The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1911-12-14
SUCCESS cRowNs,cREAT CORN SHOW.
Grand Swsepstakes Taken BY Hancock County,
While Hall County Gets Second.

i From the Atlanta Constitution
! The southern corn shows is ended.
! When the doors Of the auditorium
armory closed upon the last weary
lhomegoer from the big exhibition
and the last speech had been made
1.-THE last address delivered, the last
lecture given, the last prize awarded
an event which viii 60 down IN
history or southern agriculture Is
Iepoch-making passed into history,
and the many who have given their
best labors te make it an unqualified
success we're able tosay well donel j
HELD ON NoyET BASIS.
! In the beginning the Southern
corn Show was held on a novel basis,
flor never before has such an exhi-
bition been held under the auspices
Of such civic body as the Atlantic
chamber Of Commerce, one Of the
most progressive bodies in the South,
which as Governor Judson Harmon
said, realized that it is to the
country any great inland city must
look for its development and should,
Therefore do all in its power to aid
the country and help to increase its
/ productiveness.
In doing this the Atlantic cham
4her Of commerce has shown that
the South is just as great a corn
producing section as iC is cotton
producing, and that to no other
part of the country need il yield
position in production Of corn.
II is doubtful if in any other sec
ton Of the county there is even a
man who can make such a record
as thabsof Miss Hasnie. 81 sCoweta
county Georgia. who raised over
/ 1000 bushels Of corn at a net
cost Of 1851 2 cents per bushel and
Georgia 8 boy champion Ben Leath
who cleared 1874 81 from one acre
of corn after deducting his cost Of
production Of sS2.
TWO CROPS FROM NOW ON.
From this date on Georgia will
not be soely dependent on one crop
there will be two and it is not at all
improbable that within a few years
the corn production of Georgia will
be worth almost as much as its
cotton. And if the advce Of severrl
agriculturaIists who speak here is
taken there will be added to these
to crops a third raised on the hoof.
Put your money in pigs. It pays
advised the experts, and this advice
will be taken by many.
The attendance 1t the corn Show
during its four-day session well de
monstrated how deeply Georgia is
Interested in all agricultural mat
tiers, and in addition to the many
who paid to see the Show. there
lwere 600 members of the boys, Corn
Clubs were there, every one Of them
a producer, who could point with
pride to his work in 1911.
The average Georgian did not
realize the wonderful work being
done by and for these cornclubs un-
til he visited the Show and then he
was more than surprised.
It was really wonderful, the exhib-
: :
its sent by the many boys some o.
whom have succeeded far beyond thC
widest dreams of their more con-
servative Fathers. But few mer
lin the South, or indeed in America
can boast of 227 bushels to the acrt
yet no fewer than three Georgis
boys closely approached that mark
while over fifty boys made more
than 100 bushels to the acre.
In recognition Of the work by the
boys, members Of the clubs, the de-
paftment Of agriculture Of the
United States viii give a reception
in Washington to them demon.
strating its appreciation Of them
and their work. The department
is doing a great work, and it viii
show on future years.
PRIZES ARE DELIVERED
Fridays the closing session o