Evening journal., 1919-01-01
THESE BOYS GROW
CHAMPION CORN
h. Wallace Cook, G. Lester
Layer, r. Amerd Cannon
Are Prize Winners
FARM BUREAU
MEETS TOMORROW


A., IWenty-one members were enrolled
this year in the Delaware Boys and
Girls Patriotic Corn Clubs, 10 Of whom
reported on the management Of 10
acres, producing 9090S bushels of corn
with a total value Of Si,237712, at a
total cost Of S57276, leaving a net profit
Of S66is6. Each member produced on
the club acre an average of ls7 bushels
Of corn worth S651i, at an average
cost Of S.GiS per bushel, or a cost Of
S30t5 per acre, making net profit Of
S3i99 on each acre. The average yield
Of corn in Delaware for the last ten
years has been 32.3 bushels per acre.
The club boys have exceeded the State
average by more than IS bushels per
acre, on one Of the most unfavorable
years known to corn growers.
Not only have these junior farmers
! been trying patriotically to increase the
| food supply. but they have also been
contesting for the S25 pure bred pig
which the State Board of Agriculture
has offered as an achievement prize 20
the champion corn club grower Of each
county OF the State.
! All yields were calculated on a she'll
/ ed corn basis; allowing 10 per cent, as
normal crib moisture. on basis of a.
greatest yield per acre, (2) the lowest
cost Of production, (3)the best exhibit,
! ii) the best written account, the fol-
| lowing club members have merited the
county achievement prizes.
f. Ner New Castle County-H. Wall
lace Cook, Newark.
>. For Kent COunty-G. Lester Layer,
Hartly.
3. For Sussex Coun!y-R Amerd Can.
non, Seaford.
The New Castle county prize will be
publicly awarded by n. L. Grubb, vice
president Of the State Board Of Agricul-
ture. at the County Farm Bureau meet
ing at Newark tomorrow afternoon.
The Kent county prize will be awarded
by Prof Wesley Webb, secretary Of the
state Board Of Agriculture. at Dover, on
January o The Sussex county prize
will be awarded by some representative
Of the state Board Of Agriculture at
Georgetown on January s.
All cost accounts of the contestants
were charged against the crop at
uniform price. The rent was estimated
at $3.50 per acre, the boys work, at
20 cents per hour, and the work OF
each horse at II cents per hour. Com
mercial fertilizer were charged at
cost, and charge of 81 per load was
made for manure. The cost Of the
harvesting was Offset with the value n
the fodder.
How Cook Won.
Young Cook planted Johnson county
white corn that had tested 96 per cent,
which produced 63.i6 bushels of corn at
a cost Of s3719, making a clear gain OF
$500 The percentage Of shelled corn
was $50, and the moisture test was
20 per cent.
His fertilizer consisted Of seven loads
Of manure and 200 pounds of phos-
phate.
He planted four and six grains TO the
hill twelve TO sixteen inches apart in
the rows, which were 3 l-2 feet apart
Later. the corn was thinned, but not
enough, consequently the yield was cut
down materially.
He cultivated the corn each week and
harvested it in October. He was award
ed the corn club championship prize
at the State Fair for New Castle county,
and also won the club contest, the
fifty and ten-ear EXHIBITS in open COM
petition at the New Castle-kent County
Corn Show. Cook believes in herojity.
For three years he has planted seed
taken from his prize corn.
G. Lester Layer planted Johnson
white corn that tested 90 per
cent. In rows 3 feet 3 inches aparts or
soil that had produced a corn crop
last year. He used Z i-2 loads OF manure
and 100 pounds of &c per cent. acid
phosphate.
The corn was cultivated five times
deep at first but very shallow later
The acre produced 7s.7 bushels, valued
at siO2.s7, at a cost Of s33-43, making Z
net profit Of S72.ii. The percentage OF
shelled corn was s26. The moisture
test showed II per cent.
Though only If years old, Lester hai
Deen a club member for three years
He won a corn club prize at the New
1astle-Kent County Corn Show al
smyrna.
The Sussex Champion.
r. Amerd Cannon planted his acre IL
we and clover sod from a high grade
White corn that had tested only SO per
,ent. This low termination necessitat-
ID replanting. which reduced the yield
He scattered FIVE loads Of manure over
he acre plot before the corn was plant
d. and when the corn was knee high,
ne fertiliZed 10 again by placing
handful Of chicken manure about each
ill.
lie dragged the ground twice before
he corn came up, narrowed it three
lines, and plowed it until it was too
nigh to plow.
Amerd won the Sussex County Corn
Tub championship at the State Faii
his year with corn from his club acre
lis father has selected next years seed
orn from standing stalks on the club
Icre 90 plant their whole corn crop.
Other boys in Kent county ranked as
ollows: Paul Skewis, of Milford, secs
md: Stanley Short Of Smyrna, thirdN
Paul Williams, of Hartly fourth
ames Ashton, Of Hartly, fifth; Francis
)ill Of Milford. sixth; Simon Benioff OF
liola, seventh: Harold E. Symonds OF
iarily. eighth: Walter Harrington OF
Illford. ninth; Leslif Simpson Of Har-
ngton. tenth.
The other Sussex County Corn Club
members ranked as follows: Edwin
'arker of Lincoln and Wilmer Good or
iedden tied for second; Paul Lynch Of
Iouston. third; Leon h. Donovan OF
fourth; James Nitsner OF
Iouston. third; Leon E. Donovan, OF
sixth: Harold Collision o.
seventh.
Dry weather and other conditions
ver which the boys had no central
made it impossible early in the year for
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