The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-01-10
INDUSTRIAL CONGRESS
ACCOMPLISHED MUCH
Increased Yield per Acre Proves
Value of Contests That Have
Been inauguratcn.

better agricultural results in 1911
The contestants represented lei
counties. farmers aud farmer boys
from t61 counties contested On ac-
count OF tho extremely dry season in
! the corn contest we only averaged to
raise 81 Is bushels TO the acre. The
average OF the state was but 30
bushels TO the acre. Our cotton av-
erage was SIS OF bale to the acre.
while the state average was less than
10 of a bale to the acre. All OF the
prizes were won Ia II counties
In the 10000 contest for 1912
there wore 5000 contestants from
eos counties Our best yield OF corn
was 1874 bushels to the acre: our
lowest prize winning yield OF corn
was go y bushels to the acre The
average OF an our contestants was
81 bushels to the acre. The ten year
average of the state Is only ~ bush
els 10 the acre.
our best prize cotton yield was
gas bales per acre; our lowest prize
yield was 1906 bales 10 the acre. and
the average of all our contestants
was I % bales 10 the acre. The ten
year average OF the state is l-3 OF a
bale to the acre Fifty five counties
won prizes IN 1912 as against seven
teen In 1871 and sixteen of the sew
onteen counties that won prizes IN
1911 won again in 1912 and the sew
enteenth was beaten only by neck.
showing that the work In construc-
tive. permanent and cumulative
Tho expense Of every kind. includ-
Ting the prizes. in 1911 were approx
lmatoly $4,000; In 1919, about
s32.0 and as the number Of con
tostants Is rapidly lncreasing. uCccs
stating a much larger office force
stamp and printing bill, the expense
will be- very greatly Increased IN
1913 Funds contributed TO this
work should not De looked upon ~
gifts but as a rare opportunity for q
wonderfully profitable investment
Better crops and greater net re-
| turns 20 the tillers OF the soil mean
! not only a more prosperous, content
ed and happy farming community,
but vast increase OF money with
| which 10 buy homes. TO improve the
quality Of the live stock, for cduca-
ton that makes them NJ 90 take ad-
vantage of opportunity. 20 buy nc
ccssary merchandise and even luN-
urics. 20 travel "a pay debts aud 90
deposit in bank. adding vast az
mount OF new wealth for universal
distribution and general bcttcrment
The two years work OF the Texas
Industrial Congress In its experiment
OF Offering large gold prizes 10 induce
the farmers 20 adopt and profit by
helpful advice, eliminating In one Of
the greatest agricultural conventions
ever held. when the $4,000 in gold
was distributed to the successful con
testants ON tho twelfth OF December
/ 1919. 40 Dallas proves beyond nh
controversy that the sumo amount
OF money expended along lines adopt
ed by tho Congress has gotten and
will continue 10 get infinitely grcatcr
results than have yet been obtained
by many times the same expenditure
in any other way.
The fact that every paper OF every
Kind in the state OF Texas. and In
"a ereat number outside OF this state
has published the literature that the
Congress has sent out and has en-
. forsed the work editorially. time
and time again. has created univer-
sal interest aud called marked atten-
+ tion To the greatest material question
. before mankind. that is. food for the
increasing millions. and makes the
work. ten thousand times greater
than the simple constructive effort In
each nvighborhood great ar the value
OF that IL
We therefore. most earnestly re-
quest the citizens aud business inter
ess generally. In fact. all that are
able 10 assist In this great altruistic
work, In preparing their budget for
the expenses OF 1913. to set aside a
goodly sum for the Texas Industrial
Congress and notify us at the earliest
date possible OF the amount they are
willing 70 subscribe iu January or
February. 1918. and the additional
amount they are wilkins to subscribe
Ia October or November 1913.
These kindly assurances will re-
iie,c the terrific tension under which
I the earlier part OF this Worl, has been
done and allow us 20 devote our time
I 20 increasing tho number u contest
ants and inducing hundi eds OF un-
successful farmers 90 become Inter
estcd scarchers after agricultural
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