The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-03-03
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II township being the
standard unit of orsanizatIon-and there are
county clubs In about coo different counties.
Circulars Of instruction. prepared by DR.. S. A.
Knapp. the government expert. who In the Sol
ONION OF this movement prepared and
sent several times during the year 10 each In
dlvldunl boy who Ia enrolled In this work
Seed selection and the preparation OF the
soil are taken up first in these courses Of In.
Htruction by mail supplemented by the advice
OF the field workers OF the department who
are continually travelling about TO supervise
and give practical Instruction. All the boys
who won the biggest prizes paid very careful
attention TO the instructions on this score and
nlowCd their acres from eight to sixteen inches
deep and thoroughly pulyerlzed their seed beds.
Even more careful advice In given the boys on
the very vital subject Of fertilization and
son why many OF these lads have At the nrst
70 of gotten better corn crops than their fathers
have ever been able to produce with all their
perience back OF them Is that tho youngsters
have none OF the contempt OF the old fogles for
now'fanglcd ideas and have been not only willing
but onger TO master a general knowledge OF nitro
gen. potash. phosphorus, etc. as agricultural aids
and the effect OF leaves, wood mold. barnyard
manure. etc.
The whole plan OF computing and comparing
Yields In this countrywide con.growing competi
tlon II done In the most systematic and business.
Ike manner. with swarms OF keenly interested
boys watching each others crops like hawks
there is not much opportunity for deception OF
any kind but In addition to this Insurance OF pub.
licity OF methods and yields the department of
agriculture has its own officers In the field all
the while and they rgidly investigate any sus.
picious reports Just as the field workers OF the
United States census have been probing into the
enumeration In any town or city that seemed to
show an undue increase In population since the
last census BE II snld TO the credit OF the boy
corn growers that almost none OF them have
fallen under suspicion on any score
In making IN the records OF the young corn
growers aud awarding the prizes that are offered
the government officials take into consideration
other things than the mere crop yield regardless
Of cost Of cultivation and every other factor
Indeed, In making awards there Rre considered
In addition TO yield, the cost per bushol the best
ten ears Of corn raised and the written history
Of the crop prepared by the hoy who raised H.
Not all the boys who won the big prizes and were
personally congratulated by President Taft In the
White House at Washington made the largest
Yields In their states. The economical side was
always taken into consideration In giving out
The prizes and In apportloning the diplomas OF
merit which Secretary Wilson personally pre-.
scented to the boys who called on him AT Wash.
ington.
The boys who have won rank as Uncle Sans
champion corn growers In every instance made
good BY exhibiting their prize products at their
respective county fairs whore their noighbors
could sec, with their own eyes what they accom-.
piished by the new method OF tilling the soil. In
many counties the distribution OF the county
prizes for corn growing was made redletter
event this past autumn and as many as 900 TO
1900 persons have assembled at a county seat