St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-06-11
BOYS CORN CLUB.
A Letter that Will Prove
Of Great Interest to
It's Members.
Hon, RObt. T.. WiCkliffe
Offers a Premium for
Sixth District.
He Will Give 500 to BE
Divided Between the
Four Winners.
Louisiana State University,

LOuiSld!ld 0tdtC university,
Baton Rouge, La, May "a, 1910.
To the boys of the Louisiana Coin
Clubs:
Please read this letter very care
fully; it contains information impor-
tant to you in your work.
About month ago, | sent you,
either directly or through your teacher,
a pamphlet on the corn exhibit to be
held at the State Fair at Shreveport,
La, November 2 to IL, 1910. This
pamphlet gives, on pages 10 to IA,
list of the premiums to be awarded to
the boys of the clubs, including some
special premiums. If you did not get
a copy, let me know and shall send
you another. You should carefully
study the list of premiums, so that
you may know what premiums to con-
test for; you should also study corn
Judging by going carefully over the
explanation of the score caro- given on
pages to 9 of the pamphlet.
In addition to the special premiums
listed in that pamphlet, the following
will also be awarded at the State Fair,
/. THE FOSTER PREMIUM.-U.
S. Senator Murphy j. Foster offers a
gold watch for greatest profit on the
crop. This award will be based on
reports made by the boys On pages 8
and of form No. B-511a. This blank
form has been sent to you by Prof. O.
B. Martin, whose address is Agricul-
tural Building, Washington, D. C. If
you have not received your blank
form, write to him for one. The form
must be correctly filled out on pages
and 4, must be placed in the hands
of your parish superintendent by the
time your parish contest is held in the
fall, and he will send it to me before
November l, 1910. The cost of seed
must be set down at so cents per
acre; the market price of the crop at
60 cents per bushel. At the bottom
of page 4, the following certificate
must appear in ink, signed by your
self.
Il do hereby certify on my honor
that the above report of expenses and
yield of my plot of club corn is
correct
The winner of the Foster premium
will not be awarded a premium for
yield at the state fair.
2. THE WATKINS PREMIUMS.
Under the same conditions as those
Of the Ransdel premiums (see page IL
and 13 of the State Exhibit Pamhlet),
Hon. T. J. Watkins, member of Con-
gress for the Fourth Congressional
District of Louisiana, offers to the
boys of that district $100 in premiums,
as follows:
First premium, $4,000; second, s20.-
90; third, Sis. 90; fourth, $1,000; five
additional, each $500.
8. THE WICKLIFFE PREMIUMS.
Under the conditions governing the
the Ransdell and Watkins premiums,
Hon. R. C. Wicklife of the Sixth
Congressional District, offers to the
boys of that district $100 in premiums,
as follows:
First premium, $500; second, $2O.-
90; third. $3.50; fourth, $3.50; seven
additional, each $500.
4. The Congress of Mothers, through
the Good Roads and Good Schools De-
partment, offers a bride and saddle
to the best corn judge at the State
fair. Each parish should send, at
public expense if possible, its three
best corn judges, as shown by the
corn judging contest held in each
parish, to take part in the state judg-
ing contest which will take place in
Exposition Hall at the State Fair at
Shreveport at 10 a. m. on Saturday,
November S, 1910. If your parish has
not undertaken to send it's three best
corn judges to the state fair, you
should take the matter up with the
parish superintendent and the School
Board.
S. Diplomas for Yield will be
awarded by the Governor of Louisiana
and the State Superintendent to the
boys OF the corn clubs under the fol-
lowing conditions: O The yield must
not be less than rs bushels per acre.
(2) The statement of expenses made
out on page of Form No. B-511a and
duly certified to, must show that the
crop has not cost more than 80 cents
per bushel. (3) Each boy seeking to
receive the diploma must exhibit his
best ten ears at the parish contest.
This award will be made at the parish
contest, and not at the state fair.
6. Trip to Washington, D. C.-The
Louisiana Bankers Association has
appropriated LlIS SuIil O1 p1ct 1oT Lnc
benefit of the boys corn clubs of the
state; out of his amount, enough will
be used to pay the expenses Of send
ing the best corn grower of the Lou
isiana Corn Clubs to Washington, D.
C. The trip will be arranged to take
place in the late fall or winter. At
Washington, the boys Zone from
each Of the Southern States) will be
received by Prof. Martin, who will
introduce them to Hon. James Wilson,
Secretary of Agriculture. Mr.. Wilson
will present each boy with a diploma
of excellence and will take them in a
body to meet the President of the
United States at the White House. A
visit will then be made to the National
Capital and to other public buildings
Of the nation. The award of this
premium trip will be made at the
state fair, and will go the boy who
makes the best showing in his work
as member of the Louisiana Boys
Corn Clubs in the matter of yield,
quality of corn, report of profits and
best essay on corn growing. In other
words, every boy who enters the
Washington Trip Contest must submit
to me, through his parish superin-
tendent, the following: Cd Form No.
B-511a with pages 3 and 4 properly