The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-21
KEEN CONTEST
FOR NUMEROUS
PRIZES SEEN
Practically Every County in
the State to be Represent
ed, Secretary Says
SHOW OPENS TUESDAY
Speaking Programs Will be
He'd Each Afternoon for
Visiting Farmers

Practically every county in the
state will be represented in exhibits
in North Dakota's first statewide
corn show, which opens here tomor-
row, according to A. F. Bradley, Sc
crctary of the show committee. A
corps Of assistants began placir en-
tries in the corn show hall in the
Eppinger building on Main street
Saturday afternoon and were busily
engaged today in this work. 1t was
predicted by Mr.. Bradley that more
than 300 farmers would have cJrn
entered in the contests.
Included in the exhibits already
were many freak ears of corn, special
prizes having been offered for the
largest ear and the most unusual
shaped ear of corn. More than 80
prizes are to be awarded for corn of
the various classes entered in the
show, and in addition district prizes
are offered by banks and other bus
mess institutions of several counties
and localities. The prize money will
approximate $400.
The purpose OF the show, as an
nOunced r. the committee of the AS
sociation of Commerce in charge, is
to find out what good corn North
Dakota has raised and to tell the
world about it. Many of the exhibits
already placed in the show room are
declared by local men to show that
North Dakota can raise as fine corn
as is raised any PLACE in the United
States.
The show room will be opened to
the public at 10 a. m. Tuesday, and
will remain open for three days.
Judging which will be conducted in
the mean time will be in charge of
Prof. II. l.. Walster, agronomst,
North Dakota Agricultural College.
Program Arranged
Speaking programs will be held
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
of This week at the Rialto theater
The program is as follows.
Observation-Disclosures movies; ad-
dress, Charles +. COLLISION, Minnea-.
polls Tribune; J. f. Kadonsky, de-
velopment agent, 500 line; E. F. Ben
son, manager department of immi-
grafton and industry, Northern Paci-
fic Railway.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. movies;
address, Prof. II. l.. Walster, n. ID.
Agricultural College; +. L. kelso,
superintendent, Ardmore Field Sta
tion, South Dakota, coming as per-
sonal> representative of Secretary
Wallace of the United States Depart
mcnt of Agriculture.
Thursday-Movies; address, John
l.. Coult<r, president, North Dakota
Agricultural College.
The grand prize of the show is
beautiful silver cup offered by l.. B.
Hanna Of Fargo, former Governor,
which will go to the county whose
farmers take the most prizes at the
show, each 81 Of prize money won
counting toward the total number Of
points to be listed for each county.
The county will be proclaimed the
champion corn growing county of
the state for 1928, and will retain
the cup permanently if it wins the
grand prize twice in succession, but
surrender it if it is won by another
county the following year.
The rules provide that all corn
must be entered in the growers
name, that all corn and seed exhibit
ed must be of the 1928 crop and
grown in North Dakota. In addition
tc the corn exhibit, special prizes
are to be awarded for alfalfa and
sweet clover exhibits.