The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-11
|9SHOW|NG HOW
lCAN GROW CORN
Ihxhibit at Fair Makes
Novel Feature
RAJ THE STANDARD
The Boy Who Now Comes TO
Te Ms That Perhaps He Can
YER Better on Farm
After All
THE STANDARD
natter HARPER

u may me horizon dreaming OF the
y great thi IA the wonderful life in the
n city beyo9he first good opportunity
offered hd axed out across the fields,
ut down the road to the railway sta
ton and h the first train to-the
"a world.
h ihat cong is largely changed now.
. Inc average has an opportunity oc-
casionally Hit his older brother or
d MS cousin u city, finds that the fruit
d Is not all sc that money does not lie
e about loose a. streets. and that men
IN the citiespx harder than those in
L the country.
n lie catches Hanpse of coal, gas, light,
g grocery and Nervous other bills, eats
stale vegeta. embalmed meat, and
II oreathes foult and is soon convinced
that cement Malks and cobble pave
; inehts are mas downy as he had
, dreamed. Tha1l buildings are dingy.
grim and prislike. They are not the
castles of glitng beauty that he saw
in his day dresr
IN snort. he does that the city is not
ior MN and tlNthe farm offers more
ease, greater unfort, broader life,
stronger limb a constitution, as well
DIS an easier profity.
|
The Alabama mn bow is winning
lame. He Is deinstrating that he can
MAKE money ON tWfarm and he is show
Ing his father aiming or two in farm
management.
| All honor to tW Alabama farm boy.
lie is making twand three fat ears of
corn grow where MY one grew before.
lie is doing more IAN this. He is max
ing several bladesor stalks where ONLY
one grew before
He Is raising forand five times more
corn to the acre TIM his father with all
his experience haseser done before.
About 1000 boys i4Alabama Joined the
corn clubs organize, In xhe various coun-
ties this year, and livery pne of them
attained results of vhtch thdy should fee
proud
The exhibit at the Alabama State fail
by the Boys Corn cubs is one of the
most interesting and lis an excellent OBJ
ject lesson to every adult farmer in th'
state.
The exhibit is in charge of Prof. L. N
Duncan of Auburn, who is in charge b
the United States governm ent farm prp
motion work in Alabama. At was through
his efforts that these boys corn club
We're orgsrtzed y 81 ts...,vn, VIII
have rendered valuable assistance in thi
important movement.
This is the first year that has show
such magnificent results, and 1t is hope
that the work and cooperation will b
extended to several thousand other boy
in the state during the next year.
The exhibit at the fair grounds, whicl
is composed of the actual corn on thu
stalk as is grew in the field. represent
every section of the state, from the blacl
lands in middle Alabama to the hill land:
in the north, and demonstrates fully tn,
possibilities In corn-growing in the state
H. II. Scott presents sample of hi.
corn, grown on top of Sand mountain
west of Fort Payne. He raised 76h bush
els to the acre, at cost of 221a cents pei
bushel. Labor, rent of land and every
other item of legitimate expense was
charged against the corn Rent is charged
at the rate of IS per acre.
Burton Buck of Tuscaloosa county
comes forward with 65H bushels to the
acre. From so to rs bushels to the acre
is the rule for the boy who worked his
corn under the direction of the govern.
ment experts.
1t must be remembered that the aver
age yield for Alabama is 1875 bushels pei
acre. The boys of the state will increas.
their example and help them to do it
Every acre of average corn land in Ala
bama should produce not less than q
bushels. and the average should be abov,
30 bushels. But We are coming to this
and in very few years. Thanks to tn,
boys and those farmers who have re
sponded to the new awakening In agri
culture.
No farmer should be satisfied with on,
ear to a stalk of corn. He should no
be satisfied with anything less than tn,
full limit of what his land will produce
Following is a list of the names ant
addresses of the boys who have contrib
uted to the excellent corn exhibit at tn,
State fair:
Fl. Fl. Scott, Fort Payne; w. c. Hen
derson., Ohachee; Fred A. Smith, Russell
Vile; Lee Boswell, McConnells; Stanley
Park, Tuscaloosa; John Kilgore, North
port; Edward Howell, Gordo; Baldwin
Pickens county; Ernest Carlson
Shades mountain; Arthur Duke, Jefferson
county; Edwin Duke, Jefferson county
Sylvester Sharitt, Jefferson county; ]. M
Ethelville; John Shamblin
Tuscaloosa; Grover Shamblin, Tusca.
loosa; Benton Buck, Tuscaloosa; Penn
Tuscaloosa; II. o. Holdings
worth, Russellville; Dudley McCurry, Ok
ford; e. c. Guthrie, wellington; Elijah
Jacksonville; =. Tom Adcock
City; Tommie Ledbetter, Dade.
Vile; Frank FELTON,, Dadeville; w. T.
Cosby. Jr, Dadeville; Lloyd Galloway
Notasulga; David Lonimore, Whatley
John Tyson. Alexander City; Lloyd Bar
ron; Notasulga; B. F. Ponder, Dadeville
Eddie Vice, Jacksonville; F. d. Prickett
Grover Prickett, Jackson
vile; ]. J. Phillips, Ohatchee.