The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-01-09
INTEREST GROWING
ENTRIES IN CORN CONTESTS IN
CREASE IN FOUR YEARS
FROM 14s TO 1000.
PRIZES OFFERED.
Thousands Of Children Become Actlv,
In Showing that North
Dakota Can Grow
Corn.
PRIZES OFFERED.

to be held in Fargo Ian. A-l7. will
attract more attention than formerly
The First National Bank Of Fargo and
the Rogers Lumber company of Min,
neapolis offer $500 in cash for the hest
corn grown in the fve-acre plots un.
der the better farming movement
Nash Brothers, of Minneapolis. Fargo
and Grand Forks. offer 5000 in cash
for the best corn grown under the con.
tests started in the different counties
for the school children of the state. in
which at least 10000 children partici.
pated this year. The Duluth hoard OF
trade n Minnesota and North Dako.
ia seed houses offer twenty-seven spe.
cial prizes. nine of which sare for corn
and the others for small grain and lie,
gumes.
The North Dakota corn show in.
creased in four years from l49 entries
to 1000. G. w. Randlett, one of the
professors of the agricultural college,
conceived the idea and the Fargo Com.
,mercial club offered $3.50 in prizes.
The second year this was repeated
and local realty men added another
$3.50. More people were interested in
the third show. following which Presi.
dent Weiser and Cashier Irish of the
First National bank of Fargo, decided
to offer $1,000 in cash for the fourth
show. This was responsible for many
local offers in different counties by
bankers and realty men and was the
incentive for county and village corr
shows and corn festivals that have ere.
ated statewide interest in the crop.
The last show here proved a great
drawing card and many former resi-.
dents of Iowa. Illinois. Missouri and
other states almost refused to believe
that such splendid corn could he grown
in North Dakota. Even greater re.
suits are expected for 1913 because of
the numerous agencies which are en-.
deavoring to promote corn culture.
The prizes are to be awarded as fol.
lows:
Four Sections of State.
The state is divided into four sec.
fions. The northeast section consists
of Pembina. Cavalier. Towner. Walsh,
AsoAAoCy. IOAioOus 0lduu CNThS. NElSJu,
Eddy. Foster and Wells.
The northwest section comprises
Rolette. Bottineau, Divide. Williams,
Ward. Renville. Birke, Mountrail. Nc.
Henry. Pierce, Mclean. Stevenson,
Oliver. Mercer. Dunn and Mckenzie
counties.
The southwest section includes Kid.
der. Burleigh. Logan, Mcintosh. En-.
mons. Morton. Stark. Hettinger,
Adams. Billings and Bowman counties.
The southeast section takes in
Traill. Steele. Cass. Griggs. Stutsman,
Richland. Ransom. Sargent. LaMoure
and Dickey counties.
There must be four lots Of corn of
ten ears each. The corn is to he red,
white and yellow dents and early and
late lints. In the first three districts
there are five cash prizes for each va.
riety and. in their order, they are $40,
81. SIS. 81. 81.
In the southeastern division there
are ten prizes in each of the four
classes. and they start at $40 and run
down to 81.
The foregoing cash prizes are those
offered by the First National bank of
Fargo and the Rogers Lumber com.
pany of Minneapolis.
Other Cash Prizes.
For the 5000 cash prizes for school
children contestants, put up by Nash
Brothers. there is a slightly different
arrangement. The state is ,aHle
as in the other contests, but the north.
western section is left out. There are
only two classes offered contestants
In the northwestern section, dents and
fints: two in the southwestern section,
white dents and other varieties; and
three in the southeastern section. red,
yellow and white dents. There are
five prizes in each section on each va
riety and they range from IS to 81.
The prizes offered by the Duluth
board of trade and the Minnesota and
the North Dakota seed houses total
twenty-seven and range from s25 to
50, only two prizes being offered in
each class.
h prizes are also for measured
amounts ranging from a peck to a half
q bushel, and in addition to corn they
Include small grains and legumes.
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