Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

cultural agent. Through the Summer they kept
their spray machines and cultiyators going,
and excellent yields were obtained. The average
number of bushels made by the boys was 336.
at cost of 42.3 cents q bushel while the
average made by the farmers of the country for
the last three years was 1872 bushels, at cost
of 93.5 cents q bus1el
LAS result of this demonstration" the
county agent reported, "the sale of seed pota-
toes, free from disease, was increased In Ly-
coming County. Farmers, seeing the results Of
spraying, have purchased new spray rigs, and
those who have machines are doing better
job Of spraying than was ever done before"
The All Club members have done much to-
ward introducing pure seed In every section
of the country An outstanding example of this
comes from Kansas. The Pride of Saline corn
is q variety originated in Western Kansas. It
has proved to be the best variety for the larger
part of the corn-growing district. The farmers
in Marshall County hesitated to make the
change. The corn club program was sponsored
by bankers and elevator companies. These or
CARNATIONS furnished $50 club members with
seed corn. 1t required only two years Of club
demonstrations 70 convince the farmers Of the
county that no other corn could compare with
Pride Of Saline.
The county agent In Graves County, KY, in
duced William Rhodes, club boy, to lime a
half acre OF land and use q sack of 16 per cent
superphosphate In making demonstration
In the growing OF tobacco The boy was the
first individual in that part of the country to
use lime and phosphate in growing tobacco The
result Of his demonstration was that he had q
yield on his half acre of 825 pounds, while the
half acre next to his where the ordinary
practices were used. the yield was but half as
much. And furthermore, his tobacco brought
IS cents pound while that on the adjoining
half acre brought but ~ cents pound
As result Of that demonstration many
farmers sought the advices of the county agent
in tobacco growing. Asked what kinds of fer
tilizer they expected to use, they invariably re-
piled, "the same as that Rhodes boy used"
A MONG the champions who win be at the
third encampment in Washington this
week will be the young cotton, corn pig au-
thority from Kemper County Miss Perry
James Davis started out In 1923 as q cotton
club member and produced only 500 pounds of
seed cotton, which isn't very much. After ne
had paid all expenses he had scarcely any profit
TO mention The next year found him trying to
redeem himself with a corn project His record
was q mere 20 bushels on an acre-almost O
bottom" for corn club boys in Kemper County.
Was he discouraged? Yes, somewhat, but
not ready to quit. He had the club spirit ito
make the best better" as his record shows.
With the encouragement Of his county agent,
j. K. Morgan, and determination to make
better club member than In former years, Perry
James joined three clubs-cotton, corn and pig.
The pig was soon q hog and narrowed splen-
oi0 AtOSf Oh pigs, ali making net pr0nG Tor
their owner Of $75.66. The acre of corn yield
ed SO bushels. netting profit of $1,000, while
the cotton acre picked out 1,625 pounds Of
seed cotton for Q net earning Of $5463.
The next year his club elected him president
With hundred per cent increase in enroll
ment the club met monthly and in addition
held three other meetings during the year.
Perry James led his club at every meeting and
helped them put on IA public exhibits and at
the annual State club congress his group from
Kemper County was selected to conduct a
model All Club meeting.
He plans 10 attend the Mississippi A. & M.
College next season, where he win specialize In
agriculture. 81 might have done part of these
things If had never heard of club work." he
said, "but know that most Of my achieve
ments In leadership are directly due TO my
joining and sticking to the All Club"
Then there is Billy Winfrey of jackson
County, Mo-, q 17-year-old farm boy who is .
senior in the Buckner High School ut present.
He has been a club member for four years an
the time he was attending high school He car
ried on four baby-beef feeding projects and
one health club project.
He Is now serving Is president OF the Six