Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 261, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1911 — PROUD OF BOYS’ CORN EARS Exhibits Grown by Pennsylvania Youngsters Is One of Most Inter esting Products at Fairs. [ARTICLE]

PROUD OF BOYS’ CORN EARS

Exhibits Grown by Pennsylvania Youngsters Is One of Most Inter esting Products at Fairs.

Harrisburg. Pa.—“ Exhibits of corn grown by boys’ corn-raising clubs and sons of farmers hav® formed one of the most Interesting displays at every county fair and agricultural exhibition visited this fall.” declared A. L. Martin, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, today. Mr. Martin is in charge of the supervision of county fairs, and has visited most of those held in this state so far. He says the boys’ corn shows are among the most valuable adjuncts to the agriculture of Pennsylvania. *T was struck with the quality and the size of the exhibits made by boys st ths various county fairs, and marked the keen rivalry between clubs rspresenting townships or districts and between hoys In the same neighborhood. The exhibits were well presented, and in some cases histories of the corn were given. There is no question; these corn clubs are proving a stimulus to agriculture and inculcating in the boys greater Interest in ths farm."