Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-02-06
WESTERN CANADA CORN
wIns First Honors at Kansas
City.

While visiting the Canadian Govern
ment Information Bureau at Kansas
CITY. where there is on exhibition a
ssTy creditable display of Canadian
products, M attention. says a writer
In the agricultural press. was directed
50 a few ears of Dent corn. bearing
zhe modest inscription.
This Northwestern Dent corn took
sAe first prize at the Soil Products
Exposition recently held in Kansas
City, Mo-, and Yves grown by John
Hamilton of Redwood. Manitoba"
Redwood. Manitoba. lies about twelve
aundred miles north of Kansas City,
aad ii was quite pardonable that these
Canadians should so proudly parade
she fact that they had been able to
carry off for their corn display the
blue ribbon that for years the old
~cOrn-gro@ingn states had looked up
sn 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
H0I2 Main Street, Kansas City, what
Che winning of the prize means for
Canada. His reply was that 1t means
The ''corn belt" Is moving northward,
and in a few years to the fame that
Canada has already achieved as
wheat, barley and oats producing c0un-
cry. win have to be added that Of
growing the best corn In America.
''Why" he said twenty years ago
a 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. It was not the large ear pro-
duced farther south, but 1t was an even
ear and perfect Kernel. The interest
ngntered in 1t was the fact that it had
been grown so far north That Was
twenty years ago. To-day the tray-
eser on any of the railways 10 that
section Of the country may see field
SITTER field OF corn. In many portions
~ Manitoba" he continued. "out into
Saskatchewan and Alberta. the grow
ing OF corn Is receiving much atten-
ZION. at presently mainly for fodder.
bnt within a short time, with acclima-
ted seed maturing corn of good quail
1iy may reasonably be expected. AL
ready the number Of silos in use In
Western Canada indicates that the pro-
gressivt farmers there look forward
- the day when corn will be one OF
fkeir most important crops.
~Corn lands In South Dakota are
said to be selling as high as $3.50 per
SIRE. and II corn has been the means
Sf placing these lands at this price
Nhat may be expected Of Western Can
R5R lands. when the day comes that
egfn will be grown as successfully
EAeresa
7, was not In corn alone that West
ern Canada carried on the honors at
the Soil Products Exposition. The
awards won by Western Canada were
30 first. % second and 26 third
prizes. These Included LIST. End and
8rd prizes for hard spring wheat the
sweepstakes for wheat and the cup Of
sered by Canadian Pacific Railway for
che best half-hushel of hard spring
wheat: 1st. 2nd and Bird prizes and
sweepstakes for OATS LIST end and
srd prizes for barley; and 2nd and
srd prizes for oats.
1t is interesting TO note that the
sweepstakes for wheat and first prize
Tor 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 firsts. 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 cahbages caulifiowers,
pumpkins squash and watermelons.
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