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JPhoto by Henry Miller News Picture Service, Inc.
William Patton Boland, of Newberry, 8. C., winner of the Southern Rail*
way Corn Cup In 1926, photographed with President Coolidge and the cup
at the White House.
SOUTHERN’S CORN CUP
. OFFERED TO GROWERS
•ftODUCERS OF BE8T TEN EARS
WILL WIN THIS HAND
SOME TROPHY.
CONDITIONS OF THE AWARD
To Compete for Southern’s Cup, Corr
\ Must Have Won at Fair.
Atlanta, Ga.—Tb encourage the
growing of more and better corn it
the territory it serves, the Southerr
Railway System has offered a hand
iome silver cup, to be competed fot
annually. The cup will be awardee
tor the best ten ears of any variet>
of field corn grown and exhibited, bj
a farmer in Alabama* Georgia, Ken
tucky, Mississippi, North Carolina
South Carolina, or Virginia.
Competition will be open to a!’,
growers in the stales named, but the
corn must first have been exhibited
by the grower at one of the desig
nated fairs in his state. The desig
nated fairs at which exhibitors may
qualify to compete for the Southern'*
cup are as follows:
Virginia State Fair, Richmond. Va.;
Central Fair, Greensboro, N. C.; South
Carolina State Fair, Columbia, S. C-;
Tennessee State Fair, Nashville
Tenn.; Tri-State Fair, Memphis
Tenn.; Chattanooga Interstate Fair
Chattanooga, Tenn.; East Tennessee
Division Fair. Knoxyille, Tenn.; Ken
tucky State Fair. Louisville, Ky.:
Southeastern Fair, Atlanta, Ga.; Geor
gia State Exposition, Macon, Ga.;
-Georgia State Fair, Savannah, Ga.;
'Chattahoochee Valley Exposition!' Qo
lugbus^ Ga.j ^labama State Fair, Bir
minghain, Ala.] State Fair of Ala
bama, Montgomery, Ala.; Mississippi -
AJabama Fair, Meridian, Miss.; Mis
sissippi State Fair, Jackson. Miss. ;
South Mississippi Fair. Laurel, Miss.
The officials of each fair desig
soted will be asked to forward the
-ten-ear exhibit adjudged to be the
best entering competition at that fail
In a sealed package to the General
Agflcultural Agent. Southern Railway
System, Atlanta. Georgia, together
with a letter certifying the name and
poetoffice address of the grower and
•exhibitor of the corn and the county
In which It was grown. In cases in
which the corn judging rules of the
•taJr shall require the shelling of one
or more ears of an exhibit, the shelled
corn and the cobs from which it was
shelled shall be forwarded with the
tinshelled ears. All expense of packing
trad forwarding exhibits from each
’fair will be borne by Southern Rail
way System.
As soon as the exhibits have been
^received from all of the fairs desig
nated, the awarding of the cup for
that year wiU be niade by three im
partial Judges. The names of the
judges, together with date of the
judging, '"ill be announced in ad
▼ance. - • *• • ~
Any competittor whose corn shall
he forwarded to Atlanta from his fair
can have his corn returned to him
after the final judging by notifying
the General Agricultural Agent.
Southern Railway System. Atlanta.
CSeorgia. at least five days before the
jedging.
The following schedule of points
r.nall govern judging for the award
South rn Railway Cup:
Print*
*3) L’rifoymitv of**exhibit. 1.1
# J:> Sir pe of ea -s. taking in
effpiiJdr ia«ion the variety 10
5 eng?I; op tars., taking in
ctvrlde-ation he variety . 10
Rlrttfi • » rvree. taking in
vj^v. ■ j ttr> hundred per -_-cut
the variety., il1
(6) Tips of cats- 6
(6) Butts of ears...— 6
(7) Kernel uniformity._ 6
(8) Kernel shape. 6
(9) Color of corn and cob_ S
(10) Trueness to type of vari
ety represented _ 16
(11) Per cent of grain. 15
The name of the winner of the cup,
with his county, state and year of
winning, will be engraved on a sil
ver plate to be attached to the base
of the cup. Title to Southern Rail
way Corn Cup will remain permanent
ly with Southern Railway Company.
Possession of the cup will remain with
the prize winner pending its award
to the prize winner in the next fol-,
lowing contest.
PROFIT IN SHEEP
RAISING IN SOUTH
GOOD PRICES CAN ALWAYS BE
HAD FOR EARLY SPRING
LAMBS.
By G. W. Humphrey, Agricultural
Agent, Southern Railway System,
Atlanta, Ga.
In the general live stock program
for Southern farmers, there is one
branch of meat animal production,
which, as a whole, has been sadly
neglected, namely, sheep. Therein lies
a branch of animal husbandry offer
ing most splendid returns, and one
which should have much more consid
eration.
Climatic conditions In the South are
most favorable and the sheep farmer
enjoys many advantages in econom
ical feeding, housing, etc., because of
the long grazing season and moder
ate winters.
Earlier in our history the South was
an important sheep raising section of
the country and sheep were found to
be on many farms and upon the
ranges.
In 1880, there were in the ten South
ern states traversed by Southern
Railway System, 4,155,000 head of
sheep, while in 1923 the number had
dwindled down to 1,951,000, showing
a loss of 2,204,000 during these years.
In the same period cattle have shown
an increase of 2,808,000 head.
Small Outlay Required.
A small flock of sheep may be
started without a large outlay of cap
ital and they are a great producer
of revenue in the form of lambs and
wool. The main object with farm
flocks in the South should be the
production of earlj lambs, and to ob
tain a good market it is necessary
that there £e sufficient flocks in a
given ‘ reality so that the lambs may
bo assembled and -raded, then ship
ped in carload lot3 to the best mar
kets. A farmer with a small flock
by himself is at a disadvantage un
less he has sufficient for a carlot
shipment or a local market which can
take bis product. However, there are
plenty of instances where farmers
Have but a few head and the sale of
Iambs brings a nice cash income.
We would advise starting with a
small flock, say twenty-five head
Good common ewes can usually be
bought for around $5.00 or $6.00 per
bead Forty dollars or $50.00 will
buy a purebred registered ram of good
conformation Twenty-live ewes at
{5.00 and registered ram at $50.00
would be an investment of $175 00.
With good attention the farmer may
crop. These l^mbs should weigh
sixty-five pounds by May 1st to 15tli
and at prices prevailing the past sea
son should be worth about $9.5C per
head. T enty-five Iambi; at tills price
i would be worth $237.50 and the wool
clip, estimated at $30.00, would ag
j gregate $267.50 or $ii2M more tb
the initial cost of the flock.
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An Open Letter to
Tobacco Grower’s
DEAR SIR:
THE SALES AT PLANTER’S, THE BEST WAREHOUSE IN THE
BEST MARKET IN NORTH CAROLINA, SO FAR THIS YEAR HAVE
PROVEN TO BE THE MOST SATISFACTORY IN THE HISTORY OF OUR
HOUSE, THE AVERAGE HAS BEEN A FRACTION OVER TWENTY-FIVE
CENTS AND THE FARMERS HAVE ALL BEEN WELL PLEASED.
WE SINCERELY HOPE THAT YOU WILL GIVE US A CHANCE TO
PSHOW YOU THAT WE ARE ALWAYS READY TO SERVE YOU TO THE
BEST OF OUR ABILITYfcAND IF YOU WILL BRING US YOUR TOBACCO
WE WILL GET THE TOP OF THE MARKET FOR YOU.
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IT SEEMS ONLY NATURAL TO US THAT TOBACCO RAISERS
SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN THE WINSTON-SALEM
MARKET, AS IT IS THE HOME OF THE R J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO
COMPANY, AS WELL AS OTHER TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS, AND
SINCE WINSTON-SALEM IS SO ISTERESTED IN TOBACCO, WE ARE
ALWAYS GLAD TO SERVE THE FARMER IN OUR EFFICIENT WAY AND
COURTEOUS MANNER
HOPING TO SEE YOU ON OUR WAREHOUSE FLOOR AT AN EARLY
DATE WITH YOUR TOBACCO, WE ARE
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_ YOUR FRIENDS,
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Planters Warehouse
J. G. FLYNT N. D. SHEETS W. H. SHARPE
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Reduced Prices
$100 On AD Models
Effective October 15
Essex Coach - -
Wr \ _
Hudson Coach - -
Hudson Coach Special
Hudson Brougham
Hudson 7-Pass. Sedan
All Price* F. O. B. Detroit
Plus War Excise Tax
Johnson Motor Co.
Elkin, N. C.
$ 695
$1095
$1150
$1395
$1495
Inc.