March, 1935, issue of the Carolina Co-Operator (formerly The Carolina Cotton Grower)
By growing 137 bushels of corn on 1 acre of land at a cost of 22 cents a bushel, Charles Galloway of Clay County has been declared the champion corn club boy of the state and given a 1-year scholarship to State College.
The total production cost was $30.15 and the corn was valued at $1 a bushel, giving him a net profit of $106.85. Galloway figures his cost for labor at $17.35, use of a team at $6.30, Fertilizer at $7.15, 65 cents for seed.
He won in competition with more than 1,200 other corn club members. The scholarship was awarded by the Barrett Company, distributors of Arcadian nitrate of soda.
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