Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-01-01
FARMERS COUNTY INSTITUTE.
An Interesting Letter From
President John w. Bremen
to the Farmers of the
County.
After Reading the Letter Pre-
pare to Enter the Contest
With Wheat Oats and
Corn.

1904 These Institutes have been Of
much benefit to those farmers who have
taken part in them in the past, and il
is the desire Of the management of the
coming institute, to, il possible, make
it still more of practical benefit to the
the farmers of Lincoln County, than
any that have proceeded it
Hon NJ F Greeley of Gary, South
Dakota, has been secured to make ad
d. es~es on the the afternoon and even.
ing of Feb 3rd Mr.. Greeley has a
reputation second to none, in the discus.
sion of farm economics, and | feel salts
fled that all those who hear him in Can
ton next month will feel themselves
amply repaid for the time spent in at.
tending his lectures.
1t is also expected that Prof. J. S.
Cole of ,he State Agricultural college
will be here during the entire institute
Mr. Cole is Professor in agronomy: in
Brookings college, and is a specialist in
his line of work and we doubt not but
that ne will have useful knowledge to
impart as to experiments pertaining to
the farm there being made.
Another feature of the institute of a
practical value to every farmer in Lin
coin county. are the handsome prizes
put up by the business men Of Canton,
to be contested for by every farmer in
the county.
Arthur Linn, Editor of the FARMERS
LEADER, has put up as prize hand
some single buggy, for the best bushel
of corn entered in the prize contest. and
grown in Lincoln County The past sea-
son. This prize contest will prove of
much value 70 every farmer who avails
himself of the opportunity to not only
see for himself what constitutes the
best of corn. but, also, how to pick seed
corn that will produce it An abun-
dant opportunity will here be presented
to see one of the finest and largest dis
plays of corn ever gotten together in
Lincoln county, and aside from the IN
trinsic value that tina, this contest will
be to every farmer in the county, the
individual who succeeds in wining this
prize will find ample opportunity to
dispose of all the seed corn he may
have.
a number of business firms in Canton
have responded nobly to solicitations
for assistance in this work, and doubt
not that all business firms represent.
ed in the city would have re.
sponded just as cheerfully had the
writer had time to solicit their aid.
The business firms of Thayer & Stin-
son. A. G. Milliman, Wendt & Straw,
Pucke1t Bros. and Hanson & Chraft
have put up cash purse OF $50 for the
best bushel of wheat grown in Lincoln
county in 1908 This purse is divided
into three parts. as follow: 1st For the
busheI of wheat receiving the greatest
number of score points, as shown by
the scoring chart, made by the scoring
committee. twenty five dollars in cash.
end For the bushel of wheat re.
ceiving the next highest score Fifteen
dollars in cash
Bird. For the bushel of wheat receiv-
ing the third highesl score points. Ten
dollars in cash.
Five other business firms composed
Of Bragstad & johnson, NJ. E. Hotter,
F II. treat & Son. John Anderson and
A G. Mold, have put up a like purse of
$40 for the best bushel Of oats grown in
Lincoln county in 1903. This purse is
divided into three parts, the same as
that for wheat, subject to the same con-
dition of scoring, and payment. The
par ties participating in these conteste
will meet at the court house in Canton
at one o'clock p III. on Feb. 1904, and
choose their committees to do the scor
ing The committee so chosen will be
furnished with scoring cards, suitable
for the purpose The committee will
score each and every sample, entered in
the several prize contests, and record
the same on the score card, wheat, oats
and corn will each have a sepsrate
score card. 80 there will be no mixing
Of records After the committee in the
wheat and oats contests shall have
completed their work, the three con-
testants for the wheat prizes, and the
three contestants for the oats prizes,
having the largest number of points to
their credit, as shown by the score card,
will be awarded the prizes to which
they are entitled. All wheat and oats
intended to be entered in these prize
contests may be placed in sack and
taken to the hardware store of F. H,
Treat & Son. who will receive the same
and record your name and number in
book kept for that purpose.
At first thought, it might appear that
this had been bad year for a contest
Of This kind. owing 10 the vast amount
Of rainfall togather with heavy dews,
and hot sunshine during the months of
June and July; the berry in wheat and
oats did not fill and as result the
grain is all more or less of an inferior
quality.