Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-01-13
YOUNG FARMERS
 GROW bIG CROPS 5
Winner of Boys Corn Club Prize Secured l37 1-2
 Bushels to Acre.

Little Rock, Jan. 12.-The govern ment farm demonstration department announced the winners in the boy5' state and boys and girls district corn cotton and canning contests. joe Reed of Johnson, Washington county won the state prize in the corn grGW- ing contest, producing a yield Of ll2 hshels from one acre. He wac awarded jhe $50 scholarship offarct. by the Arkansas Bankers associafi>l. The winner announced lie cleared S113.10 from the one-acre crop. the grain costing him IS 1-2 cents bushel to produce.
 Donald Jones of Fayetteville, Wash lngton county, on a yield of 137 12 bushels, at a ccsJ of + 1-2 cents per 5ushel won second state prize $1o
 Lester Gerard of McKamie, Co,env bia county. with a yield of lO2 Ito bushels won third state prize, %s3. sherman Hall of Van Hurcn couG!v with a yield of 107 bushels, won the fourth state prize, SEQ. Dennle rO"erfn Il of White co = :. "lth yield of S?2 lsf els Wlf ffti. state i,rize, dp to date tM o-horsA cui- tivator.
 The congressional district rrize winners are as follows. EVeret Bal4s of Randolph county. with q yield of S2.} bushels won firth Gld'lelds first prize S:;9
 Oscar Miley of Monroe county, wth 7" yield If SS:5 bushels, won M. uii- fields second prize $50.
 B.onai- Foselnan of W..itt co.en.:, WltF a yield Gf 79.2 bushels, won Mir. oldlield's third prize, $20.
 J. Williams of Sebastian county with a yield Of S2 bushels, won Mir. Wingo's first prize, $50.
 Charlie Martin of Scott county, with yield of so bushels, won Mr. Wingo's second prize, $50.
 Clyde Brown of Crawford county, with yield of S0.3 bushels, won Mir. Wingo's third prize, $20
 John T. lice of Conway county, with a yield of 77 bushels, won MT. JaooWay's first prize $50
 Luther Sadler of Veil county, with a yield of 70 1-2 bushels, ,.on MT. Jacoway's second prize, $3d.
 Cotton clubs:
 Fay Jones of Fort Smith, Sebastian county, with yield of 1867 pounds ner acre of seed cotton at net profit of $32,oo per acre, won the state prize in the cotton club, S150 scholarship offered by the Bankers association.
 Albert Hamilton of Little Rock. '2u- laski county, with yield of 1912 pounds of seed cotton per acre. az g net profit of s25.05 per acre, second state prize up-to-date two-borse cul- tivator
 The cotton club boys who have re- ported this year show an average yield of 1,227 pounds of seed cotto, per acre, with an average net profit per acre of SIP.
 Miss Josephine Zosso of Dehoy. Randolph, county, won the' firss state prize in the canning club work iu 1914, with total income from her 1-10 acre of $105.90, with an expense Of $337.5o, giving net profit of $6S,40 Miss Zo5so is a girl 15 years of age and has made this record on her 1-10 acre by growing such vegetables ae cress, radishes, lettuce, turnips, beets. cucumbers, beans, carIuts. peas. onions, cabbage and tomatoes. The first state prize is scholar ship of $50, offered by the Bankers association.
 Miss Opal Lillian Davis of Hou5- ton, Perry county, won the second state prize, which is a complete can ming outfit. Her net profit from her 1-10 acre is $47.35. The large per cent Of her profit was made from cabbage and tomatoes.
 Miss Zua Shearn of Sidon, White county, won the third state prize. which is a complete canning outfiS offered by Nr. Hamp Williams of Ho$ Springs Her net profit from hnr 1 1-1O acre was $S6,25, which was made by growing tomatoes, $500 pounds.