The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-28
FARMERS COOPERATIVE.
DEMONSTR ATION WORK
Inited States Dera artni"n. of AoTicUi-
ture, Bureaus OF Plant industry
The SECRETARY Of Agriculture li,u Ors
the Boys. Prize Winners in the
Boys Corn CI;b Contests.

Washington y. @, Dec. 2i.--Thcre
was an interesting occasion in the OF
flee OF the Secretary Of Agriculture.
Secretary Wilson presented diplomas
10 Rascolnb Usher. Of South Carolina;
Dewitt I.Endv. OF mississippi; Elmer
Halter, of Arkansas. .iGld Ralph Bell
wood, OF Virginia.
These boys We're among the l. 500
in the Boys Demonstration Work In
the South who planted one acre Of
corn apiece and worked it under in
structions from the United States De
partment OF Agriculture. DR. s. A.
Knapp, who has charge OF the Farm
Demonstration Work, offered d trip to
Washington to the boy ii Mississippi
who should get the best results The
State Bankers Association III -Arkan-
sas offered a similar prize in thaf
State, Citizens OF South Carolina and
Virginia duplicated the offers there.
The above named boys. all under
eightacn Years OF age. visited the De-
partment OF Agriculture and other in
teresting sig hts Of the Capital, and
were received by the President
Thousands OF dollars worth OF
prizes have been offered this year to
these Boys Clubs III the South by
merchants, Boards CT Trade and pub
lic-spirited citizens generally. under
regulations furnished by the United
States Department Of Agriculture.
These regulations do not encourage
freak yields. but are drawn to en-
courage profta BILE farming. The basis
Of award rests on showing OF profits.
written records. exhibits Of ears and
stalks, and yield per acre. The greatest
yield does not get the prize in every
case Still there were some fine
Yields this year The prize winner
from South Carolina made 152 ID
bushels per acre; boy in Mississippi
made 1a7 bushels; a boy in North Car
olina made 135 bushels and the N-ir-
Pinia winner 122 bushels. More thar
fifty boys made over 100 bushels ~
acre. In several counties no boy fell
below so bushels per acre and the
club avera ge was about SO.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made in
all Of the Southern States to send
the prize winners TO Washington next
year.
in q brief address TO the boys Sec
retary Wilson declared that they ana
the boys engaged in like work are
''the only hope we have for the con-
tinued greatness and prosperity Of the
country" He pointed ont that the
South now, in agriculture and in man
ufa cturing. was prospecting as never
before. because the lslen and women
Of the South had put into the work
their own energy and ability and in
no sense were dependent upon the
castal or the industry Of people
fro,n other parts Of the county
'"rhese diplomas he concluded
''are unique No boys ever have re-
ceived a similar RECOGNITION OF their
merit Nothing I have done since
have been Secretary OF Agriculture
has given me more pleasure than to
present them to you. on have earned
them. You have begun right Ton
now are in line to achieve the highest
honnrs of YOUR respective States"
Smith
tardent Of Holmes county, MiSSissi phi
and one Of the leaders in the Rows
Corn Club Movement Of the Farmers
Co-ope~ativa DEMONSTRATION Work.
came to Washington to witness this
interesting event.
Good Farming i'm Harnett