Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-21
CORN Fl ||R CHAMPIONS
HAD WASHINGTON TRIP
Rewarded by Charles Warner Co.
for Efficiency as
Farmers.

Paul Skewis of Milford Martin Door
dan of Newark and Dewey Sapp oi
Houston. the Delaware corn club cham
pions Of 1919 have just returned with
state Club Leader Martin OF Delaware
College from taking free educational
trip TO Washington, ID. G., In Washing
ton. these boys were joined by larger
group of champions from New Jersey anu
MARYLAND. all of whom had been awarded
| the free trip of FIVE DAYS by the charles
| Warner Company Of Philadelphia and
| Wilmington for state championship fe-
suits i'm corn club work.
| The BOYS visited the Senate and House
| of Representatives and met sevefM
urominent mon and women oi the gov
/ ernment departments; they observed Win
| interest the various processes used IN
manufacturing paper money. bonds and
noataue stamps pt the Bureau Of En-
| craving. tbev were mort than pleased
| with their Visits to the Cnrcnran Art
/ Gallery. the Congressional Library, the
! National Museum and tho Smithsonian
Institute: thov never grew tired of view
| ing the Washington Monument. the
/ White House and the Capital from all
vantage points in he city: but out Of MI
/ these experiences. all the boys were most
/ dpenlv impressed with their visit to Mt.
/ Vernon, tho home If George Washington,
the Father of our country
The Delaware lads won theif free trip
in state corn club judging enntest at the
/ Club Week, which was held during the
/ Christmas vacation period ut Delaware
College IN connection with the Farmers
| Short Course.
/ THn STATE CHAMPION.
Dewey ganp of Houston was the cham
MON corn club grower If tho state
having produced 100 bushels of ahelied
corn on his acre In tho corn club reeord-
book. he said;
II began hy testing my seed corn whleh
terminated ps per cent no land on
which ! grew my acre 81 corn Waa Two
wear old alfalfa sod which was used during
InIS for hog paatlre On May tEt. |
gprnad five loads ot manure on the acre.
On Nav nth. | plowcd the land about
4 inches deep with three hnrse team.
Aa soon a. tho blowing waR done ! applied
coo mounds of Hydrated Limestone. then
narrowed the land two times before
nlantine. which was done with a two
horse planter. checking ! 2-J feet each
way.
After planting, on May ~. | applied
osO pounds OF fertilizer per acre down
the plantcr rows | than narrowed the
land two moro times.
About a week after the corn came up
thinncl the corn 20 two and three stalks
tn a hill | did not have TO roplant at MI
as All but two hills IN the acre came up.
cultivated the corn the tlrst time with
diamond tooth cutivator, going
across from the way the corn was planted.
On lime II. | narrowed with fluke
bs.s & tfnf
oo I narrowed the odd rows with ilukc
harrow. As the corn was as high as the
: horses back and the land IN good order.
laid tho corn hv on June 20 ! harvested
, corn ON September / and eribbed 1t on
! october 10. having 100 bushels on u 20
per cent moisture and shcllod corn bass,
as determined by County Agent A. ID.
Cobb of Dover.
STATE CORN CLUB RESULTS.
All the corn club boys of Delaware
averaged $40 bushels per acre, not
with-standng that last year was poor
wear for corn in this section of the county
The average WELD of corn IN Delaware foI
the last ten years has been about b
bushels per acre, thus the club boys under
instruction from the County Agents ane
Delaware College beat the state average
more than 2l bushels on the acre.
An accurate record of labor costs, ol
fertilizer. rent of land, etc, was kept
Z, | Each corn club member made on an
average a farm profit OF s52.49 on hlt
acre.
The significant facts that stood out
were:
/. Champions in each county testec
the corn before planting, and planted only
standard varieties.
2. They practiced crop rotation.
3. They followed the suggestion OF the
county Agents and Extension workers o
Delaware.
CORN CLUE PROGRAM FOR lo20.
The three state champion corn elut
acre BOYS this year will be awarded
free trips to the Eastern States Agricul
tnral and Industrial Exposition at Spring
field, Mass. and county champions vii
be awarded with free trips to the Farmers
Short Course at Delaware College Fin
premium lists will be provided for bes
results at the Harrington Fair, at TIN
County and State Corn Show and at tn
State Fair.
The new plans of the Delaware Corr
Gr9wers' Association give special recognl
tion to the Unconstitutional value o
bows work as corn growers IN helt
crop production enterprises. The boys
, FIVE acre contest is open to any corr
club boy of previous experience, and t
all boys between the ages OF ii and =
years. The champion corn grower OF tn
boys class in each county will be awarde'
: free trip to the Junior Short Course. ]
worthy list of prizes will also be provide
for best county and state exhibits.
In addition. the boy who grows 10
bushels or more Of corn viii be admtte
l into the 100 bushel corn club with the me
5 of the state, and in recognition OF TIN
!. merit will be awarded gold medal.
Bows who are interested in growing on
= or more acres of corn, should appl
. to the County Agricultural Agents, I
: the Teachers of Vocational Agricutur
, or the State Club Leader at Delawai
; College.