New Ulm review., 1922-09-06
COUNT KERNELS
IN WHEAT QUART
NEW ULM ROLLER MILL co.
PUTS ON COUNTY FAIR
WHEAT CONTEST
PRIZES WON BY. CONTESTANTS
FROM MADELIA, SLEEPY
EYE, SPRINGFIELD.

EYE, SPRINGFIELD.
There have been bean counting
contests, soap guessing contests, and
contests in guessing the number Of al
most every conceivable thing, but
the New Ulm Roller Mill Com
pany is probably the first that has
ever put on contest, guessing how
many kernels Sof wheat in a quart
bottle of the grain. This was
done at the Brown County Fair last
week and it occasioned no end OF
comment. People looked and looked
at the quart bottle Of wheat and
guessed and shook their heads, and
then figured some more on how many
kernels quart would hold.
Gues.es Had Wide Spread.
The guesses had wide spread,
some guessing that there were less
than thousand kernels and others
that the quart bottle held five million
kernels. Most of the guesses, how
ever, ranged from $4,000 to 100000.
The idea of using wheat was pro
posed by August c. Dahl, secretary
treasurer of the New Ulm Roller Mill
Co.. It had been suggested that the
company should fill can with beans
and let people guess the number OF
beans in the can. But Mr.. Dahl in
sisted that the famous Compass
flour is made of the best grade Of
wheat and not from beans and that the
bottle should contain wheat. 1t was
so ordered.
Winners Get Compass Flour.
The one guessing the closest gets a
l0O-lb. sack of Compass" -four, made
by the New Ulm Roller Mill Co., and
known far and wide as a splendid
-four. The one guessing the second
closest to the actual number Of ker.
nels gets a 5O-lb. sack and the thirc
prize is a 25-lb. sack, This made
good guessing very much worth while
and guesses came thick and fast.
After the County fair was over, Mr.
Dahl arranged little party for CIR
friends of his daughter and the big
feature in the amusement program wa:
to actually count out the number o1
kernels of wheat in the quart bottle
which had been guessed at so much al
the fair. Some of the girls had put
in guesses and therefore had an extra
incentive for wanting to count the
wheat kernels.
Contained 26,07l Kernels.
When the fair young judges hae
completed their task, they found thai
the quart bottle contained just exact
ly 26,071 kernels of wheat. None O
the girls had come within prize-win'
ming distance of the correct guess ano
that is proof that they did their jot
Of counting squarely and fairly. Nc
one had guessed the correct number
but Mrs. r. O. Pfeferle of Madelia
had guessed 25,900. She was only
III kernels short in her guess and wa!
the closest. She gets a 1OO-lb. sacl
of Compass" -four. Miss Se'ms
Schultz Of Sleepy Eye was secont
with a guess of 25,S76, being only 2
kernels farther off than Mrs. Pfefferle
That's close competition, one woult
say. Miss Schultz gets the 5O-lb
sack of compass. Next came Mis-
Vera Wenzel of Springfield with
guess Of 26,399 and she wins the Is
lb. sack.
Mr.. Dahl is receiving the compli
ments Of his friends for making sucl
a success. of his advertising stunt.
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Mr.. and Mis-. Otto Hoschsprung dn,
children of Sartell and Mrs. Fred Eli
of Brownton visited at the William
schreyer home on Saturday yEand Sun
day.
Miss Ella Ruemke of St. Paul was
visitor at the home of her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Giesek
! ST.. and with other relatives and friend
here.
Miss Helen Fritsche left on Saturda,
afternoon for Olivia where she vii
teach this year. She will have charg
Of parts Of the fifth and sixth grades
Miss Fritsche graduated from th
Teachers State College at sMankat
this year.
| Miss Minnie Tirnm leaves on Snnda
for Hanska where she will teach in /
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