Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1906 — THE TALLEST CORN [ARTICLE]

THE TALLEST CORN

Which Farmer in Jasper County Has It? THE DEMOCRAT WANTS TO KNOW And Will Pay for Information Wanted: The Tallest Stalk of Corn Grown In Jasper. Everyone admits that the corn crop in Jasper county this year is a bummer, and some of the stalks have attained a great height, for corn. The past six weeks have been particularly favorable for the growth of this great cereal, and we hear big stories from the farmers about the height of corn in their fields. We have decided to try and find out which of The Democrat’s thousands of readers in Jasper county can show the tallest stalk of corn grown on their farms this season. In order to promote an interest in this contest and pay the farmers who are able to produce the tallest stalk for their trouble, The Democrat will pay $5.00 in cash premiums, as follows; $2.50 for the first; $1.50 for the second, and $1 for the third tallest stalk exhibited. CONDITIONS. Each stalk must be pulled from the ground and the dirt carefully shaken from the roots. It must contain the ear or ears of corn growing upon it at the time the stalk is pulled, and must be delivered at the office of The Democrat in as good condition as possible and as soon after removed from the field as convenient. Each stalk will be carefully measured at the time of delivery and its height together with the name of the grower will be placed in a record book especially provided for the purpose. The contest will close at 12 o’clock M. on Thursday, Sept. 20, and all exhibits must be in before that hour. Only one stalk is wanted, but if an early exhibitor later finds a stalk of greater height than that first exhibited, he may, before the close of the contest, bring it in and it will be accepted the same as though it was his only exhibit. All premiums will be paid in cash on Saturday, Sept. 22, 1906. / This contest is open to all farmers in Jasper county, and we want to see them take hold df the matter and hunt up the tallest stalk of corn they can find in their fields and bring it in. The name of each exhibitor, together with the heighth of the stalk of com exhibited will be published in th 6 issue of The Democrat of Sept. 22.