Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-29
KEEN COMPETITION
AMONG EXHIBITORS
Successful Opening of the State
Corn Show, in Connection
With Farmers Week.

Special Correspondence IN Every Evening
Newark. Dec 2p.-Kee competition
among the large number of exhibitors was
the feature TODAY, of the State Corn Show
being held under the auspices OF the
Delaware Corn Growers Association rs
art Of the Farmers Week program at
Delaware College The show is being held
in the armory and there are $50 exhibits
Arthur f.. Grnntham formerly professor
Of apronomy At Delaware College and now
director of the agricultural service bureau
Of the Virginia-Caroh Chemical Co,
Richmond. Va, will Judge the exhibitors
this afternoon. There are more than $500
cash prizes TO be awarded
The boys club cha pion class taking the
Jim ior Farmers short course met with the
Delaware Corn Growers Assooi ton this
morning. W. V. Cosden. Of Dover, presl-
dent Of the association, presided ard made
an address on ''Our Corn Growers Asso-
cistion. +" This was 70 lowed by various re-
ports and the moYring sessl concluded
with An addres. BY Stanley Short Of
Snvrna, Junior State champion corn
grower. on How Grew Ore thousand
Bushels of Corn per Acre on my Five
Aores.
his aftrrr oon the boyp will again meet
with the Corn Growers Association. Nj q.
Pence. secretary of the association and
county agent leader and Professor Grant
ham will make addresses which will be
followed hv discussions on various topics
The luncheon Of members Of the Corn
! Growers As-ociation and the Delaware
| Uol,trin Frieeian Association, nj the
college Commons. tomorrow noon, VIII DE
the big feature Of Farmers Week, br.
Walter + Hulhhen, president Of Delaw-
: ware College, will welcome the visitors. Q
| dairvrneu the great event will be the adj
| dress hv ID ID. Aitken Of Flint, Michigan.
president Of the Holdstein Frleslan Asso-
| ciation Of America.
| This morning Miss Marian Null, pro-
/ lessor Of Home Economics at the Women 8
| College, gave instructions III bread-mak-
ing and bread Judging to the girs class
| This afternoon Miss Catherine Wood
| state home demonstration agent-at-lerge
/ will give "A bread-maklng demonstration
After supper last evening oil the short
/ course students boys and girls met IN tht
| lounge room to hear George r. arreli
/ IN charge Of club work in the United State'
| Department of Agriculture IN the North
ern and Western States, give talk on the
opportunities of young men and womeT
| in agriculture and home economics. Dl-
rector Cha rles A. McCue oi the Delswars
College Agriculturss Department alse
| gave talk.
Dewey Sapp OF Houston for the boys
and Sarah Dill OF FELTON, for the girls
clubs reported on the trip 10 Springfield
| bv members Of the clubs. Paul Sleeves o
| Milford, who attended the NatiOna
Dairy Show in Chicago made report OF
that trip Wallace Cook, graduate clul
member. now student al Delaware Col
lege. talked on the value of club work
There are twelve former club member:
now IN Delaware aud the Women
College
Naomi Pepper of Georgetown told how
she grew 10000 tomato plants this year
which sh e sold 10 club members. Rebecc
Jester OF FELTON, reported on canning
work and Edwin Meredith of Greenwoo
on tomato work Last evening four reel
of moving pictures were shown IN NO
Hall illustrating the work at the Easter
States Exposition.