Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-03-28
BOYS CORN
GROWING CON
TEST RULES

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t Every boy, in Audrain County, bt
: tween the ages of 10 and 20 years
!. can enter the Mexico Commercial
{ Club Corn Growing contest. Prize
s aggregating 500 in gold will be dis
, tributed this fall to the winners an,
the entries will be eligible TO th.
State contest for even larger prize
than these.
The money viii be offered as fol
lows: Three prizes Of SIS. SIS ant
: $40 for the largest yield Of corn or
one acre OF ground in Audraln coun
lfy; $25, $15 and $40 for the besi
corn grown en- any acre entered In
the contest This corn is to be
Igrowr from seed eorn. pure bred
sold at cost to the contestants by
Walker Pollock. of Mexico. Only
Amdrain county boys can enter. One
gallon Of corn viii be sold each en-
lfrant. iIX
i Every boy entering must send
his name to R. d. Race, Secretary O
the Mexico Commercial Club, and re.
ceige from him an order for seed
corn. Ills name win also be sent to
the State Board OF Agriculture for
literature concerning the method to
be followed IN planting and cuItivat-
ing his acre as we'll as other vafua.
bic information along this line.
Even IL an entrank in the con.
test should not win a prize the
corn he raised win be saIable for
seed corn and bring a much better
price than ordinary field corn. s. M
Jordan. the Missouri Corn Man.
dn unedng boys to take up this work.
says ne will have ,fttle trouble IN
procuring q market for seed corn
raised dn these contests and can
guarantee sale for every bov provi
ed h q keeps n p,re and nm 10 tbe
standard
The contest will he governed nv
the state Corn growers Association
rules for Bows Corn Growirv con-
TESTS which follow.
Rules covernfno the Contest.
l. All contestants shall be he
tween the ages Of Il, and 9o wears
q Each contestant sha,l make
special sts,dv of scorinr seleetina
lulanting cultiyatsne and harvesting
corn. and shall read an the circulars
sent him.
8. Each contestant shall prepare
his ground plant. cultivate and
gather his own corn, except that a
small boy may have assistance, but
he must direct the work.
4, Each contestant shall keep a
record book, which will be provided,
in which he shall keep am accurate
report ot an me Work done ~ grow
ing ms corn as Wen as Q uetaliea
statement OF tne cost ana net PROFIT
OF ms work. TINS Dook must De
sent 70 tne secreaary OF pne MIS-
souri, Corn growers Assoclauon, 20
iunlDa' missouri ana Will consaeuee
q report Of rne contestants Work
70 the Secreuary'
., Dacn contestant snall seiece
a sample OF zen ears OF corn on
ms plot ana e&naD1 tnis sampie AZ
ane local corn snow Il ueenieu
worthy by the Judge or tne director
OF the LOCAL contest. tne sample
snail pe sent 70 me slaRe eoln
snow at Cofumpia.
6 The amount Of corn that CON
testant shan grow Is not nmloed n
any way nut Il is suggested ne
grow at least enc acre 80 as % "
able to compete Tor prizes oHered "a
the Acre Yield Contest
Seed Corn is the most important
question now before the tanners of
our section. This applies to every
thing that Is to be grown either In
th field or garden, but especially to
corn as It Is the most valuable Of
all crops grown mere anu Vners nef
er was a time when V was more nee.
essary that good crop OF stulI
should be raised. In tact' the I'M
mediate welfare Of our community
depends upon it The business men
as we'll as the farmers are interested
and the Mexico commercial CiuD rs
offering $4,000 In cash prizes Tor
a Boys Corn Growing CONTEST An
Andrain County, Whicn VIII pc oiVpu'
ed as follows:
S25.0O first, SIG second and $1,000
third premium, for the best quality
of corn grown on one acre by any
boy in Audrain County, between the
ages Of ten and twenty years. Then,
$25 first, SIS second and S1O third
premium, for the greatest amount or
corn produced on one acre Of land
by any boy in Audrain County, be-
tween the ages Of ten and twenty
years.
There is no expense in entering
the above contest except the seed
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