Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-10
BOYS CORN CLUB FORMED
WITH MANY MEMBERS
HARRISON County Organization
viii Hold Contests for
Prizes
Especial Dispatch to The Journal.)

Especial Dispatch to The Journal.)
BUCHANAN, Ca, Feb. Ion last Fri
day about 200 prominent farmers, the ru-
raj school teachers. the county school
commissioner, a number of the BUSH
ness and professional men. and some
hundred boys and girls gathered in the
court house at Buchanan for the pur-
pose of organizing the Boys Corn club
In HARRISON county. There were 81 boys
who came forward and had their names
sion, and there will be 40 or 50 other
boys In the county who win be added
60 this list in the near future.
1t was probably the most interesting
farmers meeting that has ever been held
in Buchanan and much interest is
aroused In the interest of the boys by
the parents, teachers, county school COM
missioner and the professional men as
well. A great number and variety of
premiums were offered and there will
be other premiums offered later. and
the outlook for the success of the Boys
Corn club work in HARRISON is exceed
ingly fiattering.
]. w. White, county school commits
sioner, is greatly interested in this
movement, and will no doubt do all in
his power to help the boys of HARRISON
county to revolutionize corn growing in
that county.
Prof. S. M. Gown. district agent of
the Farmers Cooperative demonstration
work, was present at this meeting and
helped the people to organize this move
ment. Mr. Gown gave an interesting
lecture on the boys club work in the
forenoon, and then met the teachers,
farmers and boys in the afternoon and
discussed seed corn selection and corn
Improvement in general. Both talks were
practical and to the point and we're lis
tened to with great interest by all pres
ent and we are confident that many
boys, as well as many farmers, gathered
much valuable information which they
will carry home with them and put into
practice on their farms.
Mr.. w. w. sunmerlin. representative
of the county, was also present and ex-
pressed his hearty appreciation OF the
organization of the club work In his
county and promised to aid the boys all
possible. Mr. 6ummerlin stated that
he would make good for a free trip to
washington for the HARRISON boy who
grew the most corn on one acre under
the regulations Of the government. Con-
gresham Lee has offered the same trip
to the boy growing the best acre OF
corn under these regulations In the Sew
enth district. The State Bankers assoc
citation also offers this trip to the boy
who grows the best acre in Georgia un-
der these regulations; so this gives the
HARRISON county boys three chances at
a free trip to Washington. Now Haral-
son county says 1t expects to have three
boys to go to Washington, so somebody
has got to get up and hustle in about
IL other counties, and then in the state
at large, or else this HARRISON county
Sak fv,o ffay, will he n winner.
Mr.. G. D Adams won the Southern
Ruralist's prize Of 800 on the best and
most profitable acre of cotton in the Ru-
ralist's contest for last year, and Mr..
Adams gave a very interesting talk as
to the outlook for the farmer IN old
HARRISON county, If he will only pursue
\ he proper methods.