Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-14

6. B. Allen. Esq., successful business
m4n Of Boston. and = native OF YORK
county, Maine, last spring offered szOO IN
seven prizes-one of 500. one OF $50 and
FIVE of $40 each, to the boys OF that county
under II wears Of age. who should raise
the most Indian corn from one eighth oil
an acre. A committee OF ore or Ioore
men from each town WAS appointed 10
measure every parcel OF ground. ana 10
be present ST the harvesting, husking and
weighing of the crop, preparat ~ to
r-port 10 be made in 0ctober. Each boy
wa required fill out blanks furnished
giving full details relating to the process
of cultivation. and these are to he hound
in book form and preserved in The arch
ives of the county agricultural society, for
future reference. one hundred and thirty.
eight boys competed for these prizes, and
with the following results: The hrst
prize of 500 was awarded 10 Moses
Miliken. OF Bdleford. for loo bushels to
the acre; second. 10 David j. Morrill, OF
| Cornish, for 1853 bushels, and the next ave
y.nt 10 A. q. Bennett, Of Wa:erboro, l45
bushels; Cyrus II. Smith, Dayton. la
bushels; Wi,Iie b. Moore, Of Limerick,
\ l42 bushels; Charles s. Austin,ef Lebanon.
l4I bushels; and Arthur NJ. Deering, OF
WATERFORD, lao bushels. OF The rest, 6
raised ISL to 1879 bushels per acre; IL
raised l20 10 l27 bushels; % produced ~
to ll9 bushels "a produced 100 10 los
| Understanding - boys who grew lOU
bushels and upwards. twenty-five Others
raised from 30 10 SO bushels per acre; ~
obtained from IS TO 50 bushels and only -
out of the 1883 fell below 10 bushels oil
shelled corn per acre.
/ We think there were no conditions as
10 soil, fertilizers OF methods Of manage
ment. Each boy pursued bis own course
and did The best lie could, and the result
is mos, remarkable, and more particularly
in SO poor a corn season rs last wear One
hundred bushels of shelled corn is consid'
cred An extraordinary yield for an acre,
but in these trials the acreage OF the los
trials was lust about this amount, with
none going below IS bushels, and the
height reaching leo Bushels per acre
and this was accomplished in tract Of
I country living between 43 and Al degrees
of north latitude Well done, boys; thai /:
a record worth making, and the memory
of its accomplishment vii. last 'oE many
years. -,
Mr. Allen is so well pleased with the
result that he now offers 5000 in premiums
in the same denominations MS the above
10 the boys OF the entire state of Maine
under IS years, who will compete for The
most corn raised from one eighth OF Al
acre in 1850. The Agricu!turtSt truthful!
remarks: Mr.. Aliens thoughtful ofe
will be worth 10 his native county. in IN
, far re ching future results, more Than ten
OF thousands of dollars expended in som
ways hat might have been selected W.
2 hea tilv wish there might be SlllImal
? All, for every county in the whole cour
A, try; and where there is not, we susges
! bat like sum-ii necessary one OF th
r $500 prizes often given 10 some fast nag
r be appropriated by the society 10 III
benefit OF some HUNDREDS OF youths. III
I boys Of III and under OF to-day are 10 b
/ he ac,ors upon The stage very few year
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