Daily Republican., 1882-12-21
E[IRDING THE PRIZES.
OAYAT DELA WARE COL
bGALA ATHEsUCUERBFUL CON
w REsTAHTs.

nr-THE sUCOEASFUL CON
RESTAHTs'
avn priuea offered some time
% SoIarare TUSI College and William
eE ssre awarded Yesterday at the
s,,s IL Newark. ,.,,,,o
~ s.a we're = large number OF specta-
ibsIs among whom were Swith.
PlS,SI PleSIsr N. D., State Senator'electi
lLs lSu"n nesp. the Rev. DR.. Nallandig-
~ ,Ss Rev. W. II. Hutohin, David
s"rUby, Professors Mackey and
hu, S.ion and . large number of far
9!Dm various parts Of the county.
HU ynee,ing was called TO order
y After 3 O'Clock, by President
p' who delivered an eloq lent ad-
lD'l an ths great Importance Of agri'
and its relations to commerce
ap..de a he cited from number OF
VI reports in reference &c the
sst OF corn raised in the United
W w. during 1873, and said in that
W Dslavare had raised 4,5O0,0 900
ii, nom 1870, 900 acres of land, max
,O average Of 25 bushels per acre,
srop that year was valaod at ST.
conditions uRder which the
ware offered were then read by
ts,or Harrington, and stated that
ssntestanLs must not be over IL
N age, and with the exception OF
,oving and narrowing must do
a. werk themselves.
T,.b contestant was TO cultivate sx-
- ~ ana fourth 81 an acre, or l0,SSO
'.s feet, aud the corn so raised
\, bnsksd and measured in the
.,ree OF three disinterested persons,
,Sould certify to the amount raised,
.dse Of the piece of gro md and that
arm weighed seventy five pounds
me buSheL
a awarding OF the prizes was then
'.s.led with, and 1t was announced
!. william b. Walton, l6 years OF
LNSrark, had raised 80 Al bushels,
s,bipg 2. 2S5}5 pounds on his quarter
y acre ana Was entitled to the first
..d SO in gold. The quantity of
aIsed from the allo ted quarter
.I eoaal III s8 bushels to the acre.
Scorp was planted May 10Th. the
,,yi having been plowed five days
TiOusy. The soil was a clay loan,
four grains were planted 10 q hill,
bill being three feet apart.
bsre we're but two or three stalks
,d to each hill. There we're eight
oads Of hog manure spread broad
,Ud pioWed in; afterwards there
4 200 pounds OF super phosphate
sd and incorporated with the soil
Throwing.
IN cultivation consisted OF seven
rkiDgs, once by hand and six times
10 horse; the total time employed
,,Nhng being estimated at three
n The seed used was what IL
Iyn a. the Chester County nam.
Il and the stalks averaged eleven
En heishth.
i, second prize of$10 in gold was
H,lsd to Charles HomeWood aged II
9dNewark, who had raised 80 II
Rsls weighing 2,259 pounds, or al
gsge Of 10. 40 bushels ~ the acre,
hco.n was planted April Goth, The
,alhaving been plowed on the Goth
ial nOnth.
nnil was loamy, with a gravel
sCl, and the seed WAS the GOurd
iay. Tn ere were six grains planted
hahn which was thined out, and but
IN Etks allowed to stand. There
nNelvO cubic yards Of rough ma,
IaEtad broadcast and plowed In
EiMtye cubic yards of compost
EalHl narrowed In. This corr
NaJ cultivated three times.
MNIt prize Of $3.50 in gold wal
Ertd to Stewart L Beck, II years
aw who resides near Delaware
tE He raised p. II bushels weighing
tkNunds.
Aburth prize Of IS in gold wal
Ra BY Walter s. Burris, aged II, o
EivOCd. His yield consisted of 26.
tNihsLs which weighed 1880 pounds
kTEd NJ, Philips of Green Bank wal
Hrdsd the fifth prize OF 81, 80 in gold
RuOp being 22.39 bushels weighing
ft3 pounds.
htOllOwing contestants having ab-
I'D an average yield of over seventy
VaslS 10 tho acre, we're each awarded
EGs subscription to the American
TOalturiSt:
GVin Philips of Green Bank, 1881
aAsls John Ball, Jr., of Stanton, SS
Bushels; Andrew NJ. Conway o
aags;own, 1924 bushels; John NJ
aupsou of Rehoboth, S072 bushels
LAm T. Reeves of Delaware City
" bushels; Harry Wolf Of Rehoboth
~ Sbushels;J. Harry Cahoou Of Dover
u bushels, S, Frank Stirling o
&Eland, u bushels; L. Scott Towns
td MiddletowD, 7l.S4 bushels.
lGe were also three prizes of $50, 81
I 30 respectively, offered by WI
u DeaB ON tRe same conditions az til
N'ge prizes, with the exception tina
Raad OF quarter of an acre he re
lsl one half an a ere to be cultivated
No'her requirement was that the con
saHts should be mem bers of the Pat
3of Husbandry, under q years Q
.e irst prize OF $50 was awarded
,uian B, Walton, who had also take
EtFst college prize.
Tie second prize of 500 was given
l&Ft c. Phillips of Greenbahk.
Sawart l.. Beck Of Delaware City n
e'd the third prize of $40.
4teport of contest at Boonsbort
SSyland, where five prizes OF $lOt
NrS2j, Sl5 and so we're distributed
Hlead by Professor Harrington. Th
S0DuI produced by the successful col
SAINTS from quarter of an acre wS
Ile rate OF 1887, 167, l4S, 1924 an
y bushels per acre.
'lerewards were then presented b
tVhandler to William b. Waltol
stHart L. Beck, Walter s. Burris al
Ssotter contestants that were presen
le thase who were absent, will hay
wi prizes forwarded to them.
Addresses were made by d. j. hu
yA'd William Dean, who Swardt
Y PRICES which hS had offered to Il
tles named. Mr.. Dean said that
.olId distribute $50 under the san
I,ailtions next year.
Alter brief addresses by NesSrs. MI
and homSwOod and by DR.. Cham
ard President Purnell the mtetir
NIurned.
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