Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-05-08
LETTER ISSUED TO THE
MEMBERS OF CORN CLUB
By Mr.. G. V. Cunningham, District Agent For Boys
Corn Club WOrk-Letter Is Practical, Stimulating
and Encouraging to Every Boy

A letter has been issued to every
member of a corn club in this section
of the state recently by Mr.. G. ".
Cunningham, district agent for boys
corn club and school extension work
for Southwest Georgia. The letter
is a valuable one for every young
corn grower, as it contains not only
some valuable suggestions of a practi-
cal nature, but also some stimulating
and encouraging advice from one who
is an authority on the subject.
Mr.. Cunningham has mailed out a
copy of this letter to every member
of the Sumter, Lee and Webster
County Boys Corn clubs, but lest by
| any means the letter fail to reach any
member of the clubs, he has asked
that it be printed in full in the Daily
and Weekly Times-Recorder so that
every subscriber of either of these
papers may receive the printed copy if
they do not receive the typewriter
copy sent out by Mr.. Cunningham
personally. The letter is as fol-
| lows:
Chamber of Commerce,
Triton, Georgia
April 80, 1912.
/ Dear Corn Club Member:
am writing you this letter to as
sure you of my great interest in you
and your corn and am wishing for
you the greatest success possible in
this contest.
AS should be expected, of course,
am exceedingly anxious to see some
one of you boys win the first prize
in the state, and there is no reason
why you should not. You have some
of the very best soil in the state, the
climate is ideal, the moisture supply
has been plentiful so far and promises
to continue so-and this is all to your
adavntage-and l believe you are as
good boys as can be found in the
state. Then why not win? You can
do it. Go after it with all your might
| want to make few suggestions
to you. Read carefully every bulle
tin sent you by both the State Col
lege of Agriculture and the United
States department of agriculture
You will note in these bulletins that
one of the essential things to do is to
cultivate often and soon after every
rain, unless it rains every day. It
is a notable fact that the largest
yield ever produced by a boy was
done with eleven civilizations.
The civilizations should be shallow,
however, not over one an a half
inches deep if possible This can best
be done with some form of spring
tooth cultivator or spike tooth, or
with scooter and scrape if you cant
do any better. The first cultivation
given might be deep, as it will help
to keep the soil loose for a long time
which will be beneficial
There are very handsome prizes Of
fered to you in your county, and there
are more than $4,000 offered in the
state. Among those offering prizes
is the South Georgia Land and In
dustrial exposition to be held at Tiff
ton, Georgia, some time this fall.
want you to keep this in mind and Sc
lect ten ears of your very best corn
from your acre and send it in | shall
be glad to take charge of it and see
to it that it is entered for the hand
some prizes offered. l am hoping,
too, that you can go to this fair, as it
will be well worth your while to
meet the other boys of South Georgia
and see what each has done. The
railroads and express companies will
carry your exhibit free of charge.
Also, l am hoping that your father
will go along with you and take some
kind of exhibit. There will be many
prizes offered for the men as we'll as
you boys.
Another opportunity which | hope
you will keep in mind is that of
spending ten days at the State Col
lege of Agriculture at Athens, Geor-
gia, at short course offered the
members of the Boys Corn clubs free
of charge. This will be held the first
ten days during next January This
will be a fine opportunity for you to
have en- enjoyable trip, and at the
same time learn something that you
would like to know. 1t is just fine to