The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-10-13
Information is Issued Con
corning Its Character
and How TO Enter.

1 ana TOW to Enter.
In connection with the short
course In corn growing to be held at
the College of Agriculture at Morgan
town next January there will be held
the FIR Annual West Virginia Corn
Show. under the joint auspices of the
College of Agriculture and the State
Board OF Agriculture, on January 3,
and z 1911. The prize winning ex-
hibits at this show; will be exhibited
at the National Corn Show to be held
at Columbus Ohio, January 80. An
nouncements and premium lists of the,
lshow are now in preparation, but a
preliminary announcement is made
to encourage the selection of the best
corn while it is being harvested and
husked. The premiums cannot be
ANNOUNCED as yet, but will be of such.
value as to make competition well
worth while. Prizes will be offered as
follows:
|. For best ten ears yellow dent
corn; list End, and Ord.
! 2. For best ten ears white dent
corn; Let, End. and Bird.
3. For best ten cars of any other
sort of corn; 1st, End, an dSrd.
4. For best ten ears exhibited -.
sweepstakes. One prize.
IS. For bestyear of corn exhibited;
LIST, End, and Bird.
6. For best ten ears exhibited by a
boy under IS years old; LIST, End, and
3rd.
Z. For best ear exhibited by hoy
under Is years old; LIST, End. and Bird.
In classes 6 and I, only exhibits
viii have been winners in county
contest and which are sent by the
officers of such contest will be ad-
mited)
s. For the best exhibit from any
county.
.. For the best exhibits under
classes / to 2 there viii be awarded
ribbons for LIST, End and Srd, in the
will compete for the state prizes. /
exhibits of each county. and these
to Z.
TO- The State Board of Agriculture
offers s25 to the exhibitors of the
county having the greatest number of
exhibitors; SIS to the exhibitors of
the county having the second greatest
number of exhibitors; and 10 to the
exhibitors of the county having the
third greatest number of exhibitors.
Exhibits will be assembled in each
county by county representative des-
Iignatcd for that purpose who will ship
them to Morgantown on December /.
The name of the representative for
this county vii be announced shortly !.
All exhibits sent direct to Morgan
town must have the express prepaid,
OF they Will be refused.
For premium list and announce
ments write to
Z. ID. SANDERS0N,
Dean, College of Agriculture.
Morgantown, W. Va, or
CHARLES MCINTYRE,
State Board of Agriculture,
Charlcstown, w. Va.
/ The prizes and honors at the State
Corn Show, to be conducted by the
College of Agriculture and the State
Board of Agriculture at Morgantown
on the 9TH, 9Th. and 18th of January,
1911, will all be given for single ears
and for lots of ten cars. Because of
the Importance of choosing carefully
and according to a plan that will give
every exhibitor an equal chance with
every other exhibitor, the following
suggestions are offered.
/. Every car should be ripe Ripe
ness indicates that the corn is suited
to the region where it is grown.
2. Every ear should be sound and
dry, indicating proper seed condition
and keeping quality.
8. Every ear should be heavy II
proportion 10 its size, weight being