PRIZES AWARDED IN CORN CONTEST. 



The following prize winners were announced today by the judges 

 in the Corn Contest conducted by the Corn Exchange National Bank the 

 past season, the entries in which comprised the exhibits in the Corn Show 

 held in the Philadelphia Bourse Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The 

 contest was open to farmers of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and 

 Maryland, and was for the best ten ears of com grown on an acre or more 

 of ground this year. Ninety-six separate prizes were offered, ranging 

 from $3 to $100, and totaling $1,250. The judges were: Samuel L. 

 McKnight, representing the Commercial Exchange; Professor F. D. Gard- 

 ner, Pennsylvania State College; Professor L. N. Merrill, New Jersey 

 Agricultural Experiment Station; A. E. Grantham, Delaware State Col- 

 lege; and Nicholas Schmitz, Maryland Agricultural College. 



Sweepstakes. 



First prize $100 G. D. Radebaugh, Bynum, Md. 



Second prize 50 Clarence A. Mellinger, Ronks, Pa. 



Third prize 25 James T. Shallcross, Middletown, Del. 



Special Prizes for Ohio Boys. 



First prize $25 William C. Kirk, Jeffersonville, Ohio 



Second prize 20 Jay Lawrence, Coshocton, Ohio 



Third prize 15 Howard C. Vannorsdall, Jeffersonville, Ohio 



Fourth prize 10 Walter S. Blamer, Johnstown, Ohio 



Pennsylvania. 



First District. 



Yellow Dent, First prize ...... $20 Arthur F. Hickok, Troy, Pa. 



Yellow Dent, Second prize .... 10 D. K. Sloan, Canton, Pa. 



Yellow Dent, Third prize 5 Jacob Gorley, Everette, Pa. 



White Cap Yellow Dent, First prize. . $20 Edgar M. Wilkinson, Erie, Pa. 



Flint, First prize $20 D. K. Sloan, Canton, Pa. 



Second District. 



Yellow Dent, First prize $20 Sylvester S. Sheller, Duncannon, Pa. 



Yellow Dent, Second prize. ... 10 Wallace Haberman, Andreas, Pa. 



Yellow Dent, Third prize 5 



White Cap Yellow Dent, First prize. . $20 William Claney, Antes Fort, Pa. 



Flint, First prize $20 Wallace Haberman, Andreas, Pa. 



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