Huge deductions inflicted on all of the 20 huskers ( from 10 states ) at the Webster Brothers farm kept the net loads at the National 1936 level or under. Another rainy was ensured by the shuckers as well as the fans, 75,000 strong, near Marshall in Saline County, on November the fourth.

One of Minnesota's finest pickers used his head as well as his hands in fashioning the winning load. Ray Hanson of Cottonwood County, reasoning that the rain-soaked husks would count heavily against the loads, groomed his ears carefully and Presto, a winning load. Ray never won his state crown, but he took National honors by playing it cool in his 5th try for that award.