The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-04-22
ENTRIES IN Bis CONTEST
/ WERE CLOSED ON APRIL !
More Than One Thousand Contest
ants for Cash Prizes Given by
Texas Industrial Congress.

Dallas. Texas, April 22.-Entries
in the state agricultural contest IN
augurated by the Texas Industrial
congress for the largest and best
yields of corn and cotton closed on
| April /, with 1888 contestants from
I 161 counties. In effect these contes-
tants will conduct 1873 experimental
demonstration farms, each OF them
constituting an agricultural center
! from which will radiate greater IN
terest in better cultural methods,
and the results will be watched with
interest by every public spirited citi-
zen of Texas Seven hundred ana SIN
tv of these farms will have ten acres
in corn and ten acres OF cotton ana
will be managed by men. Nine nun
dred and sixteen boys will each sup
ervise two acres of corn and Two
acres of cotton F7ifty-two girls ana
fen women will also engage in the
campaign for a bigger yield from
smaller acreage through sclenullc
cultivation. The congress earnestly
requests the people in every nelgh
| borhood where these farms are Delng
cultivated to visit and consult with
the contestants frequently, that the
! educational benefits may be as UNI
yersal as possible Besides those VINO
are competing for prizes, large
number of farmers, who for salts
factory reasons have decided not 70
enter the contest actively, VIII coop
crate in studying soil conservation
diversified farming and intensive
cultivation in accordance with the IN
'ri,ctions of the congress. The prizes
offered aggregate 5000, .fifteen OF
which are for men and women, as
follows: A first prize of $4,000;
| second of $1,000; a third, 500;
fourth, $500 fifth, $3.50 and ten ad-
ditional prizes of 500 each. For
boys and girls there are fourteen prl-
yes, the first of which is $1,000; the
second, $3.50; third $500; fourth,
!$250: and ten others of 500 each.
| Collin county leads in the number
of contestants with 11S entries, but
Dallas county with 113 applicants is
a close second Hill county ranks
third with sixty-five entries and
Grayson is fourth having sixty-two
/ contestants. The complete list OF
counties represented, with the num-
Der of contestants in each, is as fol-
lows: Austin, 8 Anderson, 8; Ar
cher, 8 Atascosa, / Baylor, 4 Bell,
27; Bosque, II; Burleson. 10; Bor-
den. l. Brazos, ~; Brown, 8; Blan-
co, 2; BeXar, 7; Bastrop, Z; Bowie
s. Burnett, l. Collin. 11S; Coleman
7; Comanche, 10; Cooke, %; Camp
1; Cass, 10; Clay, SO; Cherokee. Il;
colorado, 8; Callahan, 2; Coryen. II
!, Coke. 3; Caldwell, 4: Collingsworth,
Is; ChiIdress. 2; Cottle. l. Calhoun
49, Cameron, l Comal 2: Chamber,
H. Concho, / Dallas, 113; Denton,
132; Delta 2; Dewitt, 8; Dawson, 3
Dickens, g Donley, /; Duval :;
Erath, 81; Eastland, 8; Ellis, 49,;
Il Fannin, 80; Foard, 2; Falls, Az,
| Fayette, 10; Freestone, II; Fort
Bend, 8; Fisher, 8; Franklin, /; Con
zales, / 8; Gillespie, 4 Grayson, az;
Goliad. 4; Gregg, | Grimes, q;
Gaudulupe 8; Gray, ;; Glasscock, A.;
Harrison, 20; Hamilton. 16 Hop
kins, 13; Hockey, 2; Hill, S., Hunt,
II; Haskell, 8; Hall, 8; Henderson,
!, 19; Houston, 10 Hutchinson 2:
: Hardeman, 6; Harris. 3; Hay, /;
, Howard, 3 Hale, 8; Hood, 4; john
son, "a; Jackson, 2 Jack, q Jeffer-
son, 6; Jones. /; Kaufman, 45;
Knox, 2; Kent, 8 Karnes, 8; Ken
dali, 3; Lavaca, II; Limestone, Al;
Lamar, IS; Lee. 2; Leon 3; Live
Oak, 3 Lynn, 2; Lampassas, 2; Lib
erty, 3; McLennan, 80, Milan, 16;
t Mccullough o. Martin, /; Marion
| 4; Montague, 10; Mitchell, ?; Me-
| dina, 8; Montgomery, 2; Matagorda,
/ 3; Morris. l ; Motley, Newton, 3;
t Navarro, %; Nacogdoches, Is; Nue.
r ces. .; Nolan, /; Patio Pinto, 4;
, Pa ker, 10; Pamela. 4 Rockwell. 2;
Refugio, l Red River 10; Rusk, IS;
. Robertson, 8; Runnels, 3 Rains, l;
Smith, 80; Someryille, 4 San Patri-
clio, / Stonewall, 2 Starr. 4; Sour
ry, 1; San Augustine, 9; Shelby, Z;
4 San Saba, !; Tarrant, 13; Travis, 9;
= Trinity, /; Titus, 2. Taylor, 5;
a Throckmorton, 3; Tom Green, 8;
Upshur, 8; Uvalde 2 Van Zandt, 23;
VictoEia, 3; Williamson, Al; Wise
!, IA: Wharton. 9; Wood, ~ Wichita
13; Wilson / Willbarger IA; Wal
Ter. 3 Walker, / Washington, Z;