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THE STATE CORN CONTEST. To Be Conducted By A State Com mission. There Will Be A Con test of Farmers and a Spe cial Contest For School Children. Columbia, March 29.-Commis sioner Watson returned last. night from Clenson college, where on Wed nesday a meeting of the state corn eontest commission, created by the legislature, was held. The other mem bers are Dr. Mll and- Prof.- Harper; of.Clemson. Practically all of the de tails of the contest were arranged by the commission, and- judging- from thea inquiries. already. received there will be;- a large. number of - entrie&. All of, thecommissioners believe that this contest will result in great good to. thefermers. of the state and. stimu late the growing of. cereals. It was determined:to have all. correspondence go, through the. departmental office at Columbia,. and;.Commissioner Watson is,.to, receive the entries, and. the pro ducts when they are ready. The com mission determined to adopt the bene fieial plan,used:in Illinois, and sonV of. the. other. leading state, of provid ing for g,sehool children's corn con test.i eonnection with. the main con test, and Commissioner Watson will at onee furnish a sapply of. circulars, etc., rolating to- this to. the county snpintendents, .of. edncation. After considering the matter of the -Southv, Coarolina- contest,_ and this state?s participation in the national contest in all its. phases, the commis sion issued. the following: . To the fgrmers of. South Carolina: The-, largest. crop of corn ever pro duce4.n oan acre of land- wa& grown by .Capt. Z. J, Drake, of Marlboro epnty. S. C. In, this. great contest, w,hiehfwas conducted by -the American Agriculturalist several years ago, Capt. Drake produced on a single acre 255 bushels of shelled corn. This mar velous yield surprised farmers of the great- corn belt,. and for many years they have been trying to break this record. It is doubtful if the world record of Capt. Drake will ever be broken. No single event in the his tory of agriculture, has called forth xiore favorable comment to the agri cultural possibilities of the south than the crop of corn grown by Capt. Drake. He not only won the grand prize offered by the American Agri culturist, but he also won the $500 given by the State of South Carolina, as well as many minor prizes. Another cereal contest of a much wider range is now being conducted by the Orange-Judd company, pub lishers of the Amerid~an Agricultural ist, in which they offer $5,000 to be distributed in prizes. This contest is national in scope, and thousands of farmers from all parts of the country have already made application for en try. Hundreds of prizes from various individuals have been offered, and farmers have an opportunity of win ning one or more of prizes in this con test. The Objects of the Contest are as follows: 1. To encourage proper selection of seed and better grade of soil. 2. To center attention upon va rieties that are superior for .each section, and to introduce seed of such varieties that are pure 'and true to name, and to prove that when such varieties are grown under normal conditions it is not necessary to so frequently change seed. 3. To encourage better methods of culture and harvesting, so as to large ly increase average yields per acre and improve quality. 4. To show that such results can be had at less expense of time, mon ey and labor when increase in yield is considered. 5. To prove methods of marketing and conversion of ei-op~ into largest possible cash returns. 6. To increase grain - growers' profits on each acre each year. . 7. To promote the keeping of in telligent records and the use of busi ness principles in farming, besides fostering the farmers' prosperity and the welfare of the whole people. Nature of the Contest. There wvill be three general classes, including corn, wheat and oats. For this year South Carolina farmers are requested to enter the corn contest and lay their plans to enter both wheat and ebrn in 1907. The contest will cover a period of five years, be ginning this season. Each year's work will be complete in itself. The contestant must begin this season, but is not required to compete at each year unless he so desires. The re wards will be made final each season. The first year each grower will be required to grow at least one acre of the crop of whatever kind he selects. For this season corn is the one select ed for South Carolina. The same in dividual may compete for each class of grain grown, but for only one vari ety in each class. For South Carilina, Marlboro Pro lific and Coke's Prolific,. Mosby's Prolific corn, seem to be well adapt ed for this contest. Any other vari ety can be selected- for the contest. The farmer. may select any one acre frm, the: crop he.has planted and en te. it in this contest. Eaih contest a3t en follow hii; own jJidktment in ha- siection-of soil Jmodof- culture, 'harvesting and: nare.ing. All par ticulars relative- to. grotli,. tillage,. etc., will be recorded in the Contest ant's Manual, which also contains in valuable data about cereals. as well. as records for reports, etc. This manual is sold to contestants at ae tual. cost of printing, binding. and mailing for 50 cents, or is given free to. subseribers of the American Agri culturalist who remit $1.00 for a year's subscription. . Any one may compete in this contest whether they are subscribers to the American Agri culturalist or not, but the manual is really. a necessity for keeping their records of the acre entered in the con test.. Rules, of the Contest. Any, farmer may compete in this contest and. there are no fees or dues. Each contestant is to furnish one saple: bushel of corn, from the acre grown the first year, which -is to be jidged. and: then sold. for the benefit of prizes, for the. succeeding years. Each .farmer. is also to furnish a- pint of sample seed for chemical analysis. The details as to the.place-where this corn is to be sent willbe..given.later. Each contestant is- to furnish full reports which are;to- be recorded in the Contestants' Manual, so that his work and results may be judged ac cordini to the following scale of points: L Purity: and selection of seed 10 points. 2. Methods of culture 25 points. 3. Records -Of manual, including clearness, completeness, accuracy, etc., 15 points.. 4. Yield 25 points. 5. Quality, including market grade, sale ability, feeding value, 10 points. 6. Profis resulting .from the en tire acre 15 points, makipg a total of 100 points How to Enter-the Contest. Any. farmer. in South .Carolina can compete for' the South Carolina state prize, as well as for the grand prize. To enter the contest simply write to E. J. Watson, commissioner of agri culture, commerce and immigration, Columbia, S. C., the following: "Dear Sir: I wish 'to enter the great cereal contest of the American growers' profits, and compete with an, acre of corn for the prize offered by the state of South Carolina and any other prizes that this entry will enti tle me to. I enclose -$1.00 for the American Agriculturalist and a copy of the Contestants' Manual for keep ing the records of the acre entered in this contest.'' (If the contestant is not already a subscriber and does not want to become a subscriber to the American Agriculturalist he should enclose only 50 cents, for the C'ntestants' Manual. -This will be forwarded at once.) Give your name, postoffie s and county. As there is no time to lose, farmers shoidd take hold of this at once, as there is a great opportunity of some one winning this great cash prize, as well as many smaller prizes for a single acre of corn this season. Cash Prizes for South Carolina rar mers. At its last session the South Caro lina legislature appropriated $500 to be awarded in prizes to the farmers of South Carolina who enter the nation al cereal contest inaugurated by the Orange-Judd company, of New York, publishers of the American Agricul turalist. This money is to be awarded as a supplement to the grand prizes off ered, the Orange-Judd company heading thel ist with $5,000 cash. The awarding of the state prizes is un der the direction and control of Comn misioner of Agriculture, Commerce and Immigration E. J. Watson, of Columbia: Dr. P. H. Mell, president of Clemson college, and Prof. J. N. Harper, head of the department of agriculture at Clemson college. If a South Carolina farmer cap tures the Orange-Judd grand prize of $500, as did Capt. Drake in the form er contest, S200 in addition is to be awarded out of the State appropria tion to the successful contestant, mak ing a grand cash prize for one acre of $700. In case the grand prize is not won by a South Carolina farmer the $200 from the state appropriation is to be awarded in special prizes as follows: One $100 prize and two -$50 prizes for the successful contestants. In addition to the above for the best work of any competitor in South Carolina . on an acre of corn; First prize, $50, second prize, $20; and1 three prizes of $10 each-miaking a total of $100. 1 ror the School Children. The remaining $200 shall be devot- I ed to encouraging the work of school children in the state of South Caro lina in selecting, testing and growing corn under the auspices of the Young Folks' Grain club, organized by the American Agriculturailist, informa tion and circulars concerning which wil be sent to the county superin tevdOnts. of education by Commis sioner Watson. These prizes will ,be as follows: First prize, $25; second prize, $15; third prize, $10; ten prizes of $5 each; twenty prizes of $5 each, and sixty prizes of $1 each. The de tail& of. awarding these prizes will be given later. County and local school superinten dents are. asked to interest themselves in the matter and organize clubs promptly. E. J.. Watson, P. H. Mell, J. N. Harper, State Corn Contest Commission. Drinking Milk. Some complain that they- cannot drink milk without being "distressed by it." The most common reason why milk is not well borne is due to the fact that people drink it too quickly. If a glass of it is swallowed hastily it enters into the stomach and then forms in one solid curdled mass difficult of digestion. If, on the other hand, the same quantity is sipped and three minutes at. least are occupied in drinking it, then on reaching the st9n.;h. it is so divided that when coagnlated, as it must be by. the gas tric juice while digestion is going on, instead. of being in one hard, condens ed mass,. upon the outside of which only the digestive fluids can act, it is more in the form of a sponge, and in and. out of the entire bulk the gastric juice. can play freely and perform its function. COSTLY DROP CURTAIN. The One Meissonier Didn't Paint for a French Theatre. The enterprising manager of a the ater called upon the famous French artist Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier, on one occasion, says Mr. Robert Kempt in Pencil and Palette, and ask ed, him to paint a drop scene for a certain theatre and name his own terms. ''You have seen my pictures, then?'' asked Meissonier. ''Oh, yes,'' exclaimed the manager, ''but it is your name :[ want ! It will draw crowds to my theatre.'' ''And how large do you wish th.is curtain to be?'' inquired the artist. ''Ah, well, we will say 15 or 18 me ters!" Meissonier took up a pencil and proceeded to make a calculation. At last he looked up and said with im perturbable gravity: ''I have calculated and find that my pictures are valued at 80,000 francs per meter. Your curtain, t.here fore, will cost you just 21,600,000 francs. But that is not all.' It takes me twelve months to paint twenty ave centimeters of canvass. It will t;herefore take me just 190 years to anish your curtain. You should have come to me earlier, 'monsieur. I am too old for the undertaking now. Good morning.'' CONQUESTS OF SILENCE. Men Whose Greatness Was Not Measured by Their Speeches.. Washington never made a speech. [n the zenith of his fame he once at tempted it, failed and gave it up,. confused and abashed. In framing the constitution of the United States the labor was almost wholly perform ed in committee of the whole, of which George Washington was day after day chairman, and he made but two speeches during the convention, of a viery few words each. The con vention, however, acknowledged the master spirit, and historians affirm that had it not been for his personal popularity and the thirty words of his speech, pronouncing it the best that could be united upon, the consti tution would have been rejected by the people. Thomas Jefferson never made a speech. He couldn't do it. Napoleon, whose executive ability is almost without parallel, said that his difficulty was in finding men of deeds rather than words. When ask ed how he maintained his influence over his superiors in age and experi ence when commander in chief of an army in Italy he said, ''By reserve.'' The greatness of a man is not 1peas aired by the length of his speeches and their number. A boy always has a good time try no not. to do the things his father :ells him to do. If there is a bumper wheat crop in ;he country the average man tries to nake out that his brains had some hing to do with it. LIQUID LITIGATION. The Trial By Ordeal That Finds A Place In Perak. New York Herald. In Perak lawyers find no business, for; a. modified form of trial, by, or deal, d6idesall disputes In place of the legal practitioner the,pleader is a native boy who is assigned- to. one or the other of the sides and is, given a bamboo tube in which is sealed the pleading.of the person or party whom he represents. When all is ready two stakes are driven into the bed of a stream, and by aid of a bamboo pole the heads of the two boys are submerged at the same time. By grasping the stakes they are en abled to remain under water for quite awhile after their natural inclination would bring them to the surface, but at last one of them gives in, and re leasing his hold of the stake, comes to the air. He is immediately seized, and the tube he holds is cast aside. The oth er lad is led ashore, his tube opened, and the document contained therein stands as the decision in the case. Don't abuse your rival. Behave better than he does. Everyone has an excuse for drink ing. None of them is good. How many people are you "com fortable" with? Not very many probably. NEW STORE. I am now opening up a nice stock ot goods in the store room formerly occupied by E. M. Evans & Co., on Main St., opposite the court house. Am asking now the pub'ic general ly come in and inspect my stock before making their pur chases. My stock consists of Dry Goods, Groceries, etc. Call in to see, Will be delighted to make you close prices on every thing-and satisfaction guaran teed. Yours for business, W. R. REID. Prepared to furnish every thingi n the way of supplies.4 Brick! Brick!U For Sale by C.H. CANNON. JGUARAN. 5 BANK DEPOSIT 1 9 R. R. Fare Paid. Notes TakenJ 500 FREEBCOURSES Boardat Cost. 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