El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-11
BOY FARMERS TO
Be HERE SUNDAY
Prize Crop Growers Com
pleting a Tour Of 5000
Miles Over Country.

Twenty-eight California boys have
won the IS largest prizes. ever. offered
for victory in = boys agricultural cluo J
Crop-growing contest
This prize is a 5000 mile journey from
the Pacific % the Atlanuc ana Dach
again. condUS-cd by the University OF
California, for every one OF Ine = }
young champion farmers FL Paso IS on
the itinerary. to be visited sunday next {
These growing contests, organ
tied bv the University Of California I
have resulted in astounding examples
Of what the boy farmers can win from (
the soil of California by using MOI
Vinal Hunt. Of Arcata. Cal. made a /
net profit OF S10A-30 by growing lSt IL (
bushels Of potatoes on a thlEo OF al
acre of land His crop was nearly i've I
times as heavy as the average OallLOl-
MIA potato crop
Albert Jackson. Of Whittier Los An
geles county, made net profit OF So9-cs (
on q quarter OF an acre OF mixed Fese-
Frank Nissen. Of Exparto, made a net
profit Of S51 by fattening one pig 1or
&c Guy Boyce. Of Auburn, made net
profit of S51.SI raising 1000 young
csivde de vfIbiss. Of Patterson, made (
0q5 net profit BY feeding two pigs so I
scientifically that they gained is
pounds in 100 days ,-
Oscar Dimmick,- Of Lemoore, DouSnt
four pigs for $3.50 and fed them up I
until each had made a gain Of POI
mounds Then they were worth Sl9U-
Corlis Wilkinson. of Riverside, mace .
a net profit of $50 by raising l66 %
bushels o. potatoes on a half acre
Profit in Popcorn
Merrill Van Slyke. OF RipOn, made
net profit of S22-25 by growing 4uS' {
pounds Of popcorn on a halt acre.
Herbert harris. Of Lompoe' made a
net profit OF S3S-S1 by growing 4t+S
pounds of blue-pOd beans on nan
acre
pigs so successfully that in nine months
they made a gain of S5g pounds 60,
Baker Porter. Of DelGno. made ~
potatoes on One-eighth OF an acre
H Charles Elder of Fowler raised :
624 pounds OF Tepary beans on halI an
acre, clearing S4z-62-
1850 pounds of potatoes on a quarter
Of an acre Of land, making net prohl
of S15.45.
Dewey Cameron, OF Herman, made
SO net profit by raising 1920 pounds OF
potatoes on quarter of an acre
Potatoes Net Good sum
Robert Haughey, Of Eureka, made a
net profit Of s61-5S by raising 100 push
els OF potatoes on q quarter OF an acre
Angelo SeminO, OF Mountain view
made a net profit OF 1858 BY ralslhs
63 Is bushels Of potatoes on a quarter
george Cooper. of Sonoma. cleared
$3.50 raising q 3 bushels Of potatoes !
on an eighth Of an acre
Albin Anderson. Of Gonzales, Ealseo
AS mounds (dry weight) Of pink beans
on quarter OF an acre, making a net
profit Of s2l92-
RalDh Parker. Of Lodi. made a net
profit OF s3O.05 by raising 32-l busheIs
OF potatoes on an eighth Of an acre
claiborne White, of Stockton, mace
q net profit OF S5b-13 by raising -
bushels Of potatoes on a quarter OF an I
Leslie r Haupt. Of Bakersfield, made
e net profit Of S19-S5 by raising 90 Z
bushels Of potatoes on a quarter OF an I
Profit on Pig.
Louis Lanini, of FernOale. made a net /
profit of S9.43 by feeding one pig 50 .
that it gained 257 pounds IN 80 oaSs-
Ralph Weaver, Of san Jose Inaue d I
net profit Of S2S-21 by raising % Dusn-
els Of potatoes on an eighth OF an eS69- {
John Cantoni. OF Napa, raised 90 {
bushels Cshelled) Of field corn on one /
acre. making a net profit Of 5000.
AUGUST Teping. Of St. Helena, raised Z
q bushels GsheIled) Of field corn on I
one acre making a net profit Of s9s-se- Z
raised 57.3 bushels of field corn on al D.
acre, making a net profit Of S6b-sU-
Shirley Drever, OF Woodland, led one ,
pig for $50 days so thatrlt gained 30 4
pounds. making a net profit OF SO 49,,
Alton Emery, OF Salinas raised SO .
pounds Of beans on quattA o. al
q
Three Hundred and Nine Meet
MANY hundreds of the other members o
Of these boys clubs made recoros al Q
most equally good There were 9us u 4
them in attendance at the annual con-
ze.eion of the boys agricultural clNSs 3
of California at the University farm on 4
October Il and 15-the greatest al
tendance ever recorded anywhere IN 4
America for such a convention OF boys !
crop growing contest clubs Every one I
Of them went home 10 his own conlIlu- I
nity an enthusiastic missionary OF 4
profit pride and pleasure TO be won !
from growing crops and raising farm ]
animals in the new modern ways " men !
mean cheaper and better 1000 Tor me I
world and prosperity and independent /
for the farmer.
Then the g prize winners. after be J
ing entertained at Berkeley at a play u ]
the Greek theater. and dinner gwen /
by the agricultural students o. Ihe I n 1
versity Of California boarded ttleA {
special car and started on their lllA- I
erary, which took them TO salt Lake On 8
October 19, Colorado Springs, OctooelI Z
20, Denver October q, to the hog anQ I
alfalfa farms in the neighbornood OF I
Lincoln, october p to Chcago' Oelo- {
Der "a
bile plants in Detroit seen Niagara
Falls and Buffalo, the New England
.ruit show in Boston, october 2, anu .
New York was reached OCTOBER 50. IoI
a stay of two days and half IneL I
visited Philadelphia November l. and
are today in New Orleans.
The 5000 mile journey will end No !
vember Il at Berkeley-the seat OF the I
University Of California
The boys will arrive at FL Paso Sun 3
dav afternoon at $50 over the Texas &
Pacific and will remain here until 6:45 .
Monday morning. They viii be taken
TO JUarez at o'clock Sunday evening {
Il CARS OF ALFALFA SHIPPED
FROM 90 ACRE FARM
Carlsbad. n NJ Nov. 11-Seventeen
cars Of alfalfa is the record Of Scott
Utter for the past year This nay netted I
hin, an average Of SO a ton and his
CROP was approximately 200 tons
1t was grown on a 80 acre farm in the (
lower part OF the valley and was
other points.