Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Corn Clubs Will Vie for $200 in Prizes at State Fair, Sept. 17, 1919

From The Daily Times, Wilson, N.C., Sept. 17, 1919. Corn Clubs were the precursor to 4-H Clubs.

Corn Club Members to Compete for Prizes at State Fair

West Raleigh, N.C., Sept. 16—for the purpose of making the corn club exhibit at the State Fair this fall the great success that it should be Secretary Joseph E. Pogue announces that prizes totaling nearly $200 will be offered to cub members sending in competitive exhibits to the Fair October 20 to 25th. The society has also offered to pay the express charges on the exhibits from the boys’ home to the Fair grounds, having the corn properly cared for and put on display after arrival without any expense to those boys making exhibits.

Mr. S.J. Kirby, Specialist in Plant Clubs for the Agricultural Extension Service, will have charge of the club exhibit. He states an exhibit shall consist of 10 good ears of uniform shape, size and color, and represt the type of corn grown on the club acre. After these 10 ears have been carefully selected, each one should be carefully wrapped separately, and packed in a small box, together with a section of the stalk. The stalk may be cut off immediately below the bottom ear and above the top one.
Club members have been asked also to send their record book completed up until the date on which the exhibit leaves home. Unless this record book is sent in, the exhibit will not be eligible for any of the first premiums. ….

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