The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-08-15
POTATO CONGRESS-
AT MENOlI1IEE.


October 21-2s will see the first Potato
Congress ever held in Cloverland,
staged 1t Menominee, Michigan under
the auspices Of the Menominee Com
mercial Club. The business men Of
Menomines have pledged $4,000 for
cash prizes and in addition to this in
dividual prizes will be offered by Up
Der Peninsula banks for the best exhib-
it Of potatoes from individual counties
that will bring the total cash prizes up
to $1,000.
Entry in this contest will be abso-
lutely free, there being no restrictions
except that the potatoes mustbs grown
in Cloyerland. The committee having
this work in charge will pay the tram
sportation charges on all potatoes
entered. .s
In order to make entry in this contest
all the farmer has to dois write George
p. Chambers. Secretary Of the Me-
nominee Commercial Club, for entry
blanks which he will I'LL in and mail to
the Secretary and then send his samples
of potatoes to the Menominee Com
mercial Club, c.. o. d. All samples
must be bushels, packed in standard
bushel basket. The potatoes will be-
come the property Of the local COM
mittee after the exhibition. This is
done ON account Of the expenAe Of re-
turning the potatoes and the fact that
the best potatoes Of the exhibit will be
sent to represent Cloverland at the Ma
tional Potato Congress to be held at
Grand Rapids in December.
This move is follow-up Of the gen
eral advertising that has been given
Cloverland this year a. potato centre.
Potato buyers will be present at this.
congress from all the big railroads and
from the big hotels in Milwaukee and
Chicago, and other large centres. The
seed buyers will also be on the ground.
thus creating for the farmer real
market 1t no cost.
1t will establish Cloverland as great
potato centre and will definitely estab-
lish the potato market. It win further
bring together the best potatoes Of
Cloverland and thus give Cloverland
the opportunity Of putting together an
exhibit that will have chance Of win
ming the sweep-stake prize at Grand
Rapids during the National Potato
Congress. II an exhibit can be gotten
together that 10 ereditabls 70 Clover.
land It means that we will have good
chance 9f wilping st Grand Rapids and
II we do win, II means that the feputa-
tion Of Clovefland as potato centre
Is established for all time to come, and
that the individual farmer will find
that 'Cloverland potatoes will bring .
premium on the open market.
In all, approximately sixty cash prizes
will be given, ranging from $500 in
gold to 10000 In gold. giving large
number Of farmers an opportunity to
participate in the prize money and mak'
ing them large enough so that every
farmer can afford to enter. No trans
portation charges, no entry fees. moth
ing except your bushel Of potatoes and
a thousand dollars in gold to the win
hers.
Farmers who are interested in selling
their potatoes are asked in making out
their entry blank to be sure and report
the kind and amount Of potatoes for
A
sale and the price they expect to get
for them. This information will then
be placed In the hands Of the buyerr.
The Menoninee Commercial Cub be-
lisves that this b the one best thing
that they can do for tAe development
Of Menominee County sitid Cloverland
during this year, and they ask that the
farmers of CIoverlahd help to make it
. success hy npkinR entries in the
contest. Write II once to the Secretary
of the Meno6inee Commercial Club
for entry blanks and detailed informs
, tion.