The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1911-12-08
!. CORN contest.
Prizes Awarded to Lawrence
County Boys.
Prof. Roberts, Of the State University,
Came Here and Passed UpCn
Qualities Of Samples.

The Boys Corn Club Of tbs
county gave an exhibition OF its
products at the court house last
Saturday The display was a
very creditable one, and it is a grea
pity that more OF our citizens. par
ticularly more farmers. did not at
tend the meeting. Too many oi
these latter are, the News is afraid
like the man VINO declared there
wasn't nothing in this here new
fangle book farming now how.
He works along the path uoddan
by his great grand father. raising
mostly nubbins and has to buy corn
before the winter is half over. There
were twenty-rhree exhiitions OF ten
ears each, and it was very fine corn
every ear Of 1t. The Big Sandy
News wass present the day the club
was orginlzed, and it was proud
of the display and the boys who
made it when the time had come
Tor the awarding the prize which
their labor had won.
Quite number of our people
had gathered in the court house on
this occasion. The meeting was or
ganized by making County Judge
Boggs chairman. The Judge said
some encouraging words to the
hoys and spoke regretfully of the
lack of interest shown by the class
who should be the most deeply CON
cerned in the movement Mr. Jay
o'Daniel then introduced Mr. George
Roberts, professor OF agriculture in
state College, who spoke to the
meeting about half an hour along
very practical lines. He spoke Of
the old way and of the new in mat
rs agricultural, of soils and fer
tilizers, of seed and planting. and
of the evident Improvement already
by the corn clubs of
the State, What he said sshould
have been htdrd by every farmer in
this section At the close ot his
address Prof Roberts proceeded TO
examine the corn and make the
awards The samples We're num-
bered, the growers being entire
strangers to the judge. I'll , first
cash prize, SIS, was awarded to
Earl aid OWE rehett,whose father
John Burchett, lives on the farm
owned by j. G. Burns, near this
place; second prize, $40 John Pfost;
Srd, So, Fred See; IN So, Wayne
See; 9Th. $3.50. Carl 2Akers, and
9th. 50, Norris skeens. Those who
grew the ten next best samples re-
eeived one dollar each. They We're
Arnold Bowe, Walker stansbery,
Clyde Barnette. Roy McKinster. Carr
Carter. Tude Burchett. Nlebert Wal
Ter. Carl Waller, John Asche and
Jay Pfost
The first and only prize Offered
$500 in gold. for the best written
history of the crop from which speci-
mems were exhibited was awarded
to John Kane. of near Potters, ana
1t is herewith reproduced.
History of Crop from which sample
was taken, Grown by John Kane.
Land slightly rolling, OF thin
oak nature; where clover had been
grown the previous year. 1t was
plowed in January about eight inel.-
rs deep. TILED at Intervals with
drag and spike-tooth harrow. ms
was done as much as eigat times.
for the purpose of thinning an pacfI
ng the soil, to furnish as gocd 9
root and seed bed as possible. the
principal purpose, however, was 70
Iorm a dust mulch on the surface,
% retain moisture and preyeD. its
aporstion, and guard agA,nat tie
possibilities OF severe drou'h,
. hich when the drouth cali4, / I'D
% some extent.
Two hundred pounds of CONNER
,ial fertilizer was sown broad ls7,
which was done a few days bsfsre
.ho planting Of corn.
The corn was planted on the 18Th
If May. The ground was furroyed
hree and one-half feet apart and
iropped by hand in drill, the aim
'eing II inches apart, which. owing