler on any Of the railways In that
section NJ the country may see field
after field OF corn. In many portions
Of Manitoba" he continued "out into
Saskatchewan and Alberta, the grow
Ing OF corn II receiving much atten-
tion, at presently mainly for fodder,
but within a short time. with acclima-
ted seed maturing corn Of good quail
ity may reasonably he expected. Al
ready the number Of sIlOs In use In
Western Canada indicates that the pro-
gresslve farmers there look forward
10 the day when corn win be one Of
their most important crops.
''Corn lands In South Dakota arc
said to he selling ms high as $3.50 per
acre. and " corn has been the means
OF placing these lands Mt this price
what may be expected Of Western Can
ada lands. when the day comes that
corn will be grown as successfully
there9"
II was not In corn alone that West
ern Canada carried of the honors Mt
the Soil Products Exposition. The
awards won by Western Canada were
40 frst. 20 second, and 20 third
prizes. These included 1st, End and
3rd prizes for hard spring wheat: the
sweepstakes for wheat and the cup Of
fered by Canadian Pacific Railway for
the best half-hushel of hard spring
wheat: LIST. 2nd and ard prizes and
sweepstakes for oats; ist, End and
Srd prizes for barley: and End and
Bird prizes for oats.
II Is Interesting to note that the
sweepstakes for wheat and first prize
for hard red spring wheat have been
won by Saskatchewan exhibitors
seven times In the last eight years.
Manitoba winning one year
Potato classes have some interesting
successes for Western Canadian ex.
hibitors. who won four tirsts, three
seconds and three thirds. Exhibitors
from these provinces also made fine
showing In the vegetable classes. win
Mig among other prizes the premium
prizes for cabbagcs, caulinowers.
pumpkins squash aud watermelona
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