Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-03
FINE SHOW|NG MADE BY
JUNIOR CORN GROWERS
Prise Winners and Yield Announc'
ed for the Three
Counties.

Twcnty-onc members wrre enrolled
this wear IN the Delaware Boys nno
Girls Patriotic Com Clubs, nineteen ol
whom reported on the management ~ w
acres. producing 900 0S bushels OF corn,
with n total value OF 81. .23S q, st tota!
cost of S572.s6, leaving mel prcnt o'
Na;i .o6. Each member produced on the
club scre an average ot ~ pusne's oi
corn, worth SOS IA, at an AVERAGE cost 81
S.64s pcr bushcl, or = cost at xNl5 per
scre. making net proht oi S3A.W on
each acre.
The average Weld of corn III Delaware
for the last ten wears has been 80 8 bushels
per acre. The club boys have excceded
the state svcrag, by more than IS bushels
per acre. on one ~ the most uniavorshlc
wears known 10 corn growers.
Not only have these junior farmers been
irving patriotically To increase the food
alpnlv. hut they have also been contestins
for The So pure bred pig, which the State
Board of agriculture has offered as an
achievement prize To the champion corn
club grower of each county of the state.
All Yields were calculated on sheled
corn basis. allowing 3 per cent IA normal
crib muisturc On basis of (ll greatest
Weld pcr acre, f1) the lowest cost Of
production, ~ the best exhibit, 3) the
hest written account. the following club
members have merred the county srhieve-
ment prizes
For New Castle county-H. Wallace
Cook, Newark.
For Kent county-G. Lester Layer.
Hartly
FOR Sussex county-R. Amerd Cannon,
.>caford
The New Castle County prze will be
publicly awarded by n. l.. Grubb, Vice
President of the State Board of AGrcul-
ture. ri the County Farm Bureau meeting
n Newark. ON Thursday afternoon, JAN
uarv I'd. The Kent County prize will be
awarded hv Prof Wesley Webb, Secretary
nf the state Board of Agriculture, a.
Dover on January 9th, The Sussex
county prlge Will be awarded by some
representatives OF the S~ste Board of
Agriculture st Georgetown on January
Sth
All c,~t accounts Of the contestants
were charged against the crop at a uniform
price The rent was estimated at Sc. 50
per acre the boys work. ~ 20 per hour;
and the work 81 ench horse, at l2c per hour
commercial fertilizers were charged ~
cost. and charge of 81 per load WAS
made for manure The cost of the har-
vtsting Was offset with the value Of the
fodder.
NOW COOK WON.
Young Cook planted Johnson County
White corn. that had tested 06 per cent,
which produced 63 i6 bnhsls OF com a,
= cost Of So 10 making clear gain Of
$3.50 The percentage Of shelled com
MAS $50 and the moisture test va 70
per cent
His fertilizer consisted Of loads cf
manure and 100 lbs. Of phosphate.
lie planted I 70 s gain. 90 the hin, u
10 l6 inches apart IN the rows. which were
3i9 feet spart Later. the corn was
thInned but not enough, consequently
the Yield was cut down materially
He cultivated the corn each week. snd
harvested IL in October. he vas swarded
the corn club champ, onhip pSize 81 the
sfstcf;lr for Nv Castle County, and also
won the club contest tho 50 and 10 car
exhibits in open competition AZ the New |
.ptle-k Kent County Com Show. Cook |
believes in heredity For three years he |
nss planted seed taken from his pri,e corn. ,
G.. Lester Layer planted johnson |
County white corn that tested - per
rent IN rows three feet three inches apart, |
on soil that had produced a corn crop
ast Nesr He used Z y loads Of manure
ind 400 pounds Of l6 per cent acid phos-
nhate
The cd~n Was cultivated FIVE times. |
deep at first but very shallow later. The |
lcre produced 7s7 bushels, valued sl02-
y, at a cost of s32 43 making net pro-
10 Of S7244. The percentage Of shelied |
sorn was SO. The moisture test showed |
= per cent.
Though only Il years old. Lester had |
cen club member for three years. |
he won = Corn club prize st the New /
astle-kent county Corn Show a, Smyrna
TIE SUSSEX CHAMPION
L Amerd Cannon planted his acre /
n rve and clover sod. from high grade /
white corn thst hsd tested only S3 per |
ent. Thi~ lOw termination necessitated 1
-eplautlng. which reduced the weld
lie scattered five loads OF manure |
,ver the acre plot before the corn was
planted, and when the corn was about |
snee-high he fertilized il again, bv plac- !
ng a handful of chicken manure about |
,ach hill
He dragged the ground twice before |
he corn came up, narrowed it three |
lines. and plowed il until it uss too
nigh 10 plow.
ta,peyd sx,or the Gpssev Corrt,. Co,.