New-York tribune., 1913-07-27

oro mailed instalnents of eraturetimely literature
which will enable them to follow each step OF their
work after the most modern methods; EignI flanil8S
f literature are sent to each boy and girl during the
wear And if there is something he wants TO know thaC
Is not contained in this printed natter ne can get II III
\ iitTv from the department or from It's held agents
lust as soon as the boy has shown a record OF one
hundred bushels of an acre at an average cost OF
not more than twenty cents he becomes lie member
NJ the "All-Star Corn Club Then the boy IS urged
10 increase his demonstration pats to at least twoacreS
and TO deve into more advanced studies OF crop pro
duction. He becomes a leader, a demoilStraCor' nc
won't hire himself out by inc day' Ilcic iio' ''ii
this in lie for him.
on course commercial clubs county fairs, and the
like take a hand and offer valuable premiums and prizes
for excellence in this cubwork. But the Department
NJ Agriculture rather tends TO discourage the oleng
of LARGE cash prizes it advocates the oerng OF trpS'
tuition to colleges anything that tends to urther thc
bows education rather than to gratiy the inmate de
sire for money. co.. ,-..:o. ,,,1
county are determined on the following basis, which has
been outlined and recommended by the Department OF
AgncuIturc Points
Cd Greatest yield per acre ....: .'.' so
(2) Best showing OF profit on investment 81
CD Best exhibit Of ten ears at county, district OF On
D Best written history or account, entitled 90
How Made My Corn Crop .... ~
100
From which it will be seen that the boy must do and
know something more than the actual raising OF heaVy
Weld If corn lie nust do it at the least expense mar
kct If at the best price He must make that one acre
business proposition rhe like OF which would attract
investmcn.
IT'S interesting to noJe With what interest and en-,
i thusiasm business men, bankers Congressman ana
Senators have taken 10 this new movement. Better
croDs and better farmers told are the kcyote'
or rather the kcysoneS TO greater prosperity E'i
IDENTITY the business interests OF the United States see II
that wav for the department experiences no dearh oi
cooperation in its work to this end
On nv desk is a copy of a large bank announcement
Of its annual prize offer for the best corn yields made on
certain acrcagcs in four States in the East supple
mcn,ing this announcement IS the lollo"lR' Inc
American Bankers Association has come 10 thc con
clusion that the most useful and pTohtaDIG VOTE IL
could undertake is along the line Of agricultural develop
mcnt and education.
And beside this is a document printed by a member
of the House Of Representatives. IN winch ne lists lHy
five prizes offered by himself for the best corn growing
records made by boys in his congressional district.
This is the second year this Representative ; made
such offers. They're all boosting the farmer boy.
Afarmcr boy has been cuogizcl from the floor Of the
House in Washington. And tins culogy has gone down
in printed record. It's the speech 81 J. Thomas Helm
Of Alabama who last February made the House walls
ring with his tribute TO Lester Bryant, the champion
bov corn grower Of Kentucky, who died in Washington
when there 10 receive his prize al the hands o the Sec
rcta~r of Agriculture "Nr. Chairman he sad, "nc
the House was hu-hci 20 his words. Ec was on the corn
ho,.' firing line IN the battle for bread. He had enlisted
in noble cause and before he fifteen years old sur
passed all that had been accomplished on the Buti'h
farm in the hcvlav Oi IFS production, when, as Gold-
smith in his Deserted Village wrote Every r"'l oil
ground maintained its man He produced on tour
rouds of ground or one acre, enough corn - MAINTAIN
not four but eleven men.