Bisbee daily review., 1913-06-29
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WASHINGTON, sune 23.-''Boys grow corn" is now esta blished as tAe slogan of the department of agricul- l ture The sentence has taken the place of Horace Greeley's famous ad. vice Young man, go vest In the past five or six years the l department of agriculture has shown by demonstration that for young men there is greater opportunity in pro ducing the gold of the corn crop than there ever was in gathering .hs gold from the placer mines of Cali foTnia
 For no 10 year period has the cora yield of the United States exceeded an average Of 2S bushels per acre. Not even the most fertile state has ever produced over 54 bushels per acre. Yet in practically every section of the country yields of over 100 bushels are continually being pro dUced by good farmers
 l 1t is assarted that the corn yield ! Of the United States can be easily doubled by the spread of good farm. | ing methods. Or if such a yield is | beyond our needs. the acreage le-| voted to corn can be greatly reduced
 and the land devoted to other needed crops
 There are untold billions of dollars | which can be added 10 the wealth of
 the nation by increasing the corn production. No other line Of activity | offers such opportunities
 | The hope of the department and of
 the country is in the Q. ys. They. more quickly than men, grasp the
 scientific principles underlying the
 successful breeding of corn for great CT crops Youthful enthusiasm guar [ antees that the principles once learned will be applied to actual corn production with conscientiousness and perseverance.
 Consequently we see the great and 1 growing organization of boys corn clubs. promoted by schools. states, independent organizations and the na. tional department of agriculture. Each year the champion boy corn growers sf each state are given a free trip to Washington where they meet the president and receive diplomas from the secretary of agriculture.
 II The work of getting boys interested in championship corn contests has ! partment is now showing it's hand
 boy it intends to utilize this organi zation of boys in the future. bull
 letin might have been written in this , form
 WANTED.A boy in every corn, . growing county of the United States
 who can prove his ability as @ farm
 CT by several years of superior work , in the corn contests, to act for the
 rest Of his life as the official seed corn grower and distributor in his
 county for the government Pleasant , and profitable work. For further in formation apply to office of Corn In
 vestigauons. Department of Agricul ture., Washington D. C.
 Tn other words it is the intention l O fthe department to erect a peTma rent organization of boy champloT , corn growers. One in each county u desired. By improving seed and fur nishing it to the farmers of his couA r ty, he will help toward the genera
 plan for doubling the American corr
 crop.
 , The name of the new bulletin is
 1 How to Grow an Acre of Corn. I lit is a corngrower's textbook writer i in short, pithy paragraphs, each giS
 ing a suggestion on how to improvl [ COTE
 tI Boys have splendid opportunitie
 to produce better varieties than hay . been produced is the promise hell n out.
 It is also pointed out that whil 3 corn sells commercially for 90 or !
 cents per bushel, the successful corn
 breeder can sell his corn to hi D Ineighbor for seeds for & CT S3 bushel 1T A boy who can grow 100 bushels o
 this sort of corn on an acre spends ( very profitable summer. D. Every boy in town, village or tn
 lcountry who has access to an acr of ground ought 10 write to his cor Y gressman for this bulletin and ge
 Into the growing contest.