Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1912 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports from Many Parts of the Country SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in Distant and Nearby titles and Towns—Matters ot Minor Mention from Many Places/ Teaches Hoys to Grow Corn. Winamac. Ind., April 26—H. L. Rogers, county superintendent or schools in Pulaski county, has half of the boys in the county enthusiastic about com and how to raise it on scientific principles. A corn club which was recently organized by Mr. Rogers, now has a membership of more than two hundred boys, and he has offered prizes for the best acre of corn raised. The first prize is SSO in cash, and the winner of prizes In each tbwnship is entitled tp a free trip to Purdue /university. Mr. Rogers ha« been so successful in his line of work that the attention of other universities haa been attracted to his frork. Recently an offer was received by Mr. Rogers from the extension department of the State Agricultural college of Kansas, to organize a similar work. The offer was declined and he will continue his work in the schools of Pulaski county.