The daily gazette., 1882-12-21
PRIZES FOR FARmEa soxs.
The Premiums for Corn Growing Awarded
Mt Delaware College Yesterday After


The Premiums for Corn Growing Awafdeu
mt Delaware College Yesterday After
noon.
Especial correspondence of the Gazette.l
NEWARK, Dec. 21.--At Delaware College
yesterday afternoon corn prizes, offered by
the College Trustrees and William Dean,
were awarded. Neither Governor-elect
Stockley, who was to give out the prizes, or
J. A. Fulton, Esq, who was to make an ad-
dress, were present. Quite large croWd
was in attendance, and President PurDell
called the meeting to order at 8 o'clock.
The President in an address gave the
average yield of corn In the United States
for 13 years preceding 1878, at trifie over
20. Professor harrington read the con-
ditions. The contest must be between boys
whose ages range from 8 years to 1S, and
they must do all the work except preparing
the soil for planting and husking the corn.
The ground cultivated must be exactly one
quarter of an acre, or 10,S90 square feet,
and local committee of three disinterested
parties must see the corn husked and
measured rs pounds to the bushel, and
certify to the quantity Of corn raised and
the amount of land cultivated.
THE PRIZES
we're then announced as follows:
William B. Walton of Newark, aged 10,
first prize of $50 in gold, having raised
2,285L pounds, or 30.47 bushels, on his
quarter of an acre or at the rate of 12l.SS
bushels per acre. The soil was clay loan
plowed May "a and planted May 20, in hills
three feet apart and four grains to the hill
Two and three stalks were allowed to grow
In each hill. lie used eight carloads of
hog manure spread broadcast and plowed In
and 200 pounds of super phosphate spread
afterward and narrowed in. The variety
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was hoed once by hand and by horse six
times, the estimated labor being about three
days. 1t grew IA feet at the highest part
and averaged IL feet.
Charles Homewood Of Newark, aged II,
second prize Of $40 in gold. He raised
2,258 pounds, or 10 bushels, which is
120.40 bushels per acre. His soil was loamy
with gravel subsoil, and having been
plowed April 90, was planted with the
Gourd variety April 30. Six grains were
placed In hills three feet apart, and but two
stalks were allowed to mature. Twelve
cubic yards of rough manure were spread
broadcast and plowed under, after which IL
cubic yards of composted manure was
spread and narrowed in. The corn was cul-
tivated three times, and while the tallest
was Is feet high, it averaged Is feet.
Steward l.. Beck, aged II, Delaware City,
the third prize Of $3.50 In gold. He raised
2,056.1 pounds, or 27.4l bushels, which is
ga bushels per acre. His land was a
yellow clay loan, plowed May II, and
planted with common yellow corn May 23.
He planted in rows four feet apart and
single grains fifteen inches apart in the row.
He spread twelve loads per acre of barn
yard manure broadcast in April and plowed
it under. He hoed it once and the tallest
corn was thirteen feet.
Walter s. Burris of Kirkwood, aged IA,
the fourth prize of SIS In gold. His crop
was / $3.50 pounds, or 26.40 bushels, which
is 105.60 bushels per acre. His ground was
a sandy loan, plowed about the middle of
April and planted in hills three feet nine
inches apart with common yellow corn May
20. He placed four and five grains in a hill,
but only allowed two to mature. He spread
four loads of hog manure broadcast and
plowed 1t under and then spread 300 pounds
of phosphate broadcast and narrowed it in.
His tallest corn was 12 feet In hight with an
average of ten feet
E. NJ. Phillips of Falkland, the fifth
prize of $3.50 in gold. He raised 1,677 %
pounds or 1926 bushels, which is 1914
bushels an acre.
The american Agricultural prizes, con-
sisting of nine one years subscriptions OF
that paper were awarded as follows for hay
ing secured over 10 bushels per acre Calvin
Phillips of Falkland, 8S.76 bushels John
Ball, Jr., of Stanton, SO. 81 bushels; Andrew
NJ. Conway of Georgetown, 1924 bushels !;
John NJ. Thompson of Rehoboth, 80.72
bushels; William 7. Reeves of Delaware
City, S0.44 bushels: Harry Wolf of Re
hoboth, 1895 bushels; J. Harry Cahoon of
Dover, 1928 bushels s. Frank Stirling of
Rockland, 70 bushels L. Scott Townsend
of Middletown, 71.84 bushels.
The Dean prizes consisting of $50, $40 and
$40 were then awarded as follows, each con-
testant being required to be under 21 years
of age, and to be members OF the Patrons OF
Husbandry First prize,-W. B. Walton,
5S.1S bushels or 1866 per acre A. C.
Phillips Of Falkland, ii "a bushels or 50. .4S
per acre. The third prize was awarded to
Stewart L. Beck, the lad who took the third
Delaware College prize, no contest for it
having been made by Q member Of the
Patrons of Husbandry. He raised on his
half acre 81 67 bushels.
DIR. Swithin Chandler presented the prizes
for Delaware College and the Dean prizes
were awarded by Mr.. Dean himself.
Other addresses were delivered by Messrs
Murphy and Homewood and President
Purnell.