Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-06-18
The Fewer Rules the Better
Says the Department
of Agriculture
USE PERCENTAGE BASIS
Beye' Corn Club Work Should Be Pro.
sreselve and Il 10 Proposed to Fur.
ther Systemixe the Work.

Department of Agriculture.)
It is not necessary to have many
Tules-the fewer the better. A few
simple regulations, however, are neces.
sary, in order to prevent misunder.
standings and conflicts. 1t is well fol-
- boys to elect their own president
vice Nresident, secretary and treasurer
either % clubs or in county organiza,
tons. \ is often helpful If these Of
6cers, WIN one or two additional in.
tsrested parties, constitute an execu'
tive commNtee
The folloV ling rules should be adopt.
ed by the Cubs, with such modifica,
tons to suit local conditions as may
be found NECESSARY:
~ Boys entering clubs and enter.
ing contests must be between 10 and
18 years Of age on January l of any
given yea.
(2) No boy should be allowed to
contest for a prize unless he becomes
asRnember of the club and agrees to
submit his reports.
90 Members of the clubs must
agree to study the instructions of the
Farmers Cooperative Demonstration
Work.
a. Each boys must plan his own
crop and do his own work; If small
boy, he may hire help for heavy pillow.
ing in the preparation of the soil.
The hearty cooperation Of the father
of the boy is of great value.
(5) Exhibits of 10 ears, accompa.
MED by written report and written
account showing the history of the
crop must be made at a place desig,
mated for the purpose in the county.
Such exhibits may be held on a given
day, either at the county fair or, II
no fair is held in the county, at the
courthouse or some caher convenient
place.
(6) The land upon which the boys
crop is made must be carefully meas
ured and the corn weighed in the pres
ence of two disinterested witnesses
who shall attest the boys certificate
This certificate must show that the
plat contains 4,84O square yards. The
acre should be measured before plant
ing. The crop must grow upon the
acre. 1t is suggested that fairness and
uniformity would require that the out
side rows do not come nearer than
18 inches from the edge Of the acre.
% The entire crop of corn from
the acre should be weighed when 1t is
in dry condition. Two 100-pound
lots should be weighed from different
parts of the plat. Then the corn from
these two lots should be shelled and
weighed separately. From these fig.
ures the average percentage of shelled
corn will be found. The total weight
Of corn in the ear should be multiplied
by this percentage and divided by IS
pounds, in order to get the total mum.
Der Of bushels of shelled corn. In ev.
cry case where the yield exceeds 100
bushels, notice should be sent to the
State agent in charge of the Boys
Corn Clubs in the State and to the
special agent in charge Of the Farm
ers' Cooperative Demonstration Work
at Washington, D. G. This should be
done Immediately.
(S) In awarding prizes the following
basis shall be used
Per cent.
a. Greatest yield per acre. ..... 30
b. Best exhibit Of 10 ears. ....... 90
C. Best written account, showing
history of the crop. ,.......... 20
d. Best showing of profit on invest
ment based on the commercial
price Of corn ..................3 80
1t is a good plan to have a, b and
judged by a committee of farm experts
and by committee of school off,
GERS or teachers. Their combined
Judgment in such a case should de-
termine the final results. In estimat-
ing the profits, uniform prices should
be used. For instance, S. per acre for
land rental; 10 cents per hour for the
work of each boy and 5 cents per hour
for each horse; 50 for a 2-horse load
of stable manure, weighing about a
ton; 81 for a 1-horse load of manure,
about half ton; and the
market price for commercial fertilizer.
This plan of cost accounting has the
advantage of great simplicity, but 9TH
er methods of accounting may be
adopted by special arrangement.
It is believed that the Boys Corn
Club work should be progressive, and
plans are now under consideration for
further systematizing this branch of
our work. We feel confident that
boys may easily be taught the value
of the rotation of crops in building up
soil, and that the importance of soNI
building may be illustrated to them
through simple demonstrations in
corn-club work. The boys who can
take poor land and make the greatest
improvement in it's fertility and pro.
at the least expenditure
of time and money should be entitled
to greatest credit. AS soon as the de-
tails can be perfected, this work will
be taken up.