The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
BOYS OF VIRGINIA
TAKE HIGH RANK.
Report Of DR.. Bradford Knapp,
However, Puts Girls Ahead
of Brothers.
$3.50 BOYS IN CORN CLUBS
Forty-Four in This State Have
Raised More Than 100
Bushels an Acre.

Virginia boys make a creditable
showing in tho report of DR.. Brad
ford Knapp. OF the United States De-
partmcnt OF Agriculture. on the work
OF boys corn clubs and girls canning
clubs in the Southern States. In JUS
tice to the Virginia girls, however. II
must be said that. proportionatoly,
they have made a better. record than
the boys Of the Old Dominion. Sixty
eight thousand boys in twelve Southern
States. and 23.1o4 girls labored last
year In either one or the other branches
OF this work.
Learning better farming in the corn
clubs. under expert demonstrators are
2.250 Virginia boys, divided out among
eishty-odd clubs in forty -eight coun-
ties. Only 465 girls In Virginia have
been actively enlisted In the canning
clubs by Miss Ella Agnew, who has
charge Of this enterprise, but the Idea
Is taking root and spreading rapidly.
All this information, and great deal
more. Is contained in q pamphlet is
sued by ]. II. BInford, executive sec
rotary of the Virginia Co-Operativ.
Education Association on the absorb
ing topic OF farm demonstration.
Among the contributors to the paper
are Governor Mann, who says no move
ment in the State Is more important
than the corn and canning work; r. c.
Stearnes. Superintendent of Public In
struction, who calls the corn clubs the
most direct plan for bringing the coun-
try schools to the country boys; DR..
Bradford Knapp, Miss Ella Agnew and
J. III. Binford.
Made BiR Crops.
or the Al boys whose namHs were
written on the scroll Of fame last year
for raising more than 100 bushels OF
corn to the acre. forty-four are Vir-
ginians. Alabama leads numerically,
with $50 boys In this class South Car
lima, with seventy five; North Caro-
lima, with sevcnty-four: Georgia, with
sixty-stx; Virginia, with forty-four,
and the other States stringing along
behind. The individual record is held
by Ernest NJ. Joyce, OF South Carolina,
who produced the enormous yield of
2oT bushels ten pounds on an acre OF
| land Frank G. Brockmon. OF Amherst,
leads the Virginia delegation in this
class with n yield Of 1871 bushels to
the acre.
Among the girls canning clubs. vir-
| ginia runs last in numbers. but well
up In the canning record. The record
of calming b.92S pounds of tomatoes,
held by Virginians. stands out ahead
of anything from the other States:
South Carolina running second. with a
record of 4.474 pounds OF tomatoes. Al
far as the profits are concerned, Or.
Knapp's report shows that one one
tenth of an acre under cultivation. Vir-
ginia girls expended an average Of
s121o. and melted an average profit
of s16.74. Louisiana girls led In the
financial department eSpending only
S4.2o in an acreage on tho one-tenth
OF an acre and securing a marginal
profit Of s27.25.
Shows Success of Work.
The figures furnished by DR. Knapp,
showing the yields secured by the
members OF the boys corn clubs and
those gotten by farmers from adioin-
ing land. form silent commentary on
the work the demonstrators are do
ing, The figures are