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Show Sgy? Unique Story of Us Discovery vMfl PLAN FOR. ITWE QVUEA? fir! TKtCWWfONlM "Just n countryman that's nil," Is the way the grower of this ro-markabto ro-markabto oar of corn, Mr. Fred C. I'alln, styles himself. Though lie Is admitted to be one of the loading corn experts of the country one whose services are greatly In demand as a judge of corn exhibits, Mr. I'alln I'a-lln nsks for no greater honor or distinction dis-tinction than to be" known as n plain lloosler fanner, and while ho openly professes a reasonable) pride in the achievement of growing tho famous ear of corn which was adjudged tho most perfect ever grown, it Is without with-out a sliadow of ostentation . The World's Greatest Ear of Corn. Variety 1'alln's Corn Flake Yellow). Yel-low). (Named after winning tho W.K. Kellogg $1,000 Trophy.) A Hybrid The seventh year pro ductlon. Parent Flans Male, lteid's Yellow Dent; Female, Alexander's UoM Standard. Dimensions Length, 10 1-8 Inches. Circumference, 7 3-4 Inches. Number of rows, 20. Length of kernels, 3-4 of The champion car of corn was not an accident. There can bo no greater lesson in the value of careful study and painstaking selection of seed and breeding than tho experiences of this same I'alln. The farmer who thinks ho stands a chance to go into hi scorn field and by a plcco of luck pick out an ear which Nnturo 1ms fashioned even moro perfectly und with It wrest tho honors from this Indiana man, cannot do better to disabuse dis-abuse his mind of this fallacious notion no-tion than to read tho story of I'alln and Ills champion car. $5 Fred C. Palln. In the first place, I'alln knows corn. If there were no more proof of llils fact than tho bnro story of tho development and discovery of the champion ear- .It would bo enough And In proof of this fact, here is the story as ho told it himself: "It was In November, 1010, and wo were Just harvesting our crop Tho weather had been good, but we 1 wero a little late with tho harvest. I Tho men wero going through tho 1 fields with tho wagon In tho usual way gathering tho corn, nnd the harvest har-vest was a promising one. "Wo have a sort of corn show it my fann ,nll thq time, nnd there i.s 1 alwayi un,nward for exceptionally good eajtt.ot coin cars sufficiently 1 truo to typo to permit of their being exhibited. There Is' a small box on overy cor nwagon in which the most perfect ears are thrown .These, when properly selected, constitute tho seed corn, and among these more perfect ears wo occasionally find nn car that wo nro willing to exhibit In a contest. "On tho day the champion ear was found, I was at the homo nnd 'at dinner time ono of tho men brought It In nnd laid it, with a number of others ears, upon tho window sill In tho well room for mo to take and put away In the seed house. "'Well,' I said, Mo you think you've got n good oar there?' ' 'It looks to me like a good ear,' ho said. 'What do you think of It?' "I picked It up nnd looked It ovor. 'Well,' 1 said finally, I think It Is the most perfect ear of corn I ever baw. It's good enough to win tho W. K. Kellogg $1,000 trophy this year nt Omaha.' "And I was confident tho moment I snw It .and looked it over, that 1 held the trophy winner In my hand. So much so that when I left for Omiihu to exhibit tho car, I took It out of my grip nnd showed It to the station agent with the words, "That's the ear I'm going to win tho $1,000 trophy with. So there's the story of tho champion cham-pion car as I'alln told it himself. And on the strength of It who will sny that Fred C. I'alln doesn't Justly meilt the title, "The Mnn who Known Corn"? Hut that's not nil of l'nlln's story. He tells It willingly, though modest- an Inch. Width of kernels, about 3-S of an Inch. Thickness of kernels. 1-C of an Inch. Arrangement, very tin-ifonn, tin-ifonn, kernels, running In strnlghf rows tho entire length of the ear without a misplaced grain, holding their length well to tho cuds of the Mi, tip being well covered with dented ginlns. Wright. 20 ounces. Estimated Es-timated proportions corn ,92 per cent; cob, 8 per cent. IPJsTheWorlcfe Champion Ear q&m ly, for he knows that his story whenever when-ever told Is n source of great encouragement en-couragement of tho thousands of farmers who never had a better chnnca thau he had himself, 'i'alln was born and brought up on a farm near Newtown, lnd. Ho has never owned a foot o farm land in his life, nnd tho 3G0-ncro farm on which tho champion car of com which won the Kellog Trophy was grown is a rented rent-ed farm. Mr .I'alln's real experience as n farmer began about sixteen years ago. llu had been on the toad as n grocery specialty salesman, when ho took u notion that ho would rather ra-ther be an agriculturist, so he took a few short courses nt l'crduo University Uni-versity nnd rented n portion of tho farm he now occupies. Nino years ago ho began carefully brejdlng this now variety of corn. For two yenrs ho planted two lows of Hold's Yellow Dent, then two of Alexander's Gold Standard, detnssellng tlu Gold Stand ilnrd. From the detasseled rows ho picked seed only tho enrs carrying tho chnractcilstlcs he wanted to ie-produce, ie-produce, planting these In broedlnj: plots nml maintaining eniefuf sclec- Hon, so that In nine years' timo ho had developed n well-settled typo. The I'alln champion oar was tho flit-t winner of the W. K. Kellog National Na-tional Corn Trophy, n handsome silver sil-ver and enamel cup made by Tiffany of New Yoik nt a cost of $1,000. Mr. Kellogg as the originator and nintui-facttuer nintui-facttuer of Toasted Corn Flakes naturally nat-urally has a deep Interest In tho development de-velopment of the higher grades of coin for the company of which he Is president, tho Kellog Toasted Corn Flake Co., requites ten thousand bushels of corn a day for the making of Its product. Tho Kellogg trophy wns offered to t3 awarded in nnnunl competlton for thn best slnglo ear of corn until won twice by the same producer. The fact that tho Kellogg product is made only from selected whlto corn, whlla tho winning ear was' of a pronounced yellow type, was' n peculiar feature. Tho Kellogg trophy was won In 1010 nt Columbus, Ohio, by H. A. James, of Charleston, HI., with a magnificent oar of Hold's Yellow OeiH, but not so pes feet an ear as that which originally won tho trophy and1 which has become known as 'the best ear of corn ever grown." P JsL 1 MP $1000.00 f pkTI0NALC0RN TROPHY! JvtADE 15Y TIFEANY"' Twice Awarded. To be Com peted for afcain at the next HlGorn ShowMCOLUMIJIA.S.G J P ,jf Tlu nc.U nwuni of this trophy will be mtido nt the next National Corn ICxposltJon, which will bo held in Fclnunry, 1913, at Columbia, S. C. It Is planned to make this oMiosltlon imi' h broader In scope than any held in t lie past, nnd consequently a Ion-g Ion-g time will be required for preparation prepara-tion Speclul buildings are being erected er-ected for tho exposition, the main building to bo 400 by 107 feel, ground measurements. The show will 'last tan days. The state of South Cnrollnn has appropriated $40,000 for tho ox penses of tho exposition nnd the prospect is Hint DIMo will 'do her self proud" In nn effort tounnko this exposition tli ogreatcst of Its kind eer hold. without doubt would have enjoyed that gamo of checkers very much himself. Hut It may bo Johnnie's bed time, mid ono gamo ut checkers leads on to another, you know. Tho father la only deterred from consenting out of a consideration for tho son's best welfnro .So of course it follows from such Illustration that If we Judge, from actions only wo often of-ten go very far wrong. Hut when wo nro searching for tho motivo underlying any act, no matt.'r what, it Is best not to conic too hastily to the conclusion thnt wo have found It. Ofttlmcs motives nro very deeply hidden. It Is best to be careful. Many hitter qunrrcls nndsnd as well as absurd contentions have arisen through hasty mlsjudgmcnts. Yes wo cannot be too cautions In to-frnining to-frnining from hastily or harshly Judging. For were wo not to bo so, wo oftlmcs would bo lend so far afield that It would be difficult getting get-ting buck. It Is well to think the mat ter thoroughly out before paslsng Judgment at all. Hurried Judgment might bo based on nets und that would be misleading, and moro frequently fre-quently than otberwlso very innccur-nte. innccur-nte. Then, too, truo motives arc, very otcn concealed beneath apparent ap-parent motives, nnd ono enn seldom be ccitnln of having found the right motive when Judging tho other fellow. fel-low. It's a mighty good thing to Judge's ono's self ocaslounlly. Strike a balance nnd see if your nets check up with your aspirations and motives. mo-tives. That is, determine If your actions ac-tions nro strictly In nccord and harmony har-mony with your highest aspirations and your best and most worthy motives. mo-tives. Tho only person one Is qualified quali-fied to Judge Is olio's self, and wo arc all certainly In a position to do that Wo know our own motives, or nt least, we should. If wo don't, yho noes: .lunge nui icsi ye no juugeii, Is very good ndvlco when applied to jour's Judging tin; other fellow. Let us Judge ourselves, however. If wc keep our own balance right we'll bo so ovei lastingly busy that wo won't havo time to bother with tho other fellow . F. S. |
