Hoosier farmer argues for plain pride in famous corn ear
Fred C Palin, famed corn judge, describes his champion ear as a plain Hoosier achievement. He recalls selecting seed from exceptionally perfect ears, breeding Reid's Yellow Dent and Alexander's Gold Standard lines, and winning Kellogg National Colt Trophy in 1910 for a remarkable ear from Reid's Yellow Dent variety.
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Fred C. Palin
Stys
Palin
Reid
Alexander
Ainge Hind
W. K. Kellogg
Tiffany
New York
Kellogg
Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake Co
Columbus
Ohio
R. A James
Charleston
The World's Greatest Ear of Corn Variety Palin's Corn Flake Yellow
A hybrid seventh year production from parent plants Reids Yellow Dent and Alexanders Gold Standard. Ear measures 10 1 8 inches long with 20 kernel rows, kernels 84 of an inch long and 318 of an inch wide, 16 thick. Weight 20 ounces with 92 percent corn and 8 percent cob.
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Palin
Ater
W. K. Kellogg
Reids
Champion Ear of Corn Story From Indiana Grower
The article recounts Fred C. Pallin's rise as a corn expert after winning the Kellogg Trophy with a superb ear in 1910. It covers his background on a Newton area farm, early farming steps after Purdue courses, and the 1913 National Corn Exposition plans in Columbia South Carolina with a $40,000 state-backed budget and expanded show scope.
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W. K Kellogg
Owaha
Pallin
Fred C. Pallin
Palin
Newton
Ind
Purdue University
Beau
Columbia
S.C
Nevis
South Carolina
Dixie
New Green Grocery Opens on Front Street by B Small & Co
The New Green Grocery opened by B Small & Co at 1116 Front Street offers domestic meats including beef pork and mutton and a range of groceries. A call will convince the public their goods are first class.
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Green
B. Small & Co
Front Street
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Pere Ey
Indiana
Tifean
Space
Dr. King
Dhat
Tess
BANK OF _GEORGETOWN ity Depository
Nesmith Livestock Co
A. Hyman
A. M. Schneider
Plete
Regal
Regal Shoes
Georgetown
Radcliffe
B. Small. & CO
American Marble & Granite Co
B. O. Kornegay
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