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4 *The Southern Corn Show.AM ^ou^ern Corn Show to heUlw held under the auspices of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce on December 5, 6, 7, and 8, is'attractingattention. The larger part of the►money offered in premiums is ‘ forrthe bp^s’ corn clubs. On Wednes-Iday, December 6, there will be a great parade of corn clubs, and It. is expected that there will be 1,0ft*' corn club boys in line. The OepuvlieaThe3JKl-eralsoiling4in«AttoiIi.ViRaSoace-j town Standard is' urging #V erithngoo°£i«tTwi]th(torinto5p(wiij county icorn club? t - af No boy can enter m ..a l.er ears of corn.. Number* of the Rothion-!corn clubs’ boys raised over 10)* - #bushels per acre.i ■The Winder News is also- Insfst-ing that the boys’ club of Jackson’1 4 \and, -adjacent counties attend the bigqorn shbw and contest for theKff •’* -r.y prizes.\d The Tri-County Fair, recent!?* 4 » 1 /held ati Barnesville resulted in; ‘ ) much-good. In the boys’ corn con-j * . , . 1 \ \ * ; ytest under direction of, Mr. V. L1 ■ • . • - * ; * - 1Collier 'the’first prize* was won byAndrew Richardson, of Thomaston,: * r ' • ‘107 bushels on one acre; second byvviHard Green, of The Rock, 041 « • *1 - 1 *bushels.;Nothing can be more educativef ’ * * ‘ 'to the farmer boys. Much of our education comes through the eye.' i ' - « 1Go, and see, and learn.The Georgia State College of Ac:* lt;1 . . *riculture, under auspices of Dr! Soule, Will make exhibits at the1 • * .Atlanta i Corn Show.Next (year prizes will be offered also for wheat—the most wheat■ raised oin one acre. Several y^aroj ago,’ The Telegraph, hoping^ to encourage ; wheat raising, inaugurated wheat contests and offered . prizes.The result was most gratifying, giving a renewed interest to wheatgrowing.; 'The. time has come to encourage j food production—the production be-Jug far 'short of the consumption. Hence The Telegraph . encourage?1 * t * i ‘ . ' ‘'these boys’ clubs. The boys havel^' already demonstrated what Georgia soil^will do under improved methods.—Maicoh .Tdlisfgraph.fbyAc2ni9 -peiinsnaiprchoi♦onTh^alof■a iii re1j(useSoitniihig1 1 'ihnlegidenaffc *f .traioncom* * i i. t ■ i « i 1 • ] '! ' » iXeDl
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Thomasville Weekly Times Enterprise
Thomasville, Georgia, US
Fri, Dec 01, 1911
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