The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-22
OfficialData Concerning
the Good ork of the
Boys Corn Clubs.
VIRGINIA BOYS
INVADED THEWEST
Marvellous Results of Demonstra.
ton Understandable Enthu-
siasn of Notwithstanding
New Tricks to Their Faith
ers-What the Clubs
Did Last Year.
NJ FRANK S. wooDsoN.

Possibly there be some city readers
of The TimesDispatch who are al.
most ready to say the Industrial Sec
ton Gevotes rather too much space
TO the corn growing subject Tho
farmer boys all over the State who
are showing their fathers tricks in the
matter of making several ears of corn
come forth where only one used tc-
tassel and silk and mature, think
enough space Is not granted to the very
live and intensely interesting subject.
The men of Virginia under the in
structions OF the demonstrators of the
farmers cooperative demonstration
work have performed wonders I'm in-
creasing tho Yield of this grain and
the boys corn clubs have proven 10
be grand success Indeed the boys OF
the State are outdoing their fathers,
and altogether corn has become. agri-
culturally speaking. the king in Vir-
GINA the king among crops
The results of the good work of the
boys corn clubs have been sized M.
and the object of this article is TO tell
about these results. have the fol-
lowing official figures. furnished ma
by Thomas 0. Sandy, the State agent
and chief of the demonstrators. being
| part of his report to Governor Mann:
Iotal number OF bushels of corn
raised by the corn club boys In Vir-
ginia. 25.+4o Ia bushels.
average number OF bushels per acre.
81 i6-1o0 bushels
average cost per bushel. As 4-5,
Invaded the Middle West.
The following Is a list of tho yir
| ginia hoys who sent exhibits to Tia
fourth annual National Corn Exposi-
! tlon. held at Columbus. o. together
win the averages they made per acre
and cost OF productions:
maurice oigers. Sutherland, Va.
10. 10 bushels; "a ga cents per bushel.
Arthur Rnlnes, Petersburg. Va.
i29 1870 bushels l71-a cents per
L. NJ Walker, Jr., Ivy Depot VA,
ioS bushels; 10 80 cents per bushel
,ol 'eroeIt Mitchell. Withheld Va,
10 l-2 bushels; IL cents per bushel
Marvin Thomas, Madison Run. Va.
- bushels: 20 cents per bushel
iturt Bomar, Glover. Va, 1Oa 1-s
pushe,s; 10 cents per bushe
william j. Edwards. Crystal Hill.
bushel. cents peh
James II. Tunoh, Alton. Va. 12e q.
bushels; 1915 cents per bushel
ihomas Tnrnes. Appomattox. va.
~ IL bushels; 81 cents per bushel
! Wilmer I. Smith. Appomattox Va
los 81 bushels: ~ a. cents pe 1oh h,s hat
Berkeley Woodbridge. Appomnttoy
bushel.
Earle Penn. Goode. Va, 12o bushels.
1857 cents per bushel
luther g. Wertz, Salem, va, 11at
| p"sheis; % IA cents per bushel.
John seasle. Roanoke. Va. 30
bushels; 90 cents per busbcI
hendail Hickson. Remington. va.
| i"i - bushels; 10 cents per bushel
Corn Pays Handsomely.
! Is understood, OF course. that in
In
| Ga success quantity and cost must
poth be considered. and therefore.
the boys in the corn clubs were re-
| CURED TO keep an accurate account NJ
az Fertilizers used. all work done. ana
c cuS' IN order to determine the
cost per nushel of the product
1t must he remembered that tbcse
boys were making their first ntten,nt
lay corn raising. and naturally directsfl
ineir efforts to the largest possible
yield without much regard 10 EXPENSES
ana have now learned many thtncs
wien VIII enable them hereafter to
produce better results at less cost
Even with the drawbacll of want -,
| experience careful examination of
| me tables VIII show that tho bovs
! VINO produced the largest Yields did
50 at considerable profit Take for
illustration the crop OF 1879 bushels
| produced by Maurice Olgers. or min
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! cents; MS crop at sixty cents q bushaI
| VIII Yield sl0O.66 made at a cost of
! sta cents. and SO yield!nc a net
proht OF S5o.l4.
| certificates Going ont
hut this is not all; in estimating
me cost OF the crop. Olgcrs was
charged with the rent of land. but
was not credited by the improvemont
| or the land even with the value or
| ,he German or crimson clover sowed
III his corn. which ought to Weld az
icast one and half tons OF hay to
/ inc acre. Nor is he credited with no
lime and fertilizers used which viii
add TO the value OF his land for az
ieast three years, and permit him with
niue additional cost TO make three or
more crops OF grass Ii would not ba
| Unfair to put the Improvement against
| the cost OF fertilizer and thus malso
the crop clear proht.
AS the efforts OF the boys corr cr,bs
are producing such results and excit
ing so much interest. 1t may be that
| the names OF the boys and the crops
produced will appear in another Issue.
! The Governor is issuing the certih-
Gates he promised to the Boys and
! sixteen of them for the boys OF An
| pomattoN county were forwarded ia
| AppomattoX on Friday and were
doubtless delivered OH Saturday AT ths
Horticultural meeting held at Appo-
mattox that day
| Where the Corn Clubs Are.
As the boys corn clubs are so prom
| inent in the public eye and the work
they are doing promises so much for
! Virginia the facts and hgures given
| below will he OF interest TO no paopIo
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