The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-10-24
CORN CROP MIGHT
PAY SCHOOL TAXES
Hanover Townships Unique
Experiment in Agriculture.

The old slogan teach the new idea
how to shoot" has been discarded
by Hanover township and the battle
cry now is make your corn crop
pay your school tax" DIR. d. Hunter
McAlpin, one of the gentleman far
mers" of this section, is the chief
exponent of this neighborhood.
Last year Dr. McAlpin interested
the Hanover township school author
tiles in the scheme of having a corn
competition Prizes were offered
the pupils of the township public
schools for the best corn and at the
end of the season they were awarded.
This year the same thing was done,
twenty-five boys and nine girls rails
ing corn and incidentally learning a
lot about scientific enrichmenmt of
the soil and the proper seed to use.
Their study of the three RS" was
not neglected, however, and though
studying agriculture ION the side"
the Hanover township youngsters do
not shirk their regular lessons
Friday afternoon the prizes for this
seasons corn crop were distributed.
Samples OF the corn had been sub
mitted to John H. Voorhees,, of New
t.t,t i<alx ho it,1 1fn laI
nounced the following as prize win
ners:-
Willis Conquest, Morris Plains, firsi
prize of $40 for best ten ears of corn
Dewitt Quimby, Parsippany, second
prize of 81; John Byrnes, Troy Hills,
third prize of So; Miss Emma Giber
Troy Hills. So for best ten ears raised
by girl. Then there We're prizes
for the best corn from each school
81 each going to Willie Conquest
Morris Plains; Dewitt Quimby, Par
sippany; John Byrnes, Troy Hills;
Charles Cory, Whippany; Miss Agne,
Conn, Rockaway Neck Miss Flor
ence Gubitz, Monroe; Miss Heller
Hittel, Hanover Neck; Jerome Har
rison, Hanover; Charles Bolton, Lit
| tleton, Miss Elizabeth Case, of Far
sippany. was given first prize of $.
for the best stalk of corn and Arthu
Lindabury. of Morris Plains, receive,
second prize of 81.
The chillren, their parents an,
friends gathered in the Morris Plain
school tor the prize awarding. Th
awards We're announced by It. Z
Sensor. of the state department O
public instruction, who was presen
with Mrs. Sensor, County Superir
! tendent of Schools j. Howard Hu
sart made an congratulatory address
to the youngsters and remarks wer
made also by F. &. Tilton, townshi
school supervisor, who presidet
Members Of the beard of educatio
occupied seats on the platform
DIR. McAlpin made the principle ~
dress of the afternoon, outlining hi
scheme of making the corn crop pa
the school tax He showed that Mo
ris county had 4S5 manvfacturing esta
lishments capitalized at S9,304 ,9f
niaking produets valued at Sl1 ,423 i Z
llThere are 2,365 farms in the count
Ido the vallie OF $15,579, ,56S with pr
laducts of the value of 81 ,974.2i1 Th
iacreage devoted to corn. the speake
asserted, was 1890 with a teti
yield of 445S40 bushels or abol
thirtF-twr bushels TO the acre.
The district school tax is $204
966.93. The value of the corn {
sixty cents per hnshel is S267.3S
The speaker asserted that by usin
selected seed and intelligent cultivi
tion the Yiehl of corn would be I'll
200 bushels from the same acreag
valued at $a26,720 at sixty cents DC
bussrcl. sufficient 40 pay the sehot
tax of the county
Not only have the youngsters rails,
corn but vegetables, fruits, nuts an
flowers. samples of which were O
exhibition. One OF the school room
looked like a section of county III
with the array OF exhibits. A hug
squash. weighing eighty-nine pound
grown by .Dhn Lee, WIS the pri3
OF the show 1t was flanked by hug
pumpkins and monster beets the
were close second in the adE.rat.o
of the spectators