Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1918 — Delphi Boy Grows 140 Bushels Of Corn On Acre [ARTICLE]

Delphi Boy Grows 140 Bushels Of Corn On Acre

Ten Indiana boys and four girls, champion pig, corn, glairy, sewing, baking and canning club members will get trips to Washington as rewards for their work in their respective lines. Names of these winners were announced at the annual farmers* short course at Purdue university. « __ In winning the state title * as champion pig ffipder, Walter Whitman, 15" years old Sullivan county boy, probably has the 1917 record (for the entire country. Dale Calvert, of Delphi is the new Boys' Corn club champion of Indiana, having grown 140 bushels of corn on one acre, after a moisture test had been made. . . . •