Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-06-01
of dollars worth of orchard and
farming land will be given away to
visitors by popular allotment.

NOrt1efn racine LanO O11CS
President Howard Elliott Of the
Northern Pacific Railway has as
signed 100 acres of land in Montana
as one of these land gifts. This land
will be awarded at the Northern Pa
cifie booth in the exposition, at the
close of the show on the day that it
is allotted, and announcement of the
award will be made at the exposition
and also in the press.
The Northern Pacific land gift COM
prises the nwA Of section FL, town
ship IA north, range 4S east, Dawson
county, Montana. 1t is located a.
bout 1S miles northwest of the town
of Terry, Montana, on the Northern
Pacific Railway. The land is gently
rolling and is adapted to dry farming.
Among the other allotments Of
land are farms, orchards and irri-
gated tracts in several progressive
states. Among these are ten acres
of irrigated land near Roswell, New
Mexico, given by the Western Irri-
gated Land and Orchard company of
New York City, and fine five acre
pecan orchard at Tallahassee, Flori-
da, donated by President Stilwell Of
the Florida Pecan Endowment COM
pany.
$500 in Gold for Apples
Howard Elliott, president of the
Northern Pacific Railway, offers a
prize of $500 in gold for the best
25 boxes of apples-any variety, a
: single variety to the box-competi-
ton open to the world.
One Thousand Dollar Cup for Wheat
James J. Hill, chairman Of the
Great Northern Railway, offers ST.
600 prize silver cup for the best 100
pounds of wheat grown in the Unit
ed States in 1911. Any grower In
the United States can compete for
this cup. The conditions are:
The facts asked must be sworn to
and attested by two witnesses.
Wheat must be exhibited by actual
grower. Yield per acre, general ap-
pearance and weight, trueness to var
iety and type, method of preparation
of land, what crops grew on land
for three years previous, date OF
sowing and method, amount of seed
sown, date of harvesting are condi-
tions that will govern.
One Thousand Dollars in Gold for
Wheat
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, presi-
dent of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way, offers $1,000 in gold for the
best 100 pounds of hard red, spring
or winter wheat, raised by any farm
er in North or South America. 1t
would be noted victory for us If a
United States farmer should win this
prize.
One Thousand Dollar Cup for Corn
The International Harvester Com
pany of America offers $1,000 cup
for the best corn grown in the United
States. Thirty ears to be exhibited
(any Indian corn), productiveness'
breed type, chemical composition for
food values and general appearance
are the main points.
One Thousand Dollar Cup for Oats
A. ]. Earring, president OF the Chi
cago, Milwaukee, and st. Paul Rail-
way offers $1,000 prize cup for the
best 100 pounds of white oats raised
in the United States. Qual1ty'
weight, yield per acre, purity, free
dom from smut, weed seed and mix
ture will be considered.
One Thousand Dollar Cup for Alfalfa
The American Land and Irrigation
Exposition, through donation oy
Mr.. Paul Ledyard Van Cleve, presi-
dent of the Sweet Grass Land and
Cattle company, Montana, will award
a splendid prize trophy for the best
alfalfa exhibit, rules to be announced
by the exposition management later.
One Thousand Dollar Cup for Pota-
toes
President A. E. Stilwell OF the
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Rail-
way, tenders trophy of $1,000 cup
for the best exhibit of late CONNER
cial POTATOES half bushel is all
that is necessary of each variety
grown in the United States in 1911
Only the better varieties OF table
potatoes will be. considered. Pro-
ductivity, edibility and appearance
will be the principal points. Pota-
toes must be smooth and OF uni
form size. Yield per acre sworn ana
attested by official surveyor and repu-
table witness.
One Thousand Dollar Cup for sugar
Beets
For the best sugar beets produced
in the United States, Mr.. Horace
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