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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



were smaller and the corn perhaps 

 drier at this time of the year than 

 the average field, made it difficult to 

 break the 1925 record of 35.8 bushels, 

 held by Williams. 



Among the old-time buskers who 

 competed heretofore in state and na- 

 tional contests were Joe Sudik of Ne- 

 braska and Ben Grimmus of Iowa, 

 besides the two Illinois men. Fred 

 Stanek of Iowa, national champion 

 last year, did not compete. 



The contest was sponsored by 

 Prairie Farmer, Missouri Ruralist, 

 Kansas Farmer, The Farmer of St. 

 Paul, Minnesota, the Nebraska Farm- 

 er, and Wallaces' Farmer. 



A specially prepared program for 

 the contest was received by radio 

 from WLS and amplified through the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association's loud 

 speaker system. The amplifier, like- 

 wise, was used for making all an- 

 nouncements and giving the results to 

 the waiting audience. i 



State Champion Husker 



(Continued from col. 2, page 7) 



day. Others drove home and returned 

 early next morning. 



Better Weather Saturday 



The rain ceased during the night 

 and on Saturday morning better 

 weather prevailed. By 11:00 o'clock 

 more than 2,000 visitors had driven in 

 to see the opening of the race. 



Williams and Olson were regarded 

 by all as possible winners. A throng 

 followed each man as he sped down 

 the com rows. Both picked clean and 

 fast and held their respective positions 

 nearly opposite one another through- 

 out the 80-minute period. The corn 

 was wet and the field soggy. These 

 adverse conditions slowed up all the 

 contestants and prevented making any 

 new high records. Williams' arm, 

 which forced him out of the running 

 last year, gave him no trouble this 

 time. Olson was up to his usual speed 

 but he picked cleaner. A large per- 

 centage of ears sailed through the air 

 without husks. Olson had learned his 

 lesson for in past years his heavy loads 

 had suffered severely from deduction 

 for husks. 



During the contest complaint was 

 made by several bystanders that the 

 gleaners working behind Williams were 

 leaving corn. After an investigation 

 the judges decided that the corn thus 

 gathered should be deducted from Wil- 

 liam's load. Good sportsmanship on 

 Williams' part nipped in the bud a 

 possible controversy which might have 

 marred the contest. It was thought 

 by Williams' supporters that the corn 

 in question had been gathered else- 

 where. 



"Indispensable to Our 

 Business" 



"The work of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Co-operatives As- 

 sociation is very satisfactory and 

 its statements are complete in 

 every detail," says H. S. Wil- 

 liams, a director in the Wood- 

 land Farmers' Co-operative Ele- 

 vator at Woodland in Iroquois 

 county. "The audits not only 

 show every detail of the business, 

 but from year to year the ac- 

 counting is done in a way to 

 actually improve the business 

 and correct exorbitant valuations 

 so that at all times the books 

 show the true condition and 

 actual worth of the elevator. 



"Timely comments by the 

 auditor and suggestions as to 

 how the profits may be increased 

 and the financial standing of the 

 company strengthened accom- 

 panied each report. These point- 

 ers from the auditor are very 

 helpful to the board of directors; 

 and when acted upon quite fre- 

 quently solve a great many prob- 

 lems. 



"We consider these reports 

 very valuable for several rea- 

 sons: (1) they tend to keep the 

 stockholders informed and satis- 

 fied, (2) they furnish a guide for 

 action on the part of the direc- 

 tors, and (3) they serve as an in- 

 centive to the manager to excel 

 the former year's record. We 

 consider the audit so important 

 as to be indispensable to our 

 business." 



Holmes Is Fifth 



Harold Holmes, last year's cham- 

 flion, dropped down to fifth place.' 

 (trville Welch, the young lad from 

 I iatt county who has been a consistent 

 csntender for honors since the first 

 state contest, placed third. Welch is 

 al fast, clean husker and has staying 

 qualities that may eventually make 

 h m a state champion. He has invari- 

 a )ly been up near the top in former 



impetitive meets. 



The contestants and their records 

 a|e as follows: 



Na 



Wi Iter Olson 

 E. KVillhma . 

 Orfillc Welch.. 

 C^ude Brown . 

 olmes . . . . 

 Hahild Love. . . 



Ve ner Rice 



H. Pohnson 



Bunen . . . 

 George Kamm. 

 Th^oTuftie... 

 ieilKecock. . 

 . Anderson . 

 Toi I Murphy.. 

 E. 1 eanon 



Total 

 Wt.of 



County Corn 



.Knox 2.155 



..Stark 2.045 



.Ratt 1.905 



.Macon 1.905 



.Henry 1,990 



.Henry 1.855 



.Mercer 1.920 



.Ford 1.880 



McLran 1.8.55 



.Hancock 1.880 



.LaSalle 2,045 



.Iroquois 1.980 



.Logan l.&W 



.Rock Island. 1,720 

 .Christian 1,840 



Glean- 

 ings 

 42.5 

 40.25 

 14 

 27 

 47.5 

 17.75 

 40.5 

 29.25 

 24 



58.75 

 43 

 59.5 

 11 



45.75 

 31 



Deduct 

 For 

 Gleanings 

 127.5 

 120.75 



42 



81 

 142.5 



53.25 

 121.5 



87.75 



72 



176.25 

 129 

 178.5 



33 

 137.25 



93 



The usual prizes were offered as 

 follows: first prize, $100 and a free 

 trip to the national contest at Fowler, 

 Ind., on Nov. 13; second prize, $50; 

 third prize, $25; fourth prize $15; and 

 fifth prize $10. 



An added attraction of the day was 

 a husking demonstration by each con- 

 testant on a platform prepared by the 

 Morgan brothers. Several rows of 

 corn had been erected on the platform 

 in an enclosure where the crowd could 

 see the contestants go through their 

 motions. 



Radio In Field 



Before and after the contest a radio 

 hookup with the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association's amplifier was made out 

 in the alfalfa field from which a 

 specially prepared program from WLS 

 was broadcast to the crowds who had 

 gathered to hear the results. As the 

 records of the contestants came in 

 from the weighers and judges they 

 were announced over the loud speaker 

 system. A cheer went up as the an- 

 nouncement of Elmer Williams' record 

 was made. A few minutes later, how- 

 ever, the Knox county boosters gave 

 voice to their feelings when their fa- 

 vorite son, Walter Olson, took the 

 lead with the winning score of the- day 

 — 27.8 bushels. Both Olson and Wil- 

 liams planned to enter the national 

 contest in Indiana on November 13. 



This was the fifth annual state corn 

 husking contest held in Illinois. The 

 first one took place in Sangamon coun- 

 ty in 1924 and subsequently Ihe state 

 events have gone to Montgomery, 

 Stark, Knox, and Henry counties re- 

 spectively. Williams' former record 

 of 35.8 bushels made two years ago 

 still remains the highest ever recorded 

 in a state contest. 



The Henry County Farm Bureau 

 and its members about Galva received 

 much credit for their work in staging 



the meet. 



t 



The new film entitled "Health, Happi- 

 ness, and Hogs," produced for a wire 

 fence manufacturer at Peoria, has been 

 shown 193 times to 63,271 farmers, 

 writes C. L. Venard, producer of agri- 

 cultural films at Peoria. 



Venard recently finished a film for 

 the Radio Corporation of America. 



Husks 



7 11/16 



i 3/16 



5 16/16 



4 6/16 



6 3/16 

 4 



6 15/16 



7 9/16 



7 y, 



5 15/16 

 10 15/16 

 10 1/16 



3 V16 



10 15/16 



Deduct 

 For 



Husks 

 79.73 

 94.07 

 36.19 

 3.81 

 4378 

 None 

 55.68 

 67.68 

 59.36 

 24.44 



261.76 



201.96 

 None 

 67.08 



235.5 



Total 

 Deduc- 

 tions 

 207.23 

 214.82 

 78.19 

 84.81 

 186.28 

 53.25 

 177.18 

 155.43 

 131.36 

 200.69 

 390.76 

 380.46 

 33 

 204.33 

 328.5 



Net 

 Com 

 1,947.27 

 1.830.18 

 1.826.8 

 1.820.19 

 1.8a3.72 

 1,80175 

 1,742.82 

 1.724.57 

 1,723.64 

 1,679.3 

 1.654.2 

 1.599.6 

 1,597 

 1,515.67 

 1,511.5 



Busheb 

 27.8 

 26.14 

 26.09 

 26 



25.76 

 25.73 

 24.9 

 24.63 

 24.62 

 23.99 

 23.6 

 228 

 22.8 

 21.6 

 21.59 



Ears 

 Per 

 Min. 

 39.3 

 41.4 

 41.5 

 40.2 

 38.5 

 36.6 

 37.4 

 36.9 

 34.5 

 38.5 

 45.5 

 40.3 

 35.9 

 35.7 

 38.1 



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