Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-16

enrolment. but by the improvement
Of work completed. The Los Indios
club is 100 per cent. every record
book has been turned in. In 1927
there were 1872 members enrolled,
and in 1928 Isl members who car
ried I66 projects Of poultry, corn.
or cotton. Sixty boys completed
their projects and turned in their
record books.
Record books turned in BY "a
boys show Is is aces Of corn and
So IL acres of cotton farmed. The
average yield of corn in Cameron
county is IS bushels per acre; the
average produced by the Al club
boys is So IL bushels pei acre.
The increase is due to proper irri-
cation and cultivation. Lloyd Thomas
Of Highland community made so
bushels of corr per acre by intensive
Twenty-three cotton club members
produced 1926 pounds of seed
cotton at a total value OF S4.2i1.94.
Scholarships Awarded
The third annual All club bovs
camp was held June Ii, Is and is
at the Girl Reserve camp in Rio
Hondo. Sixty boys attended camp,
which was a supervised vacation, as
all activities were under the super-
vision of instructors. The second
day OF camp, a poultry judging
contest was held and two club mem
bers were selected to Judge in the
state contest. The second dav was
parents day. and rs adults attended
camp.
Fourth club work creates a desire
IN a boy for further education and
this fall four more club members en-
tered college.
Six scholarships to the A. & NJ.
snort course were awarded. Mr.. 7.
7. Lomax of San Benito and the fol-
lowing banks, First National Banks
OF Brownsville and Harrington,
Farmers State Bank and the San
Benito Bank and Trust Company Of
sam Benito. Arroyo State Bank of
Rio Hcndo. and the Valley State
Bank OF Harrington. gave scholar
shirs 10 the outstanding boys in
each Of the following projects for
1927: Corn, cotton and poultry. The
San Benito and Harlingen chambers
of commerce each gave a scholar
ship. and these were used by the
poultry judging team. The Browns
vile Chamber of Commerce gave a
scholarship to an Ell Jardin club boy.
The annual short course trip was
made to A. & M. college, leaving
here July 81. with % people, six
Of whom were boys. The Cameron
county poultry judging team placed
second in the state contest. Isaac
Corns placed sixth and Forest Peek
eleventh out of the IS boys who
composed the % judging teams.
Potatoes Tested
Cameron county is the largest
early Irish potato producing section
IN the United States The big prob
lem Is not to find which variety
| does the best. as the Bliss Triumph
is superior to all others, but from
which northern growers to obtain
our seed in order to get increased
yields. The county agent obtained
seed from eight different states for
his potato test plot: Idaho. Colo
RADIO. Wyoming. Montana, Nebraska
North and South Dakota and Wis
consin. This seed was furnished By
growers in the different states, 10.
cal dealers and farmers.
The four year average yield oi
the test plots for certified seed is
174 bushels per acre; number ones
lat bushels. The certified out.
! yielded the number ones by % bush
els per acre.
A cabbage fertilizer ~demonstra,
ton was conducted on the II. Dru,
ker farm at San Benito. The cab.
bage was planted in the latter part
OF December and the fertilizer ap.
piled on January fifteenth. Or
each quarter acre plot the fertilizer
was applied at the rate of 400
pounds per acre. It was found that
the yield was increased two tons pei
acre on the plot where nitrate OF
soda was used.
Markets Studied
T~hirty-two marketing meetings
we're held during the year with al
attendance Of 1871 people. At thir'
teen Of these meetings, either charts
or lantern slides were shown OF
marketing vegetables from the Low
er Rio Grande Valley Of Texas.
The Rio Grande Valley Vegetable
Exchange has six associations il
Cameron county. located at l.;
Feria. Santa Rosa. Harrington. Ri
Hordo, Brownsville, and San Benito
These associations are a part of
Valley wide organization. Ever!
association elects its officers, EN-
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