Marble Hill press., 1920-02-05
WESTERN CANADA CORN
Nlns First Honors at Kansas
City.

While visiting the Canadian Govern,
ment Information Bureau at Kansas
CITY where there IL on exhibition q
very crcditable display of Canadian
products, my attention, SAYS writer
In the agricultural press. was directed
TO few ears oi bent cun, hraring
the modest inscription.
This Northwestern nrHi corn took
the first prize nt the Sail Products
Exposition recently held In Kansas
City Mo, and Wns grown hy John
Hamilton ~ Redwood Manitoba"
Redwood Maninhn lies about twelve
hundred miles north ~ Kansas city,
AMI IL wns quite rnriuHnhlr that these
Canadians should 80 proudly parade
the fact thar ihrN had hrrn able to
carry of fnr their .'rn display the
blue ribbon thni inr Years the old
"corn growing" states hnd looked M
on NJ h"ins practically their own, ani
for which they were strong contest,
anis IN ~" recent show,
I asked M. Hewitt agent In charge
of the Canadian Government office nc
2nla Main Street Kansas city. what
the winning ~ the prize mrsns FOR
Canada, Ills reply was that II means
the 'corn belt" Is moving nnrihwRrd.
and In few years to me fame thar
Canada has already achieved ~
wheat, harley and oats producing coun-
try, will hnV" fn b. added that of
growing the best corn IN America.
"whv" h. said "iWan'N years Rgn
friend ~ mine wus attracted NJ the
Minnesota State Fair hy 'ha number
NJ those who were examining some
Nn-n growth north ~ Cronksiou Min
nesoin, n was not m" large sHr pro-
iuced further south bar II wHs M even
ear and prFfrri kernel T." Interest
ccn'rrei IN Il was me fnci that n had
been grown So far north Thar Vas
twenty years ugn. To-day ne trnv-
eler IN any ~ the railways IN that
section ~ the country may So" hrli
after field ~ corn. In mnny portions
NJ Manitoba" h" continued "oui into
Saskatchewan and Alberta 'hc grow.
Ing ~ corn j. receiving much attcn.
fion. A. presently mainly FOR fodder.
but within short time. with accllma.
ted seed n maturing corn ~ good quail
lty NAV saaSonnhly be expected. A.
rrady f'n- number ~ sllos in use In
Western Canada indicates that the pro.
gresSlve farmers thcre look forward
10 the. day when corn will he one Of
their most important crops.
Corn lands In South Dakota are
said 70 he selling aS high n $3.50 per
acre. and II corn has been m. means
Of pldcinc thrs" lands NJ This price
what NAV be- expected ~ Western Can.
ada ltnds when the day comes that
corn win be grown rs successfully
therer'
II vaS not 10 corn alone that West
ern Ctnada' carried M The honors at .
the SpIl Products Exposition. The .
awart!s won by Western Canada were
20 HAt 20 second. and 20 third
prizes Those Included lSt 2nd and
srd pyI7"s FOR hard spring wheat; the
sweephnkes for wheat and the cup Of.
tered NJ Canadian Pacific Railway for
the hks' hulf.hushel Of hard spring
wheats iSt 2nd and Srd prizes and
sweerktakeS FOR oats; LIST End and
Bird ptizrs for barley; and 2nd and
srd przes for oats. f
1t u Interesting to note that the
sweepstasSs for wheat and first prize
for hatpi red spring wheat have been
won sbECSsSkatchewan exhibitors
seven Mines in the last eight years.
Manitoba winning one year.
PotGsanCahsseS have some interesting
succeSsrs for Western Canadian e1.
hbltofs who won four frsts, 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 cabhages, caulihowers,
pumpkins squash and watermelons
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