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Best "lands" on Oyler's farm last week were those at the ends of the field chosen for the contest. Having drawn one of the middle lands, Minnesota's Ted Balko, 1934 champion, was handicapped by rows so spotty that once he found only three ears in 15 feet, of which one was so small that it flew through a crack in his bang-board. Adam Byczynski, Illinois champion and a hot favorite, husked fast but carelessly. His creditable total of 1,630 lb. was cut down to 1,466 by penalties. Well short of the Byczynski gross...
...starting gun there were cheers for Balko. He was husking in his own State and in a familiar stand of corn. His rivals went down their rows ahead of him, but Balko was picking his corn carefully, husking it clean...
...tight to his right hand, he grasped each ear off its stalk tight in his left hand, ripped away the husks with his right, snapped the ear from its stem. Bang-bang-bang went the hard husked ears of bright corn against the tall bangboard-about 40 per minute. Balko fell farther and farther behind in the race down the field, but his wagon box was filling faster. Drenched with sweat, he husked the corn on his own rows quicker than a man could pick...
After 80 minutes the finish gun boomed. The judges declared Husker Balko the winner. He got $100 and a gold watch. Second place ($50) went to South Dakota's champion, Richard Anderson, who barely beat out Nebraska's Harry Brown for third place...
...Champion Balko's record of 25.78 net bushels in 1 hr. 20 min. was far below the world's record of 36.9 net bushels, set in 1932 by Carl Seiler, Illinois' left-handed champion...