The Ordway new era., 1905-12-01
|0L0RADO GRAIN.
l,,ss TO SCHOOL CHILDREN
roa BEST ACRE FIELDS.
LxouuceD BY PROF. oLIN

"a 1houeAHo wv
=. aov, and Girla-ThanksgIvlns
.,,.r urges Spirited Composition.
Mold Medal for swsepstake Prize.
,.,rsr-The following "Thanksgiv-
I.,ter TO the School Children Of
I,or.do" will be found OF great inter-
a. in II is contained the announce.
n, tha. ;2.5oo will be distributed
.o,r the school children who grow
hest acre fields OF wheat. The let
4. Issued by Prof. W. II. olin. pro-
,or Of agronomy at the State Agri.
nural College:
ly Dear Young Friends:
The year Just closing has given US
rntiful crops, busy mills. factories
,hops. as well as productive mines
precious metals ana useful miner
Ish,u we not with reverent but
ful spirit express our gratitude to
Glyer OF all good for these bless.
b!
THE first Thanksgiving Day was
ebrated by very few hundred
dish colonlsts on q bleak Massa-
psetts shore In 1928. Thanksgiving
in 1905 will be celebrated by S0.-
600 people In a nation extending
% Plymouth Rock to the Golden
,e You are glad your home Is In
orado--the land of scenery. sky
sun. So am I. Our state is
pvn as the greatest gold and silver
tie in the Union, and we are proud
lis mines.
fBut do We realize the wealth In
soil and our water? This year the
ducts Of the soil outweigh and out
ne the products OF our mines. We
fast becoming n great agricultural
te and this Thanksgiving Day I
lt to tell you how we have planned
Secure your help In making the
lity Of the grain We grow second to
be In the land.
A representative Colorado citizen
authorized me to offer to the
nol boys and girls OF Colorado un-
eighteen years Of age. $500 in
Fs for growing an acre OF grain
choice selected seed. The prizes
divided into three classes. as fol.
b:
fint-Yearly competition, $500 in
YES for growing an acre OF grain.
rs range from 81 to $50 for three
tessive years-19O6, 1907, 1908.
Becond-Term competition. $3.50
ss. ranging from $40 to $50 for the
or girl who shows the best results
uality and quantity OF grain grown
"a acre OF ground.
Ihlrd-Sweepstakes prize, a very
medal made Of Colorado gold will
gwen to the person who makes the
showing over all.
We now have a good yield per
Will you help us make our wheat.
ey and oats superior in quality to
grown In any other state? We
10000 boys and girls In Colorado
axe up this work before April ].
You have chance to earn $500
teach us all valuable lesson in
selection. VIII you do It?
MS IS the only state in the Union
hs state seed selection competi-
anu hope every rural school will
spresented by at least one boy or
prI IN this valuable field study
Talk II over with father and
er' and. II you decide to take up
sorE. srite me before January 1st.
iof rules and regulations gov
the Colorado seed selection
petition.
lls. enter this work. win the
OF honor and as many prizes as
possibly can. Boys. make the
Mork like Trojans II they win
pIlze away from you. May we
thankful to-day that we live in
piosressive state and do all we
= make and keep Colorado first in
ys.ny OF agricultural products.
tne character of it's manhood
somanhood. May you all obtain
SaSatlon of head, hand and heart
saaii prepare you to emciently
NE NE knotty problems of life as
sas'i present themselves.
~ neld competition In grain
as viii invigorate, energize, en-
se you. Come with us and ,,e
thee good.
~ thanksgiving cheer to you aI
+" become your faithful frien"
.n w. H. OLIN.
Professor OF Agronomy.s