Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-30

| prize in the Mother-pauEhter Canninf Club for the past season according ts an announcement made Monday after. noon by County Agent F. C. Warne, | nent League. In the Boys Ccrn CIaf 1 prizes first place was captured tJ Howard Zahriszie of this city This | club work is carried on throughout thu has become an important part of the l league work.
 The list of County Club prize win- | ners is as follows:
 Mother. Daughter Canning ciub-l Della Norten, Norwich: g. Robert Bart 1 Norwich: 4. Beatrice Stiles, Leonarls Bridge: 5. Belle A. Chamberlain, North | Westchester.
 Poultry CIub-1. David Paley, Tan tic: 2. Clinton James. Chestnut Hfn; 1; 3. Elihu Geer, Hadlyme; 4. Newton James, Chestnut Hill; 5. Charles Will Hams, Chesnut Hill.
 Home Garden Club, Canning and Marketing Cfub-1- Douglas Lough- heed, East Lyme; ?. Ellen A4cDermott, ter; 4. Arcia Rosenbaun, Aaasten; 5, Edith Helen Stowe, Norwich.
 Boys Corn Club Prizes-1. Howard Zahrislie, Norwich; 2. Maurice Bur = gess, Lebanon; 3. Alfred Onderdonk, Yantic; A.. Edward H. Mccall. Leon
 
 anon.
 Boys and Girls Potato cIubs- Andrew C. Lathrop. Yantic: 2. Hyman KrayetsSy, Colchester; 3. Harry Ker- acksky, Leonards Bridge; 4. Philip kaplaR, Willimantic.
 Each member of the various clubs in the county is required to submit a written report on his or her work for the season. A few of the more inter esting reports follow:
 When we began to have our school supervisors they thought it would be nice if some of our teachers would teach agriculture in our school. My teacher having studied it at Storrs thought she would like to teach it. She mixed fertilizer with the soil In one box she put tomatoes, in, the other she put corn. The box was divided into four parts. In each of these parts was corn with different kinds of fer
 i1fzers. Our supervisor thought 1t be nice if the boys would raise some I thought I would try it, I had my ground plowed and narrowed well. got my ground ready. Then I hunted around and asked different people for some. At last I got the best I could get from B. P. Barnes.
 It was all graded out. I got it all planted at May 20 I waited and f1n- ally ally it ts game SIP up s had quite time to to had grew two or three days I went through it and pulled out the weeds.
 It was soon time to hoe it. I bought a new hoe so as to get all the weeds out. I hood it about four times. MT. Warner thought it looked pretty good.
 After it came September time to cut my corn. had ten shocks. I got five bushels of corn one of wf1i. h was seed corn. I husked it in about three letter from MT. Warner telling me to be sure and be to the exhibit on Dec End and bring some of my corn
 Howard c. Zabriskie.
 Having lived on a farm all of my life and being to some extent interested in different phases of the work, became interested in club work, especially as some of my friends were engaged in it. I joined the poultry division of the work last year and found it a very profitable business and this year de- terrnined to try my luck at raising corn, encouraged by the success of certain club members around me.
 The object of this club was as T understood to stimulate an interest in the raising of corn and thereby intro duce the best methods of producing it in the most profitable way.
 The life history of corn is about the same as that of any other grain. For the seed planted in the earth the germ sprouts sending up the plant and de- Y eIoping roots, which grow with the rIant and spread as they grow until, when the plant is full grown they are a complete mess of roots: The stock likewise spreads out as it grows and the leaves develop. As the corn-reach- es maturity the tassels come out and and ears begin to develop. The ears reaching their full size the stock be- gins to witfaer and dry up and the ears having passed the milk stage, also be- gin to dry up and harden until it is ready for the cutting. Corn should be left in the shock for some tfmebefore husking and storage.
 Of the many ways of testing corn, I decided upon the blotter method as the easiest and simplest. The method is as follows: procure two large strips of plotting paper and mark one off into squares which should be numbered Place the sheet upon 8 platter and mark ears of corn to be tested in ac- cordance with the squares. Next take ear number one and remove a kernel about 8 quarter of an inch from the butt. Turn the ear a quarter turn and remove a second kernel a little higher up. Repeat until six kernels have been taken. Place the kernels in square number one on the hlotter. Re peat this same performance until all the squares are full. Then place the second blotier over the first and nois- ten with water. Place in warm dry spot and keep moist until the conn sprouts.
 Best Corn Soils. ,flse best soils for corn vary in diff ferent regions. The best soil for corn in one state may not be the best in another. In the eastern and north eastern states. however, the grayelly and stony loams are best: for on ac- count of the elevation and consequent shorter season. it is necessary to have 3 well drafted, we'll warmed and mois- | ture retaining soil. However what ever kind of soil Is used. it must be light and mellow if the plant is to thrive. Fall blowing, followed by re- I blowing in Spring is a good method if l soil Is extra heavy. all land should be l we'll narrowed, in order that tbe soil l may be we'll pulversized. In our vii cinity the disc harrow is commonly used, followed by the spike tooth or l smoothing harrow.