The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-09-27
CRAWFORD co. M.
CORN CLUB MEETS
About Twenty-Five Members Of Corn
Club Meet and Hear J. e. Moot
ers of Extension Department.
SEVENTY TWO BOYS COMPETE
500 Offered by Crawford County State
Bank and German Bank of Schles.
wig Attracts the Boys.

BANK ana SSETdN 0dIIN u 0SIlVo-
wig Attracts the Boys.
About twenty boys, members of the
Crawford county corn club, gathered
at the teachers assembly room in the
court house Saturday afternoon to
hear Mr.. J. E. Wooters, of the extern
sion deparement at Iowa State col
lege give pointers on the harvesting
of their acre of corn. There are sew
enty-two boys in Crawford county who
are competing in the acre corn con
test for the $4,000 in prizes donated
by theCraWford County State Bank OF
Denison and the German Bank OF
Schleswig. IT,. ,...~
Mr.. Wooters gave the boys some
very valuable pointers in connection
with the contest which will help them
materially with the harvesting Of the
cwp. In speaking of the corn clubs
throughout the STATED ma. Wooters
stated that there are $500 boys com
peting in the state. Last year 600
bows completed the contest and the
average yield of the 600 acres was
62 bu. to the acre. This is exception
ally good when one stops to think
that the average yield in the state for
the past ten years was but ~ bu. 10
the acre. In his travels over the state
Mr.. Wooters investigated corn condi.
tons, and he has come to the conclu'
sion that the yield this year will equal
that of 1914, although some of the
counties in. the eastern and southern
parts of the state will make poor
showing owing to excessive moisture
in the spring and drouth during the
summer months.
He advises the picking of seed corn
for next year druing the first week in
October. 1t is his belief that If every
ear OF seed corn was harvested then
and hung up to dry out thoroughly be.
fore the hard freezes of fall and winter
it would add millions Of bushels OF
corn to next years crop in Iowa. The
three steps absolutely necessary to
secure good seed are:
l. Gather seed corn early.
2. Store it properly. =
8. Test each ear before planting. !
Mr.. Wooters explained to the boys
+ how they should arrange for the har'
vesting Of their acre of corn this fall,
Two disinterested persons must be
selected by each contestant, not rela'
tives Of the club members, who are
approved by Prof. F. N Olry, the coun-
ty leader, who will witness the meas
uring of the plot, harvesting OF the
corn, and filling out the report. All OF
the corn harvested from the plot must
be weighed and then one hundred
pounds Of the husked corn must be
shelled and weighed to secure the per
cent of shelled corn to the cob, A
sample of the corn must be taken to
local mill or elevator for a moisture
test but if standard tester is not
available the sample may be sent to
the college where it will be tested free
of charge In awarding the prizes, the
following points are taken into con-
sideratiOn: -'
1. Total number of bushels of corn,
including seed corn grown on the prize
acre. .'.
2. Number of bushels of seed corn
obtained from prize acre.
8! Market value of the common corn.
4. Market value of seed corn.
5. Total value of corn, both seed and
common. Ok
6. Cost of harvesting acre at SC per
bushel. Nas,
Z. Cost of producing acre Of corn
less NdEVcStlHS.
8. Total cost of producing corn on
acre. ~ 5et'
9. Total profit of acre of corn.
The boys present were invited to
join the baby beef feeding contest
which is being started for the first
time this fall. Any junior over ten
years of age and under 10 is eligable
to enter. The purpose Of the contest
is to feed this years calf for mar
ket beef. The basis of awards are as
follows:
!. Gain in weight 40 per cent.
2. Economy Of gain. -. 80 per cent.
3. Records kept and report. 80
per cent.
The contest is under the direction
of the Iowa Beef Producers Associa
ton, the Agricultural Extension De-
nartment of the Iowa State college
and the u. S. Department of Agricul
ture, cooperating A number Of prizes
are offered to the winner. ..,a...
The talk given by Mr.. Woosters was
most interesting and beneficial and
the boys were sorry when it closed.
We are glad to see our boys taking
an active interest in the growing of
corn with view Of increasing the
yield and lettering the quality.
But anyway, after she gets to col
lege she doesn't spend several Of
her study hours daily in calculating
the chances of the foot ball teams.