The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-25
GLE HAS PLAN TO
INCREASE INTEREST
Announces Conditions Under Which
Premiums Will Be Offered Boys
and Girls for Farm Articles
THREE DIVISIONS OF CONTEST
Arrangements Being Completed for
Big Farmers Institute to be Held
March Prominent Speakers

March I-Pr0mlnent speakers
Boys and girls of Beltrami county
! are to be offered special inducements
by the Agricult ural association and
others to raise farm products which
will be exhibited at the county fair
next fall according to an announce
ment given oat by B. M. Gle, high
school agriculturist, this morning.
The announcements is as follows:
Giles Announcements.
Boys and Girls of Beltrami County,:
"Do you want to take part in a
great game? The game of produc-
| ing some thing this summer and then
exhibiting it at the County Fair next
fall. The Fair Board lis Offering
over twice as much in cash prizes
to you than ever before. A complete
list of their prizes has been prepared
and may be obtained by writing
lSupt. w. B. Stewart: There are
three divisions of this contest which
you may want to know more about,
A Dozen Chickens.
"The first is the poultry contest
We want each boy and girl in Bel
trami county to raise at least a
dozen chickens this summer and then
bring the best pullet and rooster to
the County Fair this fall and com
pete for one of the A prizes. See
the premium list; and note that the
best prizes are offered for Leghorn,
Plymouth Rock and the Rhode, Island
Red breeds. These chickenp must
he this years hatch. A special
premium of a good watch will be
given by Mr.. E. a: Barker of the
Barker Jewelry Store for the best
pair of chickens of any breed ~
Vegetable Contest.
''The. second contest is the veg
etable contest. Every boy and girl
fshouNd have a garden. This may
easily be done by taking care of the
home garden. Numerous and liber-
al prizes are offered for potatoes
onions, table beets, sweet corn or por
corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbage
lrutabagas and squash. The writer
will he glad to aid any boy or>girl
lin planting their garden and will
visit Turing the summer as many Of
the gardens as possible. "
"Note ,the liberal prizes offered fol
corn in the premium list. Any boy
or girl may compete for these prizes
whether they raise just a few rows
of corn in the garden or several
acres. In addition to the regular
cash prizes offered another special
prize of watch will be given by
Mr.. Barker for the best ten ears Of
corn, any variety exhibited.
1.-THE third division is open fol
boys only. This is, the yield Of corr
contest. Any boy between the age.
of 10 and 18 years on July L., 1913
may enter this contest and in case
they compete lin the contest they
may become member of the Beltra
eli County Junior Corn Club. Mem
bership may be held and yields ii
1.-THE acre-yield contest accepted unit
FL years Of age, provided the contest
ant enters under the state rules be
fore he is IS years of age.
| Rules Of the Contest.
sThose entering will also be eli
gible to the state contest, Withou
lseparate entry and all contestants
will comply with the state rules. A
high as four acres may be raised an,
| then an acre selected which mus
have at least twelve CONSECUTIVE
rows. u
4 Prizes for 1914
| 1st-$25.00, First National Bank
Bemidji.
I 2nd-$15.00, County Fair Board
! 3rd-$10.00, County Fair Board
4th-$5.00, County Fair Board.
q 5th-$5.00, County Fair Board.
6th-$5.00, County Fair Board.
q 7th-$5.00, County Fair Board.
u 8th-$5.OO, County Fair Board.