Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-05-24
ANNOUNCES STATE CHAMPIONS
]. A. Alexander, r. A. Adams
and George Clough the Boys.
Il. I. Ingalls, Of Agricultural Extension
Service Of state University Gives
Out Names-Boys Tell How
They Won.

John A. Alexander of South Royalton.
Ralph A. Adams Of Chester and George
Clough of Chelsea are the State cham
pions In the poultry, corn and potato pro
jects, respectively. carried on in 1916 by
the agricultural extension service of the
State university. The name of Merle Car
penter Of Colchester, champion i'm the pig
growing project which was last year and
will be this the chief project, has already
been announced.
Il. L. ingalls,, State club work leader,
made known the names Friday evening.
The judges consisted of the service, more
particularly Mr. Ingalls,
The bases Of award were a. follows: In
the pig-growing project 30 per cent. each
for gain, including daily rate and total
weight, and for cost-cost per pound. gain
and total cost Of raising: 20 per cent. for
market and show condition. based on the
county agents scoring. and the show ring
score equally; and 20 for the story, origi-
nality, neatness and individuality count
ing.
The score basis in the corn club was:
Yield per acre, 10 points: quality, through
inspection ~: cost--profit on investment.
~: and story. originality and neatness,
90 potato the same: poultry. develop
ment OF product, 10: cost per pound. -;
birds not marketed November I, Is: story,
%.
POINTERS STORIES GIVE.
The stories Of the four boys are inter-
csting and timely. Adams in his story ad-
vses not over -four kernels (of corn) to
the hill' in planting. 1t should be planted
to ~the depth of three or four inches; the
rows should be three feet apart" THE
corn should be hoed once or twice. His
profit was $lS3.s0 and the corn saved his
buying grain he says.
Clough used six bushels of Green Noun
tain potatoes and paid back in kind all
the labor he hired The only money he
paid out was $3.50. for seed and poison. 81
did not have a weed so to seed on 1,72s
hills. ! planted my potatoes checker
board style rs inches each way. So this
enabled a horse to do most of the work
When the tops showed themselves in
sight ran the cuitivator. a 15-tooth John
Deere, shallow. This enables the potatoes
to grow. Once a week I ran the cultiva
tor to keep down weeds. When the tops
got good size. | ran a wing cultivator
This continued until they were in bios
som. When they were all in blossom.
kept entirely out Of the potato patch. with
the exception of spraying. All the fertil-
izer I used was hog pen manure. well
disked in with a Walter A Wood har-
row."
Alexander believes in Keeping two or
more breeds of poultry OF good stock; also
''in raising enough chicks so you can
spend all your time seeing to them. and
being sure they are on free range" ~
raised enough chickens" he says, $50
as to have boy help me all summer. This
makes it so I can have a day off once IN
a while" He has Barred Plymouth
Rocks, s. e. and r. C. Rhode
Island Reds. White Wyandottes and Buff
Rocks. about Ias birds in ALL" but goes TO
high school and also works at home. He
had his poultry in two different places in
winter and three different ones in sum-
NOR The following are his figures: Stock
sold s5aS. Is: eggs sold, $l2e.05 prize money,
$3.50: inventory over last year sg77.59;
total. sakso2. Stock, eggs bought, s3s3.SS;
grain. soH.76; help. E7.5I; depreciation,
interest, etc. 1915; advertising. 1916; to-
tal 1885. Profit. the difference. $l0S.07.
The average number of eggs which each
hen laid was 1851 His experience, he
thinks. is worth $500 to him.