The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-15
TUESDAY. MARCH Is. 1910.
KING com ToR 1910.

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States this year what 1T means 70
grow corn. Last seasons contest was
only preliminary tryout, just 70 ,esl
the old soil and to show all our 1ar-
mers how easy 1t is to grow loo
bushels where 20 have been grown
before. This time the state means
business. We have organization. we
have information. we have last sea-
sons results to encourage us and last
seasons corn kings to stimulate us.
we have everything that is necessary
TO double the states corn crop ana 70
double our corn growers profits.
no encourage the good work. vel
should have and will have q state
corn contest, beside which last years
contest will seem as a trifle. every
farmer in the state who has been con-
II yerted to the doctrine of intensive cul- I
t,yation and every farmer who Is open
10 conversion should throw himself
into the work this season and shoulo
contend for first prize when the corn
Judges gather in the Agricultural Hal,
at tho state. Fair next fall. II the
contest is to be worthy of the state,
the nrizes should not amount TO less
than 5000, to be divided in manner
determined by competent judges
The contest should not and will not
stop here Every county should offer
corn prizes Of its own and encourage
corn growing within its borders Gull
peper has already taken the lead. and
has raised 5000 as a prize for the best
crop of corn grown in that county.
brunswick is collecting a. similar prize
and Frederick is making start
Others will follow in the course OF the
next two or three weeks.
These county prizes will work Won
I ders. Every farmer who enters In the
hope of prize will finish in the as
surance OF a large profit, and every
hoy who tries to win a $50 or
800 prize VIII make more than that
u sum by the sale OF his crop Livery
i dollar spent in corn prizes will mean
VI hundred dollars in additional cro1
~ returns 10 the county. These county
III contests Will not fail to be close ant
III interesting, when every man can sc
his neighbor.s crops and can have hi
81 rivals close at hand.
The Corn Growers Association vii
be a tremendous force in carrying O.
III the contests. State and county. TIL
Association should be given funds t
81 spread the gospel of intensive cultiva
rs ton in every county. and should hav
part of the money raised by tn
ne wspapers in the State. We shall
rive onc-third of all funds con-
tributed through this paper to the
IA Associations work. and would Suggest
h II similar policy to all thcspapers which
81 plan to aid in raising the prize This
is not too much for the Association,
since every dollar it contributes goes
to improving The farming of the
State-to the...rat.Ihs of better corn
Il and more of ii,
Corn is King. and his kingdom must
be assured Every man who wants to
n make Virginia what she can be in the
agricultural life of the nation should
do his part.
49, s4i -
a BIGGER FAIR AND a LETTER.
The State Fair Association Is enlarg-
Il Ing he place Of its tents and stretching
forth the curtains of its hnbitation.
Year by year, as the attendance at the
fair has Increased, the promoters have
erected new buildings and have i'm
proved their property. Last year. in
spite Of all that they could do the di-
Tectors found that the grounds were
not large enough for the crowd and
he raj NJ nrb
for the splendid exhibits which were
gathered there. The Association pro
poses to. erect brick building 265 feet
square. with ample floor space for all
corners.
The Association should be backed In
this work. 1t should receive inancia,
i support from business men Throughout
II the state, and should be encoura ged tc
do still greater things. The directors
M Of the fair should not be compelled Il
hawk few thousand dollars OF stool
about The State, but should he met b,
NJ ready purchasers, willing to take VI
Ri the stock and anxious to do all in thei
II power TO foster the fair.
Good business sense is the safes
prompts an enlarged state Fair in Rich
mond II is An enterprise that Bring
millions Of dollars and thousa nds .
visitors to Richmond and permanent
AIDS business conditions in Tie city.
;as not an aggregation of takers VIII
take peoples money by fair means {
foul. and vanish to parts unknown, n,
to appear again until another ia
opens and more booths are erected.
The State Fair Is an institution.
Els here 10 stay, II is backed by bu
Isliness men on q business basis,
aims to make money for the men w
Eyenture their funds In It. but II ali
ITO make much more money for i
people Of the city. The effects of /
State Fair do not pass with the clos!
1of the gates or the ending OF the Z
ibirs. The iinal day OF the fair