The Washington herald., 1914-11-30
YOUTHS OF OHIO
TO Come TODAY
Buckeye Corn Special Bears
500 Lads and Lassies
Who Won Prizes.
TO VISIT MOUNT VERNON
Will See President Wilson and Secre-
tary Houston-Go from Here to
Philadelphia and Gotham.

The Buckeye Corn Special. bearing
1.500 OF Ohio's progressive boys. men.
and women, including the winners in
the various Junior corn growing con-
tests, will arrive in Washington this
morning about breakfast time. making
this the first lap of a tour in the in
terest of educational and social uplift
There will be two full days OF sight
seeing in the National Capital. includ-
ing a boat trip down the Potomac to
Mount Vernon. Wednesday the party
will be received by President Wilson at
the White House.
From Washington. the entire party
Will board seven trains-de-luxe and in
wade Philadelphia and go thence to
New York, which will terminate the
trip.
Increases Farming Interest.
The Agricultural Commission Of Ohio
under whose auspices the tour is con-
Quoted, hopes to stir up interest in the
corn growing contests and far-sighted
people in Ohio already are beginning
to see that the Junior contests is one
of the most effective means for Great
ing an interest in scientific farming.
Bankers. merchants and others who
realize that agriculture is the founda-
tion of business are getting behind the
movement with liberal financial sup
port in the way of prizes for the best
yields.
One or more cars on each train is
reserved for adults Of whom il is esti-
mated there are 500 in the party. The
rest are the boys and girls who won
in the contest.
Mrs. Josephine L. Nesbitt is the COL
onel-matron Of the Buckeye Corn Special
tour. Certain cars Of each train are re-
served for the girls in the party.
The tourists are being handled in mill.
tary formation. Each trainload is desig-
mated a regiment and each carload as a
company. A competent chaperon has been
provided for each load OF girls, but ample
opportunity for acquaintance between
the lads and lasses is afforded by the
sightseeing trips in the different cities
visited.
SandIes in General Charge.
A p SandIes, president Of the Agri-
cultural Commission of Ohio. father Of
the movement which was started in 1912,
is accompanying the party. and is in
general charge. T. P. Riddle. of Lima,
Ohia. is director of the special and all
the responsibilities fall on his shoulders.
The popularity of the tour is demon
strated by the fact that forty-seven
brass bands filed application to join the
trip, out of which one has been selected
10 head the boys section and another,
formed Of girl musicians, heads the
girls section
Visits to the Department of Agricul-
ture, where Secretary Houston will
welcome the progressive young corn
growers are looked forward to with great
delight by the youngsters. Perhaps the
proudest in the bunch will be seventeen
year-old Arnett Rose. the Allen County
boy who is the champion corn grower of
the Buckeye State, By mixing a little
brain with Drawn. he raised 1853 bushels
and forty-seven pounds of shelled corn
on one acre.
II the farmers of Ohio would accom-
pIish what this younEster has, II would
mean a gain Of $4O5, ,S4O, 900 each year, ac-
cording to statistics. and in five years
this would double the business of every
bank in the State.