The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-02-28
A CHANCE FOR ENTERPRIsING YER
MONT FARMERS.
$3.50. 90 in Premiums for the Best Acr,
of Corn, Oats or Potatoes.

S55O.OO in Premiums for the Best Acr,
of Corn, Oats or Potatoes.
The American AgriculturiSt offers fou
prizes of $500 each, for four crops a
follows $500 for the best acre of corn
$500 for the best acre of oats, $500 TO
the best acre of wheat, $500 for the bes
acre of potatoes, grown in the United
States.
In addition to the above, the Vernon
State Agricultural Society offer $50 fo
the best acre of corn, $50 for the bes
acre of oats and 800 for the best acre o
potatoes, raised in Vermont. The con
ditions to be the same as the condition.
in the offer of the american AgricuLtu.
rist. BY this combined offer Vernon
Farmers are sure of the prizes of thu
State Agricultural Society, and they
stand more than an even chance to cap
ture one or more of the $500 prizes o.
the American AgriculturiSt. Now il
Vermont Farmers will take hold of thii
matter IN real earnest and show to the
world what can be done in this line oi
farming, it will do much TO maintain
he reputation of Vermont as an agri'
cultural State and be of more value il
the line of immigration than all the i'm
migration schemes that have ever beer
invented. AT least one hundred Yer
mont farmers should enter the tests a,
competitors for the $3.50 prizes.
GEO. w. HOOKER.
Pres. State Agricultural Society.
THE CONDITIONS.
/. No contestant can take more thar
one prIze, though he may contest for al
four prizes.
2. Blanks for entries and book of in
structions and reports will be furnished
ON receipt of ten cents. These docu
ments will be in book form for conven
lence of reference. The book will con
tain all the questions 10 be answered il
making out the report of the crop, with
blanks for the answers, so that it will b'
very little work to write the reports
point farmers will appreciate.
3. The land must not be less than ont
acre (43, $50 square feet, carefully meas
ured by surveyor or other dsinteresteC
and competent person, whose atfidavl
thereof, made before Justice of thu
Peace or Notary Public will be required
4. A complete record must be gwen o.
the crop, and financial statement of it
cost. the soil, fertilizers used, cul urt
and other questions asked in the book Of
blanks furnished for the purpose.
5. The harvesting must be done in thu
presence of at least three distinguished
witnesses, who must measure the pro
duct, and whose signatures must attes
he honesty and correctness Of the con
| testants final report duly sworn to
These reports must be made out in thu
Book of Instructions and Reports for thu
american Agriculturist Prize Crop Com
petition.
8. The american Agriculturist frs
prizes of $500 each in gOid will go to thu
largest yield per acre of corn, wheat
oats and potatoes; The second prize Il
the next largest yield of each crop anC
80 on. These yields must be duly re-
ported and certified to as prescribed il
the Book of Instructions and Reports fo
the american Agriculturist Prize CroI
Competition.
Z. Each contestant for the $500 priz
must be subscriber to the American
Agriculturist for the ensuing year
Those whose subscriptions are paid foi
only TO October, 1889, or to earlier dates
may contest upon renewing their sub
scrlptions. All subscribers whose lanr
is in North America may compete, M
matter whether they subscribe directly
or through agents who are working fol
the liberal prizes offered in the Amert'
can Agriculturist premium list for sub
scribers.