The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-13
FOR CORN
BETTER FARMING ASSOCIATION
HAS SECURED CASH AWARDS
FOR HIGHEST YIELD.
FARMERS MAY COMPETE
Total of Five Hundred Dollars in Cast
To Be Distributed and One.
Hundred-DoIIar Cup Will
Also Be Awarded.

Fargo.-The Better Farming Asso.
citation has secured a number of prizes
to be offered for the highest yielding
acre of mature corn in North Dakota
The First National Bank of Fargo
offers prizes aggregating $500 in golG
for the largest crop yield of mature
corn grown in the state of North Da
kota in 1912. The various prizes are
offered under the direction and super
vision, of the Better Farming Associa
tion. In order to avoid, so far as pos.
sible, the differences in latitude and
Its influences on yield, the state is tc
be divided into a northern and south
ern district, the northern district be.
ing designated as that part Of the state
lying north of township No. 14S.
An aggregate Of $150 will be offered
as prizes in each district, for the high.
est yielding acre of mature corn. The
prizes in each district are to be di.
vided as follows:
First prize Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
Second prize Observation-Disclosures. $500
Third prize ..... 1900
Fourth to eighth prizes, incl. -. 1000
Ninth and tenth prizes. ........ 500
A disinterested committee will be
appointed in the fall to make the va.
rious awards in each district.
Who May Compete.
The First National Bank of Fargo
prizes may be competed for by any
farmer in the state. The only condi.
ton required for entrances is that the
crop shall be grown under field condi.
tions and that not less than one acre
shall be the basis of competition. 1t
must be remembered that the award
is to be made upon the basis of ma.
ture corn.
Enter the contest by writing the sec
! retary of the Better Farming Associa
tion at Fargo, requesting an entry
blank. Your name will be placed upon
file and definite instructions given.
Rogers Lumber Co. Prize.
The Rogers Lumber Co. offers prizes
aggregating 5000 in gold for the larg'
est acre yield of mature corn secured
by any boy or girl under eighteen
years of age in Barnes, Wells, Ward
and northeastern Stutsman counties
in the year 1912. Three prizes are
to be awarded in each county, as fol
lows:
A first prize of $25 in gold, second
! of SIS, and third of $40. The con
testants in each county are to compete
by themselves. Separate awards are
to be made in each county.
These prizes are offered under the
auspices of the Better Farming Asso.
citation. Those who enter the contest
must notify the field agent of their
county and apply for an entry blank
Not less than one acre of corn can be
entered in the contest. The awards
will be made upon the basis of ma
ture corn. Entries must be completed
by July 1.
The Farm, Stock G. Home Cup.
Farm, Stock &, Home offers a cup
valued at $lOO to be awarded to the
person producing the largest acre
yield of mature corn in the state OF
North Dakota in the year 1912.
InOSe competing LOT tHlS cup uuSt
have field of not less than five acres
Any one acre from the five may be
selected as the competing acre.
This cup will be awarded at the an
nual meeting of the North Dakota
Corn Growers Association.
Competition for this cup does not
prevent competition for the cash
prizes that have been offered.
These prizes are offered for the pur
pose of stimulating interest in corn
growing in North Dakota. Also be-
cause of the fact that it is believed
that corn is profit making crop in
this state and that it only remains tc
be demonstrated that we can secure
nniformlv high Yields