Milford chronicle., 1915-01-22
Mr.. WOODALL OFFERS PRIZES
To Boy Or Girl Who Grows Best Acre
Of Peas.
BOYS AND GIRLS CORN CONTEST.
Five Dollars To Ten Boys-Fifty Dollars
In All.

In all of central or lower Delaware
there is no point equal to that section in
which the town of Milford is located,
for the successful growing of grain,
fruits and vegetables, and for that rea-
son we believe it is for the very best
interest of the future citizens of all of
Delaware, that an effort should be now
made to instil into the minds of the
young people especially the practical
knowledge of the possibilities of agri-
culture as a successful business.
The underlying quality of our sub-soils
and the wonderfully responsive top soil,
which are so diversified that any crop
of grain, fruit or vegetable, grows won
derfully and is prolific in yield, has al
ways been and always will be the cause
for the growth of Milford in population,
in prosperity and in financial Importance.
To start this desired education of the
people, it should be at the fountain
source, which is the schools of the towns
and of the rural districts, and most i'm
portant of all, the home training of the
children.
Let every head of the family where
boys and girls are numbered, set aside
an acre of his farm, or of his land some
where, for the boy or the girl to plant,
cultivate and harvest crop to be all its
own. Encourage them by advice to use
the best seeds, the best manures and
plenty of it, to cultivate early and Of
ten, and install the desire to have a
record breaking result in the yield of
what ever crop hey>select to plant on
the acre set apart for their exclusive
use.
The State and the United States,
A ~ T4p1aoso.
as we'll as individuals, are offering
prizes, premiums and other means of !
stimulating an interest and rivalry in |
agricultural matters, and especially in |
the plan of having the boys and girls of |
the land raise special crops on measured
acres. This is the means of getting
the entire agricultural interests of the
waole country started to better farm
ing; and better farming means greater
results from a given acreage. Here in
Sussex county w. G.. Pelton, George
town, Del, is the agent representing
the State of Delaware in the effort to
start the boys and girls of this part of
Delaware to participate in Corn Grow
ing Contests, and we especially recon-
mend that every boy and girl write to
him for the conditions under which they
can take part, and write at an early
date.
I,B. F. B. Woodall, Milford, Della
ware. especially invite these same boys
and girls to send me their names with
the statement that they desire to en-
gage in this effort to get greater re-
suits from growing the practical crops
of the farm on a measured acre. | am
willing to take a personal interest in
the endeavor to get the boys and girls
to grow one acre each of peas for the
canning factories. This vegetable is
always in demand for canning purposes,
and in the fresh stage, it is one of our '
best and most sought table delicacies {
each spring time, and when picked at l
the proper time and canned at the ,
proper stage of ripeness, is hard to eX-
CELL
On small farms l con slider the pea as
an indispensable source of profit, and to
the boy who engages in the trial as to
how large yield they can get on !
acre, l will assist them in !
the acre best adapted to the l
growth of the crop, or give any advice j
rs to culture or harvesting. A good :
yield from an acre of peas is $50, and !
s100 has been known to have been re-
ceived from the peas grown on one acre, I
OuJ PNO IS DFODdDly Tie near average, n
so you see there is a wide margine for \
the creN, and the boy or girl !
will gain real money for their effort. y
We will place the standard as $50 per !
acre, and to any boy getting that s
amount from his acre, l will give in ad- I
1itiOn thereto, $5 as prize. =
This is a personal offer of my own, N
and for that reason it is limited at this
time to ten boys or girls. 1t is not :
contest; but to each one 1
If the ten who reaches the amount the u
same reward will be given as a prem a
um. For rules to govern the contest, o
my one who desires to enter, will call IL
lpon me, and the details will be made
cnown. G
First: Select the land best suited r
or the effort. Second have it well a
for seeding. Third cultiva-
ion and harvesting conditions. The
weather. conditions for a radius of one
nile will have to be considered, but the
esults really depend upon the boy or cl
.irl. "
B. F. B. WooDALL, Milford, Del. W "