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Illinois. The average yield of Corn Club mem- 

 bers from Illinois was 79 bushels per acre, but • 

 eighty- six members made over 100 bushels an acre. 

 There were more than 5,000 members in that state 

 alone and $2,000 was given out as premiums to the 

 high score boys. 



Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. Indiana, with 3,000 

 members, grew an average of 78 bushels per acre. 

 It is said that the work of the club members in 

 Kentucky contributed $10,000,000 to the wealth of 

 that state. One boy in West Virginia grew 140 

 bushels, while four others raised 120 bushels or 

 more. Ohio members who reported averaged 94% 

 bushels per acre. 



Father and Son Clubs. In Kentucky there are 

 many Father and Son Clubs in which the father 

 raises ten acres of corn alongside the son's one acre, 

 and both follow the same careful instructions in 

 selecting seed, planting, and cultivating. The cham- 

 pion father and son of that state one year were 

 Herman Gallrein and his son, Edward G. Gallrein, 

 aged fourteen. The son raised 146 bushels and 36 

 pounds of white ,corn on his acre and his clear profit 

 was $67.32. The father grew ten acr,es of the same 

 kind of corn on land adjoining the boy^s one acre; 

 and his average per acre was 139 bushels and 45 

 pounds, which brought a net profit of $69.91 per 

 acrCo Both cultivated their crops eight times, the 

 first being a rather deep cultivation, while the seven 

 others were shallow. 



