The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-01-30
Industrial Contests
For SchOOl Attendants will be Held In
Conjunction with the Farmers
Institute

Superintendent Sauder has ar
ranged to hold the industrial con-
tests for the boys and girls of
the schools of the county, an out.
line of the program of this fea-
ture is given by the superintend
ent as follows:
About three hundred Grant
county boys have entered the
corn contest. The contest for
best ten ears will be on the town
ship basis with county sweeps
takes prizes for the best ten ears
exhibited. The three varieties
of corn shown will be white,
yellow and northwestern dent.
Already a number Of exhibits
have been received at the office
OF the county superintendent.
The ten ears exhibits can be
packed in small boxes and sent
to Milbank by parcels post at
cost of eight or ten cents. All
exhibits must be in by noon of
Wednesday, February 11th.
The Milbank Commercial Club
offers $50 in prizes for the most
corn grown on an acre of land in
Grant county. We haye
number of reports from both
the fiat and the hills section of
the county in this contest. We
have also received corn for this
acre exhibit
II. E. Dawes will score the
corn sent in and act as a Judge
in the contest. He will also talk
on the subject Of corn growing.
Mr.. Dawes is a corn expert and
has scored corn all over South
Dakota long before he became
identified with Institute work.
The girls sewing contest will
be held at Milbank on February
11th and 18th in connection with
the ladies' department of the
institute work. We have
number of articles from the girls
of the county Send in your ex-
hlbits at once. Entries in the
sewing contest close at noon on
Wednesday, February 18th.
Miss kellar will be at MiIbank
and will award the prizes in the
sewing contests. DR.. H. II.
Stoner Of Highmore is superin
tendent Of the Farmers Institu-
tes for South Dakota. He as
sures us that Miss kellar will
take care of the girls sewing
contests in a satisfactory man
ner.
10 the boys and girls in these
contests we make the following
propositions:-Come to the farm
ers institute at Milbank on either
February II or 10Th and register
at the county superintehdent's
Office by signing a statement saJ-
ing you are attending the days
session of the institute. This
will be reported to your teacher
and the days absence from
school will not be counted
against you.
Over $4OO will be distributed
in prizes in these contests. The
number of prizes in the corn con-
tests is 14O. There are 80 prizes
offered in the sewing contest.
Complete prize lists are now in
the hands Of the teachers.
Somebody is sure to win prize.
Why not you? Get your exhibits
to the Office of the county super
intendent at Milbank by noon Of
February 11th. Wen do the
rest.
We earnestly request and con-
fidently expect the support of
the people ofour county in this
work. Come to Mil5ank on Feb
ruary 11th and 18th and bring
the boys and girls with you.
The farmers institute faculty of
South Dakota will give you some
thing to think about all the year.
Following is an outline of the
farmers institute subjects and
speakers
John Robertson Of Hot Springs
S. D., who has conquered the
dry condition of Fall River
County, will discuss "Groves'
and "Windbreaks."
w. r. Wood Of Custer, S. D.,
one of the most successful
farmers in western South Oak
ota. will discuss "Better Farm
ing and "Silos."
Frank L. Sutherland Of Eureka
S. D., forman of the Eureka Sub
Experiment Station, will discuss
advanced Methodsof Farming"
and 1.-THE Relation of the Expert.
ment Station to the Farmer.
H. E. Dawes Of Fulton, S. D.,