Mower County transcript., 1906-01-10
Cha nee for Mower County
Young FarmerSx

Already $3;008 has been set aside for
prizes for the young farmers Of the:
state who produce the best gFains inl
the rural soheol:good seed contest to be-
oonduoed:b Upstate agricultural aatheri-;
ties. 1T is expected that hundreds of
school children will enter the contest as
q TesEilt of the fine Inducements and
THAT the agricultural interests OF the
state will a,e vastly benefited 10y the
good seed lessons that the rivalry will
teach to yeung and old farmers.
tBplletin No. 2, written by Professor
&c. x. Bull,of the St, Anthoely Park .ex-
tpenixne entsstation, iis resay For r-raistribs
|'tioR. This bulletin has been meepared
in accord with the movement ITO iilltro-
'inoe agriculture in cur pashc schools,
,and is offered 'tas text for teachers
and .pupkswho are interested i'm the i'm
prsvement Of seed aud crop ,osoditians
in Minnesota
wheat, 'oats and ooGm are faIllytsEs
'cnssed 'in this bulaetin, and these.are
the grains on which prizes with be of
tered. Eaa this bulletin there ,is "a chap
ter on seeds; the different parts of ethe
seed, the termination, selection, weight,
'dlasses, setc., are discussed. definite
rules for score cards and Du6ging,are
inoIaded sfor the benefit of teaokers and
Judges 'ofHhe contest
Upon the basis of these pules IA con-
test mill'be held in each county of tthe
state and the successful ones i'm the
county contests will exbibde for prizes
dn the state contest. The contestants
ace ITO be pupils Of tae schools, both
boys and girls. The eounty contests
wdM be under the auspices of the Farm
ers' olub of Minnesota, while the state
contest will he under the aaspioes of
the Minnesota Field Crop Braeders as
s0eiatioR.
Professor Bul declares the crops >of
these thuee grains in Minnesota ;&re
smali compared with the acreage. For
instance, he cites the United Kingdom
as raising thirty two bushels of wheat
to the acre. Minnesota raises a4:M
bushels, while the Omitted States raises,
1876 bushels. The low yield he says is;
largely due to improper care in select,
kng the grain used for seed. BY the use
of well-selected seed the yield can be
very much increased. The experiment
station has shown that by selecting
the largest, plumpest and heaviest
matnred seeds, the yield can be increas~
ed. IF this were done by every farmer
in the state, the yearly income from
wheat, oats and corn would be greatly
increased With very little extra expense.
The bulletin contains short chapter
on the three grains, written in a style
that can be easily understood by pupile
and teachers. The history of tbs
grains, descriptions, types, how to grow,
uses of the grain, and judging are TAX
en- up in order and treated simply. !.
Stress is laid on the method Of judging
grain, and score cards are given for
each with concise explanations for us.
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The last chapter treats of crop rota-
tion and field management. Plans and
maps are numeroushn this chapter. In
fact, the whole bulletin is well illus
trated, thus making tia suitable text
book for q young class Of students. IN
regard to the prizes, meetings, ETC., any
one wishing further Information is re-
Equested to write to Professor D. d.
Mayne, principal Of the School Of Agri,
culture, st. Anthony Park, MINI.