Milford chronicle., 1920-04-23
MILFORD BOYS
PRIZE WINNERS
THEY HAVE A. FIVE DAYS TRIP TO
WASHINGTON, D. C., WITH ALL OF
THEIR EXPENSES PAID.
1920 PROGRAM NOW OPEN
THE TRIP WILL Be TO new ENGLAND
NEXT FALL AND THE CHANCE Is
OPEN TO ALL.


champions for 1919, have just return
ed with State Club Leader Martin OF
Delaware College from taking a free
educational trip to Washington, D. C.
In Washington, these boys were join
ed by a larger group Of champions
from New Jersey and Maryland, all
of whom had been awarded the free
trip of five days by the Charles War
ner Company of Philadelphia and Will
mingt0n, for state Championship re-
suits in corn club work.
The boys visited the Senate and
House of Representatives and met sew
eral prominent men and women of the
government departments; they OBJ
served with interest the various pro-
cesses used in manufacturing paper
money, bonds and postage stamps at
the Bureau of Engraving; they were
more than pleased with their visits
to the Corcoran Art Gallery, the Con-
gressional Library, the National Mus
cum and the Smithsonian Institute:
they never grew tired of viewing the
Washington Monument, the White
House and the Capital from all van
tage points in the city but out of all
these experiences, all the boys were
most deeply impressed with their Wis
it to Mt. Vernon, the home Of George
Washington, the Father of our coun-
try.
The Delaware lads won their free
trip in a state corn club Judging con-
test at the Club Week, which was held
during the Christmas vacation period
at Delaware College in connection
with the Farmers Short Course.
The State Champion
Dewey Sapp OF Houston was the
champion corn club grower Of the
state having produced 100 bushels OF
shelled corn on his acre. In the corn
club record books, he said.
began by testing my seed corn
which germinated 9S9a. The land on
which ] grew my acre Of corn was a
two year old alfalfa sod which was
used during 1918 for a hog pasture.
On May 1st, / spread five loads of
manure on the acre. On May 9th,
plowed the land about inches deep
with a three-hOrse team. As soon as
the ploWing was done I applied 500
pounds of Hydrated Limestone then
narrowed the land two times before
planting, which was done with a two
horse planter, checking 2-3 feet each
way.
After planting on May 18th I ap-
piled $50 pounds of fertilizer per acre
down the planter rows. 1 than har-
rowed the land two more times.
About a week after the corn came
up I thinned the corn to two and three
stalks to a hill. l did not have to re-
plant at all as all but two hills in the
acre came up.
l cultivated the corn the first time
with a diamond tooth cultivatOr going
across from the way he corn was
planted. On June 18th, I narrowed
with a fiuke harrow, doing every 9TH
sr row. On June goth, l harrow the
odd rows with a fiuke harrow. As the
corn was as high as the horses back
and the land in good order, ] layed
he corn by on June goth. 1 harvested
corn on September 1st and cribbed it
IN October 10th, having 100 bushels
IN a 209o moisture and shelled corn a
basis, as determined by County Agent ]
A. d. Cobb of Dover.
State Corn Club Results
All the corn club boys o. Delaware
iveraged $40 bushels per acre, not |
that last year the poor
year for corn in this section Of the
county.
The average yield of corn in Della I
ware for the last ten years has been 1
about SO bushels per acre, thus the I
,lub boys under instruction from the !
County Agents ald Delaware College 4
peat the stG'e average more than q +
bushels on The acre.
AT accurate record OF labor costs,
,osts Of fertilizer, rent Of land, etc, y
vas kept. Each corn club member 4
made on an average farm profit OF I
80 .49 on his acre.
The significant facts that stood out =
vere
1. Champions in each county tested !
he corn before planting, and planted q
inly standard varieties.
.. They practice crop rotation. .
3. They followed the suggestion Of
he County Agents and Extension
workers Of Delaware.
Corn Club Program for 1920 Il
The three state champion corn club 8
ere boys this year will be awarded o
rec trips to the Eastern States Agri- l'
ultural and Industrial Exposition at
Mass, and county cham -
ions will be awarded with free trips !
D the Farmers Short Course at Del %
ware College. Fine premium lists
'ill be provided for best results at the 2
harrington Fair, at the County and
tate Corn Show and at the State !,
air
The new plans Of the Delaware Corn
rowers' Association give special rec
gnition to the Unconstitutional value ~
boys work as corn growers in field 10
'op production enterprises. The -
oys' five acre contest is open to any g,
1rn club boy Of previous experience, 81
ld TO all boys between the ages Of y
and al years. The champion corn y
rover OF the boys class in each ~
,unty viii be awarded a free trip IN
the Junior Short Course. A worthy
ST of prizes Will also be provided
y best county and state exhibits
In addition, the boy who grows 100
lshels or more Of corn will be ad
irted into the 100 bushel corn club
ith the men Of the state and in rec
milton Of this merit viii be awafded ,,
gold medal ~
Boys who are interested in growing
10 or more acres OF corn. should ap- I
y TO the Coulty Agricultural Agents ~
to the Teachers Of Vocational Ag- "a
cultural 0r the State Club Leader at
coi'.',-'a. College
can be sfesl,az-- ----
IIL6nden. 'vsss INSTITUTE
in. The coming season pro. ~
"A one Of the greatest held Ia =. on
years. About forty tenting spa
= ~bave already been leased and negak
lions pending for the leasing
others. Iii