American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-07-25
rs SECTION MAY
| WIN $1,000 PRIZE
luce Show Offers This Prize for
Best Wheat Raised In
the Northwest.

he American Falls Board OF
de have taken hold Of the mat
OF getting some grain exhibits
"a this section to compete for
I $4,000 prize to be given at the
thwestern Exposition at Mime
Ms for the best wheat grown.
he hopes of success in this is
The fact that at the last year
dbition the best sample came
"a American Falls but the prize
1ld not be given to this exhibit
account of the fact that it was
in arriving at the exhibi-
4n and was not entered in COM
1tion only placed on exhibition.
q the opinion of all that we are
ing just as good wheat this year
M 1t is the purpose of theBoard
Trade to see that all exhibits
9 sent in due time and properly
(ered in competition for the sew
~ prizes.
Ehe following letter from the
retary of the Board of Trade
1u explain the situation:
At the last meeting of tn Amer
- Falls Board of Trade a letter
I'm the Northwestern Develop
mt League, relative to the
1000 prize for the best bushel of
eat, was read.
1t was the opinion of the mem
fs present that some one of the
mers in this section could carry
M this prize. if the rules Of the
Atest were made known.
''3T The secretary was instructed to
I'D to your paper a copy of the
les of this contest and ask you
M give them the most publicity
&psible.
'The wheat entered for prizes
"a be sent without expense to the
%fmer growing the same, but it
Ill be necessary that we have very
on the number of farmers who
re to try for the prize, so that
race can be arranged for.
All who care to enter for this
x1ze should hand in their name to
ome business man here and the
Necessary arrangements can be mad
b take care of the exhibits at the
xhibition.
signed, A. A. Smith, Secretary
american Falls Board of Trade"
Finding the Best Wheat.
How the judges will find the
est five bushels of wheat in the
lmerican Northwest and determine
tho is entitled to the $4,000 prize |
&fered at the Northwestern Pro
mcts Exposition in Minneapolis in |
evember. is told in booklet re-
4dved by the Board of Trade from
*e Northwest Development League.
#Three judges will be selected
Iom without the seven states by |
<e presidents of the agricultural
1lleges and presidents of the grain
changes.
HJudging will be in three ways
Se-third of the points on the &C
pted seed score card; another
ird by points gained in a milling
ID baking test, while one-third Of
3 possible one hundred points will
awarded for the yield per acre.
Here is about the way wheat is
Zdged: 25 points on weight per
&ehel and s points on uniformity
sample; Is points are allowed
J variety characters, 8 OF these be-
! on color; 10 on purity which
pans the kernels must be true to
.pe Of the breed represented;
)tnts for kernel shape which var
= with the breed.
Thirty points are allowed for vi
&lity, of these being for luster;
points for plumpness, as all
ernels should be well rounded, and
I've no sharp corners and the
eases well closed. Seven points
10 on odor, the samples must be
pc from foul smell.
<TWenfv-fiva nnintS are allowed
d market condition; 10 of these
cover weed seed; 3 for dirt and
asst; 2 for injured kernels; 5 for
nuth and the condition of the
fan. All broken and scabby ker-
els will count against the wheat.
Rules For Big Wheat Contest.
According to the rules govern
lg the $4,000 wheat contest to
held in Minneapolis, those who
ltend to compete for the prize
lould give notice as soon as pos
ble that bin room may be provld-
! for each exhibitor.
All samples must consist of five
lshels of threshed grain and from
We to ten sheaves which are from
x to ten inches in diameter and
ON the same field. These must
rive in Minneapolis before Nov
nb1er 1st.
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