Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-16
Notes About the
Boys Corn Contest

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the county in the Boys Corn Contest.
Now is the time that it will require 4
lot Of close selection and study by
the contestants if their samples Shall
show up to the best advantage. Even
II you are not perfectly satisfied with
the corn that you have grown and
cared for during the summer, bring it
10 the corn show just the same. 1t
will do you good to compare it with
other samples and not only that but
it Will help the corn show and you
viii help the rest of the boys by
showing to the people of the county
what is possible along the line of corn
production.
But we want you boys to do more
than enter your corn. We want YOU
too boost for this short course: talk
1t to your sisters and have them en-
ter the baking and sewing contest.
Wouldn't you feel proud if your sister
would win first prize on a loaf of
bread. 1t would mean that she was
the best break tmaber in Codington
county and that will be an honor that
will be remembered long after the
money that she wins as first prize is
spent. We also want you to try to
have your mother bring in some ex-
hibits for the Ladies' department.
There will be liberal prizes in this
department and besides this there will
be interesting and instructive lectures
and demonstrations for sister and
mother, and while this is going on the
mems and boys department will De
busy.
There will be corn and grain judg-
ing. AS far as | have been able to
determine, this is the first chance the
boys Of Codington county have ever
had to spend several hours each day
for a week in studying corn. But we
are glad that the time has come when
every one of the hays in Codington.
county will have a chance to learn
lots of good things about corn, and es,
pecially at this time when we are all
beginning to realize that it is one of
the crops Of great importance in our
county So while mother and sister
Will be enjoying the good things in
their department, you and your father
will have a chance to study crops
and live stock. We expect to have
some good specimens of beef and
dairy cattle, some good hogs, and
some good draft horses. You will he
given a chance to learn the import.
ant points to look for in selecting
good stock for the farm.
Now what is this going to cost you?
There Wal be no tuition to pay. The
taxpayers of South Dakota paw part
OF the expenses through an a]ppropria.
ton made last winter; the Better
Farming Association will meet a large
part of the expenses and the county
commissioners have set aside a car.
tain sum to help make this show and
short course possible. Now we wanr
as many OF the boys and girls, and the
older folks as well, as possibly can
to come and we know that the show
and short course Will be a success.
All exhibits are to be made at the
Goss Hall. All Of the classes except
| the stock sass:n VII! be held at5ths
same place. The stock Judging will
be held at Jim McLaughlins livery
barn.
We are asking the papers OF the
county to publish the oficial score
card for dent corn III order that you
may refer TO 1T in making up your
exhibit Of corn.
Hoping to meet you all at the corn
show and short course. in the inter.
ests Of better farms and homes.
"A. w. Palm,
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