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Winners Named In Five Acre Corn Growing Contest
Official results of the Five Acre Corn Growers' Club for 1952 were announced by the Vermillion County Extension Office. Orville Brown and his son John Brown won both adult and junior awards with 147 and 131.8 bushels per acre on five acre plots. Gold and silver medal recipients from Clinton, Dana, Newport, Perryville, and other areas were listed with their yields. Medals will be awarded January 12 at the Agronomy School and Soil Conservation district meeting.
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Newport
Ind
Vermillion County Extension Office
Orville Brown
Gessie
John
Indiana Corn Growers’ Association
Pioneer
Orville
Earl Straughn
Perrysville
Jean Potter
Dana
Indiana
Omer Wesch
Cayuga
Kenneth Foltz
Clinton
Fountain Strong
Albert Sturm
Roy Sturm
John Carrithers
Craig Jones
R. R
George Potter
Emory Hollingsworth
Hugh Fortner
Wendall Brown
Roy Fortner
John Brown
Malcolm Sturm
Eric Overpeck
Agronomy School and
Soil Conservation District
George Enfield
Agronomy Department
Purdue
Soil Conservation Supervisors
Fred O’hair
National Implement Dealers’ Association