The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-02-22

All specimens must be at Corval-
lis one week before opening of Fair,
except the bread. butter and celery,
which must be there two days before
Fair, and the flowers one day before.
They must be delivered at building
where exhibits are. Each pupil must
obtain, and fasten to each specimen, a
card furnished by us, with age, name
Of pupil number of school district,
and seeds used. Pupils must be bona
ide pupils of public schools of Benton
County.
The agriculture contest open to all.
The apple display open only to boys in
either la Or (b) class The essay,
penmanship, drawing, spelling and
ciphering open to all. The sewing,
preserving of fruits, jellies,a butter,
ing open only to girls.
A room will be set aside, which will
contain any exhibit furnished by pri-
vate citizens in the vicinity of eCorval-
Ills. Said citizens will not be entitled
to compete for any of the grand or
Especial prizes and said exhibits must
reach Corvallis at the same time as
pupils exhibits.
A complete exhibit consists of one
watermelon, cabbage, squash, pump
kin, loaf bread, pound butter, rutabaga.
two muskmelons, three potatoes, to-
matoes, onions, carrots, beets, cucum-
bers, turnips, celery; five ears each
kind corn; fifty heads wheat and oats;
sheaf of alfalfa not more than inches
in diameter; 25 apples of each va
riety. Each specimen must be labeled
by pupil with cards furnished by US,
properly filled, and same fastened to
specimen. The sweet peas, asters,
land pasturtions in sufficient quantity to
get general average
The penmanship must be on paper
furnished from this Office, selection to
be not less than ten lines long, verti-
cal or slant written either in or out
of school. Must reach this Office June
Is, 1907.
The essay must be on ''The Pupils
Own Garden Work for the Fair" not
more than $50 words long, on paper
8x10 inches. Give simple narration
of manner of planting, cultivating,
time of planting, blossoming, care of
plants, results of work, suggestions
how to do better next time. Must be
in Office two weeks before Fair.
Drawing (a) maps of Oregon and
county with cities, streams, noun
tains, lakes, railroads, educational in
stitutions, ETC. To be in ink. No
extra credit for coloring. On paper
1Ox12 inches. CD Map of school
house and grounds, in ink or pencil.
Spelling, old fashioned Spelling
Down Contest. (a) Words in Read
Word Lessons to page 90; (b) words
in first and second readers.
Ciphering oral and written work.
Pupils will take places at blackboard
face to front, at signal pupils will
turn to board. Pupil first writing and
reading correct answer will remain at
board, while others take seats. This
will be continued until only one pupil
remains at board. In oral work first
pupil announcing answer remain
standing until beaten; (a) Work in ad-
dition, subtraction, division and mul.
decimals and fractions; (b) work in
addition and subtraction.
Sewing (a) one specimen handmade
work, or shirt waist, plain dress
skirt, small stitches, firm and even
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white material, plain, hand work
running, gathering or hemming to be
| considered. .sa.a.
Darning stocking or sock, hole to
| be one inch square. ~ q
Hemstitching-Linen handkerchief
IL inches square.
Button Holes-For best six button
holes, on cashmere, six inches square
I'm cooking one quart jar fruit and
one glass Of Jelly Of any and many
1 kinds as desired.
/ Bread (a) ,.one loaf, either white
4 graham, brown; (b) One loaf oi
/ white or graham bread. To be baked
in single pans, thorough baking, form
taste, odor, and grain to be considered
Butter to be wrapped insplain. buttel
paper; flavor, grain, color, salt anc
finish to be considered.
! $500 packages of garden seeds viii
be furnished free to pupils by J. ]
Butzer, the reliable seed man of Port
land; additional packages will be solo
for &c each. These seeds can be OBJ
Itained at this Office, if mailed, pupils to
pay for postage. Mr.. Butter offers
4 cash prizes as follows: 81 for bes'
display of flowers, 81 for best display
of vegetables, and $5 extra for bes1
j general display of all things grown
from his seeds We will have 5O(
packages of asters, sweet peas, nastur'
iitions; 100 packages cucumbers
squash, pumpkins, cabbage, beets, car
riots, corn, onions, rutabaga and celery
ccnfsnued nexf week.