The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-30
OFFERS BIG PRIZE
FOR BEST WHEAT
Five ThOssand Dollars y
for Five Bushels Of Grain.
SEVEN STlTEs TO COMPETE

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the prize announced as the grand
cbazhUson asFeepakmzaR 70 be Awarded
OF tina NcHthwasnarn Precincts EKposi.
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This N the wcsld's greatest pFfss
tor whaaA--aw1ce aB taxga a. any prize
swgr oGeeed In canada, I've times 90
mncat az any prize ever offered for
any class % grain IN the United 6haAss.
Announcement OF this awaFd has
ynst bsen made by the Northwest De-
yeaOpInene League, under the auspicies
OF which organization the seven states
give the products exposition The
states included I'm the AMERICAN
Northwest as represented by chs
League are Minnesota, North Dakota,
South Dakota. Montana. idaho, wash.
instou and Oregon.
a Practical Prlxa.
The prize consists of q Big Four
go" farm tractor manufactured by the
Gas Traction Company OF Minneapolis
and Winnipeg and q set Of plows
manufactured by the Eanerson-BRant.
ingharn Plow Company of Rockford,
Ill These companies, desiring to en-.
courage farmers OF the Northwest 20
grow more and batter. wheat. hare
given the league the outfit for certain
considerations and the seven states
viii compete for the sweepstakes prize.
Winning thsa prize means that wheat
awarded prizes at seven state fairs
and scores Of county fairs viii be sc.
lected by q process Of elimination and
finally entered at the Northwestern
Products Exposition In the grand
champion sweepstakes class. There
will be nothing in the rules, however.
70 prevent a grower exhibiting wheat
which has not been shown at any fair,
bat which will be entered for the first
time 70 win the $1,000 prize.
Judging OF the wheat wiz be dcn(
by the accepted authorities on wheat
judging IN the United States.
Five bushA samples OF thTeehed
grain will be required and they must
be exhibited with ten bundles from
the same field which MAST be fran nfI
10 teni1chssAn diameter. The thRaahea
grain VIA be Judged, not only by fta
external appearance but q certain
part will be miled and baked into
bread, q given number OF points be-
inE allowed for the results In the mill.
tng and baking tests.
The Northwest Devsiopmen6TSeagus
viii undertake TO deliver the farm
tractor and paUww 10 the winner tree
OF cost.
What TRAcsUrssWIttSDo.
The Biz HOa< "so~ farm tractor ana
paowa were aaS0Cted GoE o prize DO.
cause Of thefr pFactScabEity. TheEs
is no agency watch h pAawang q more
important paRtitn Tire 6gveiopmens 0e
the Northwest than the modern farIa
tractor. All over these seven states
the giant ho2Res are eutting tho broad
praigies into feptfe farms. The wheat
Aeids are already dotted with them
Every tractor placed In the North
west viii twHn hundreds of acres on
prairie into productive farms, max
ing homes t~OT%6ett4eFs, creating train
and new wealth
OHicers o. the Northwest DEVELOP
naant League have been considering
giving . champion sweepstakes priH
since the close Of the land show
held In 81. PauI IN 1911. They decIdek
early to give q farm tractor and plowg
AZ Good an Gold.
The Big Funr 500 was selected a
the best engine; the Emerson plow
as the most desirable tools to be Oh
tanned BY the terms offered thu
League could have secured most AMI
tractor, but ehe Gas Traction CON
panyis engine was selected and nega
uations opened for securing the CRED
engine. The manufacturers geneRou4
~ offered 10 donate the tractor 81
certain terms and their offer was az
eepted.
Thus the worlds greatest prize fd.
Mn1ak ID OMGNGus AAE DAG &@A oE
tractor has won the gold medal twS
years consecutively In the worlds aa
riculturaI motor competition at VIII
nipeg and this had much 70 do viii
It's Selection by the Development
League. The oH&at 70 considered q
desirable q prize as an equivalent
amount o. gold. as these automobtk
work horses are revolutionizing fafH
ing all over the world.
Such q tractor enables o farmer u
almost do away with horsep. BTeah
ing and threshang are not the onl1
things which the Big EoSf ''a0" tnact
or win do. II Will work Ia soft GROUND
drilling. DRAGGING, discana haxTcwing
and harvesting. It has high. brOak
Wheels which Win work wassra horaek
sanznue get q fOothobd. They GsstgfhRf2
me weight oe che tFaotOT % such AZ
exAant thak the pFesssrs wndeT the
drivers d less per sQnaee Aneh tha1
undex q hrxaDAm hooE.
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