Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1908 — Prize Pickle Pickers. [ARTICLE]

Prize Pickle Pickers.

The Bloomington Picklp Co. wh# have their salting honses and kraut factory at Gifford and Ncwland, I d., have paid the above amount in gold to the pickle growers wh# have brought in tbe largest amount ot pickles from their respective acreages daring -'the season of 1907. The prizes were divided among seven growers as follows: First, All Caldwell Gifford, 159. Second, Fred B. Knpke, Francesville, 125, Third, Victor Yeoman, Parr, |5. Fourth, Ansell Potts, Gifford, 55Fifth, Jas. Bose, Kersey, 55. Sixth, A. E. McCoy, Laura, 55. Seventh, Allison Combe, 115. These prizes were offered to the persons growing the largest number of bushels per acre.