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the man reporting the largest yield, but rather the man who can 

 grow his com at the lowest possible cost per bushel who is entitled 

 to prizes in this class. 



The Boys' Acre Yield Contest brought out some splendid re- 

 ports and there is no question but that this contest is soon to be 

 one of the foremost, if not the leading feature of the annual 

 show. The winner in the Boys' Contest reported a yield of 105 

 bushels and 30 pounds, five bushels and 25 pounds more than the 

 winner of the Men's Acre Yield Contest reported. The plan of the 

 Association is to aid in the organization of local corn-growing con- 

 tests for boys in every county of Missouri. In the fall the boys 

 can show at their local shows and the leading samples there will 

 then be shown at the State Corn. Show. 



The Association at the present time aids its members In 

 every way in disposing of the pure seeds which they produce, and 

 also endeavors to hold in check all unreliable seedsmen. The Asso- 

 ciation cooperates with the Department of Agronomy of the Uni- 

 versity of Missouri in conducting variety tests of the various farm 

 crops to determine what varieties are best suited to the different 

 sections of the State. In this way, poor varieties are being elim- 

 inated and the worthy on,es disseminated more widely. 



The executive committee is planning many new features which 

 will be beneficial to the farmers of Missouri. The work of the 

 Corn Growers' Association is purely educational. It is striving to 

 improve the farm crops of Missouri and it invites the hearty co- 

 operation of all person,s interested in this great work. 



HOW I GREW MY PRIZE ACRE OF CORN. 



(Glen Caldwell, Milan, Mo.) 



Below is given a report of Glen Caldwell of Milan, Missouri, 

 who won first place in North Missouri in the Boys' Acre Yield 

 Contest for 1912 with a yield of 105 bushels and 30 pounds: 



"In the spring of 1911 I sent to Columbia for a gallon of pure 

 Boone County White seed corn. I grew this corn in a patch to 

 itself where it could not mix with other corn, and in, the fall when 

 the corn began to get hard, papa and I went through the field and 

 gathered the best ears from the best stalks we could find. We 

 hung these ears up in a shed and in February, 1912, tested them 

 for germination,, using a box that would fit under the cook stove. 

 I put a layer of sawdust in the bottom of the box, covered this 



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