The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-31
COUNTY IS
Big MONEY WINNER
AT N. D. CORN show
Will Take Home Almost Twice
as Much. as Emmons Coun.
ty, State Champion
RANSOM farmer WINS $56
Several Prize-Winning Exhibits
May Be Entered in Chi
cago Exposition
RANSOM FARMER WINS $5e

Though Emmons county won its
fifth consecutive state corn-growing
at the ninth annual
North Dakota State Corn Show, which
will close here tonight. Benson county
exhibitors will take home almost twice
as much as Emmons farmers in prize
Benson county corn growers won a
total Of $349 In prize money while
Emmons was awarded $l84.
Exhibitors were given one point for
each 81 In prize money they won at
the show. In the statewide contest,
Emmons scored 184 points while Ben
son counted only 28h. However. Ben
son farmers scored 1901 points In the
contests for the separate group Of II
northern counties.
E. M. Granlund, Ransom county,
who won his second straight individ-
ual state corn-growing championship,
scored 56 points.
Bowman and Walsh counties placed
first and second respectively In the
state All Clubs Crop Show, conduct
ed IN connection with the corn show.
Judging Comprehensive
Judging In the county All contest
was based upon quantity Of exhibits In
proportion to junior club membership
In the respective counties, quality Of
exhibits, comparative competition In
the various individual contests, and
the club secretaries written records OF
the club activities, according to H. E.
Killing, state club leader.
Judges in all the contests were
Clyde Mckee, agronomist Of the Mon
tana state university experiment sta
ton; DR.. H. L. Walster, dean OF the
College OF Agriculture at the North
Dakota Agricultural college: and W..
r. Smith, Dickinson. A representative
from the state pure seed department
assisted In judging the All club grain
exhibits.
The show, which opened last We'd
nesday, will close at 10 o'clock tonight,
according to H. p. Goddard. secre-
tary.
Officers Reelected
George F. Will, Bismarck, D. G.
Crimmins, Hazelton, and P. ]. Meyer,
Bismarck, were reelected chairman.
vice chairman, and treasurer Of the
board of directors of the show at the
annual meeting of the directors, God
dard said. Goddard remains secre-
tary OF the show in his capacity as
secretary of the Bismarck Association
Of Commerce.
Following Emmons in the state
wide county contest were Ransom, 81
points; Mclean and Morton, 68 each:
Burleigh, 81: Sargent, a.; Sioux, 36h:
Dickey, 36; Benson. 28h: Cass. IS;
Grant. 14h: Oliver. l1h; Stutsman.
2; Richland, S; Golden Valley, 3; and
Sheridan, 2.
In the restricted northern contest,
In which Benson scored 320la points,
counties scored as follows: Pierce, So
points: McHenry. %; Walsh, 8; Bot
tineau, s; Ward and Rolette, each !:
and Ramsey, 4.
Following dranlund in the race for
the state individual championship
were the following: John Frey, Nc
Lean county. % points: d. c. Grim
Minis and Ernest Goehring. both Of
Emmons, IS each: Otto Mund, 5ar-
gent. %: N. s. Trauger. Emmons. 81 /:
J. G. Kurtzman, Emmons, 20; r. A.
Mund, Sargent. Andrew Haring. Nor
ton. and Henry Human, Enmons, II
each; and G. G. Goehring. Emmons II.
To international Show
Killing declared Saturday morning
that five exhibits Of potatoes will be
sent to the International Grain and
Hay Show in Chicago Nov. % to Dec.
S as the North Dakota state All cluu
exhibit. He said All grain. alfalfa,
clover, and corn exhibits probably will
be entered in the international show
also.
Though no adult exhibitors have
announced definitely that they will
enter their specimens in the interna-
tional show contests, it Is probable
that several Of the prize winners in
the show here will be sent, officials
declared.
The entertainment program In con-
nection with the show was completed
Saturday afternoon when the moving
picture, "The Virginian", was shown
in the city auditorium.
More than 200 chickens exhibited by
junior poultry club members In the
Bismarck district were offered for sale
at the show Saturday afternoon.