Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-07-13
EARRING OATS
PRIZE AND
CONDITIONS

Cll1CdSO, aW1llWduhc0 q ST.. Fdui HALL
way, offers valuable silver cup as a
trophy prize for the best white oats
grown in the United States during
1911, and exhibited at the American
Land and Irrigation Exposition, to be
held at Madison Square Garden, New
York, N. Y, November 3rd to 18th,
1911. Exhibits from Great Northern
territory will in all probability be for
warded without expense to farmers
making the exhibits
Rules and Regulations
To Contestants:
The following rules and regulations
will govern the entries and award at
the above exhibition:
q) Entries will be received from
the Growers only.
90 No entry fee is required.
CD The oats must be grown dur
ing 1911.
(4) The oats must be taken from a
field of not less than one CD acre.
60 No distinction will be made
between oats grown under irrigation
and oats grown without irrigation
CD Grain samples sent in become
the property of the railroad and will
not be returned
ca Clipped oats will be disquali-
fed from contest.
| go Weight, uniformity, color,
weight of hull in proportion to kernel
| freedom from smut, weed seed or va
riety mixture, yields per acre and
general quality are the points to. be
considered by the judges.
| co. Each contestant is required to
furnish sworn statement that he is
the actual grower; that the grain
was grown during 1911; that the oats
were taken from a field of not less
than one CD measured acre, giving
the size of the field in acres with to-
tai yield of standard bushels from the
whole field. These facts must also
be sworn to by two reputable witness
es, whose affidavits must accompany
that of the owner.
(10) Not less than two (2) bushels
of sample grain shall be furnished by
the grower 1t is required also that
one sheaf shall be furnished 1t must
show the full length of the straw and
the heads. The bundle should not be
less than CO.. inches in diameter just
below the head when tied. 1t should
be tied with ribbon or cloth edo not
use string, this breaks the straw in
three places Just below the heads, at
the middle and at the lower end. The
top of the sheaf (the heads) should be
wrapped with cheese cloth to prevent
Smelling. The sample of threshed
grain should be put into new heavy
sack, and the sample sheaf should be
Grated to avoid injury in shipment. To
each must be securely affixed, and
each should contain on the inside,
tags made of heavy, tough paper
showing:
CA The growers name and adj
dress.
OBJ Legal description of the farm
where the grain was grown.
/ Co Number of acres in field from
which sample was taken, and total
yield Of field in Standard bushels (32
|pounds.)
i CD Variety of oats.
4 (E) Whether raised with or with
out irrigation.
1 (1D The sample should be plainly
marked and sent prepaid to: Ameri
can Land & Irrigation Exposition
Madison Square Garden, New York, N
Y. Goat Contest" They should ar
rive there on October Goth or 31st
November LIST or End. No entries ac
|cepted after midnight of November
I2nd, 1911
l (12) A letter must be written by
4 the grower addressed to Gilbert Nc
Clurg, General Manager, American
Land & Irrigation Exposition, Madison
Square Garden, New York, N. Y, ad
vising him when and how the samples
were shipped and giving the same in
formation asked for in Rule 10; name
4 " Growers name and address, lega
description Of farm where grain wa:
raised, (section, township, range
county. state);; number OF acres il
field from which grain was taken ant
total yield Of field in Standard bu
|shels (32 pounds) variety Of oats
whether raised with or without irri