Durham County Boys Make 160 Bushels; Girl Makes $131 on Tomatoes
Durham—The official report of the Boys’ Corn club contest shows that Henry Shaw, the small son of a widowed mother in the southern part of the county, won the first prize with 160 bushels of corn on an acre of land. The second prize was won by Adolphus Ball, with 145 bushels of corn on an acre of land.
Of the 100 or more boys who went into the contest last Spring, 57 reported at the courthouse yesterday.
These 57 boys raised 3,654 bushels of corn on their land, and had an average of 62.21 bushels an acre. The boy. A great deal of interest has been manifested in the work of the club during the past year, and over 150 boys and a score of little girls attended the meeting in the court house.
Even more interesting and probably showing a better record was the report made by Miss Ina Colclough, a little girl of the county, who made a profit of $131.01 off her tenth of an acre of tomatoes. She was one of the dozen girls who sent their reports for the Tomato Club and she won the first prize.
The committee in charge of this work had a prize for every boy and girl who made a report. They secured these from the business men and other individuals of the city and there was not a great deal of difference between the value of the first prize and the last one. They consisted of articles of merchandise which will be especially useful to the farmer boy or girl.
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