The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-12
CORN IN FIELD WILL
Be INSPECTED
BY EXPERTS
Officials of Better Farming
Association to Decide the
Winners of the Contest.

officials Of the Better Farming as
ISOLATION are preparing to inspect the
corn Of more than 500 farmers in
North Dakota, who are entered as
contestants in the contest to produce
the best yielding acre or corn.
Instructions regarding the meth
DDS which will be followed by the
association in awarding the prizes
have been sent to all contestants and
Secretary Thomas Cooper is looking
after the contest which Is on a larger
scale than any e attempted in any
other state.
$500 in Prizes and Gun. ,
The prizes amounting in ali to $500
and a large silver cup, r to be d.
vided among the farmers who make
the best showing in the yield Of corn
from an acre. Three hundred dollars
was donated by the First National
bank Of Fargo. $500 was given by the
Rogers Lumber company Of Minne-
apolis and the silver cup is the gift Of
the Farm. Stock and Home magazine.
According to the instructions sent
the farmers, by the Better Farming
association all contestants must make
a report of the conditions Of their
port must indicate the expected yield,
the date of maturity and the quality
and kind Of cor From the informa-
ton thus furnished the poorer Yield
ing. fields will be eliminated and a
corn expert appointed by the ~associa-
ton will visit the higher grade fields
and see the corn husked ana weighed
under his supervision.
In Two Sets.
The $500 to be awarded by. the
First National bank will be divided
into two sets, one set to be awarded
in the northern half Of the state and
the other set in the southern section
Of the state. The sections are divid-
ed by township line No. 148. The
first prize in each section will be $50:
second prize, $25; third prize. SIS;
and tenth prizes, S..
To Boys and Girls.
The 5000 offered by the Roger.
Lumber company will be awarded in
prizes for the best acre of corr grown
by a boy or girl under 18 years OF
age, in the counties Of Barnes, Wells.
Ward or northeastern stutsman coun-
". The first prize in each county
will be $2B. the second SIS and the
third will be $40. The boys and girls
who compete for these prizes will al
so be eligible for the prizes offered
by the First National bank.
The prize cup offered by the Farm,
Stock and Home magazine will 90 az
a sweepstake prize to the corn grow.
er whose product is considered best In
the entire state. 10 win the cup the
field must have at least five acres OF
corn but any one acre may be selected
for the yield. These prizes r to be
awarded the successful contestants. al
the annual meeting Of the North Da.
kota Corn Growers association.
Must Be in Field.
The corn to be Judged must be left
standing in the field until the arrival
Of the farming expert. The awards
will be made on maturity so that a
80 bushel crop. ninety per cent ma
ture will receive a Higher award than
a 70 bushel crop showing immaturity
With 500 contestants competing fol-
the prizes the farming experts believe
that they will find some excellent
corn. It .fs the largest contest Of the
kind ever conducted and should as.
sist materially in bringing North Da.
kota to the front as a corn state.