Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1908 — TO HOLD COUNTY CORN SHOWS. [ARTICLE]

TO HOLD COUNTY CORN SHOWS.

Plan to Stimulate Interest in Raising Prize Corn to be Shown Later at Omaha. November 25 will be “corn day ’ in Indiana if the plan of the Indiana Corn Show Commission, appointed by the Governor, is carried out successfully. This committee, ’which is preparing to have Indiana well represented at the National Corn Exposition at Omaha, December 10 to 19, met at the State House Saturday, elected officers and discussed methods for arousing interest in the Omaha show. The following officers were elected: T. A. Coleman, Rushville, president; Prof. G. I. Christie, of Purdue, secretary and treasurer, and L. B. Clore, of Franklin, vice-president. Mr. Coleman is also president of the Indiana Corn Growers' Association. It was decided that one of the best ways to stimulate interest in the Omaha exposition would be to have a corn show in Indiana. The commission, therefore, will appoint a representative in every county in Indiana, and these county representatives will begin work on plans for county corn shows. All of these county com shows are to be held on November 26, and Governor Hanly will be asked to issue a proclamation designating November 25 as “corn day.” The best samples of corn sent to the county cornshows will be—selected to he placed on exhibition at the Omaha abow, to be held the next month. It is believed that in this way, the very best corn raised in the state will get to the Omaha exposition. The matter of sending these exhibits to the Omaha exposition will be taken up soon by the executive committee of the commission. The executive committee consists of the officers of the commission, J. M. Brafford, of Indianapolis, and Charles Downing, secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. “Of course, the details of our plan must be worked out later,” said Mr. Downing. “We shall do everyhing in our power to create interest in the corn-growing industries. We hope to be aided greatly by the newspapers in Indianapolis and out in the State. And. after our work has been completed we hope to see Indiana the banner State at the Omaha show.”