Smyrna times., 1921-10-05
||1IIII HIGH SCHOOL boys. BOYS
|'III n VALUE CORN GROWING

jfV1N lHLUl OO
IN MENDENHALL HEAD
''ol. o. !. ',.GRRIcuLTURE ON JOB
!. Being Harvested He Is
= y. Point of Corn Growing in
S,Iln' i Ia,ality to Class of Boys
lns '.o.on of the year when our
Attn, .ss ss'' harvesting their corn,
an'I a a. 'Nendenhall, the new head @
NJ. J, ;,1licnItural H. litr Department is TAX
dhe Ag o.s Of boys into a deeper
ng hs !. I,r15 e"In growing only one Of the
tsig 'l euln .;ans that are being taken
p'll siD 9a',1,rs department. The frost has
. D 9s '.i If thir year though the corn
u 'ill''s 7. shock and many pumpkins
D ..,,,d 'nT 'tIl their way into pies without thou!
BE 'is,,arbiaI ioaaJ covering of frost. Since
I, lao weather has held 55.'o. of SO long long
4 Co. 'oei have had a good growing sea
ln's 4, late 1ae' potatoes and turnlPs, s lsc
1n t,l. ha.Ins rssks. s an and will engage the
rn :,' =" If a large number OF men
l'nusn . time. ii Hand husking seems
y sl' .ss favorite in this neighborhood
8 \ snt tss 20 busker and shredder are
lsn ..J ~ yery successfully in many
e'.'4 , # tbe corn belt, these husk-
{ 'Isrs s.Ts b been greatly improved from
! la't - time and are considered to be
y y 4 ! tbe greatest of labor savers IN n
! iia,' !, " where people are accustomed
.ssm ,lsn, Since hand husking necesSl-
Y, .' tbs handling of each ear, this Is
\. Y, 7srr srT best time to select seed; Ii
4. i,r' iv1ortant task has not been done
y. tSe corn is cut. Those VINO
- ,,,r made a careful study of corn, al
y, y I,y rpcommend seed selection while
= nm is standing, this gives an OPP
Es,1ntv to see if the whole plant IS
IL and of strong vigorous type,
r. I 5or tbe ear is placed on the plant
vg mpOrtant).
Coming Corn Show at SeafOrd
Fp State Show will be held at Sea-
n January 5 and 9th, 1922. Kent
rrty will naturally come in for It's
I'M Of the prizes; careful selection
he correct type of ears while you
\ picking them up to throw into the
Mon Will not only provide some
il winners, but you will have your
h seed picked out for spring plant
4 The ear that the corn judge
nn at the second time must be uni
n in size, shape and color, one that
In inches long seven inches in cir
Inference and each row of grains is
|night and tightly placed in regards
the adjoining row, and the butts
ll tips well filled out, not tapering.
dect several hundred ears put them
one side and out of these selected
zE prize winners will be easily found
Be winner at the State Show last
ar got contract from one of the
Ergs Philadelphia Seed Houses for all
corn at a most attractive price.
% will find it worth while to select
1n if only for your own use, then
En is the sporting element in enter
Z i in competition. Remember that
sn are red and yellow ribbons a;
as blue ones, and that you may
better next time because of tbs
F seed you selected and entered fo1
'F even though the first prize die
to another man.
e'Oall Team and Notes of School
y last Thursday eevning the Gen.
organization Of the Smyrna High
M held a box social. Everyone
Pd themselves throughly ant
's was spirited bidding, some ol
0'1es brought as much as thref
an. The association wishes tC
lA slr' Jones for his excellent WORK
'aeuoneer. The football team ha:
= having signal practice every day
A0'n as well as the regular two
y practice after school each day
Joys have developed into an or
i.ilsu0n that will be hard to defeat
asS uniforms should arrive mo-
aan Wednesday this week.
sa'aI Inspection of Children Startec
Inspection and examination of tn,
4sn IN our school was started to
~ Sloer the direction of DR.. Arti.
Miss Binley, the former agai,
+ appointed school physician an,
a''er the Child Welfare Nurse fo
q Immunity. IN Vocal music ha
-. y Us place in our school under tn,
\ H''9 !, Of Mrs. c. Berkeley Wight M
y. There is no question in saI on
y, n9s' but that this training in n voca
~ ". under the direction Of Mr.
sn.nan Y a will soon be reflected M
!. y the homes but also in the snU m
pl' attend. ''u''"eS winch thes