Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-05-07

Secretary J. c. Simpson of the
State Department of Agriculture,
has announced the addition to the
state tair program, of what
promises to be one of it's most
interesting features. This is a
Judging contest in which there will
be single prize offered, but that
one prize will be worth the COM
petition. 1t will be a 5000 scholar
ship to the Iowa State college, in
the regular agricultural course of
that institution.
The contest will be open to the
youth of Iowa under 81 years of
age. 1t will be held in the new
stock pavilion on the fair grounds
Monday afternoon, August "a,
beginning at 8 o'clock, and ali
contestants must report to the
superintendent in charge not later
than $50 in the morning of that
date.
The scholarship will be awarded
to the boy who does the most
proficient work in judging certain
classes OF horses, cattle, samples of
corn assigned for this purpose, and
who can give in the best form of
writing the reasons substantiating
his Judgment. The department OF
agriculture will deposit 5000 with
the treasurer of the Iowa college.
This sum will be paid to the boy
winning this contest at the rate of
SO per month until the full $500 is
paid, providing the conditions laid
down in the offer are complied
with.
The plan, it is believed, will find
great favor among the boys of the
state who are interested in corn and
stock judgment and who hope to
take course at Anes. Secretary
Simpson first suggested the idea
and 1T was taken up by the board
and met the approval of Professors
Curtiss and Holden of Ames.
While the rules and regulations
given below are subject to modifi-
cation, they will probably stand
substantially as now prepared.
They are in part as follows:
Any boy living in the state of
Iowa under q years of age, who has
not been regularly classified in any
agricultural college, may enter this
contest; but this restriction does
not apply to those who have attend
ed only the two weeks special
course.
Each contestant will be required
to write his decision, placing the
first three animals and samples of
corn, giving reasons substantiating
the same on the regular printed
form adopted by the state fair
management.
All contestants, reports in the
stock rings will be graded on the
hnc Of ,y{e,
follows:
Reasons substantiating placing 40
Each contestant must bring one
ear of corn.
Each contestant will be required
to pass on two varieties of corn of
five samples each, placing them
first, second and third, giving
reasons substantiating the same on
the regular printed form adopted
by the fair management.
All contestants reports in the
corn division will be graded on the
basis of 100 points to be divided as
follows.
For the best ear of corn received
from any of the contestants 80
Correctness of placing 40
Reasons substantiating the
placing
All contestants will be allowed
twenty-five minutes to place the
animals or corn and write reasons
substantiating their judgment. No
additional credit will be given for
papers completed before expiration
Of the twenty-five minutes.
All contestants must send their
application for entry to J. c. Simp-
son, secretary department of agri-
culture, Des Moines, Iowa, by
August II, 1908.