The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-01-15
The News and Courier's Prize Contests
for 1896.

Our offer Of prizes 10 the most successful hog
growers In the state In 1895 was productive OF 80
good results by arousink and promoiing interes'
In IN important hut neglected agricultural Indus
try and Inducing many farmers TO engage in 1t
again 10 their own profit and with large benefit to
auo' h,r competition for the year 1895, and ex:
teud 1t 50 rs 10 include variety OF products and
to eulist sti larger number OF farmers iu 1t.
The details VI the cont st have not YET been or.
"a, ged, but will be announced ut an early day and
In good time for the due information Of all who
msy desire to engage in IL We cannot DO more
'oday than give very general idea of Its scope,
It's Limitations In part aud It objects, with she un-
subject to whatever notifications may be found 10
b necessary befIre tho hual announcement OF
conditions "a made
The cuu. petition will be limited to Subscribers
to The Weekly News and ourier.
The prizes " II consist Of Ave bundled dollars
In cash. aud one gold medal and one silver M dai.
The FIVE hundred dollar. will be divided into
przrs Of one hundred d0liars and Atty d0llais. to
The medals will be Independent OF the cash pr. zes,
and subj~ct to separate con petition, so that no
contestant can receive both q medal and cash
prize for the same thing.
under sum.N hat different condit ons from the
contest Of 1896. We learned last year, when too
.ste to chang the published conditions materially
Without affecting sUm OF the contestants unfairly,
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1895 ex clu ed some that might properly have beeu
entered bui for that limil alton We make The
Iiu ely aud defni Q announcement now. he efore
hat the hog cunt.st for 1886 will begin on March
pigs not over four months old on March /. Th re
ter" s, OF course, will permit the entry Of pigs
bora IL November and December, 1895, as veil as
those born IN 1895, and We thlEk are both proper
Another contest viii be- organized for the best
exhibit OF hay-usins the word In the widest
seuss, to include all kinds Of ''long feed" or
forage" as clover, timothy, alfalfa Bermuda and
other grasses, separate or mixed, corn fodder pes
siuea, pinuur vines. etc etc. 7 he couditIons Of
thi cuntest will probably relate to the yield per
acre, for statec number Of anu to the quail.
ity Of the pr.du.l as determined by its selling
price iu the Charleston market.
The News aud Courier has q special regard. OF
course, for the tobacco cop, which Cspt Dawson
wAs 10 largely jnslru nental 10 reesfabllshtug In
south Carolina, and Ia desirous o. promoting and
pr.c,irable. a p'izs will he given to the faru or
who max the Must profitable crop on Que acre.
to allow both large and small f. n,urs 70 CON-
pete for It on All eQusi fuoting. The quality of
OF course, but qualify alone or yield alone. or
qu.lity and yield together will not inst the cap
ture OF the prize As now proposed the farmer
will WIN It who clear" The most money fram an
acre, and tells his follow farmers " he managed
TO do 90 and these conditions evidently will give
contsst both interesting and instructive.
A,other aud very general, but highly intensely
and profitable. contest Will Do organized for pro-
the ssars" ps's onsn y sSs S s
G ops grown by single farmer. The general plan
Of tals contest Is that the competitors ma, pro-
dues what they please-coItoD, coin, small gra D.,
tobacco. hay, fruit, piudars, truck, hogs. cows,
horses sheep, poultry, hutter eggs, honey, etc =
the prize " be award d to the one who shows the
largest re alive profit on The years operations.
Provided only that he produces not less than four
niffarunt kids Of fsd or orchard crops-as cnrn,
and pot.trs; or cotton, nay, turnips and oats /;
or peach4s cotton, watermelons aud corr or
grapes. curn, wheat and csboagas and so on
through hundred possible IS! co%oinatious o. the
may be made in thu way Of raising cattle, nnerp
and hogs aud poultry, Bookkeeping, butter-mat-
ing. gardening for market, etc etc The purpose
OF the contest Is to prove that diversified" and
.all round" farming pays in South Carolina. and
10 1hioIl the prooI, aud give public rec gnition
to the fa,ms thae makes the beat showing emall
and lnrg- farmers can con pete for this prize On
equal terms. The hignest profit mada per acre
farul. aud including everything made on the farm, t,
will determine the winner, whether he faru.n ten
acres or o thousand The prize caunot be won BY
spending time aud LABOR nad money on one or
tWU crops
II il u ost desirable that more attention should
be paid Ia this tate 10 the industry Of sheep ,ais
Ing, which c.uld he Developed TO Important pro-
PORTIONS, II the farmers would take mold of it In
earnest Another prize will be offered In the
Interest ofthio industry.
Another will bv offer-d to be competed for by
th. fruit owers, who have already fairly org N.
lied one Of the most promising new industries In
the ,,txte, but will be interested doubtless In q
contest which will show who 1. the leader in this
pleasant aud profitable field Of endeavor.
Last b-t not least In the order OF merit and
interest," viii be the prize 10 DO contested for BY
the women Of the State who are working ON the
farms as hard IS th ir husbands and IA. hers aud
brothers and sons, without getting due CREDIT for
their part of the yearly products aud income
his contest will cover the field OF mans work
on thu iarin, 10 III, orchard, aoout the house, In
yard, aud among the bee hives and IN sll the wide
and varied departments of her ceassess Industry,
and we hope will serve 10 ipspre many such
worker. with new interest In their daily aud all.
day turks an. duties. All cannvt win the prize,
VI course but all " iu rec"gnition for tue im.
p,rtanl part they play in making farming prohta-
be-and pos 1ble-to the men who work sdeld
aud we can promise I'll Contestants such recog-
milton least b. sides the pr ze or prizes TO those
Who 10 them This contest will ut" In natur-
ally AID neatly With the contest for the prize Tor
the mosE succesaful "al rUuud" farm, and II may
we'll b0 that the Prize for such farm Will DO won
at last by tho farmefs in petticoais, who Aelp 10
.'run Il, - In ihe race.
We have already inside this Introductory chapter
with regard TO the several contests larger than We
intended 1t TO be, and will only add, therefore,
that all The prizes iudlcat, will be certainly
offered aud perhaps more Of them that tn con.
dilions OF the several contests will he announced
in few days. and that the present intention is To
have al the farm products Offered for competition,
as far ms practicable. exhibited In Charleston ou
the occasion Of the neIt Fall Festival when the
prizes will be publicly awarded.