The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-08-19
CONTEST FOR
BOYS AND GIRLS
TO BE CONDUCTED BY COUNTY
FAIR.
$500 IN CASH OFFERED
FOR PRIZES IN CONTEST FOR THE
COMING YEAR.

young people of the county in the fair
and interesting them in better agricul-
ture and better homes on the farms,
has determined to devote $500 to two
contests. 5000 to a boys contest, di-
vided as follows: 1st, 500; End, $50;
3rd $25; 4th, SIS; 5th, $40; and $100
for girls contest, divided as follows:
1st, $50; End, S25; 3rd, SIS; 4th, $40.
Everything exhibited in either con-
test must be the product Of the farm,
except only the dairy cow in the boys
contest and she must have been bona
fide owned and kept on the farm for at
least six months prior to the contest.
All the stock, except the dairy COW,
must have been bred, reared and
fitted for the contest on the farm
where the boys live who make the
entry, and all other articles must have
been grown on the home farm during
the year 1870
All articles in the girls list must
have been manufactured or grown by
them at the home during 1910.
The boys contest will be open to
boys between IL and % years of age
living on farms with their parents,
guardians or friends at least during
the six months preceding the fair, pro-
vided that where a boy has been In
school during the school year and
| ot ho Of
takes an active part in preparing ar
ticles for the contest, he will be en-
titled to his share of any premiums
won. The contest will be between the
boys of different farms in the county
and only one entry allowed from q
farm. The premiums won will be d.
vided Or distributed pro-rata between
or among all the boys between IL and
8 years of age living on the same farm
and will be paid to them direct; pro-
vided, If one or more of them refuses
to take any part in the preparation Of
the exhibit, he will forfeit his pro-rata
and the full premium will be paid to
the others. A list of the articles which
will be considered in the contest for
in the total which will form the basis
of scoring, is set opposite each article.
To explain, opposite the first article
mentioned "2 colts years old is 100.
That means if you had two perfect
colts, in perfect condition, they would
score 100 points for you, but IL they
were defective and not in good con-
dtion, they would be scored lower, 60,
rs or 80, as the Judge might think
proper
It is not necessary for you to
have every article enumerated in the
list to win There are $500 points in
all.
The one who gets the most. total
points wins the first premium, etc.
The winner may not have any of a
half dozen articles, but have what he
has extra good.
Following is the list of products in
the boys contest:
Points
Colts, under two years old,
classified .................. 100
Cattle under two years old,
classified .................. 100
4 Sheep under two years old
classified ................ 100
Hogs under two years old,
classified .................. 100
Dairy COW, any age or breed. 100
4 Quarts of hard wheat and 1
| smear ............ oV
Quarts OF barley and / sheaf.. so
Quarts of oats and l sheaf,. so
4 Quarts of speltz and 1 sheaf.. so
Sheaf of red clover hay, cured 100
Sheaf of alfalfa hay, cured. 100
1 Sheaf of alsike or aslke and
timothy hay cured. ......... 100
/ sheaf of timothy hay, cured. 50
(Above sheaves to be eight
inches in diameter)
Collection of grasses, tame and
native, sheaf four inches in
diameter each and correctly
named 100
10 Ears of yellow dent corn. -. 100
10 Ears white corn. n.............. 100
10 Ears mixed or calico corn :. 100
10 Stalks producing most corn. 100
10 Stalks fodder corn. n........... 100
q Quarts white navy beans. -. so
3 Stalks white navy beans bear
ing the most beans Oh best
quality ................. so
2 Quarts beans, any other variety so
Peck early potatoes, variety
named .................... SO
Peck late potatoes. variety
named .................. 100
6 Mangold wurtzels ............. so