The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-14
CORN CROP IS
CO|N-PRODUCER
LED ALL EXHIBITS AT STATE FAIR.
BEING COMMON TO EVERY
COUNTY.
CORN AND MORE CORN
INCREASED YIELD PER ACRE IN
VIRGINIA WILL RESULT IN
GREAT PROSPERITY FOR
FARMERS OF STATE.
CORN AND MORE CORN
Corn Is king In Virginia.

corn Is KING IN Virginia
II was one Of the principal features
OF every county exhibit al the Lar.
While there We're many EXHIBITS
that aid credit To TIE counties. there
was no exhibit that might DC said TO
have been 80 generally good through
out. Ii WAS the common bond OF eS-
cellence that united all the counties
In one harmonious whole. Some couu-
lies raise peanuts in pienLeouS pro-
fusion, Others are farlng timely with
With fruit. Sull others are stacking up
the simoleons by stock raising but
from no other crop IN Virginia does
SO much real coin come as from corn.
Hundreds OF boys are enlisted under
the winning banner of corn, and with
steady stroke OF hoe and with hne
Judgment as to soil tfnprovers they
are increasing the State wealth ~
raising corn and then more corn.
Virginia should never cease lis Ell
forts 10 bring it's soil up 10 the high
est possible productivity, but its farm
ers should lay awake o nights until
every acre in corn produces an aver
age OF one hundred bushels OF she'll
ed corn. OF course, there are many
who raise this and more, but when
the average farm crop Is raised TO
this standard Virginia viii be- we'll on
the road to universal wealth.
Some OF the best corn ever Raised
in Virginia was on exhibit during the
week at the STATE bair. Ii SHOWS what
can DO done on old Virginia soil. The
successful farmers of the State are
getting their hundred bushels of corn
to tEe acre. That is why tney are
successful. Some OF them are doing
it with the corn as second crop
after early Irish potatoes. Scores OF
them are raising ii without the use
of commercial fertilizer.
Crop Wristbands Drought.
Notwithstanding the drought of the
| present year the corn crop VIII be ap
! proximately the same this year as II
was last. The drought was quite det-
| rimental To the early planted crop
| but late corn was benefited by the
| rains of the latter part of the grow
! ing season Better cropping methods
will help TO swell the total figures
for the Year.
Mr., q. y. Perego. Texas friend
and reader of The Richmond Virgin
ian. writes an interesting letter to this
! paper telling of a variety OF giant
! popcorn that he has been growing
/ for several years, and which no nnds
| far superior TO the common field va
rieties for feeding poultry. He say.
! that this variety is a great egg pro
I Queer The grain is just the RICH
size for feeding growing chicks. Fl,
tells an interesting story OF the man
ner in which he got his first seed 70
this corn, an old Indian in the north
western section OF Texas having givei
him the seed. The Indian elaine,
that poultry fed with this corn woul,
never have cholera. and Mr.. Pereg,
testifes to the goo1 results which
have followed his use Of the corn will
his flock. Tho corn is prolific, max
ing from three to five cars to the stalk
and large amount OF fine fodde
which should be cut stalk and all
The ears are large and plump. Will
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