The daily gazette., 1882-04-07
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aIzo - PrInes tor nalsisw Corn,

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The Agricultural Department OF Del
aware College have offered 80 prizes OF
the value OF $170 to be given 70 boys
who shall raise the greatest amount OF
corn from one quarter Of an acre, as
follows:
/. To the boy who produces the largest
amount Of cora on 0ne-toarth OF an
acre, $40 in gold.
2. To the boy who raises the next
largest amount, $40 10 gold.
| 3. To the one who raises the Iext
largest amount, 81 80 in gold.
4. To the one raising the foulth lar
gest amount, SIS In gold.
8. To the one raising the fifth largest
amount, $3.50 in gold.
9. To each of tie twenty boys who
/, shall raise the next twenty lar 9; I
amounts, provided such amoun's shall
exceed seventy bushels per acre, years
subscription to the AmeTicau AgrtcuI-
turiSt.
Z, 10 each Of the ten boys who shall
raise the next ten largest amounts, pro-
vlded such amounts shall exceed severn
~ bushels per acre, handsome l2me.
volume, worth at least 81, TO be selected
from Porter j. Coates's list of publica-
tioDs.
In addition to these Hon. William
Dean Of Newark offers the following
prizes for the largest amouHt of corn
raised on one-half an acre Of land:
/. For the largest number of bushels
upon one-half acre, $50.
Q. For the next largest number OF
bushels, $50.
8. For the third largest number OF
bushels, $40.
Should the first prize of the Dean
Delaware College Prizes be won by
any member of the Newark Grange OF
Patrons Of Husbandry, the said Grange
will add to it $40, making the first
prize $50.
Any resident of the State lees than
| 16 years of age when he made appli>
cation to be enrolled as contestant,
may be q competitor for the general
college prizes, while to compete for
the Dean Delaware College Prize the
person must be resident OF the State
and not more than 81 years of age at
the time Of making application. Con-
testants must enroll their names at
the college on or before May 10, 1882,
and corn must be securely bagged and
shipped ON or before November /,
1882.
Competitors may have the ground
broken and narrowed for them by
others but all .he fertilizing, plant-
ing, cultivating, harvesting, must be
done by themselves. For the Dean
Delaware College Prizes, any kind OF
or as much fertilizer may be applied
as the contestant chooses any kind OF
corn and any way of planting at con-
testant's choice. The corn to be
husked, gathered and measured Octo
ber 1S or within three days before oI
after that date.
A local committee consisting oI
three disinterssted practical farmers
ef the hundred where contestants re
sides, appointed by Prof Reinhart
must see the husklng done and ths
corn measured on the ground whert
grown. The contestant may have al
much help in husking as the committed
shall see ft to allow. The yield upof
each quarter acre or half acre TO b.
calculated as follows: Corn to b.
weighed on cob; total weight of corr
and cobs in pounds to be divided b!
seventy-fve to reduce to bashels. Ii
the case of the Dean Prizes the mas
ter of the local grange may nominatI
the members of the committee, send
ing names to Prof. Reinhart on or be
fore Sept. 10, 1882. Each contestan
shall cause to be delivered, freigh
free, one bushel, (75 lbs of ears t,
the Agricultural Department of tn
college, which shall be the property o
the college. No prizes shall be givel
for any number OF bushels Jess tina;
seventy per acre and no money prize
for less than eighty.