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9C ' BY W 4 HID United States govern ment is now at work upon one of the most am bitious and, by the by, one of the most interest Ing projects It has ever undertaken. It is noth Ing short of a scheme for moving the "corn bolt." Or perhaps it would be W more accurate to call it a crusade for extending . .. the "corn belt," for there is no de sire to interfere with the growing of our greatest agricultural staple in that broad section of the country where corn has long been the princi pal standby of the farmor. The new plan of the department of agricul ture-for of course that is the branch of our government machinery that has charge of this new activity-is simply fgf in effect to rake two blades of grass grow where only one grew before. Although all the world has been gasping in astonishment these many years past at the bumper crops of corn this country turns out each year, the experts of the government. some time since came to the cbnelusion that great as was the national corn yield it was not as big as it ought to be. Feurt hermore, they thought they foresaw a time when, with our rapidly growing population, the corn crop would not. be any too big for our own American appetito and, of course, if that came to pass, we would lose more or, less of our foreign trade, for a -amst. quantity of Yankeo corn products now find their way to (inler tables over Senls. On the theory of a stitch in time the agricult ural sharps proceeded to get busy over this impending prob lem. First they set about. increasing the yield of corn per aere and latterly they have elitered upon the even moro sigimficant mission of extending the corn growing irca. As our readers are aware most of the corn crop has been grown heretofore in the middle A.J Of Ji TON west-in states such as Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Nebraska. But the government exports scouting around~ soon1 came to the conclusion that as goodl or better corn than America had ever known c'ouldl be raised in prolific quantity in the south if only the people south of Mason and Dixon's line couldl be aroused to the pos sibilities lying dornmant at their (leers. Waking up these southern farmers to their neglected opportunities is the present work of one of the niost eflicient organizations in Uncle Samn's agricultural corps. It was nothing short of an inspiration that the experts hit upon the planl of proving that their corni "ftair-y tales" could come true through the medium of the farmer boys of the south. The lads wvere enlisted in this country wklo "demonstration work" and 46,000 of them have lately been giving their fa thers object lessens right at home. WVhat is more, many of the fathor-s have taken the lessons to heart and after- seeing with their own eyes what phenomenal yields can be madle if corn be cul tivated as the "book chaps" at the agricultural department prescribe they have beconme converts to the new ideas and have announced that hence forth they wvill cultivate corn thle way their sons have been doing these0 past few months. It will mean only a fraction mor-e time and work and it means production doubled or trebled or Quad-. rupled. Of course the government gave instructions to these lads as to how to till the soil in the most advantageous manner, but the enthusiasm which resulted in corn harvests that hlave made tile whole world sit up and take notice was inspir-ed by competitive contests for the winners in which all sorts of prizes were offered-towvnship prizes, village prizes, county prizes, state prizes, and goodness knows what, all in the way of trophies culminating in each state in a "gr'and prize" in the form of a sightseeing trip to WVashington, all expenses paid, for one boy. Of course, thle gov ernment did not otfer these prizes. Uncle Sam has no money available for such purposes, but the department of agriculture engineered the whole scheme and got the public-spirited citizens of more than a dozen states so interested thlat they put up the prizes mentioned. Individuals such as bankers and merchlants and organiza tiohs 'ouch as boards of trade, county superin f endel s of education, chambers of commerce, 4tc., c ntributed to the list of prizes which in the grand total footed up to more than $40,000 . This whole movement, alike to other similar educational crusades,'has been under the direc tion of the division of farmers' co-operative dem onstration work of the. department of agriculture* 4i~ the field officers of this instithition have ~rotght about 'ystematio effort on .the part of the 1o'thf ul corn kroweres by organizing what m's cfantipi C!orn Urowe AmDON lAWCffT are known a cor ypff/cgy j- cubs Th e a NONO/(R O Nult grat nmbes o .37'lPPNPNM' ownshi club al #7 40/JMM oe te an --h townshpbein the stanard nit f oraniatio-andther ar cont clb. naot60difrn onis CircuOM'Lar ofz Visrctoprprd yD. .A Knapp the overnent epertwho i theSo omno hsmoeet r peae n sentseveal imesdurng te yer t eac in diviual oy ho i enrlle in his ork Sed elcio ad h peprain f h sil ar tae pfrti heecusso n strutio by ail(suplemntedby he avic of the field workers. ofth epr.et'h attntin t the~: antrcton owhi scorn plowe theiacrefromeigh thixee arce dee adtoroughly ouver ther lad-tes Ive moe caefu advcetsogvnh' bing the thnard nitsuj of ernizationand onee re )sony bs an ots 60adifhaeent countirs. gorcufaroftnsbetrcton rparedhan ther. SA.r hapve thee gblent pertc who als ther Sox omoineb of thmoement, tare peparedungdr dvinone oy h co nrolled i ths w ogeork nS-fnged slion and he renanoton wolling soul eae tateru fis gene nouses of nr strucionaysh, (hsouppetc.a y agiuthea aice and the efield orkervs, ofodh mdebarnyardwh are woetinanlofcomvting abou tompring yweld wn the biggtrie paidn-gry cmpeul aetion o the instutsystemtis n bscoress loed taneir With frmsegh okey sixterestede deep adthoroghlyc putherie teroseedk hawks there ismo caeuh opprtice for gienteptbos on thevy ind, bu ctf addiiztion toti nuance oe rea sncwy o mahodofandeselds the eatrthen fs gofgoutren better orn opces thn thei faersal therie backdo themiil isnvhatithe yusr haveione reoft jth contep feoldoies orh nitfaedies end have been notobnly inth benmerto mate an towneoraltta knowledgeo ito sh, oWash phosphonrusetcn.populagiturainth lastdceneue. Bect ofdltovthcredit oflth bary Thle whle supain o coang andcore.in indsingu thisonr-iecorn-rofwheyong copti tiones donedi awadin moth prysteat ad bufiess like maner.meth fwcars ofkee intocnieresteon oyse tching thahe oter's crops ike heawklss Indeed ino muchn opprtuit ther areceondof aykbtin addition to yed ths inranse the pb-s ityer of metornrs and ed the deritent soy agrctre hrppae itbynofcei the fhoried all Nt wlte boanhoo theil inbigates any sus pierosal reonrtutate yiPesdentrkersin the United HSat censhavegton probin th thre enum ae it cnieration in angtwiving ha eee o show anse undeiese inortopuatongc thediomsf lst ensu. tad to thebycrcledi hom ath boyh chmncorn growers everyt nnsne ofthmhave falenoder suicin then any scrde. tthi renpeciakin cupnthe farecoro ther younghborn cowldsean wardin thew pries hat ae offerm ,tlihedb overnew methodaoftakeinth cosierain ofn coo utivtion disriutio other fcor.t pIded ion gowing awas there a reosdetted yNtal the bos who wond the many przs and0 wer personlly ongrataed sblPedt aft inmth AIME~l ///WMMFK. ~ s" ' yy tose rz.aareVO Nld woar oitn th a oicesdaeae fcr rdc toase iere thiotenleh-enur wore groningr therary t ingoeverocags ohaver appleod tionnookeepn southds inital toebuina partiof thsolustion nd the eated costs of g.dudc oticame faept casnfaer tatua cthshoig Theo ielmddrn thistetet-etr corn gron are spunrtdsm of nopatical significante.aO the n traylef ovrernmewhofil have e apied modve ae bookeepin m32od to buhe busiones ser ofr the proposition aontri the rtdl osst. prouc ton .Mnssesscppptcountyf48rboytuaerageds. Tuhe yield ae drngn Soth pastlinascontby age boysproduced to70 bushels of corn per acr acres. In another county in that same state 142 boys averaged 62 bushels per acre. One lad made $1,000 from a single acre of corn. Jerry Moore of Winona, S. C., the champion corn gr-ower of the world, got the amazing yield of 228 bushels to the acre. Steve Henry of Louisi ana carried off the highest honors for economical farming, producinig on his acre nearly 140 bushels at a cost of only 13 cents per bushel. Joe Stone of Georgia, youngest and smallest of the national prize winners, is only eleven years of age, but he produced 102 bushels to the acre at a cost of 29 cents per bushel. Next season the scope of the corn-growing competition is to be greatly extended and the government may also strive to get the country girls of the United States into a similar competition, only, of course, it will not be corn growing but vegetable gardening with canning and preserving as a "side line." Those Church Suppers! Church sales, dinners, teas and the like are not only means for promoting social enjoyment and incidentally of replenishing the treasuries of the organizations which provide them. These -functions serve a real and valuable ecpnomio purpose, as is indicated by the lady whom Edna K. Wooley Quotes in the Toledo Blade. This lady, weary of the work of providing three meals a day for her family, consisting of herself, her husband and her daughter, finds a new joy in living at this time of year, and explains why: "Last night we' went to a roast beef dinner. To night we are going to a Methodist progressive supper. My husband hates those progressive suppers, because we start with soup at the church, you know, then go to some house for the meat course and finish up at some other house for the dessert. He says when he sits down to a meal lie likes to finish the job on the spot, in stead of getting up every little while, putting on his hat and coat and galloping Out into the cold and cruel world to resume his eats at some other stand. But I think it's fun. It's a blessed change. Tomorrow night we go -to a Presbyterian church supper. That's only 25 cents, too, and I don't see how they do it for the money. The next one after that is an Episcopal turkey supper, and the next is also a turkey supper at the Unitarian church. Then come the Disciple and Congrega tion charc suppers, and by that time you'll see my cheek~ sticking out with rich living. What would we joor home cdoks do if it wasn't for the church suppers? They give us a rest from the eternal rgutinle of planning and. cooking the daily meals, Nobody that hasn't tried that three-meal. a-day business knows what a grind it gets to be. I don't believe there's a man on earth woul4 stand for it. OATS-259 Bu. Per Acre. 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