St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-07-03
IL. Vitality or seed condition 10
13. Trueness to type 10
IA. Proportion of shelled corn to ear 10

IA. Proportion of shelled corn to ear 10
Total 10Q
Each entry shall consist of ten ears
of corn.
In competing for best Individual
ears, Nos. 814, 815, SIG, 817, separate
entry must be made, and entry tag
| attached to ear entered for competi-
tion.
In the competition for Flint Corn,
these Corns should be of sufficient size
to be worthy of perpetuation for feed
production, otherwise no premiums
will be paid.
80, White Dent, 10 ears, 1st prize,
5000; I'd, $500; Sd, 1900. 81, Yellow
Dent, 10 ears, 1st prize, 5000; I'd,
$500; Sd, 1900. 812, White Flint, 10
ears, 1st prize, 1900; I'd, 1000; Sd,
500. 813, Yellow Flint, 10 ears, 1st
prize, 1900; I'd, 1000; Sd, 500. 814.
White Dent, l ear, 1st prize, 7.50; I'd
ESQ. 815, Yellow Dent, l ear, 1st
prize, 7.5O; I'd, ESQ. 816, White Flint,
/ ear. 1st prize, 500; I'd, $50. BIT,
Yellow Flint, l ear, 1st prize, 500;
I'd, ESQ.
Sweepstakes. -818, only first prize
winners eligible, $25.O0.
Other corn.-819, pop corn, 10 ears,
lst prize, 800; I'd, 200; Sd, LOO. S2O,
sugar corn, 10 ears, 1st prize, 500;
I'd, ESQ; Sd, LOO. 821a, if our Square
Deal brings premium for best 10 ears,
we will give $4,000 additional.
Special. -821a, if our Square-Deal
brings premium for best 10 ears, we
will give $4,000 additional.
We will give $4,000 for best yield
per acre of our Winter Vetch.
SQUARE-DEAL SEED FARMS,
Cooke, De Soto Parish, La.
BOYS CORN CONTEST.
Prof. V. L. Roy, Marksville, Supt.
All entries close Saturday, October
%, 1909.
The following prizes are offered to
the Boys Corn Clubs of the State and
their members. All clubs, whether
parish or school clubs, are invited to
enter the contests. Ehibits should be
sent in not larer than Outober 81, by
each teacher or by the club manager
in the case of parish clubs. The con-
tests are open only to boys under 18
years of age. Correspondence with
club managers is invited in order that
every club in Louisiana may exhibit
at the State Fair. The rules govern
ing these contests shall be the same
as for other corn in this class, except |
that there will be no distinction as to
varieties. Ten ears of corn shall con-
stitute an Individual exhibit for each |
boy, and the parishes are requested |
to send not less than ten exhibits nor
more than thirty. The prizes will be
awarded according to grade, and a |
large exhibit will not aid in winning !
the sweepstakes. Each ear of an in
dividual exhibit should be wrapped |
separately, and then the exhibit of ten
ears securely wrapped, tied and num-
oered. Send list of boys numbered to
the exhibits. The Fair AS
;ociation will gladly furnish season
ticket to not more than three boys or
two girls from each parish, upon pre-
sentation of certificate from the parish
superintendent, for the purpose of
the judging contest or for
ooking after exhibits.
BOYS CORN CLUB.
822 General exhibit of corn by a
ooys' corn club, first prize. $50; sec
md, $40; third, $40.
To complete these premiums there
must be not less than ten exhibits
from corn club, and each exhibit to
nave ten ears, and the excellence is to
De considered on the whole exhibit.
1913 Exhibit of ten ears of corn by
an individual member Of boys corn
,lub, first prize $50; second, SIS; third,
S10 and fourth SIS.
824 Best and most perfect ear Of
,orn shown by any member of boys I
sorn club, first prize, $40: second, Sc;
.hird, 81; fourth, So; fifth, 81.