The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-02-23
FINE SHOWING BY
CORN CLUB BOYS
North Carolina Youths Set Val
liable Example for Their
Fathers; Fine Records

North Carolina boys last gear made
oo.221.2 bushels or corn, on an equal
number Of acres, and added TO the
wealth of the STATE S33,o04.35, which
does not include the large amount OF
fodder or stoVer raised. The boys
beat their fathers in the number of
bushels OF corn grown on IN acre by
So. Had these boys grown corn at the
average rate for the stat which is
given as 2o.2 bushels per acre they
would have produced 1912 bush
els. In other words, they produced
1oS bushels more than they would
hey produced only at the aver
i f4h acre rate for the State
w. cts have been pust made
know. = ., II Mr. I. +. Browne.
agent in felo of the corn club work
IN this STATE. here We're enrolled III
the corn clubs OF the state in 1914
| 4,54o boys. Early il the season a
| special appeal was made TO the teach
| ers III the rural school and the county
| farm demonstration agents. As re
suit, there was an increase of 100 per
cent in the enrolment over 1913. The
! enrolment came from ninety-eight of
| the one hundred counties in the State
Wake led with an enrolment Of 35z
members, with Wilkes a close second,
showing an enrolment of 800. Cald
| we'll made the best percentage of boys
reporting. Out of an enrolment Of
So members there were received forty
four reports
OF the enrolment of 4,540 men,
berS, reports We're received from prac~
| tiCally 900 boys. A number of re
ports received were incomplete. and
for this reason could not be accepted.
The number of reports received was
not SO large as was expected, but this
fact can be explained for the reason
| favorable weather during the most
important part of the growing season,
In a number Of cases there was large
J crop Of rye or clover soWn and on ac-
count of the dry weather this could
3 | not be turned under and made ready
' | for the spring crop.
y There were eighteen boys ii the club
who made more than 1875 bushels OF
a | corn per acre, and seventy who made
e more than one hundred bushels. The
d following counties made specially
= good yields: Buncombe county haC
q forty-five boys to report, averaging
Il seventy-six bushels at u cost Of B
= cents per bushel; Wake had seventy
n two boys to report 40 bushels at A
g cents per bushel; Wilkes had forty
g seven boys to report with an aVerag'
WELD Of tifty-one bushels at an aver
age cost of 81 cents per bushel: Dur
q ham had fOrty-fO four boys to report o
IS bushels at cost Of 35 cents per bush
20 | ell; Caldwell had forty-fOur boys t
= report an average yield Of Sc bushei
= at cost of SO cents per bushel.
4, Dudley Hall, a Rowan county boy
:. living near Salisbury, is the champiol
: corn grower for the State. He mad
~ 1855 bushels on one acre, did all tn
20 work himself and produced the cor
- at a cost Of 9.5 cents per bushe
- Clyde May. Of Caldwell county, pro
duced las Is bushels at cost of
- cents Adolphus Ball made las /
&c bushels at a cost Of 25 cents pc
g bushel Each Of these young men VI
= receive a schola rship to y. and N
:" College which is worth $50.
u The promoters of the work in Mort
4 Carolina will wage the campaign To
d more corn more actively than ever %
40 fore.
n Not only are the boys becoming eS
e pert corn growers. but their example
Se are being followed by their father
OF who are improving their faTmIn
Mt methods by the examples which Ar
re set by their fathers. The boys r
III ceive regularly literature on the la
ar est findings of the State and Natonf
n Departments of Agriculture, an
when put to practical use make large
TX | yields than had ever been expect
&c on North Carolina soil.
al Corn is not only grown successtuii
ii but also cover crops, such as ~
ry clover and vetcheS are grown an
nj turned ander for the enrlchmeht
to the soil Four hundred new mem ber
rs have already enrolled in the stat
II. This is calculated to be the pahh'
ef year in corn production, as more en-
a. Dhasis will be placed on its culuvs
a. tion on account of the high price
which are prevailing for all lndS