Proud of His Corn

In the eight years that passed after Charles Gernenz raised 15-pound mangel-wurzels, he continued farming successfully but quietly. Then in October 1918, he was so overcome with pride in his corn that he sent four ears to the office of the Hobart Gazette, just to show them, I suppose, what real corn looked like. "If the ears he sent are a sample of this year's crop we can well say he has some mighty fine corn," was the Gazette's comment. "Yes, there is a big crop of good corn this year."


Source: "Local Drifts." Hobart Gazette 18 Oct. 1918.