Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-03-11
coeN IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Prize-winners at the National Corn
show.

prize-Winners at the Nattona corn
show.
The winner Of the first prize at the
National Corn Show for the best ten
ears Of yellow corn from West Virgin
A WAS n w. Sheets of Lost Creek,
Harrison county, student in the Col
lsre of Agriculture at Morga7town.
-rhe second prize in the same class
went Il, George c. Law of Lewis coun-
~ the boy who won the first prize in
the Lewis County Boys Show last fall.
The same ten ears won the first prize
in the boys class at our own Stat
corn Show at Mcrgantown in January
II is a little odd that the man Fwho
won first prize on yellow corn at the
show at Morgantown should have
been beaten at the National Show by
the man who won second at Morgan
town and also by the boy whose corn
was not allowed TO compete in TN
mems class. This was odd, and yet
need not be especially surprising, as
the standards of Judgment on corn are
pot very well fixed, the experts not
being entirely agreed as TO the points
OF excellence in the different varieties
of corn.
Promoting corn-Growing.
The Agricultural Extension Depart
ment If VS. st Virgin University Is
promoting better agriculture by inter
estlng boys and girls in eorn-growilg
contests. A number of these have been
conduct in different parts of the
State. Monroe county, which was the
pioneer in interest 1g the boys and
girls in this kind of work, has held
corn shows for the past three years;
Lewis county for two years; ana
Greenbrier. Preston, and Webster have
had one corn show each. The idea of
the Agricultural Extension Depart
nent is to have a contest in every
county in the State tn IS year.
Tn county superintendent and ey-
cry one else interested in encouraging
this move are urged to provide local
organization to take charg of the
work fer this county. II is propos d
that a list of prizes be offered to the
young corn-growers, the chief prize to
he the cost of the TRIP to the State
University, where the prize-winning
ccrn from each county will be entered
to te for State prizes and where
the young people will be given j
weeks instruction in corn-growing.
School Agriculture"
The third number OF West Virginia
School Agriculture has reached cur
desk This publication aims to make
agriculture teaehable in the common
schools. "A glance at the january mum
Der indicates that IL ought to be very
intere sting TO teachers and their pu'
pills.
Germ: The American Cereal" is
the sub title of this number of School
Agriculture. A reading of Lesson Xxx
which presents THE Importance oil
Corn" in a strikingly effective way
ought to make every American pro- d
OF the fact that corn is our own cereal
1t will surprise a good many intel
hgent readers TO learn that, Gin acre.
age, production, and value" the corn
crop CT last year outranked all OF the
other cereal grains wheat. oats. rye
barley. and rice,) with all of the buck
wheat and rotaties thrown in. Indeed
the corn crop was worth nearly two
hundred million dollars more than all
Of the other crops named!
School Agriculture" is "sent free
to all teachers and school officers max
ing application" 1t ought to be in the
hand OF all who are entitled TO apply
u. w Working. Supe rintendent of Ag.
ricultural Extension, is the editor OF
the new publication. Requests for cop
les should be addressed TO him at Nor.
gantown, w. Va.
Corn Questions.
In the third number of school Ag-
rioulture," which deals with Corn: The
American Cereal" Prof d. w. Work
ing asks some curious questions about
the word corn as it is used in the
Bible. The lesson entitled What
Conn Is" begins with quotation from
Genesis-'iAnd Joseph gathered corn
as the sand of the sea, until he left off
numbering" Then the corn lesson
goes on:
MANY readers of the Bible have
been puzzled by the use CT the word
corn. In the familiar story OF Joseph.
corn is frequently mentioned The
forty-second chapter of Genesis begins
by reciting that when Jacob saw that
there was corn in Egypt he proposed
to his sons that they go down TO the
land of the Pharaohs to buy food fer
themselves and Their little ones and
their cattle. Was this corn of the
Egyptians tn same as ours?
when Ruth the Moabitess went TO
Bethlehem with her widowed moth
er-in-law in the beginning of the bar.