Manchester Democrat., 1911-04-26
FREE TRIPS FOR BOYS.
Trips to Washington, D. c. Free
Trips To Des Moines and
Ames. Free Trips also for
Mothers of Winners.

Boys who this year gr-w good
acres of corn in the Iowa Third Con
gressional District including Wright
Franklin, Butler, Bremen, Hardin
Black Hawk, Buchanan, Delaware
and Dubuque counties will have a
chance to win free trip to Wash.
ington, D. c., to Des Moines, and
other things worth while.
Congressman Pickett's Free Trip.
On request of the Extension De-
partment, of the Iowa State College
at Ames, Congressman Chas. E
Pickett of the Third Congressional
District in the Acre Corn Growing
Contest of the Iowa Boys and Girls
Club this year a free trip to Wash
ington with expenses paid going and
returning and while at Washington
seeing the points of interest in the
city and nearby points.
State Wide Prize Washington Trip.
Arrangements are being made also
to give a free trip to Washington to
the boy and the girl who are sweep
stakes winners in :he entire state;
the boy with the best corn growing
record and the girl with the best
record in Domestic Science work.
Free Trips for Mothers.
The William Galloway Co. of Wa
terlo offers as snecial prizes free
trips to Washington for the mother
Of the boy and the mother of the
girl who win the state wide Wash
ington trip prizes.
Free Trips TO Des Moines and Ames
For Congressional District, Sec
ond Prize Winners.
The Des Moines Register and
Leader and the Des Moines Tribune
jointly offer as second prize in each
Congressional District, free trip
to Des Moines win side trip to
Ames.
Free Trips TO Des Moines and
RMes, for County Winners.
The Des Moines Commercial Club
will give free trip to Des Moines
with side trip to Ames, to the boy
raising the best acre of corn in Polk
county, and will entertain the win
ners from the 9S other counties who
are sent by their respective Com
mercial Clubs or other organ cations.
Conditions for Entering Contest.
1. All that is necessary to en-
ter the contest is for the contestant
to be over 10 and under 1s years of
age on July 1, 1911; to sign and
mail the enrolment card or applica-
ton; select his acre plot, which may
be separate piece of ground or a
part of a field; secure his seed and
go to work. These now enrolled in
the Acre Corn Growing Contest of
the Iowa Boys and Girls Club are
already properly entered.
2. Each contestant must DO all
his own work, except very young
contestant may hire heavy plow'ng
and cultivation done in preparing the
soil for planting.
8. The Contest will tie conduct
ed by the Extension Department of
the Iowa State College at Ames,
under the regulation of the Iowa
Boys and Girls Club.
Get Busy.
Boys, Get Busy: Choose your
acre plot, fertilize it we'll, prepare
soil thoroughly, get the best seed
corn you can find, and raise the
best acre Of corn you or your neigh
borhood ever raised. You can do
it. Let, us show what Iowa can do
in corn production.
Enrolment Card.
Acre Corn Growing Contest.
Extension Department,
Ames, Iowa.
l desire to become a member OF
the Iowa Boys and Girls Club, and
hereby, enroll in the Acre Corr
Growing Contest. l shall get the
best seed corn can, select my
acre plot and begin at once tt
raise the best yielding acre Ct corr
canA Please send me further in
structions.
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