Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-09-09
BOYS AND GIRLS
ARE 70 Compete
ONE BRANCH or COMING DRY.
FARMING CONGRESS- WILL
BE INTERESTING.
THE TULSA COUNTY Prizes
Three Hundred Dollars TO BE
Awarded Ia Youthful Farmers
From 1his County.

hlFtl ''hlAN Will w Ihl w hAsAl ~ III
tcrested in one feature Of the Inter
national Dry-Farmins congress, and
especially will this section appeal 10
the boys and girls Of the county 1t
win be the special competitions for
the members of the Tulsa County
Boys and Girls Demonstration Grub.
A list Of prizes valued at approx
mately 5000 has been offered To win
ncrs in this division, and entries Will
b" limited TO the BOYS aud girls Of
tnis county. The county commission
crs have given 500 to be divided in
the various classes of exhibits in this
competition. The other prizes, In
cash and Valuable articles, have been
donated 10y the business men OF
Tulsa.
To encourage the Boys and Girls
demonstration club in Tulsa county
where il has already had greater sue
cess perhaps than in any other conn-
ty in Oklahoma, free tickets, 20 the
ry-Fdrming congress will bc given
tho members of these clubs on lT'i-
G9v. October 20. on this date win
ners in the Tulsa county juvenile COM
petitions will be selected and all
prizes awarded.
J. =. Hartcr, county agent for the
United states department of agricul-
turc in Tulsa county, and organizer
of he boys and girls work in this
county, has charge of the county ju-
Ve-ilo exhibits and competition.
The rules of the contest and the
list Of prizes are as follows:
Rules.
This contest is open 20 any boy or
gin in Tulsa county who was be-
tween the ages of and IS years in
elusive on January 1, 1913 and who
was q member Of the Tulsa County
Demonstration club on or before Aug
ust /, 1913.
All exhibits shall be in the hands
Of the exhibit committee of the In
ternational Soil Products exposition
by p. m. Monday, October 20.
All exhibits entered must have the
approval of J. =. Harter, county agent
of .ho United states department Of
agriculture for Tulsa county
All competitions will be judged and
all rrcmiums paid on the grounds of
the international Soil Products eX-
position Friday, October "a. Each
boy aud girl who belongs to the Tulsa
County Demon stratior club will be
given free pass to the grounds on
that day.
Prizes.
Bnsl ten cars OF corn Of any va
riety-Ten prizes as follows: w. J..
North, Duroc Jersey pig, SIS; {. {.
Whit. Poland China pig, Sl6; Model
Clothing comTany, ovcrcoat, Slo,
Harlow Brokerage company, suit OF
clothing SO; county commissioners,
$40: Palace Clothing company, suit
of clothing, $780, Palace Clothing
company. Stctson hat Sc; county
commissioners, IS; First National
bank, IS; Exchange National
bank, S5
Bows kafir corn growing contest
Fom prizes as follows: Gus Orcult,
Durcc Jersey pig, SIS, Harlow Broi-
eragc company, overcoat, $40; county
commissioners, S.; Palace Clothing
company Manhattan shirts, SO.
Boys and Girls cotton growing
contest-Tcn prizes as follows: J. P.1
Harer, Duroc Jersey pic SIS; coun-
ty commissioners, $40; Palace cloth /
ing company, pair Hanan shoes, |
$3.50. 'ounty commissioners. SIS, di- /
yided as follows, $3.50, s2.25, 81, /
Girls Demonstration club best |
plate If tomatOcs-H Harlow Brokerage |
company, lady's coat, $40; Hunt-Rid- |
dick company, lddy's nat, $40; coun- |
~ commissioners, IS; Exchange Ma |
tiunal bank, $3.50.
Girls Demonstration club. canned |
fruit and vegetable cuntest-FOur !
prizes rs follows: Beane-Nandever
Dry Goods company, ladys coat $40,
Harlow Brokerage company lady's
suit $40: Harlow Brokerage COM
pany lady's hat 9, Exchange Ma
tioual bank, $3.50.
Best exhibit 10y agricultural club or
school belonging to the Demonstra.
tion club-S50 given by commission
oss Of Tulsa county as follows: FRS,
pri2,. $25. second prize, SIS; third
prza, $40.
Cue of the most noted men to be
seen In Tulsa during the Iutenation-
nj Dry Farming congress October -
to November /. is Tllman Reuter-, ag-
ICulturai wizard and practical far
me1 Of Madras, ore Mr.. Reuter- is
perhaps the most enthusiastic boost
cr for the nry-Farming congress on
the Pacific coast, and he has every
reason in the world to win this dis
tiuction
Ar Reuter- mas exhibited the best
NJ his crops at the last three sessions
NJ the Dry Farming congress with
h, result that he has won twenty |
seven grand sweepstakes and fifty |
five first prizes He first became
Interested in the congress in 1910,
when he exhibited display at the
Spokane exposition that won for him
.Wcnty-three prizes. He exhibited
again at Colorado Springs in 1871
With remarkable results and again al
.ethhridse Alberta last fan. when
q boosted the number OF his prizes
u its present enormous total.
Mr.. Reuters 'louC suite" is grasses
and shoaf and tmoshed grains and |
with exhibits OF these specimens he
mas won the most Of his $4,000 worth
# premiums As an evidence of the
'cup" OF his exhibits. IL might be well
10 state that among other prizes won
By him last year he received the fol-
owing awards at the Lethhridge
show:
First prize for individual farmers
yrassoS and forage crop exhibits: first
lrize for individual farmers sheaf
graft exhibit, second prize for best
general collective exhibit: first prize
or 9O-day corn; first prize for sin
lie sheaf Of barley: and first prize
Ol he LARGEST natata