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Corn cluhs for farm boys 
started by the government 
have stimulated good culti¬ 
vation and produced larger 
crops because the men com¬ 
pete with the boys. Sherman 
Hall (above) raised 107.33 
bushels of corn on an acre 
in Arkansas ivhere the aver¬ 
age crop is only 20 bushels 
Good crops depend funda¬ 
mentally on good seed. One 
of the best things the gov¬ 
ernment has accomplished is 
raising the standard of corn. 
Compare American varieties 
loith South American 
The one-man tractor which 
has recently come on the 
market will help solve plow¬ 
ing and cultivation on the 
small farm. The farmer 
merely guides the machine 
doivn the furrow 
Bad roads have 
been a serious de¬ 
terrent to farm 
success and the 
marketing of 
crop s. The tivo 
views, to right 
and below, shoio a 
stretch of Ten- 
tiesee road before 
and after im¬ 
provements. It is 
in the South, in¬ 
cidentally, that 
the greatest 
strides have been 
made along these 
lines 
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