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WINNERS 11
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First prize.-.,
Whit mire; pot:::
tomatoes, Tli.isJ
Randal Lydav ;
send hooks in i
Second prizes,
lie Gravely; pntaj
tomatoes, Julia
Cray. Third prisfl
Laura Vcrncr an<|
tomatoes, Acnes
.Miss Julia V eri
best and neatest V
The County Aj.?J
}jra till ate these w<,|
grateful to them
efforts they have p|
Mildred Whitmin)
? fifteen hatched,
fifteen chickens tlo selling'
older. Liilic (Jrav^ y i; |
Laura Vernpr
?111(1
Thrift eleven each.!
Caston Morjran ! prodm.
l>ushel i>f potatoes |>er
cost of thirty-two cents per
IK used manure and lC-l-q
pounds per acre Leon Lydal
dueed 280 bushels per acre,
reported less than l:'l bushclj
acre.
The (Iray boys with their p$
corn produced of? bushels per
regardless of storm jlamajre.
cost per acre way $?!??. L'ii, lea\J
profit of $22.7f? per a; re.
The tomato >jri rl had a haro|
with diseases and insects, so
so that Miss Verivr lias writtij
very line epitaph t> hsr dead il
toes. Thomas Pape made a yiehl
100 bushels per ac.c, and the
ers S<> and down, for .hose thai|
ported, tfy reason ->iA
yields and poor markrj
not much profit for th<
The best adult yiek|
reported was 240 buslicj
So the boys have it on
twenty bushels.
One pleasing thin^l
boys and girls reports
are wanting to try agai^
line of work.
For lack of time Mr.
not give the club work tlj
it should have had, and
up a queston for the nej
Agriculture to help dc
the adults and their stoc
the expense of the chi.'l
man cannot cover the ent |
it should be covered and|
will have to suffer,
skimmed over and all p;|
The County Agent wj
to have those interestedl
him along this line, as
1925 must soon be made.
H. E. ERWIN, MANAGE
SAPPHIRE COTTON
MAKES THIN
Following the music of I
mer and saw a represel
The News recently visited
mill section of town.
The mill is now known I
Sapphire Cotton Mill ? and tl
is far from being: the only
there.
We were met by the c<
manager, II. E. Erwin and
the improvements in the mill
The old houses have been r
and additions made, sanitaiij
being improved.
Ten new houses are bein J
which are modern in all respecj
will be perfectly comfortable.
Mr. Erwin is himself efficiej
he understands how to secure
iency in his workers. He knov.|
living conditions must be
health and happiness in ore
good work.
He is also-jnterested in eduj
having been a member of the
board in Henderson county.
Mr. Erwin asked why the cd
sory ajttcndance law is not en J
here. He states that from fiftc
twenty boys and girls arc lfl
eVery day in the street down
when they should be in school.]
wants to see this changed and
boys and girls getting training]
good citizenship. He does nol|
lieve in child labor in the mill.
1 he mil! is being improved
as the village and is now
doubh shifts.
1 uj mill village, instead
an u:..;afe, unsightly plate vA
be :n condition to be pointc:
with pride.