The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-04-21
About the Boys Corn Club Contest.

W. nave before had something to say in
.nese columns about the Bows Corn Glnh
OF TINS parish, and have shown the LIST of
purses that would be awarded. Also the
AWARDS to be made at the State Fair to the
several corn clubs and their members have
oeeh shown in print. From a pamphlet
oelng circulated by the directors Of the
state FAR we take the following, making
mentlon OF other premiums and the rules
and regulations governing the exhibit:
A nne gold watch is offered by Gov
ernor j. 7. Sanders as premium to that
member OF regular parish bows corn
ciuo; between ten and eighteen wears of
age, who grows the best acre or half acre
OF corn. Each boy entering the contest
must exhibit his best ten ears and submit
regular certificate of yield. Yield and
exhibit will each count 80 per cent.
state Superintendent of Public Educa-
uon L. II. Harris Of Baton Rouge offers a
premium of $50 to the boy who makes the
greatest amount of corn on one acre during
1slo. The boy must be member of a
parish boys corn club, must be regularly
enrolled as such, and must be between the
ages of ten and eighteen years. The award
will be made at the State Fair. to be held
in Shreveport.
"A Shawnee cotton and corn planter is
offered by B. F. Avery & Sons to that
member Of boys corn club who makes
the most corn per acre on an acre or half
acre.
"The Secretary of the State Fair, Mr..
Louis N. Brueggerhoff, offers a silver
trophy cup, valued at $50, to the Louisiana
boy under eighteen years of age who
makes the best display of corn at the State
Fair in 1910
1.-The rules governing these contests
shall be the same as for other corn in this
class, except that there will be no distinc-
ton as to varieties. Ten ears of corn shall
constitute an indiriduol exhibit for each
boy, and ten Or more such exhibits shall
constitute a club erhabit The club mana
gers are requested to send not less than
ten nor more than thirty individual ex-
hlblts. The prizes will be awarded ac-
cording to the grades obtained on the
Louisiana score card, and not on the
number of individual exhibits. Not more
than one premium of a kind will be award
ed to club or to club members of a
parish, and the winners of the general
club exhibit premiums will be excluded
from competing for the congressional dis
trict premiums.
''In selecting exhibits for these contests
each boy should husk all his corn, so as to
make the best selection. Boys entering
the Observation-Disclosures contest should
send special ear of corn for entry labeled
best ear besides the ten ears to be en-
tered in the ten-ear contest. Each ear to
be exhibited by boy should bear his
name written on a small slip of paper tied
to the ear Or secured by rubber band.
After selecting his exhibit, each ear
should be wrapped in a separate sheet of
paper, and the entire ten ears tied together
and wrapped in a bundle, with the boy s
name on the outside. All exhibits should
be packed carefully in box with hay or
excelsior, and consigned to Superintendent
| Y. L. Roy, Fair Grounds, Shreveport, La.
Superintendent and managers should be
careful to write their names plainly on the
bores to avoid delay in delivery. Under no
circumstances should exhibits be shipped
in sacks.
'The fair association will gladly furnish
season tickets to not more than three corn
club members from each parish for the
purpose OF entering the judgang contest.
These will be furnished to the parish
superintendent before the opening of the
State Fair upon application to Superin-
tendent Roy. In order that this judging
contest may be held, not less than seven
parishes must be represented at the fair
by not more than three club winners each.
These representatives should be the win
ners at the parish corn contest, and must
present certificates of club membership
from their superintendent.
Every parish superintendent or other
manager of boys corn clubs should fill out
regular entry blanks and forward them to
the Secretary of the State Fair so as to be
received by him prior to October Goth.
One blank is required for each boy enter
ing contest. Application should be made
promptly for these blanks, copies of the
rules and regulations governing the ex
hibit and other printed matter. Address
Secretary State Fair, Shreveport, La.
In addition to the premiums enumerated
above and those previously listed in this
column, Congressman J. T. Watkins will
give 500 to the boys Of the Fourth Con
gressional District. The purse will be
awarded at the State Fair and will be dis
tributed by Superintendent V. L. Roy.
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Our young friend Mr.. Wrenn Brown We
learn has begun the study Of law. He il
at present making his home in Clinton
with his father, Rev. j. NJ. Brown.