The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-05
County Agent Would Like
to Have 100 or More
Participants
By C. D. WHITE
Henderson County Farm Agent

Many acres are seeded TO Grim
son clover each year in Henderson
county for the corn crop next
year. This is a good practice and
more of our farmers should seed
this winter legume for corn.
Most of us wait until the field
is in full bloom. and in some cases
until the seed is made and the
bloom turns brown. This is wait
ing too long. as the plant becomes
more fibrOus and takes longer 70
decay. Besides, as last years dry
weather might set in and delav
indefinitely. blowing the land,
Turn YOUR clover now while the
plant is tender. and II will decom-
pose in a short time. You will
have Just as much nitrogen slowed
i'm the soil, and almost rs murh
growth as YOU will have later. Be-
sides. the season IS favorable for
blowing and green manure crops
should be turned under ten days
TO two weeks before planting.
Don't forget TO enter the Hen
derson county corn contest. More
than fifty farmers, All club MEM
berS and vocational agricultural
students have entered already.
Let's make il 100 or more. Get
your entry card at county agents
office at once. Rules governing
this contest are as follows:
Only farmers in Henderson or
PENNSYLVANIA county are eligible
70 enter this contest. Vocational
agriculture students. 4-H Club
members OF women farmers .re
eligible 10 enter. Rental basis
per one acre to be 50. Manure,
average two-horSe wagon-bed full,
10 be charged ut 81 for this year 5
use. Fertilizer and seed 10 be
charged at actual cash selling
price.
Labor coStS-Tractor hours, 81 ;
man hours, S0.l5; horse hours,
Zoe. Plot Of land-Farmcr TO Sc
lect any one acre. all To be- in one
place. No deduction will be made
for any obstruction in the field.
Field must be measured by coun-
ty agent. assistant agent or vo-
cational agricultural teacher. IL
does not have 70 be measured be-
fore planting. but your entry in
the contest must be reported to
county agents office by June /.
Measurements 20 be recorded IN
record book by one doing the
measuring.
Two-county committee to be
composed of agents, assistant
agents and vocational agriculture
teachers. who shall be judges in
all eases pertaining TO planting
growing. measuring and setting
of further rules and regulations.
Committee to measure and eStl-
mate. Committee to go through
various one-acre plots entered in
contest tall plots TO be checked)
and use approved field measuring
methods TO determine 10 highest
yielding acres in each county. Aft
er selecting ID highest field meas
ured acre plots, acre plot Co be
gathered. shucked and weighed.
Five bushels of shocked corn
from each OF 10 highest acre plots
TO be measured by weight Of 10
pounds of shocked OF $50 pounds
of corn from the pile, the five
bushels 10 be shelled and weighed
to determine the amount of she'll
ed corn on the acre. This being
used as fair method for obtaining
correct amount of shelled corn) .
Shelled, marketable corn to be de
termining factor for 10 highest
out of the 10 in each county, they
10 be the prize winners IN the or
der in which they (the final 10
highest) weigh out. All remain,
ing contestant plots TO be shucked
and weighed. Optional with con-
teStantS).
Kind or color-Either white or
yellow corn.
Prizes-First grand priZe-best
for two counties on sc 1888 l-S
basis. Which means 66 % per
cent for production and 33 l-3
per cent for cost of production.
Loving cup for one year, three
years winner, permanent owner.
County prizes-Each county to
give cash prizes to its own county
growers. l-S25, 2-Sl5, $50,