Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1918 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 [ADVERTISEMENT]

FIFTY-SIX COUNTIES IN FIVE ACRE CONTEST Fifty-six counties are listed in the five-acre corn contest this year and the enrollment will run between 750 to 1,000 farmers, who are competing for the gold, silver and bronze medals offered by the Indiana corn growers association. Agricultural Agent J. C. Kline, of Wayne county, has reported the largest enrollment which is 124. Union county corn growers have enrolled 115. Other counties with a large enrollment are Dearborn 34, Franklin 24, Greene 44, Morgan 21, Fountain 43, Tippecanoe 46, Rush 19, Johnson 31, Fayette 28, Hancock 15 and Carroll 16. The difficulty experienced by many corn growers to get suitable seed last spring, together with the recent frost in the northern part of the state, has had no material effect on the enthusiasm displayed by the fiveacre contestants. Recent reports from county leaders to J. A. McCarty, of the Purdue university extension department, who has charge of this event show that the contestants have a good stand and many are going to stay in the contest to the finish. Many of the men are taking hold of the project this year as a food production measure endeavoring not only to produce the best type and the highest yielding corn, but also produce, as much food as possible. Gold medals will be given all men who grow 100 bushels or more to the acre; silver medals to all growing 86 bushels and less than 100, and bronze medals for all growing 75 to 85 (bushels per acre. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sprague are spending the day in Chicago,