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Premium List For Corn Show at Walla Walla
Show Organized and Managed by Oregon-Washmgton Railroad and Navigation Company, Will Be Held November 25, 26, 27
and 28, 1914.
TTOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
General Bales.
1 Competition open to everyone in
territory tributary to the Oregon-Washington
Railroad & Navigation Com
pany's lines in Oregon, Washington or
Idaho.
2 AH prize winning exhibits to be
come the property of the company for
exhibition and seed purposes.
3 Prizes offered for irrigated pro
ducts are intended to apply wherever
water is used as an aid to crop produc
tion. No discrimination will be made as
to method of application.
4 Entries for all prizes must bo ac
companied with the name of exhibitor,
the location of the land and character of
the soil. Where the term "non-irrigi-tion"
is used, the reference is to all
lands where crop production "is carried
on without artificial use of water. When
the prize is for ono acre or more, the
entry must designate the location, size
and shape of plat; also state whether it
is a separate pfiit grown especially for
exhibition or experimentation, or is part
of a general field rop. In the latter
case state the size of the field and
whether it is one acre or more. Ground
to be measured and the yield certified
to by two or more disinterested parties.
This report must also show the char
acter of the coil, kind of fertilizer used,
use the following score as a basis of
awards:
Pounds of grain per acre 30 points
Pounds of fodder per acre 30 points
Quality of grain 20 points
Cost of production in hours
of man and horse, and of
fertilizer, where such is
used 10 points
Best story of how crop was
produced and handled 10 points
100 points
8 In the ono and 12-ear contests, all
grain to be judged as follows:
Scoro Card.
1 Ear 12 Ears
Shape of ear 20 15
Trueness to type 5 5
Filling out at ends 12 . 10
Maturity 18 15
Uniformity of kernels., 25 20
Per cent of grain to cob 20 20
Uniformity of exhibit .. 15
100 100
No report will be required with the
one and 12-ear contests. A copy of the
score card as marked by the judges will
be sent to each exhibitor, whether win
ning prizo or not.
9 One person may eompete for two
or more prizes, but separate exhibits
must be made for each entry. Where
Division r-0.-W. E. & N. Co. Boys'
Contest for Bert 12 Ears.
This contest limited to boys under 18
years of age.
Irrigated. Noa -irrigated.
1st Prize $20.00 $20.00
2nd Prize 15.00 15.00
3rd Prize 10.00 10.00
4th Prize 5.00 5.00
5th Prize 2.50 2.50
Division E O.-W. B. ft N. Co.
Best general display $50.00
Basis of Award.
Number of varieties..
Quality of grain-
Taste of arrangement. .
Size of exhibit
Story of how it was produced
20
... 40
... 20
.. 10
... 10
100
Division F.
To the Boys' Corn Club making the
best general exhibit, under same rules
as Division E, the A. H. Averill Machin
ery Co., of Portland, Oregon, will give
the following:
1st Library of nine agricultural and
horticultural books.
2nd Library of six agricultural and
horticultural books.
3rd Library of three agricultural and
horticultural books.
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if any, quantity, and time applied;
when the land was plowed and how
deep; how often disced and harrowed
before planting; date and method of
planting; how often harrowed after
planting; how often cultivated; what
kind of cultivator nscd and date of
harvesting.
Samples of corn and stalks should be
as nearly as practieablo a fair average
of the crop except where the specifica
tion is for field selected ears, in which
easo the grower is supposed to go over
the plat some time previous to harvest
ing, and mark those stalks containing
the earliest maturing earl of good even
size, growing on strong, well developed
stalks. These marked ears are then
harvested separately, sorted and fire
dried, and from these he may select
the 50 or 100 of most perfect ears.
5 All entries in tho aero contests
must be accompanied by a statement
which, in addition to points noted in
Bule 4, will name the varieties of eorn,
and if the seed was grown on that farm;
how many years the variety has been
grown on that farm or in that neigh
borhood, and state the labor cost in
hours and minutes in preparation of
the ground, planting, cultivating and
harvesting. Also the use made of the
main crop. Was any part of it cut and
fed green f Was any of it hogged off,
or eaten off by livestock without har
vesting! Was any of it cut up and
allocked, or was it hnskod and Btalks
loft standing in the field, or was any of
it put in the silof If so, state the size
of silo and number of acres required
to fill it; number of hours' time of man
and team required to harvest the erop
and place it in the silo. Was any seed
corn saved! If so, how much, and how
was it saved!
If yon have any seed eorn to sell, toll
as just how mnch of each variety.
6 In all acre contests 50 ears of ecra
and 12 stalks must be exhibited, except
in Divisions J, K, L and M, which re
quiro 100 eajs,
7 la, acre contest! tie judges wiD
the prizo is offered for one acre or
more, a stparate plot must bo assigned
for each entry. Where the prize ' is
given for ears of corn, the corn may
come from tho acre or more that is in
competition for another prize, but a
separate exhibit from that required by
tho acre contest.
10 All entries should contain cars in
nearly uniform in size, shape and color
as practicable.
11 All exhibits should be plainly
marked as to what prize the entry is
competing for. Read carefully Rule 9.
Division A O.-W. E. & N. Co.
Best Acre.
Class 1 Class 2
Irrigated. Non-Irrigated1.
1st prize $25.00 $25.00
2nd Prize . 15.00 15.00
3rd Prize 10.00 10.00
4th Prizo 7.50 7.50
5th Prize 5.00 5.00
6th Prize 2.50 2.50
7th Prize . 2.50 2.50
8th Prize 2.50 2.50
9th Prize 2.50 2.50
10th Prize . 2.50 2.50
Division B O.-W. K. & N. Co.
Best Twelve Ears.
Class 1 Class 2
Irrigated. Non-Irrigated.
1st Prize $15.00 . $15.00
2nd Prize 10.00 10.00
3rd Prize 7.50 . 7.50
4th Prize 5.00 5.00
5th Prize 2.50 2.50
6th Prize 2.50 2.50
7th Prizo 2.50 2.50
8th Prize 2.50 2.50
9th Prize 2.50 2.50
10th Prize . 2.50 2.50
Division D O.-W. E. & N. Co. Boys'
Contest for Best Acre.
This contest limited to boys under 18
years of age.
Irrigated. Non-Irrigated.
1st Prize $20.00 $20.00
2nd Prize 15.00 15.00
Jrd Prise . 10.00 10.00
4th Prise . 6.00 i 6.00
5U Prix U0 v "
Division G.
Best one ear, any variety, offered
by K. B. Mil'ler, traffic man
ager, O.-W. R. & N. Co $25.00
Division H.
For best 12 ears popcorn, C. L. Smith,
Agriculturist, O.-W. R. & N. Co., will
give:-
1st Prize $5.00
2nd Trize 3.00
3rd Prize 2.00
Division I, Class 2.
For best 100 ears Flint corn grown
on upland by dry farming methods, 12
stalks and statement of how grown to
accompany the exhibit, the J. I. Case
Threshing Machine Co., Portland, Ore
gon, will give a Racine Rotary Harrow.
' Division J, Class 1.
Best two acres of Dent corn grown
on irrigated land, to be judged by the
same rules provided for the one acre
contests, 100 ears of field selected seed
corn and 6 stalks, to be exhibited, a
Riding Cultivator, offered by R. M.
Wade & Co., Portland, Oregon.
Division J, Class 2.
For best two acres non-irrigated Dent
corn grown by dry farming methods,
Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co., Portland,
Oregon, and Spokane, Washington, offer
a prize consisting of a J. I. Case Lister,
Subsoiler and Seed Drill, combined, an
excellent tool for the dry land farmer.
To be judged by rules of one-acre con
tests, 100 ears field selected seed corn
and 12 stalks to bo exhibited.
Division K, Class 2.
For the best three acres of corn grown
on non-irrigated land, The corn to be
judged by the same rules as provided
for the one-acre contests, 100 cars of
corn and 12 stalks to be exhibited at
the show. The Oliver Chilled Plow
Works, Portland, Oregon, will give one
No. 15 Variablo Drop Corn Planter.
Division L, Class 1.
For tho best five acres of corn, irri
gated, to be judged under samo rules as
provided for the one-acre contests, 100
field-selected ears and 12 stalks to bo
exhibited at the show, the John Deere
Company, Portland, Oregon, offer - New
Deere Corn Planter.
Division L, Class 2.
Vnr host five acres of corn erown on
nnn-irritrated land, to be iudsed under
tho same rules as provided for the one-
acre contests, 100 field-selected ears ana
12 selected stalks to be exhibited at the
show, the International Harvester Com
nanv of America offers a prize consist
ing of Two-Horse Riding Cultivator.
Division M, uiass i.
Vnr the best 10 acres of corn grown
nder irrigation, to be judged by the
same rules as tne one-acro contests, iiw
field-selected ears of seed corn and 6
stalks to be exhibited at the show, the
Orpcron Molina Plow Cc Portland, Ore
gon, will give a two-horse walking Corn
Cultivator. -
Division M, Class 2.
For the best 10 acres of corn grown
without irrigation, to be indeed by the
same rules as the one-tcre contests, 100
field selected ears of seed corn ana o
stalks to be exhibited at the show, the
Parlin & Orendorff Northwest now
Portland. Oregon, will give a King Cul
tivator with No. 21 gangs . ,
Division N, Class 2.
To the boy or girl under 16 years of
age entering the twelve best seed ears
of his own selection, with story of how
the crop was grown, Lou S. Smith, as
sistant agriculturist, O.-W. B. & N. Co,
will give an Eastman Vest Pocket
Kodak with two rolls of films. Contest
open only to Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam;
Morrow and Grant counties, Oregon,
Corn need not be grown by contestant,
but must be grown on upland without
irrigation. Exhibit to count 50 and,
story 50. . 2 j.
SAVING SEED COEN.
By C. L. Smith, Agriculturist of thtf
Oregon-Washington Eailroad
Navigation Company.
The corn plant has the eharaeteristio
.of adapting itself to soil and chmatie
conditions to a greater degree than any
other cultivated plant. There is also a
wider variation in sizo and quality of
grains, under average conditions, than
is to be found with other cereals. Foi
this reason, seed selection becomes
very important factor in successful corn
growing.
Experiments have demonstrated that
with fertile soil, carefully prepared,
and cultivation well done, the
difference in seed has made a difference
in the yield varying from 12 to 100
h..hg npr acre. Even when good eara
have been selected and tested, the varia
tion has been Remarkable. In one ex
priment 100 ears planted in 100 rows
side by side, in the same field, some
of the rows produced at the rate of 90
hushes tier acre, while others produced
less than 40 bushels per acrce. Some had
ten times as many barren staiKS ana
dozen times as many suckers as the
others.
The place to select seed corn is in the
field. The time to select it is before
the harvesting of the crop. One of the
mm successful urowers. who has in
twenty years increased his crop from 25
bushels rer cere of rather poor corn v
inn bushels Der acre ef No. 1 corn, be
gins his seed selection by cutting out
all weak or barren stalks Deiore oios
onmm IT. The latter Dart of August he'
goes over tne field marking with colored
strings those stalks tnat are strong, ire
unm suckers, with two or more good
cars on a 'stalk. A special mark is put
on those that indicate early maturity..
Just before the harvesting of the main
crop, the marked ears are gathered,
marked according to tno strings, ana
AS.oA on nnicltlv and S3 dVv SS POSSille,
by hanging in a well ventilated room
that is well heated every day.
Tho corn when dry is stored in a dry,
well ventilated room. In March the
heaviest, most perfect shaped ears are
selected for the seed plat. Six kernels
from each ear are tested for germina
tion. Any ears that show poor germi
nati. n or weak yellow plants are dis
carded. In marking the stalks to be saved for
seed, the gcn-ral appearance of the stalk
should be considered. It should be of
medium height for the variety, thick at
the butt, and gradually tapering, eloM