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tance, 15846 stalks, fertiliser analysis of 20 per cent phosphate —200 lbs., and 2*12-12 200 lbs, and some manure.
Other top yields were: Nelson Atkins, 130.2 bushels per acre; C. B. Johnson, 122.2; Earl Kilby, 122.2; W. S. Hughes, 119.5; C. M. Ramey, 113.5; J. M. O’Ban. non. 111; D. D. Miller, 102; N. H. Miller, 101.0; John A. Tapp, 98.6; Brown Miller, 96.8; and F. E. Compton, 86,6. Mrs. C. B. Johnson of Woodvitye, received the award in the absence of Mr. Johnson. ^__ .■ ,. sH.
8. Barksdale,' chairman of the agronomy committee, presented thwcash. awards and.certificates. Other members of the committee present were C. M; B*mey, E. J. Kilby, and J. W. Flecker.
Y" ***** eonwtjr agent, introduced the speaker of the ev«aing, G. H. Clark of Luray, dis* trict agent of the V.P.I. Extension Service.
Mr. Clark emphasized progress which the corn club represents, comparing figures and prices of 1932 to the present. Average yield of corn in 1942 was 30.3 bushels per acre, in 1947 it was 44,. and this present year should be above 50, he stated. Such progress represents years of work nor was it come upon by chance; At 51 per bushel that means 3100,900 income increase in production with use of 1400 less •acreage. The farmer has learned, he concluded, that efficiency' is sure to pay off in quantity and quality of production, and there is the key to a bright future.
At least 694 farms in Virginia produced 100 bushels of corn per acre this year—with a Warren county farmer topping the state with 179 bushels.
Rappahannock county beat its neighbors, Madison and Fauquier, the latter having only four over the 100 mark,
Virginia won in the “corn war” over North Carolina with a margin of 6.
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