The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-11-29
Corn Grower Of Oklahoma Beats
All in Boys Club Contest
and He Wins First
Honors
PREMIUM IS A
TRIP TO WASHINGTON
Yield Was 1905 Bushels Per Acre
Secret Of Boys Success
Was in Preparation
Of Ground

Ebert Cast. a mere STRIPPING OF
tay. is years of age. is the champion
corn grower Of Oklahoma, having won
the first premium in the Boys club
corn contest for Oklahoma. the prize
to be trip TO Washington. d. c., the
the nation's capital There the Grady
county boy viii meet President VIII
son. senators, representatives and be
heralded as a champion. the top notch
er of a great agricultural state, in the
production OF corn. His every expense
win be paid and nothing viii be TOO
good for him
W d. Bentley. state agent Of agri-
culture. in imparting the glad tidings
20 c. A. McNabb. Grady county agri-
cultural agent. wrote in part: I'VE
have checked the boys pretty closely
and there Is no doul but that Ebert
Cast is ahead by a safe margin. You
and Grady county are 10 be oongratu-
lated at having produced the champion
corn grower OF Oklahoma
The champion acre OF corn was
grown on the Cast farm, seven miles
northwest OF Rush spriuAs, and the
yield. according to the shelled test.
was zoos bushels. The method used
IN Judging The exhibits featured first
the yield, but much in addition was
taken into consideration. The boys
were required to submit reports from
time to time as to the growth and pro-
gress OF the crop at different stages,
and were required to write a history
OF the crop. embracing the period from
the time the ground was prepared un-
til the corn was gathered The en-
tries we're graded on the written his
tory OF their crops. as well as on the
actual yield. So, in addition to corn
grower. Elbert Cast is something Of a
historians. as historians 60
The incident means more than a
mere trip to Washington for a Grady
county boy. While that in itself is
ample compensation for the time and
labor expended in the growing Of the
acre OF championship corn, it means
that an education in scientific agricul-
ture Is started among the boys Of the
country. which same boys viii even
tually pilot the fate OF the country's
agriculture, and by getting started
right will raise the standard to a
higher plane.
G. A. McNabb spent the entire sum
mer with the boys who were entered
IN the contest. and it was said OF him
that 50 constant were his visits TO the
fields that he literally established
beaten paths among the acres of grow
ing corn. However, with Mr. McNabb
Elbert Cast the champ, Will have to
divide honors. for it was under Mr.. Nc
Nabb's direction that the champion
acre OF corn was prodcced. The con
testants were treated alike. but the
Cast acre had a little better attention
was favored by little better condi
fions and in the end produced little
better corn.
In speaking Of the champion crop
Mr.. McNabb said "The secret Of the
whole proposition lies not in the fac
that the ground was sub-irrigated, fol
1t was not but it was prepared rieh
and the proper attention was given il
The ground was powed early in Jann
airy, and after plowing, il was worked
1t received what most Of the farmers
neglect. 1t was thoroughly repacked
As soon as the tiny shoots cain'
through the ground in the spring, tn
ground was narrowed and it was har
rowed against before the corn was bil
enough to cultivate. During tn
growth. it was cultivated nine times
four Of which times came after tn
corn was too large to get through wit
a regulation two horse cultivator.
There was no time during the en-
tire summer that good dust mule
was not in evidence on top Of IN
ground. This retained the moistur
below and the crop withstood the e'