Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-31
CORNANDSPUD
SHOW EXHIBITS
ARE ARRANGED
Fine Array Of Agricultural
Specimens Received; Also
Machine Exhibit.

Exhibits for the Red River Valley
Corn and Potato show which is to be
held IN the city auditorium on Wed
needaY and Thursday. are today being
of the show at 1880 Wednesday
morning.,
d.. b. Morris. who is In charge of
the corn and potato exhibits. said this
morning that there would be- at least
200 individual exhibits Of corn and
potatoes. on view. and this Is consid-
cred an excellent showing, In view of
the fact hat this is the first event Of
the kind that has been held in Grand
Forks. Interest in the show has been
widespread. however. and not only
from Grand Forks county. but from
several adjoining counties in. thu state,
and Minnesota. fine exhibits have
been received.
a- Big Exhibits.
Fifty individual exhibits will come
from the Hooplc district, where SUI
perior potatoes are grown, and a big
exhibit from Walhalla arrived this
Gilby. and other points in Grand
Forks county are to be largely rep
resented.
The Northwest School of Agricul-
ture. at Crookston. the North Dakota
Agricultural college at Fargo, Oscar
H. Will and company of Bismarck,
and the Amenia-Sharon Land COM
rany are among the big exhibitors.
Attention will center about an ex-
hibit Of corn which has been sent by
George Tollefson of Christine. N. D.
At the International Live stock show
held in Chicago in December. Mr.. Toll
lefson's Mercer Flint corn won third
place in the national competition. He
will exhibit Mercer Flint here. Will
lie m 111,,v 49, re uT~1o1 Nv ~
who's Rustlers White Den corn won
fifth place at the International show.
also will exhibit corn.
AL Space Gone.
Every available inch of exhibition
space in the auditorium has been
taken for the show. E. r. Mont
and in addition to the corn and
spuds. visitors will have an oppor-
tunity to view models of up to date
farm machinery These firms will ex-
hibit in the machinery section: T. ].
Smith and Co.. of Grand Forks. rep
resenting the Deer Weber line Of
potato machinery; Burgess Bros. of
Sorter Co.; the Louisville Chemical
works. of Louisville. KY: w. A. Wal
ton of Minot. representing the Wal
ton Potato Seed Cutter: the Inter
national Harvester Co. Of Chicago;
the Rice Lake Potato Machinery Co.;
Tom Moore Ford Co.. representing
the Fordson tractor: Avery Co. Of
Grand Forks: n Butler and Co. Of
Grand Forks. showing a model ce-
ment and block potato warehouse.
Junior Department
Boys and girls of the county. who
carry on agricultural work under the
direction of Miss Elva Cronk. county
club leader. will have a special de-
that have been offered the juniors
who enter corn and potatoes.
Ten ears of corn will comprise each
exhibit Of cor There will be foul
varieties on view. namely. Northwest
ern dent, yellow dent. white dent, and
any variety of Flint.
Twenty tubers will make up each
five varieties of the well-known vege-
table entered. These will include
Irish Cobbler. Early Ohio. Rural New
York. Early Triumph and Burbank.
The exhibits will be marked only
with entry tags showing the number
and class of each. until after the
judging has been completed. when
the names of the exhibitors will be
attached.
In connection with the show there
will be entertainment features. the
program being as follows:
Wednesday Morning.
Address of Welcome-Mayor n. II.
O'Keefe.
Purpose and Aims of the Shown.
c. Bachelor.
Response-John Scott.
Remarked B. Morris, Grand
Forks County Agent.
Wednesday Afternoon.
G. Benz-Potato expert for the n.
P. Railway, St. Paul, MINI.
Geo. Hoople-A farmer living at
Hoople, N. D., who has made good
with potatoes.
]. G: Haney of the Int. Harvester
Co.-"Corn."
w. I. Forbes-'Relations Of Farmer
and Banker" A..
H. L. Bolley, assisted by W. c..
Couey-"Potato Diseases"
Wednesday Evening.
John Lee Coulter, president Of N. D..
Agricultural College-To be introduc.
ed by E. j. Lander.
Thursday Morning.
H. l.. Waster-"Better Corn"
Senator Jake e. Eastgate-Facts
and Figures on a Rotation of Corn
and Balanced Live Stock.
Thursday Afternoon.
Frank Collins-Soo immigration
Department.
Robt. F. Flint-Dairy Commission
er.
Jack Page-Dairying Experiences.
A. ]. Surratt-Government Statis-
tics.
A. J. W1lson-Bemidji, MINI.
Geo. Wolff, Asst. Co. Agent Leader
-"Warehousing."
Open Discussion-By farmers who
know potatoes.