Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-04-06

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same individual may compete for
each class of grain grown, but for
only one variety in each class.
For South Carolina, Marlboro Pro-
life and Coke's Prolific, Masby's Pro-
life corn, seem to be we'll adapted for
this contest Any other variety can
be selected for the contest. The
farmer may select any one acre from
the crop he has planted and enter it
in the contest. Each contestant can
follow his own judgment in the selec-
ton Of soil, mode Of culture, harvest
ing and marketing. All particulars
relative to growth, tillage, etc., will
be recorded In the Contestants Man.
ual, which also contains invaluable
data about cereals as we'll as records
for reports, etc. This manual is sold
to contestants at actual cost Of print
ing, binding and mailing for so cents
or fs given free to subscribers Of the
American Agriculturalist who RENTS
81 for a years subscription. Anyone
may compete in this contest whether
they are subscribers 20 the American
Agricultura!ist or not, but the manual
is really necessity for keeping their
records of the acre entered in the
contest.
Rules of the Contest.
Any farmer may compete in this
contest and there are no fees or dues.
Each contestant Is to furnish one
sample bushel Of corn from the acre
grown the first year, which is to be
judged and then sold for the benefit
Of prizes for the succeeding years.
Each farmer is also to furnish pint
of sample seed for chemical analysis.
The details as to the place where this
corn is to be, sent will be given later.
Each contestant is to furnish full re-
ports which are to be recorded in the
Contestants Manual, so that his
| work and results may be judged ac-
cording to the following scale of
points:
/. Purity and selection Of seed, 10
points.
Q. Method of culture, 25 points.
3. Records OF manual, including
clearness, completeness, accuracy,
etc., Is points.
4. Yield, 25 points.
S. Quality including market grade,
sale ability, feeding value, 10 points.
g. Profits resulting from the entire
acre, Is points. making a total OF
100 points.
How to Enter the. Contest.
Any farmer in South Carolina can
compete for the South Carolina state
prize, as we'll - the grand prize. To
enter the contest simply write to e.
]. Watson, commissioner of agricul-
ture, commerce and immigration,
Columbia, s. c., the following:
Dear Sir: I wish to enter the
great cereal contest of the American
Agriculturalist to improve grain
growers profits, and compete with an
acre of corn for the prize offered by
the state OF South Carolina and any
other prizes that this entry will enti-
tie me to. I enclose 81 for the Amer
lean Agriculturalist and copy OF
the Contestants Manual for keeping
the records Of the acre entered In this
contest" Qf the contestant is not
already subscriber and does not
want to become subscriber to the
American Agriculturalist he should
enclose only SO cents. for the Contest
ants Manual. This will be forward
ed at once.)
Give your name, postoffice and
county. AS there is no time to lose
farmers should take hold Of this at
once, as there is great opportunity OF
some one winning this great cash
prize, as well as many smaller prizes
for single acre of corn this season.
Cash Prizes For South Carolina Farm
ers.
At its last session the South Caroli-
ma legislature appropriated $500 to be
awarded I'm prizes to the farmers OF
South Carolina who enter the ma
tional cereal contest inaugurated by
the Orange Judd company of New
York, publishers of the American Ag-
| riculturalist This money is to be
awarded as a supplement to the grand
prizes offered. the Orange-Judd COM
pany leading the list with $4,000
cash. The awarding of the state
prizes Is under the direction and con-
troll of Commissioner Of Agriculture.
Commerce and Immigration E. j.
Watson of Columbia; DR.. P. H. Nell,
president Of Clemson college and
Professor ]. n. Harper, head OF the
department of agriculture at Glenn
son college.
II a South Carolina farmer cap
lures the Orange-Judd grand prize OF
$500 as did Captain Drake in the
former contest, 5000 in addition is to
be awarded out of the state appropri-
alton to the successful contestant
making a grand cash prize for one
acre of 500.
In case the grand prize Is not
won by a South Carolina farmer the
5000 from the state appropriation Is
to be awarded I'm special prizes as
follows:
One 500 prize and two $50 prizes
for the successful contestants.
In addition to the above for the
best work of any competitor in South
Carolina on an acre Of corn: F1rst
prize. $50; second prize, $780, and
three prizes of $40 each, making a
total of 800.
For the School Children.
The remaining 5000 shall be de-
voted to encouraging the work OF
school children in the state or Soutn
Carolina in selecting, testing and
growing corn under the auspices OF
the Young Folks Grain club, organ
lied by the American Agricultural
ist information and circulars con-
cerning which will be sent TO the
county school superintendents by
Commissioner Watson. These prizes
will be as follows: First prize, $25;
second prize, SIS; third prize, $40;
ten prizes Of IS each. and sixty prizes
of 81 each. The details Of awarding