The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 04, 1918, Page 7, Image 7
511 CORN CLIIB BOYS
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY BOY WINNER
OF FIRST PRIZE.
Clubs in 36 Counties.?Boys Re^
porting Showed Average Production
of 53 Bushels.
Columbia, March 30.?The boys
belonging to the various corn clubs
of the State averaged fifty-three
bushels of corn to the acre at a cost
40.7 cents per bushel last year, according
to the annual report of L. L.
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W agent of boys' club work in South
Carolina, given to the press today.
Approximately nineteen and one>
half bushels of corn to the acre is
the average yield for South Carolina,
said Mr. Baker today. There were
1,056 farmer boys in South Caro*
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lina enrolled in the corn clubs, and
of these 501 made reports, said Mr.
Baker. They produced a total of
26,813.21 bushels of corn, at a cost :
Yx of $10,936.93.
Bryan Willingham, of Winnsboro,
Fairfield county, won first prize in
- the boys' competitive corn club contest
for 1917; James W. Draffin, of
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Leslie, York county, second and
' * Hallum Smith, of Smoak, Colleton
county third.
Young Willingham produced 157
8-10 bushels of corn on one acre at
- a cost of 17 6-l'0 cents per bushel.
Kte was awarded a gold medal, donated
by Congressman A. F. Lever,
and a six-shovel pivot axle-riding
cultivator, valued at $70, donated by
a great farming implement distribating
company.
v ?The Draffin youth produced 119
1-2 bushels of corn to the acre at a
cost of 25 1-2 cents per bushel. He
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was awarded a 14 carat, zi-jewei
^ watch by a seed company of Charles[
ton.
Hallum Smith produced 106 bujv:
shels to an acre at a cost of 35 6-10
cents per acre. He was awarded a $25
check, donated by an Atlanta seed
company. <
V 7, , The following is Mr. Baker's letter
u% . transmitting his 1917 report to Prof.
W. W. l?ong, director' of extension
work in South Carolina:
; j"I beg leave to submit herewith
my aimual report on boys' corn club
work ih South Carolina for the year
1917. It shows that clubs were organized
in thirty-six of the forty-five
counties of the State. We failed to
secure organizations in Abbeville,
? Berkeley, Beaufort, Edgefield,
Georgetown, Calhoun, Greenville,
Kershaw and Laurens" for the
reason that the nrst six coun?:vr.
^ ties were without agents, and
' V r in the latter three we failed
tp secure the cooperation of the
v V county agents.
'*In the thirty-six counties organ;
^ ized we secured an enrollment of
1,056 boys. Reports were received
v from 32 of the 36 counties organized.
Counties failing to report were Bamberg,
Hampton, Lancaster, and
H Oconee. Five hundred and one
* beye completed reports in these
thirty-twp counties these being 47
percent, of the total enrollment. The
< 501 boys reporting produced 26,813.26
bushels of corn at a -total cost of
$10,936.95, thus averaging fifty-three
bushels per acre, at an average cost
of 40.7 cents per bushel.
* "Putting corn at $2 per bushel,
which is a conservative price,' the
net wealth added to the State as a
result of the boys' corn club work is
$42,689.47."
HUN CASUALTIES 300,000.
Over 100 Divisions in Battle, Ten
w k Twice Engaged.
Washington, April 1.?A French
official estimate of the German losses
\ in the great battle on the western
" iKain total PQSltaltioa ftt
'/ ltuuk puw U1C11 hVkUi ? between
275,000 and 300,000 men.
The Germans are sending most of
their wounded to Belgium, it is declared,
to conceal from the German
x people theitf heavy sacrifices.
- It has been possible to identify,
the dispatch says, nearly one hun>
dred German divisions, more than
ten of which were twice engaged.
1 Some of the divisions, it is declared,
had to be relieved at the end of the
4 first day after losing more than half
. their men.
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Farmers Borrow Over $50,000,00.
During the month of January $11,787,517
were paid out to farmers of
the United States by the Federal land
banks on long-time first-mortgage
loans, according to a statement by the
Federal Farm Loan Board.
On February 1 the'total amount of
money paid out to the farmers since
* the establishment of the Federal land
banks was $50,782,432. cov ring 24,
\ 020
loans closed. The total amount
of loans applied for up to February 1
was $ 260,556,981, representing 112,146
applications.
It takes no great character in ourselves
to pick flaws in the noblest
characters in the community.
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FOCH SUPREME COMMANDER.
Great French Strategist Appointed
Generalissimo on Western FrontWashington,
March 29.?Official
information has reached Washington
that Gen. Foch, the French chief of
staff, has been appointed to supreme
command of all the Allied and American
forces in France.
This means unification of all the
armies opposing the Germans, a step
which the American and French milio
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telly Liica lung, ua?c u>5tu ? ?
apparently has been, brought about
by recognition of the imperative demand
for concentrated effort to hurl
back the gigantic thrust of the enemy
in France.
President Knew It.
It was learned tonight that the
President had been officially advised
of the action when he sent a cablegram
to Gen. Foch today congratulating
him "on his new authority."
There was no explanation at the
White House of wrhat the President
meant, and it is understood that there
will be no official comment here until
after an announcement comes from
France.
First Hint From Pershing.
The first hint of the historic development
came in press cable dispatches
telling how Gen. Pershing
had placed the American expeditionary
forces at the disposal of the
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i*rencn commanaer. iuis was cuufirmed
tonight in a message from
Gen. Pershing to the War Department.
There was no mention in the
Pershing dispatch of the new role
given Gen. Foch and War Department
official announcement. Some
still weye inclined to believe that the
French general had been placed in
command only of the army maneouver,
the reserve force composed of
contingents from all the Allied armies
created after the formation of
the supreme war council.
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