Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-01
WALIIIALIA, 8. @.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1, 1920.
FINE CROP RESULTS.

ducing--or does produce-bctter
crops than Oconee. or course there
are instances Of special yields on pet
patches" in other counties that have
rclipscd OcOnce's reported yields. but
in general we believe Oc0ncc can lead
our State in fine crops, year in ana
year out, in everyday practical OPP
Grafton OF the farm.
BE that rs it may. we recently had
presented at The Courier Office some
mighty fine evidences Of crop pOSSi-
bilitics within our borders. After the
exhibition of products at the recent
exhibition for the boys and girls Of
The various county clubs. we saw the
tcn-car exhibit Of corn Of Master
George Taylor, ii years old. OF the
Oconcc Creek section. The ten ears
or corn weighed full ten pounds, and
they took the first prize in the corn
contest. which was Judged on the
various points Of excellence. We
have often viewed. in the seed Cata-
lOgucS. the pictures Of large ears Of
corn, each ear fully rounded out to
the end with Il grain OF corn in the
center Of the tip Of the ear. And
young TaylOr's ten ears looked as
though they might have been the
originals OF one Of the most perfect
Of these pictures. 1t was practically
perfect corn, considered by points.
The grower Of this corn, rs stated
above, is | years Of age. lie did Il
considerable part Of the work on the
c~Hr h"t w" his plowing done by
EUi' HoNN a,cn. However. he has
$50 'h'H-a 'NWly set in his mind
lhu pr .iDlG f science as applied
20 D#NUHE HOrh corn and the ambi-
,ion Io nrN#uGe better crops and
MyE"r .leii- herein lies the hope
OF our country in an agricultural
way, we think-the fact that the
boys OF to-day, who will be the men
Of tomorrow. are going to excel their
daddies in crop-making and in profit
making. The club boys are getting
what their daddies wcro unable to
get in their young days-Scientific
instruction. hearty encouragement,
and the all-important incentive to
excel-to never be satisfied with the
accomplishments Of ono day, but to
start each day with the determination
to improve on the past
There were lots Of fine exhibits at
the county club show. and it was
stated by one Of the judges from
without the bounds Of our county
that the exhibit would have done
credit to the state Fair.
II. 4. Wood, Of Walhalla Route 3,
was one Of the grown-ups who had
exhibits at the club show. He had
an exhibit OF IL sweet potatoes. the
dozen Weighing So pounds. They
were beauties, and as sound as It
is possible for potatoes to be. Mr..
Wood set out 1000 plants, and from
these he gathered five two-horse
loads Of fine potatoes-l35 bushels
They were something Of curiosity
twelve potatoes; some weighing in
excess Of five pounds each, and the
whole pulling the scales down to 50
pounds.
But ''thore are Others"-yOung
ladies--in our county who are not
only practical farmers. but good
farmcrs--Of which fact wo had am
pie proof last Friday when two young
ladies, Misses Hannah and Bertha
Rrucke. OF the IGbeneZer section
stopped in The Courier Office and We
had time to talk with them for Il
short while about crops. There are
three OF the Brucke sisters. but one
OF Our visitors disClaimcd any special
credit for the farm operations. as she
IS giving her time largely to teaching
school This was Miss Bertha. who
gave all the real credit for crop max
ing TO her sisters. Misses Hannah
and Elizabeth. And If We may he
counted as Il judge in the promises.
they arc zeal farmers
y. +. i'ruckc. the father Of these
"farmcr"ttcS." is now past 90 years
Of age and is incapacitatcd Tor the
strenuous labor OF the farm. hence
The girls have taken over the rcrns
or governments at the Bruckc place
and they arc making good Miss Han
nah--wc judge that she is the chief
in the Brucin farm opcrations-said
that up to his year we have never
made any corn, and it always wOr-
ricd father. for he used TO make such
line corn crops" SO this year the
'ruckc farm produced some corn
we say that adviscdly. If wc may be
permitted to apply the slangy term,
SOME CORN--and Miss Bruckc as
sured us that it was worth all their
hard work, worry and trouble Just
to note the pleased and surprised
expression OF their old father when
they led him to tho corn crib and
showed him a pile OF eight large
0ne-horse loads OF fine corn--the re-
suit or two young womcn's labOrs on
two acres OF land. They did every bit
OF the work from beginning to end