The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-01-26
FARMERS, NOTICE
Institutes In Cecil County During
Febuary--Con Judging Contest A
Special Feature

A we'll attended meeting OF ncighbor-
hood farmers was held in Elkton on
Tuesday to arrange for the Farmers
Institute, which will be held in the
Court House on February II, under
the direction of Director Amoss and his
staff of lecturers. The full program
and hours OF meeting will be announced
later, but we can state that Mr.. r. l..
Watts, OF Scalp Level, Pa, a success
full market gardener and poultry man,
will talk on these subjects. DR.. Au-
gustus stabler, of Montgomery county,
Md, a former student of Johns Hop
kins University and practicng ply
Sclan, has won quite a reputation by
converting his ancestral estate from a
sterile non-productive sedge tract into
fertile farm, by the ues OF COW peas.
crimson clover, etc Dr. Stablcr will
talk on forage crops and the use OF
legumeS; also on the conduct of his
dairy Director Amoss requests us to
say that one of the special features of
this seasons institutes will be the corn
Judging contest by boys between the
ages OF IS and 81. the successful ex-
hlbtor to be awarded a prize, in the
shape Of two weeks course at the
Maryland Agricultural College, (board.
lodging and tuition frcc) An assist
ant will accompany the lecturers. who
will receive, arrange and Judge the
corn brought to the Institute for exh-
bitlon. The contest is governed by the
following rules:
l. Competition shall be limited to
sons OF Maryland farmers, residents of
the county in which they compete.
?. No one shall compete who has
had course of instruction in an Agri-
cultural College.
3. The competitive exhibit shall be
in charge OF Mr. VIM. L. Amoss, Di-
rector OF Farmers Institutes. a depart
mcnt OF the Maryland Agricultural Col
legc, and shall be one the first day OF
the Annual Farmers Institute in ca h
county.
4. Each competitor shall exhibit ten
No) cars OF corn, white or yellow. Sc
lccted by himself, but not necessarily
grown by himself
5. The exhibits shall be Judged by
competent Judge, selected by the Prcsi
dent OF the Agricultural College and
Director AmOSS, and judgment shall
be made in accordance with the printed
scale OF points in use at the MARYLAND
Agricultural College, distributed by
Director AmoSS at the Farmers Insti-
tute last winter and appended to these
rules.
O. Each exhibit OF corn shall be de
ivered to Mr.. Amoss securely done I'D
IN box or neat parcel, with the name
OF the exhibitor inside in sealed en-
veIopc, which shall not be opened until
the award has been made.
J. After the Judge has made his
award he shall announce it to Mr.
AmoSS, who shall afford him an op-
portunlty at the Institute to make pub
lie his decision and the reasons there
for
AS each exhibit is opened for exami-
nation by the Judge he shall give if \
number, mark the same number on the
outside OF the sea led envelope contain
ing the exhibitors name The enve
lope snail then be given to Mr.. Amoss,
g. No one under IS or over FL wears
OF age will be allowed to enter the CON
test
9. Each contestant must attend the
day sessions OF the Farmers Institute
TO-. Each specimen OF premium corn
Will be sent by VIM L. Amoss via cx-
press to the President OF the MARYLAND
agricultural College for the use OF the
Department Of Agriculture.
Opportunity to ask questions is
feature OF these meetings, and all those
interested in farming from every part
OF the county, are earnestly invited to
attcnd-both men and women. Re
member the dates-at Elkton on Feb
ruary II, and at Rising Sun on Feb
ruary IS and I6.