Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-27
|CORN GROWING
CONTEST 0RB0YS
DEPT. OF AMES
WOULD tNciTE YOUTHS TO
BECOME CORN oRoWERs.
TRIP TO WASHINGTON
The Boy Who Raises the Best Acre Of
Corn In the Sixth Congressional
District Goes to National
Capital.

In order to encourage the youns
farmer lads and teach them the method
by which they may secure the best re-
suits In corn growing, and to tncite
ambition to produce q better quality OF
grain and intensity their farming. the
department of agricultural extension OF
the Iowa state college at Ames has In
aukuratod q corn growing contest IN
which every boy il urged to enter and
compete for the prizes. In this contest,
boys between the ages Of ten and
eighteen years are placed in the field
|upon IN equal footing and all must
start with the same environment ana
conditions.
All boys in the sixth congressional
district, which includes Jasper, Powe-
shiek, MahaskA, Keokuk, Monroe, Wa
pello and Davis counties, may enter
and have chance to win free trip to
Washington, made possible by Con-
sressman Nate z. Kendall. Upon re-
quest of the extension department,
CONGRESSMAN Kendall offers as prize
to the boy growing the best acre OF
corn in his district, trip to Washing
ton. D. c., with expenses paid going
and coming, and while at Washington
he will see the points OF interest in the
city and vicinity.
state Wide Contest.
ARRANGEMENTS are also being made
for a state wide contest in which the
boy or girl that wins sweepstakes IN
the entire state, the boy with the best
corn growing record and the girl with
the hest record In domestic science
work Is to be rewarded. The William
Galloway Co. Of Waterloo offers as an
incentive to boys and girls to enter
the contest. free trip to Washington
for the mothers of the boy and the girl
who are winners in this state wide con-
test AS second prize to . the next
best corn grower in the congressional
districts. the Des Moines Register and
Leader and the Dies Moines Tribune
offer a free trip to Des Moines and
Ames.
Conditions for Entering.
This contest, known as the acre corn
growing contest, may be entered under
The simplest circumstances. All that Is
necessary tC enter the contest is for |
he contestant to be over ten and under
eighteen years of age on July l. 1911;
ia sign and mail the enrolment card
Or application; select his acre plot.
which may be separate piece OF
ground or q part OF field; secure his
seed and 20 to work. Those now en- !
-olled In the acre corn growing contest |!
II the lows boys and girls club are /
already properly entered. |
Each contestant must do his own I
work, except a very young contestant |
may hire heavy blowing and cultiva- |
lion done in preparing soil for plar ting.
Boys, get busy! Choose your acre
plot. fertilize it well, prepare soil thor
oughly. get the best seed corn you can
and and raise the best acre of corn !
your or your neighborhood ever raised. /
You can do 1t. Show what Iowa can do |
In corn production.
Enrolment Card.
The enrolment card follows:
Extension department, Ames, Iowa
I desire to become member OF the
Iowa Boys and Girls club, and hereby
enroll In the acre corn growing contest.
I shall ret the best seed corn l can,
select my acre plot and begin at once
to raise the best yielding acre Of corn
I can. Please send me further instruc-
tons. i
NdWo ...'''' $500 - : = =. -
Age -. Month OF birthday .........
county $3.50. ......''
Note.-Write plainly and mail to
Extension department, Ames, Iowa.