Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1906 — TALL CORNSTALKS [ARTICLE]

TALL CORNSTALKS

But Who Has the Tallest? Is the Question THE DEMOCRAT WANTS TO KNOW. A Large Number Already Entered the Contest and There Are Many More to Follow. - • ... ' *V» * . ‘ * ■; ~ j - J, Interest in The Democrat’s cash premium contest for the tallest stalk of corn grown in Jasper county is manifest in every neighborhood and hamlet in the county, qpt so much for the premiums offered as the desire to know who really will be able to produce the tallest stalk of corn and what its height will be. There probably was never so much tall corn grown in this county as the present year, the weather since July 1 having been all that could be desired for this great king of cereals, and it has just sprung up by leaps and bounds until it is almost necessary to look twice to see the top of some of it. We would like to see every township in the county represented in this contest, and many entries from each township. Remember the name of each contestant or exhibitor, together with the height of the stalk entered and the place of residence of the exhibitor, will be published in The Democrat of Saturday, Sept. 22, and this'list will prove interesting to every reader of this paper, whether he resides in Jasper county or some other section of the state or United States. Even though you may not expect to win a premium—which is a small matter and is offered merely to stimulate a little more interest in the contest —if you have some extra tall corn—and every farmer has this season—bring it in and have it measured and get your name in the list and show to our hundreds of readers in distant states that Jim Smith nor John Jones were not the only farmers who raised tall corn in Jasper county this year. No one is barred, be he democrat, republican, prohi or “pop,” the only condition being that the corn must have been grown on Jasper county soil. For premiums and conditions see next page of this paper.