THE DEMONSTRATION WORK 



years. Very few people realized, previous to that time, that it 

 was possible to grow more than 200 bushels of corn on an acre. 

 In fact, it had been done only a few times in the history of 

 agriculture. Capt. Z. J. Drake, of Marlboro County, S. C, 

 had produced 254 bu. 3 pks. on an acre in 1889, and had won 

 a $1,000 prize. His cost of production was large, how- 

 ever, and the club boys had to limit their expenditures. The 

 following list of boys making the four highest yields and the 

 best records in each state for the first few years of the Corn 

 Club Work in the South are worthy of permanent record : 



"Alabama — Walker Lee Dunson, Alexander City, Yield 232.7 

 cost $.199 per bu. Ewell Hickman, Troy, Yield 225.25, cost $.219. 

 Eber A. Kimbrough, Alexander City, Yield 224.75, cost $.198. 

 Junius Hill, Atalla, Yield 212.5, cost $.086. 



Arkansas — Willie P. Brown, Hamburg, Yield 172.32, cost 

 $.142. Edwin Moore, Hot Springs, Yield 155.25, cost $.165. Joe 

 Reed, Johnson, Yield 142, cost $.18. Dillard Wyatt, Rosie, Yield 

 131.14, cost $.32. 



Florida — J. R. McVicker, Baker, Yield 191.1, cost $.187. Mal- 

 colm Miller, Baker, Yield 170.2, cost $.193. Richard Miller, Baker, 

 Yield 129.28, cost $.26. Gurney Crews, Lake Butler, Yield 124.87, 

 cost $.39. 



Georgia — Ben Leath, Kensington, Yield 214.71, cost $.142. 

 Ernest J. Wellburn, Madison, Yield 181.72, cost $.30. Bethel Ed- 

 wards, Avalon, Yield 186.67, cost $.25. Byron Bolton, Zeigler, 

 Yield 117, cost $.135. 



Kentucky — Roy Steele, Crestwood, Yield 155.83, cost $.145. 

 Edward G. Gallrein, Valley Station, Yield 144, cost $.14. W. 

 Arthur Cook, Owensboro, Yield 131.5, cost $.12. Theodora Cum- 

 mins, Butler, Yield 138, cost $.137. 



Louisiana — John H. Henry, Jr., Melrose, Yield 150.75, Cost 

 $.163. L. Z. Wardlaw, Red Oak, Yield 148.6, cost $.16. John M. 

 Cobb, Vowells' Mills, Yield 131.5, cost $.15. Edward Grimes, Pride, 

 Yield 127.7, cost $.17. 



Maryland — Thomas Bonwill, Still Pond, Yield 118.4, cost $.20. 

 J. Earl Smith, Chestertown, Yield 110.5, cost $.15. Walter Gamer, 



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