Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-06-24
WESTERN CANADA CORN
Wins First Honors at Kansas
City

ment Information Bureau at Kansas
City, where there is exhibition q
very creditable display of Canadian
products, my attention, says writer
In the agricultural press. was directed
to few ears OF Dent corn. bearing
the modest inscription
sAThis 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 Kelwood. Manitoba
Redwood. Manitoba, lies about twelve
hundred miles north of Kansas City.
and it was quite pardonable that these
Canadians should so proudly parade
the fact that they had been able to
carry OF for their corn display the
blue ribbon that for years the old
"corn-growing' states had looked up
as 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 at
2O12 Main Street, Kansas City, what
the winning of the prize means for
Canada His reply was that it means
the "corn belt'' is moving northward,
and In few years to the fame that
Canada has already achieved as a
wheat, barley and oats producing cOun-
try, Will have to be added that OF
growing the best corn in America.
why he said, twenty years ago
a aJCTaCIeO
Minnesota State Fair by the number
of those who were examining some
corn growth north of Crool<ston, Min
nesota. It was not the large ear pro-
duced farther south, but 1t was an even
ear and perfect kernel. The interest
centered in it was the fact that it had
been grown far north That was
twenty years ago. Today. the trav-
eler on any of the railways in Shat
| section of the country may see field
after field of corn. In many portions
of Manitoba he continued. tout into
Saskatchewan and Alberta, the grow
| ing of corn is receiving much atten-
| ton, at presently mainly for fodder,
| but within short time, with .acclima-
| ted seed a maturing corn of good quail
| fty may reasonably be expected Al
| ready the number of si1os in use in
| Western Canada indicates that the pro-
| gressfve farmers there look forward
| to the day when corn will be one of
| their most important crops
| "Corn lands in South Dakota are
| said to be selling as high as $3.50 per
| acre, and if corn has been the means
| OF placing these lands at this price
| what may be expected of Western Can
ada lands, when the day comes that
corn will be grown as successfully
| there?"
It was not in corn alone that West
| ern Canada carried off the honors AT
| the SOL fTOQuCIS EXpOSlIiOn ne
| awards won by Western Canada were
! 40 first, % second and 26 third
! prizes These included list. End and
| Bird prizes for hard spring wheat : the
| sweepstakes for wheat and the cup of
| fered by Canadian Pacific Railway fol
| the best half-bushe1 of hard sprfns
wheat; LIST, End and Bird prizes an6
sweepstakes for oats; 1st, End and
J Bird prizes for barley; and End and
| 3rd prizes for oats.
It is interesting to note that thu
| sweepstakes for wheat and first prfz,
for hard red spring wheat have beer
won by Saskatchewan exhibitor
seven times in the last eight years
| Manitoba winning one year.
| Potato classes have some intereStfn,
successes for Western Canadian ex
hibitors who won four firsts, thre
seconds and three thirds. Exhibitor
from these provinces also made fin
showing in the vegetable classes, win
mig among other prizes the premium
prizes for cabbages, caulffowers
pumpkins squash and watermelons
| Adv.