Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-12
The SCHOOL BOYS CORN CONTEST
About One Hundred OF the Little
Farmers Will Compete tor
Prizes at the lnsti-

About One Hundred OF the Little
Farmers Will Compete tor
Prizes at the lnsti-
tute.
County Superintendent Lawrence
Is one Of the busiest men in seven
counties. Besides his official duties
he has on hand corn contest among
the boys Of the rural schools. There
will be about one hundred Of these
little farmers in the contest with ten
ears Of the best corn they raised dur
ing the past corn season. They pre-
pared the ground and planted the
seed and cultivated their little corn
patch themselves, and now they are
getting ready to match up one with
the other under the scoring rules of
the County Corn Growers Association.
Prof. Lawrence, Frank M. Beck,
Andrew Ringheim and President
Brenner were out two days soliciting
cash and prizes in order that the boys,
as we'll as the men shall be given suit
able prizes at the annual institute &C.
cording to their score card. Wv" .
y President Brenner's five dollar gold
piece prize for the best composition
on what the boys learned about rails
ing corn will be a means of getting
the boys interested in their work.
Prof. Lawrence In getting the rural
school boys Interested In raising corn
hoe In ii n forp do 1op ,,v,ov, xul, yoI, Tho
future corn growers OF the county can
look back to with high appreciation.
These boys will soon be men and sue
cessful farmers.and their early train
ing along improved methods of rails
ing corn will be worth more to them
than anyone at present can estimate.
The real wealth Of the nation. is In
agriculture, and who can doubt the
great benefits our ''young farmers"
will derive from a pleasure study Of
growing corn in their youth. These
boys will never forget the lessons
learned, and as they grow up they
will develop into scientific farmers
and point with pride to the days
when they were learning how to grow
and study corn while at school.
The hope Of. the nation is on its
clear headed, Intelligent, progressive
farmers, and anything that will aid
the boy In making The farm attract
i've and pointing out the road to real
independence will be positive bene-
dt to the nation.
Few can realize the amount of earn
est, unsel6sh work done by Prof.
Lawrence in doing what he has al
ready accomplished, but the time is
at hand when fathers and big broth
ers will fully realize what it means,
not only In dollars and cents, but In q
broader education that can not be
learned in school.
Our business men have responded
literally in cash and prizes and we
trust every farmer will realize what
1t means to interest and educate boys
on the farm. Individually fathers
can do much, but to arouse grow
ing com munity interest, the boys In
all rural schools will enter upon the
work with deeper interest when the
boys of the entire county are facing
each other in open, honest competi-
tion.
The county is divided into two dis
tricts so far as the boys contest Is
concerned, and the boy with the best
ten ears of corn in the north half of
the county will receive fine saddle,
and the boy in the south half of the
county who has the best ten ears Of
corn will also receive fine saddle,
and to make it more interesting the
LEADER will add $3.50 to each of the
saddle prizes.
There will be prizes for all the
boys, and it was for this purpose that
the gentlemen named we're so busy |
among the business men. Every busi-
ness man should take deep interest |
in this matter and the farmers them
selves should not hesitate to contrib
ute to this encouraging work, for all |
this effort is for the benefit of the
boys Of the county. @a2
The LEADER hopes that the boys
will meet with generous encourage
ment, for the little fellows are de-
serving of the best we can give them.
God bless the boys, for the future of
the nation depends on their splendid
intelligence and indepen-
dence.
All corn for the boys contest should |
be delivered to Prof. Lawrence not !
later than Wednesday, Feb. II, as a
special corn expert from the Ames,
Iowa college will be on hand to begin
scoring their corn on Thursday morn
Ing, Feb. 18.
The corn for the mems contest
should be delivered not later than
Friday morning, Feb. 10. Let every
corn contestant be prompt, because
there will be much work to be done
Friday and Saturday forenoon when
The result Of the scoring will be an
nounced.
Superintendent Chamberlain of the
State Institute work will be on hand
Friday to conduct the regular work Of
the Institute, and noted specialists
will be here to lecture on various sub
ioctS connoctAd with farm life