The central record., 1912-03-01
LISTEN BOYS.
If You Do Not Become A Member OF
The Garrard County Boys Corn Club,
Later AleRg You VIII Probab-
ly Wish You Had.

ly WISH IOu ndu.
Superintendent Jennie Higgins tells
us she has only about thirty boys en-
listed in Garrard county Boys Corn
Club, and that several of those are in
eligible because of their age. There
should be at least fifty boys in this
cluD, and as many may enter as choose,
provided they are eligible under the
rules which we shall give in this article
Now we are going to let you into a
secret, there are going to be some nice
local prizes distributed, just what they
are to be we are not yet at liberty to
state, but they will be something real
nice and worth Striving for. Other
counties have clubs numbering as high
as one hundred boys. Send in your
names at once and help to boost your
county, as well as get chance at the
splendid prizes offered.
The following rules and regulations
for the government of the conduct of
the corn clubs cover fully the require
ments in the contest:-The state for
convenience sake has been divided into
four parts, viz, the Mountains, the
Blue Grass, the Pennyrile and the Pur
chase. we are in the Blue Grass and
embrace the following counties: Ma
son, Fleming, Bath. Montgomery Clark
Madison, Garrard, Lincoln, Casey, Tay
lor, Green, Spencer, jefferson, Oldham
Trimble, Gallatin, Boone, Carroll, Ken
ton, Pendleton, Bracken, Robertson,
Nicholas, Bourbon, Fayette, Jessamine
Mercer, Boyle, Washington, Anderson,
Franklin, Woodford, Scott, Harrison,
Grant, Owen, Henry and Shelby, in all
AZ counties.
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
l. Each contestant must have been
enrolled as pupil in a public school
within the year preceding the time of
his becoming member of the Boy S
Corn Club in his county for the year
1912.
2. Each member of the Boys Corn
Club must be between the ages of 10
and 20 years.
3. Each member must grow one acre
of corn, not a fraction of an acre.
4. Seed corn will be furnished by the
Department of Agriculture through
the County Superintendent, but any
member may use seed corn of his own
selection if he prefers to DO so. Nc
seed corn will be furnished after May
l, 1912. Entries must be made by. the
Is of April. Corn may be planted at
any time previous to June 1st. Nc
county will be furnished more than ter
bushels of seed corn.
5. All corn must be white corn.
6. Any member may break, fertIlize
and cultivate as he chooses; but al
prize winners must furnish the Depart.
ment of Agriculture written descrip.
tion of how the corn was grown upon
request, and must keep, an account OF
the cost of production as nearly as pos
sible. In estimating expenses charge
labor of the boy at seven and one-half
cents per hour: each team hitched to
implement at twenty cents per hour;
each single horse and implement at ten
cents per hour, and rent of land at S..
per acre.
T. Land must be measured and yield
certified to under oath before Notary
Public or otherperson authorized to ad-
minister oaths in this state by three
disinterested persons appointed by the
county school superintendent, to whom
they shall report and he must certify
to the Commissioner Of Agriculture
that he believes the report to be cor
rect.
8. Any representative of the Depart
ment of Agriculture must be shown,
upon request, the acre of ground enter
ed by5any boy.
9. A list of boys entered, with their
postoffice address, must, be furnished
the Department of Agriculture by the
County Superintendent on or before
September l, 1912.
10. Premiums offered by the Depart
ment of Agriculture may be supple
mented by individuals, firms or corpor-
ations or by cities and counties, to be
applied where requested by the donor.
IL. All work must be done by boy
in producing his acre of corn unless
incapacitated by illness.
IL. All corn entered at the State
Corn Show shall become the property of
the State Department of Agriculture.
AS before mentioned, these prizes
are going to be literally augmented by
local prizes given by home people, de-
tails of which will be published later.
Preserve these rules and regulations
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