The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-09-14
BOYS CORN CoNTESTe
PRIZE COMMITTEE FORMULATEs
RULES FOR CONTEST.
Clear Instructions Are Given So That
There Will Be No Misunderstood.
ing in the Matter.

ing in the Matter.
The Central Prize Committee Of
the Orangeburg County Boys, Corn
Contest Club met Saturday. Septem-
Der, 10, at four o'clock p. m. at the
Court House. The following mem-
bers were present: Messrs. Samuel
Dibble, R. A. Walter, F. D. Bates and
w. c. Crum.
The following officers were elect
ed: Chairman, DR.. Samuel Dtbble;
Secretary, w. G. Crum.
The Committee then entered into
the formulation of plans to conduct
the prize contest of the Boys Corn
Club.
First. The acre selected by the
contestant shall be 43,560 SO. feet,
rectangular in shape, If possible, and
calculated on two sides from alley
to alley. The length Of each side
must be submitted. In case Of curv-
ed lines the length must be given and
the length of straight line from each
end Of each curved line. A plat or
rough sketch with the dimensions
must be submitted. The measure
ment shall be made by the local COM
naittee with ten-foot carpenters rod
and measured to the inch.
Second: The entire lot Of corn
within the said acre to be gathered
slipshucked, and measured In a bar
rel, filling the barrel each time In the
same manner. The number of bar
rels and fractions, If any, shall be
taken down in writing. Three bar
rels full shall be taken from the
said pile of corn, shucked, shelled,
measured and weighed as accurately
as possible. No allowance to be made
in weights or measures. The gath
ering as above required shall begin
on or after the 18th day Of Septem-
Der, 1910 and the reports of each
local committee shall be fled in the
Office of County Superintendent Of Ed
ucation on or before the 3Oth day
Of September.
Third. Each competitor shall Sc
lect ten ears from his pile Of corn
from the acre in the presence Of the
local committee, who shall put the
same in bags securely fastened or
sealed, and with the names Of the
local committee subscribed thereto
in writing and deliver it to the COM
petitor. Competitors who desire to
compete for the single ear prizes may
include such ear In the same parcel,
but all ears submitted for prizes
must be certified to by the local COM
mittees.
Fourth: The Boys Corn Fair shall
be held at Orangeburg Court House
on October 10, 1910, from II o'clock
a. m. to 3 o'clock p. M, when the
prizes shall be awarded. The exhi-
bits shall be entered for competition
by 10 o'clock of the same day. Five
prizes from $40 to s35 each for
the best yield per acre will be given
away on this date. Also two prizes
of IS and SO each will be given for
the best yield of shelled corn from
ten ears by weight. Also two prizes
Of SIS and SO each for the best sim
gle ear Of corn.
Fifth: Now, boys. your committee
has done their best to make the
above plan as plain and easy for you
as possible, and we earnestly hope
that you will apply yourselves to the
task and aided by your local COM
mittee will be on time and In good
shape with the goods. This a a no
BILE enterprise you have instituted
that will not only help you, but Will
inspire older farmers to do better
all along agricultural lines.
SO let us all work together to make
our county, old Orangebug, stand, as
she does in the p0duction of cotton,
one of the banner counties Of TIC
world.
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