El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-16

woman OF the Fine Arts company.
has just signed a two-year contract
with Universal 10 appear in feature
pictures for that concern
about - feet front and 100 feet deep. and
there are enough vacant lots in our towns
for growing hundreds Of thousands Of such
gardens Il would be a mean farmer, IN
deed. who would not allow his little girl
one tenth Of an acre rent free Tor such a
purpose IL she was ready TO use it The
gov eminent also gives directions for can
ming and preparing the vegetables for the
market
Home Canning Campaign Started.
Since the war declaration home can
ming campaign has been insugursted here
in Texas The girls viii can not oaly for
family use. but for sale. and that as a
patriotic effort TO increase the food sup
ply Banking. commercial and civic or
CARNATIONS are aiding In the movement
and in Dallas they have adopted plans 10
buy 100000 glass jars and 500 steam
pressure canning outfits to be distributed
throughout the county and sold at cost
price Many new canning clubs have
been formed. and II Il is possible to
obtain jars or cans there viii be upward
Of 100. 000.0O quarts OF vegetables and
fruits put up in Texas alone
$1,000 Boys in Corn Clubs
The greatest Increase in our food sup
ply. however. can be made by the corn
clubs and by the boys who will each put
out acre Of corn and cultivate Il after
the methods which the boys clubs have
proved 10 be good There are 50. 600 boys
cultivating corn after the rules OF the gov
eminent experts in the southern states
this year. and there might be a half mill
ion or more here and in the ether corn
raising sections OF the country
II is only few years ago that ths
south was looked upon as a one crop reg
Ion The people raised almost nothing
but cotton and they bought the most OF
their corn from the north since then they
have at times produced one third OF the
corn crop Of the United States. In some
years they have grown billion bushels
and upward and II the methods OF culture
used by the boys were common in all the
southern cornfields this section could raise
far more than our total crop which IS
sometimes a. much as 5000, coo 900 bushels
Taxing the whole OF the United States
into account. the average yield Of corn
for the past Is years has ranged between
g and 80 bushels per acre. and the acre
age has been between 100000 and 10Ss-
eQ6.00 Since the boys corn clubs have
been started 1751 boys each raised more
than Ice bushels OF corn on one acre. and
OF that number IS have produced more
than zoo bushels per acre, and that at an
average expense OF rom cents 10 - cents
per bushel- Estimating the average for
the United States at the highest It has
ever been. which is 50 bushels to the acre.
had all OF our farmers done as well as
these 1851 boys our corn crop would be
three times what II Is. OF the enormous
amount OF eight or nine billion bushelz-
its value would almost equal the billions
to carry on the war
some OF the Records.
And now let me give you the records
Of some OF these boys who have produced
such large crops OF corn They are little
fellows and they come from all parts OF
the south Jerry Moore Of South Caro-
lima has grown 22S bushels on one acre
Eber Kimbrough OF Alabama more than
"a bushels and Ben Leath Of Georgia
more than "a bushels. Bonnie Beeson Ok
Mississippi grew 80 bushels OF corn on
his acre. and Walter Lee Duuson Of Ala
bama has grown 152.7 bushels al a cost
Of 1s cents a busheL The cheapest corn ID
in point OF prcdrrt was that Of Junius
Hill OF Alabama. who grew IL bushels on
his acre at a cost OF SO cents per bushel-
Corn Il nov more than dollar bushel
and al that rate the acre OF Juntus would
bring in something like s2oo-
From money standpoint many Of the
boys have done even better than that
Their corn has been so good mat they
have been able 10 sell II for seed. and some
OF them have gotten 50 per hushel and
upward A demonstration agent tells me
of a boy in Oklahoma who won first prize
which was a weeks free schooling at the
state fair school In Okiahom city. He also
won a gold watch fer the corn he sent 10
the International wheat show IN 1915. and
later $50 scholarship at the Agricultural
and Mechanical college. This made his
corn famous and he sold the crop Of 10
bushels for IS per bushel. or more than
$500.
Another boy made enough TO buy an
automobile through his work in the corn
club. His first crop save him enough
profit for a bicycle. and the next. with the
prizes. amounted 10 more than 500. In
1915 he raised - bushels Of corn on his
acre and in addition rented a peanut patch
with the money he had saved His total
profits at the end were something IKE
$500 and with chat he bought his auto
Indian Boys Make Records.
Even the indian boys are excelling IN
naHz q IN ffaI- Of col
clubs in Oklahoma. and I understand that
some OF their Indian members have been
among the prize winners Ted Colbert Of
Johnston county Choctaw. grew lel
bushels Of Boone county white corn on his
acre in 1919 This exceeded the yield OF
he IS white boys OF the corn club OF that
county. Il was the third highest yield
produced in the state during that year
over In Caddo county there is another
BOY Of "a who has Indian blood in his
veins His name is Joe Inkinish. and he Is
member 81 the caddo tribe During the
summer % 1915 Joe grew IS bushels OF
,orn o. one acre OF ground. which was the
fifth highest yield in the state The boy
.ays that he was beaten BY his paleface
because they used more fer
ilized than ne did. and that he expects 70
cad ONianoina IN The contests 20 come
Peanut and Potato Clubs.
In addition TO the clubs mentioned above
he children Of the south are now starting
,eanut clubs. potato clubs cotton clubs
md other clubs devoted TO the raising OF
V1t ''-'H- 'e--lA-a TOT tnF uatlNu Aurg al0
Working under the rules set down by the
gricultural depa rtments Of states or OF
he government at Washington. and their
title farms arc object lessons TO all the
ountry about Heretofore this work has
leen done by the children only for the
n1ney 10 De- made out Of H. From now on
hey VIII have the added stimulus OF pat
iotism, and every boy and every girl who
0ins the CLUB viii be a little soldier fight
lg side by side with the army for the
God Of the world and the country.
Miss Clare Lamplugh. who came
rom London to Califnrnia snr-,a tirnA