The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-17
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Ibeville, Dec. 16.--(Special )--An agent of the Agricultural Depart boarded the train as left 1t.
 his pocket full of corn data Ills ness was nay bustness--to make a rimage to the one acre of Henry ntyl soil which grew more corn any other acre in the State of Ala d and to talk with the man who lvated the corn. The man who e 14s bushels Of corn on one acre qualified as member of that class blessing brinEers. spoken of in 60 h honor. he who makes two blades krass where only one grew before" and the Department agent in un- prable weather had traveied many lnvenient miles to talk to the far who beat anybody else raising corn the State. His was double dis ition. Not only had he won the two ies offered for tine best aore of corn the State. but he was the father of boy who won the prize for grow moro corn on one acre than any er boy in the State.
 lot only had w. H. c. vann car- off all the prizes. but he had blazed
 way for his fellow farmers and sad for them a standard by work the williamson method, in letter in spirit and so demonstrating the fit and the value of that method to ! iry-day Alabama farmers on cosn- pn. ordinary land.
 fMr. vann. if no other Alabama far Ter had done, lifted the Williamson Ian from the experimental state and ade 1t an institution. And in 50 do- T he had won the Department Of Ag- ulture prize of $f25 and the ". H. knour prize of S100. His boy on n ferent acre. won the same amount in lzes.
 Hr. vann was at the station to sec Department man of. and the ar le I had come to Abbevfl1e to get, is at the depot. waiting for me. Mir :. hn is Confederate veteran. man Id in high esteem by his neighbors, q q man who had his own reputa~ n as farmer long before the Will tnsoia method was heard of in Ala ma Like most successful farmers believes In large families, in rns- children as well as in raising good lps Mr vann has nine children, , boys and four girls. One of those IS, pr. ! R. vann, is the big man b represented Henry County in the kisIature and who was highly thought by hts fellow law makers. The sngesf boy, student in the South \ Aiabanza Agricultural School, cuf- Afed his own acre of corn and took sali the corn prizes offered boys. by Held of s9 Ia bushels from one acre. :. hVinning the Department and the
 bur prize. he gets S126 in money.
 vann, the champion corn grower,
 hail Of stature. but the strong.
 and wfry figure tells of many
 activity and usefulness on the
 And gray head and gray beard he contrary notwithstanding, he do as much work and do ft as kfulIy as he could when the chii-
 were young and he had to do his
 hustling on a Henry County farm se that they were fed, clothed and
 out of what his labor won In from the sod. He was a Georgian firth. but got over it quickly. His or had the good sense to bring
 to Alabama whom he was hardly enough to stand up between the handles. and except for the four years that he spent In the C0nfed- e Army he has been wrestling with red hill sides of Henry for a liv-
 for a large family and winning wrestle.
 An old Corn Rniser.
 Raising corn is no new thing with 70 safd MT. vann, T was 8 corn hog farmer before Williamson blished his method and started us talking about 1t. Of course this s my first trial with the William method--I had always raised corn Sording to the old style and my ighbors said usually had good corn Dps. While the acre on which won e prizes is near my home insiie the hits of the town of AbbeviIle. my fm proper is mile and half east s the city. I had to grow corn and Itse hogs on that place as q matter of