Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-19
Corn Growers From Many
States Arrive Tomorrow.
WILL BE HERE ONE WEEK
Visit to President Taft One of Events
on the Program.
ALL TO RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
Secretary of Agriculture to Make
Presentation-Lads Will Repre-
sent Both North and South.

sent Both North and South.
twenty-five boys from southern states
and like number from the north who
! made high records in the corn growing
| competitions held last summer under the
! auspices of various corn clubs will come
TO this city tomorrow for a. weeks visit.
! ALREADY a number of record corn grow
| crs have visited Washington this winter,
but those who are expected tomorrow are
| termed the ''all-star' boys. who have
won signal honors in the growing of corn
and other crops.
| The corn club movement dates back to
| 1909, when the late DR. S. A. Knapp,
after a conference with Secretary Of AZ
riculture Wilson. started the systematic
plan OF organizing and encouraging boys
| in corn growing in the south and giving
prizes which would emphasize the honor
and dignity of the boys achievement.
Number Grows Yearly.
AS a result four boys came in the year
| 1909 from four of the southern states,
| and each received diploma from the
Secretary of Agriculture. The number
has increased from year to year, and in
| the southern states it has become an
| established custom. In that territory
| the work is directed by the Office of the
farmers cooperative demonstration
work of the bureau of plant industry.
This Is the office over which DR.. Knapp
presided. The demonstration work which
he started in the south has now been ex
| tended by the department into the north
| ern and western sections of the UVited
States. Many southern boys enrolled
early as demonstrators along with the
men land later 1t was thought best to
have separate organic ztion for them.
Handles Work in North.
The work in the northern and western
states is under the Office of farm man.
agement Of the bureau of plant industry.
1t was decided that the work of admin
istering so important branch of the
government service was too heavy in it's
detail for one Office to undertake over
the entire country.
The past year has been very good one
for corn. except in some sections. In the
southeastern states it has not ben as
good as the year 1910 or 1911. In the
southwestern states 1t has been better
| than in 1911, though not so good as 1910
The records made by the boys in the
south are excellent. The boys in Mis-
sissippi have averaged siXty-six bushels
to the acre. The state average is esti-
| mated at 1873 bushels Forty-two boys in
that state produced more than 100 bushels
produced more than 100 bushels per
acre: seventy-fve boys in South Caro-
lima made this record; seventy-five boys
in North Carolina and sixty-six in
Georgia.
Many Raise Large Crops.
At the present time reports have been
| received from 454 boys in the south who
have made more than 100 bushels to the
acre.
| Each Of the yields for the boys who
made more than 100 bushels per acre has
been tested for moisture and the final
| report will show the yield in standard
dry grain, containing II per cent mois-
| ture.
The corn crop of the twelve southern
states in 1912 is more than 20oWO,OUJ
| bushels greater than in 1909.
Boys Coming Here.
Following is a list of the boys who are
expected to come to this city and the
yield per acre of their crop of last sum-
| mer:
j. p. Leach. Union Grove, Ala, 1867
| Willie Atchison. McCalla, Ala, 1885
Lester Garrard Magnolia, Ark. 1910
Robert Connally. Mena, Ark, III 2-3
| Horace Calhoun. Scott, Ark. ,(3,21l
pounds seed cotton: Richard Miller
Baker. Fla. 1@. 2s; Walter Bridges, Daw-
son. Ga, 1876 bushels q pounds; Byron
Bolton. Zeisler. Ga, III bushels 81
pounds: John NJ. Cobb, Vowelis Mill, La
| 1919; Carlous Reddock, Summeriand
Miss. 2o6.6; George f. West, kinston, n
| C., 1S4 bushels AZ pounds; Herbert Allen
Pungo. n. c., 81; Elston Coleman, New.
kirk. Okla, 1O10s: Ernest Worthy (2S7s
pounds seed cotton; Ernest NJ. Joye
Venters. S. c., 2O7 bushels 10 pounds
Edgar S. BURY, Taylor, S: c., Her
bert McKibbon. Culleoka, Tenn. 1o9
bushels 20 pounds; Earl Davis. Grape
land. Tex, 122k: Frank G. Brock
man. Amherst, a.. 1861: Lester Bray
ant, Rockfield KY, 1855: Earl Eel
Ter Cooper. Iowa 1H I Ethan ;t ,s1H Al Al
nest Russell. South Hadley. Mass. $3.50
Thornton Sherman, Newport, r. L.;
Rosea Cornwell Newman, ILL.,, 15O.46
Herman Rucker, Decatur, ILL.,. 146.41
Ivan Coble. Charleston. ILL.,. 1883; Ivar
Houser. l226O; Bert Waggoner, Gales
H.. 1880; Yeon Kelly, Monticello, ILL.,,
1850; Ralph Wooters, MOweaqua, ILL.,.
1.97: Glen H. Gordon. Urbana, Ill.
James p. Brown, Raymond. ILL.,. $500;
Leo Miller. Springfield ILL.,. ll2.4s; Rob.
Reeder. Mendoza. H.: 1l1.5o: John s.
Nabb. ILL.,. 9.5O; William Southwark
Kinmundy. ILL.,. 1l7.73; Wilbur Corbin
canum. Ohio. 1872; Leroy Nichols. High
land. Md. 1900
Program Arranged.
\ A carefully prepared program while the
boys are in Washington will be followed
They will see President Taft will re-
ceve diplomas from the Secretary oil
Agriculture, probably will appear before
the agricultural committee of the House
of Representatives. will inspect the vari-
GUS Offices of the Department Of Agricul-
ture and will have every honor and atten-
ton paid them while In the city.
Prof. o. z. Martin, assistant in the Of
flee of the Farmers Cooperative Demon
stration Work, will have charge of the
boys from the south. Prof. 0. III. Ben
son. assistant in the office Of farm man.
agement. will have charge of the boys
from the northern states.
The work of extending the corn-grOw.
ing clubs of the departments effort into
the northern states was only begun the
present year.