The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-12-06
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LEXINGTON COUNTY
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LEXINGTON 3 COUNTY
coRH SHOW :
we held Lexington .county's an
nual corn show At Lexington court
house on last Saturday. The boys
turned cut in fine giee, and brought
records and history. together with
ten ears tof corn that was grown on
their farms from practically every.
section OF the county. While wealth
er conditions for growing corn in
Lexington county were very unfavor-
able. the boys made splendid show
inga. -
We had three SPEAKERS present.
Mr.. Henry s. johnson, district agent
II demonstration work, located at
Aiken. delivered timely and encour-
aging address. Mr.. Johnson has at
tended our corn shows before, and
the boys. and the entire attendance
greeted him with warm welcome.
Mr.. b. o. Williams. assistant agent
In boys club work in South Carolina.
wan also present Mr.. Williams
knows inst how to entertain bunch
OF boys. Mr.. Williams made a
lengthy talk, which met with the
hearty approval OF ciub members as
well as the entire audience. Mr.. An
sci Caughman, also delivered an adj
dress, telling OF the experiences he
has had as school teacher. and az
a farmer. Mr.. caughman spoke
very favorabiy Of the organization,
and the splendid efforts being pu,
forth to train the youth Of the conn
~, Of TIE splendid results OBJ btained.
ana Of the effect club work was hav-
ins on the yapth of the rural dis
;tricts of TIA county.
There were 1ol boys enrolled in
corn clubs for the year. 1922. We
awarded the hoys prizes for their
splendid work ne banks. farmers
and Other busa an kindly con-
trsbuted 3Iis. Is tis cause as fol-
lows: hans of Western Dina.
Axfeshur9. $11 al 81 f1fssts National
l ss
IGabert .St Rank 81 Swansea, 81
SIS. %: BfookAnd Hank, 80. .eo;.
Bank Of sWestern Carolina, LeMng-
ton branch. $1,000; DuPre Auto Co.
Lexington branch, s5. 90: The Har-
mon Drug CO., a watch, $3.50, Pal
ace Drug Co., Lexington. a watch,
valued az $S.5 so; Penland Grocery
Co., $500; Lexington Dispatch
News, six subscriptions, valued ss.oo;
The Riley Drug Co.. Lexington, one
watch, valued at $3.50; Caughman-
Kaminer, one pocket knife, valued
at s1.25: j. W Sfealy, County
Agent, $500; A nursery company,
100 peach trees valued at $25 90.
:, together with all corn club men,
be: 8, want to extend our hearty
thanks to each and every bank, far
mer and business man for their con-
'tributions. I feel sure We all feel
better by contribution, to help en-
courage the youth of the county,
which our future agriculture wholely
depends upon. Again, personally I
want to thank each aud every one
for their hearty cooperation in this
splendid work. tsI
rhe. ai1ty-fiye ys. attending the
corn show Saturday. reported grow
Ing. ,S54 bushels OF corn an aver
age of a bushels. per acre, at cost
of 81 1-2c per bushel, making a to-
tai cost ef- the crop $ss9.o1, with
the total value OF the creF beng
$2,S54.oa, leaving net profit of
.s1s954 .9s. Numbers Of these boys
are: growing, iegumus crops together
with their corn. and by so doing are
building up the soil, really this is
one principal we are stressins more
than any other. We must make our
soils RIGHT if we ever expect to have
profitable agriculture in the
South.
J.. W. .sHEALY. County Agent.
Ballent;ne S., Dec. s. 1922.