The Lamar register., 1905-07-05

| lives, may be selected for 1906:
(a) One mark will be awarded for
every pound in weight of grain Of
good quality obtained from the acre
in 1906.
(b) Before the grain is harvested
in 1906 quantity OF large heads shall
bo selected to yield enough heavy.
plump seeds to sow one acre E 1907;
and two marks will be awarded for
every pound in weight of grain of
good quality obtained from the acre
in 1907.
(c) Before tn egrain is harvested
in 1907 a quantity Of large heads shall
be selected to yield enough heavy.
plump seeds to SOW one acre In 1908;
and three marks will be awarded for
every pound in weight Of grain of
good quality obtained from the acre
in 1908.
(d) The competitor who obtains
the largest number of marks in the
total of the three years will receive
the first prize; the competitor who
obtains the second largest number of
marks. the second prize; and SO On
for ten prizes.
For example: Total yield of wheat
from seed acre plot in 1906 may be
twenty-five bushels. which equals 1.500
pounds. thus making 1900 marks;
1907 may be thirty bushels, which
equals 1900. pounds, thus making
5000 marks: 1908 may be thirty-five
bushels. which equals 2,1OO pounds.
, thus making 6.300 marks. Total num-
Der of marks. 11.400.
vi. Explanations:
| Competitors for the main competi-
tion are not required to enter the
yearly competition with 100 large
heads. but they must comply with the
rules for securing the seed and other
wise operating the seed grain plot.
VII. Each competitor who forwards
100 heads of grain for the yearly COM
petition, or reports the yield of grain
for the main competition. must opsr-
ate a seed grain plot according to the
rules and regulations herein specified.
Two lots of 100 heads each from one
seed grain plot, which consists Of one
acre OF land. will not be accepted and
| judged as from two separate competi-
tors.
VIII. The seed grain plot from
which any competitor selects 100
heads OF grain for the yearly competi-
tions for 1906. 1907 and 1908, and from
which the yields of grain for the years
| 1906 1907 and 1908 are reported, must
be accurately measured by competitor
with the help or Instructions of teacher
and parent. or teacher and guardian.
and must contain not more than one
acre of land.
Instructions for 1906.
TX. Selection of plot:
If special seed grain plot. consist
ing OF one acre of land, has not been
prepared for the competition, a plot
of one acre by measurement may be
selected In any OF the fields: and that
acre may constitute the seed grain
plot for this year.
How to Select Plot.
Let a piece of land be selected on
which the grain Is now growing and
which appears to be superior to any
other part of the field for producing
and maturing large quantity of grain
per acre of the very best quality.
The production Of a rank growth of
straw must not be mistaken for a
superior quality of large. plump. early
maturing and heavy yielding grain.
plot of land producing a growth OF
rank straw, on which the crop will
continue to grow and remain green
after the proper time for ripening has
come. should not be used as a plot
from which to select seed grain. The
plot of land most desirable for a seed
grain plot is one producing strong
growth OF plants during the early part
of the season. on which the grain will
ripen early and evenly. 1t should be
an acre of land that will produce we'll
stooled plants, having large heads,
filled with large, plump grain.
X. Measurement of:
1t will be necessary for each COM
petitor to measure accurately the land
from which the selection is to be made
and the yield reported.
The size of the plot for each COM
petitor must be exactly one acre. The
shape of the plot Is left to the discre-
ton of the competitor. so long as it
contains exactly 4,s40 square yards.
For instance. a plot may be: Sew
enty yards by So II yards-4.S40
square yards. or one acre; A yards by
10 yards-4.s40 square yards. or one
acre: 40 yards by 121 yards-4,s40
square yards, or one acre; 20 yards
by 242 yards-4.s40 square yards. or
one acre; 10 yards by 4s4 yards
4,s40 square yards, or one acre. or of
any other shape.
A measuring tape sixty feet twenty
yards) in length would be suitable for
measuring the plot; as a substitute.
measuring pole or such other device
as may be accurate for the purpose
may be used.
In measuring. stakes about six feet
in length should be firmly set to indi-
cate the boundary lines of the plot.
XI. Selection of heads:
Before the grain on the seed grain
plot is harvested. sufficient heads of
grain must be selected-picked by
hand in the field-to produce enough
large, plump grain for the seed grain
plot tone acre. for 1907. 1t is consid
cred advisable to allow grain intended
for seed to ripen more fully than
grain for milling purposes. 1t might
be good plan to leave the grain on
the seed grain plot standing until the
grain is harvested. thus
allowing 1t to become fully matured.
II. however, 1t is desired to obtain an
earlier ripening strain Of any variety.
the selecting should be done as the |
earliest heads become mature.