The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-12-29
GPRlzES FOR FARMERS.
& 21h 6arolinlans Go In and Win.
nke, Of. Marlboro County,
3 teen Years Ago. Raised the
Crop Of Corn on one Acre
Ever Raised in the United
) December 23rd.-

s cS i Some fifteen years ago
HSarolina won the prize for
The largest yields of corn in the
lQRlted States on one acre, and
that distinction has been of con-
tihping benefit to the State.
ENsn at this late day inquiries
are made from time to time
asont Capt. Drake's achieve
ment. The national contest was
arranged by the American Agri-
culturalist, and the same concern
LIS now arranging for another
lend even greater contest. Prof.
fH q. Johnson, the able editor
pf the Agriculturalist, who visit
ed Commissioner Watson here
last winter, has written the COM
missioner about the coming con-
test, and the latter is exceeding
ly anxious to see South Carolina
participate, and accomplish even
more than she did a decade and
a half ago. Commissioner Wat
son says that it will be impossi-
bic to provide for the State
Yfizes out of the small appropri-
ton given his department, but
he intends to take the matter up
with the fertilizer manufacturers
and others who should be deeply
Interested, and will endeavor to
get them to make contributions
toward the necessary prize
money.
r The letter of Prof. johnson to
Commissioner Watson is of spec
ial interest. He writes as fol-
lows:
Il wish to call your attention
TO one of the greatest contests
Ethat has ever been inaugurated
for the development of cereals
and the amount of crops raised
;s4efl the. farms Of this country.
Your people should take a per-
sonal pride in this matter as it
will be remembered that the
largest corn crop ever produced
on a single acre was grown in
South Carolina in the American
Agriculturalist contest of fifteen
years ago. We believe that no
single event ever produced so
large an amount of advertising
for South Carolina and it's re-
sources. In fact, there is hardly
a week that passes, but that we
have some inquiry about this
great contest, and the remark
able results produced by Capt.
Drake in Marlboro Comfy in
your State. l have on my desk
at the present time a letter from
DR.. w. L. Davenport. of Mead
owview, Va, asking about this
great crop. He wants all the
details. l am sure that your
State will come along at the top
of the list, and we are especially
anxious at this time to have our
friends in your State take hold
of this matter, showing their
loyalty and local pride, and l
ask you to lend all the support
you possibly can in your special
capacity to land South Carolina
at the head of the list in this
great contest.
Il trust arrangements can be
made to set aside $500, the same
to be distributed in prizes to be
arranged by yourself and the
farmers in South Carolina, who
score the highest number of
points in this contest. We be-
lieve that nothing can be done
that would be of greater interest
and value, and we will do every
thing in our power to push the
matter in a public way. By Sc
curing $500 or more for this
work, the fact would be an
nounced in our manual, and the
publication of it would be of
great value TO South Carolina
farmers. | am sure that the
Governor of your State would
endorse this idea, and why not
have a Governors prize? We
have headed the list with $4,000
in prizes ourselves, feeling that
the results will warrant it.
Many large fertilizer concerns,
implement manufacturers, ETC.,
are Offering additional prizes
along these lines, thus making il
possible for the individual to wir
from one to a dozen prizes