The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-11-14
LESLIE NOTES WINS
CORN CLUB PRIZE
Though Wesley H. Millican
Shows Largest Yield per
Acre.
Plans Made tor Many Clubs Mex
Year.

The Putnam County Boys Corn
Club contest came to head at the
board of trade rooms last Tuesday,
at which time and place words OF en-
couragement and instruction were ad-
dressed to the contestants by such
notable workers in the interest
of advanced agricultural methods
as Prof. j. J. Vernon, dean OF the
Florida Agricultural College of the
State University, and r. L. Waldrup.
field agent of the Southern Railway
Company's Farm improvement Work.
President Davis opened the meeting
with a short felicitious address which
put the boys in good humor. He was
followed by Messrs. Vernon, Waldrup,
c. H. Kennerly, F. j. H. Won Engle-
ken, A. d. Curry and others. Ses
sions of the meeting were held both
in the morning and afternoon, with
an intermission for dinner, when all
were entertained by the "a board OF
trade at the Saratoga Hotel. Atten-
ding the sessions were a number 'of
prominent farmers of the county who
have shown an interest in the contest
and some of Palatkas business men.
The eight boys in attendance were
Leslie Notes, Wesley H. Millican, Per-
ry E. Stacey, Jacob Thomas, Alfred
Fletcher, Lucius Thomas, Allen Sta
cey and David Cannon. The four
boys first named were the contestants
and their reports showed a produc-
ton of 35, 80, At IL and 81 1-3 bush
els per acre respectively. =
Leslie Notes with his At -2bushela
was given first prize because he>pro-
duced his crop at the smallest percent
age of cost.
All the samples showed high-grade
corn, according to the opinion of the
judges, Messrs. Waldrup, Kennerly
and Lansing.
Wesley Notes was given first prize
S35 in gold-$15 form the board of
trade and $50 from the G. S. & F.
Railway. Wesley H. Millican, whose
yield Of 81 1-3 bushels on an acre
has never been surpassed in amount
was given second prize, $40 in gold
from the board of trade. Perry E.
Stacey got third prize, hand cultiva-
tor worth So contributed by the Bate
man Iron Age Implement Co., with
State headquarters in Palatka. ia
cob Thomas was given 4th prize, a
tom of fertilizer contributed by the
Peninsular Fertilizer Co. of Palatka
the winner being the only one using
that fertilizer.
1t was decided by the meeting anC
again by the board of trade at its
meeting in the evening to carry OF
an aggressive campaign during the
coming year and to organize boys corr
clubs and girls canning clubs in every
school district in the county.
The county commissioners had pre-.
vlously appropriated $75, and this was
increased by the board of trade $50
making $125. This sum will be in.
creased by additional sums aggrega.
ting $125 by the state and genera
government. At its meeting on Tues
day night the board of trade increased
its appropriation to $10O and this in
sures total at $500 which will b.
used to defray the expenses of an in
5tructor employed by the Agricultur
Al department to give practical dem
)nstration of the work. Next yea
Putnam county will be strictly in thu
running when it comes to corn grow
ing by the boys.
These young men were all enthusi
astic. Possibly young Millican had ;
right to be somewhat disappointed
He had raised "a 1-3 measured bush
els form an acre of ground, but tn
corn cost proportionately more pc
bushel to raise than did that of tn
winner. But Wesley had the corn
and there has never been such a.
amount of it raised on an acre in Put
nam county. Wesley is a pace sette
all right.
And speaking of corn to the acre
'sn't it fact that these boys hav
all been pace settlers?