Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-25
SOME Of The RULES
FOR CORN CONTEST
Farmers Institute Officers
Formulate General Plan
Governing Affair
PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION
OF Just What the County Can Do in
Raising Corn and What Varieties
and Methods Are Best Suited to OBJ
tain Large YieIds-Entries Close
October 15-The, Prizes.

OCTOBER ID ne, PrlZeSs
The officers of the Marshall County
Farmers Institute have formulated
general rules that will govern the an
nual corn contest which will be open
this year to any person in Marshall
county who wishes to cultivate an acre
of corn, to BE entered for the fine list
Of prizes that have been offered by
business concerns of this city. The
complete rules have not yet been pre-
pared but in the general outline those
of what will be demanded in the con-
test.
The object of the contest will be to
make practical demonstration of just
what the county can do in raising corn,
also to ascertain the varieties and
methods best suited to obtain the larg-
est yields. Furthermore the institute
expects, by the contest, to bring the
farming community into a closer rela-
tionship, both socially and from bus
mess viewpoint
All entries for the contest will be
open until Oct. Is, 1906. Entries are
limited to residents of Marshall county
growing corn for prizes in this county.
The names of contestants will be re-
celved from this date on by the sec
retary An entry fee of ST must he
made on or before October Is, and q
failure to pay the entry fee before the
time mentioned will debar anyone from
contesting. 1t is not necessary, how
ever, to send the fee when the name is
handed in.
The unit upon which the contest is
based is the yield from any one acre,
the acre to be in the form of rect
angle. 1t will be measured and sam
pie collected by special committee
between the dates of October Is and
November Is. The acre is to be har-
vested and weighed by the owner and
two disinterested people, and an affi-
davit made of the same. The sample
collected by the committee will be used
to judge the corn as to, quality, and
VIII BECOME the property of the instt-
tute upon delivery to collector The
sample will be judged by two promi-
nent farmers and one expert The ex-
act date of the contest will be an
nounced as soon as decided upon
Any inquiries regarding the contest
may be addressed or telephoned to any
of the officers of the institute, G. r
Lynch, Green Mountain, president;
Merritt Greene, Jr., Marshalltown
secretary; Herbert Eckles, Vienna
township, j. L. Wylie Gilman, w. H
Wilson, Taylor township, members ex-
ecutive committee
Secretary Greene urges that names
ba forwarded him at once. While
there is plenty of time before the con-
test the secretary thinks the farmers
will be too busy harvesting the croI
and may forget the important part OF
entering. Nov is the time to make
preparations for the winning of the
prizes" said Mr.. Greene in speaking
Of the contest. ''The prizes are all
good ones, and think we will have q
big entry list. 1t will be put little
trouble for any farmer, in cultivat-
ing his crops, to set aside one acre
for contest purposes"
The Prize List.
The prize list, complete as now Of
fered, is as follows:
weepstakes-Lennox Pitless five
ton steel frame farm scale, to be Civ
en- to the person growing the acre OF
corn that has the largest yield, and
is of the best quality Of any variety
First prize-Any edge drop corn
planter carried by P. F. Arney, for
the acre Of corn Of best quality, with
small regard to yield.
Second prize-Deere riding culti-
vator, given by F. w. Curtiss, for the
acre of corn Of the largest yield, with
small regard for quality
Other prizes are as follows:
C. r. Harper Manufacturing Com
pany-Farmer's complete outfit, con-
sisting of malleable iron wise, malle-
able iron drill frame, drill set, screw
plate, hardy, seventy pound anvil and a
No. forge.
Marshall Oil Comparative gall
Ions Dipolene and galvanized iron
dipping tank
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