The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-17
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
By Mabel Horne-, County Supt.
Club Exhibit.

We wish to express our thanks to
all who so generously assisted in
making the exhibit success, espec-
tally we appreciate the very material
and practical help which came to us
from various citizens of the county
in the way of contributions to the
premium fund. The Farmers &
Traders State Bank of Leon and the
State Savings Bank of Lamont, and
the State Bank of Van Vert, very
generously assumed the expenses of
sending the winners of the Corn acre,
and domestic arts contests to the
Junior short course at Ames. This
is most practical way of encourag-
ing the development of a greater
Decatur county. Mr.. w. A. Hopkins,
we believe, voices the sentiment of
our most thoughtful enterprising
citizens when in his response to our
request to aid in the financing of the
contest he writes as follows: 'We are
very glad indeed to see you taking
such an interest in this work, and
can suggest no better way than to
keep working in conjunction with the
extension department of the agricul-
tural and domestic science school at
Ames. We have grand
state to develop, and while the pro-
auctions already exceed those of 9TH
or states the soil has only been
tickled. When we can develop real
intensive farming the results can not
now be estimated. And the growing
boys and girls are the ones that will
accomplish this end, if they are right
ly instructed"
Extracts from Lester N. ellis re-
port of corn acre club work:
One day last spring Miss Horner,
our county superintendent was visit
ing, encouraging boys and girls to
enter the different clubs. thought
that as lived on farm I might try
to raise an acre of corn.
Black loan is very good soil for
corn. ! ploWed my acre early and
disced it and narrowed 1t Well, tne4l
let it be until planting time, for it
was virgin soil and this gave the sod
time to partially decay ! narrowed
1T again before planting the corn. |
think the corn should be planted
about three feet between each row,
and three feet between each hill. AS
soon as it is large enough it should
be carefully cultivated so as not to
let the weeds get good start. This
is the way | cultivated my acre, using
a walking cultivator, and blowing it
four times
MY corn was planted about May
18th and was laid by July 3rd.
'* s. My yield for my prize acre
was seventy-eight bushels None of
it was sold. 1t is all to be fed at
home The total expenses, estimat-
ing labor at ten cents an hour and
rent of ground at SIS, was $12.85, at
go cents per bushel, my profit is
1896.
My club work has made me more
interested, and / have gained quite
q bit of information through the bull
gletins and letters. Also, could
not have had 1895 profit from any
thing else that l know of with no
more work than what I did on my
prize acre
'If l had the work to do over
again i would test my seed corn, and
gather lot of seed corn early in the
fall.
Il intend to be farmer. / have
helped farm ever since was large
enough, and like farm life, which I
think is the healthiest and most pro-
8fitable life. A farmer is the leading
man owa-days.'
III
The club organized last spring in
Miss Gladys Rogers school at Davis
City is the banner club in the county
from the standpoint Of the excl
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