Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1914-07-29
One ACRE CORN
GROWING CONTEST
Warren High School,
Warren, Mimi, July "a, 1914.


Warren, Mimi, July "a, 1914.
Dear contestants:
The acre corn plots are doing well
and ] am anxious that each contest
ant shall realize the most possible
from his acre. The Fair Board for
the County Fair are also interested
in you and want to encourage you in
your work. To show you that they
are earnest in the matter, let me tell
you what they have offered to do.
They offer five prizes: 1st, $1,000;
End, $500; 3rd, $500; 4th, $500; and
5th, S1.O0; to the boys who are en-
rolled in the one acre corn contest
and who win out at the County Fair
this fall. Each boy in Marshall
County has chance to win one Of
these prizes and 1 know you will all
try to do your best. Pick the best
ten ears that you can find on your
acre plot and bring it to the County
Fair this fall, September ID, 1914, or
if you cannot possibly be present
with it and enter your ten ears of
corn. send it to the Warren High
School day or two before the fair
opens and we shall see to it that your
corn is properly taken care of. The
boys will have a separate booth Of
their own and | know that you want
that booth to look as good as any
thing at the fair and you can best do
this by sending in your ten ears Of
corn and better still if you will bring
it yourself In addition to the prizes
offered above each boy will receive a
fine button which entities him to a
free ticket for the fair, Come and
wear this button and take home with
you one of these prizes. .
The Acre Yield Contest.
Read the rules carefully, and if
you have lost the rules that were sent
to you in the spring, write in to the
Extension Department Of the Univer-
sity, St. Paul, Mimi, and they will
send you one, (Rural School Agricul-
ture for February contains these
rules.) e SFzE
The county will be divided into
four divisions: list, Stephen; End Ar
gyle; 3rd, Newfolden; and 4th, War
rem. The Newfolden division will be
looked after by the county superin-
tendent of schools and the other
three divisions mentioned, will be SUI
pervised by their respective high
school aUricll1tllriSts
Territory covered by each division:
list: North half of Wright, Wanger,
and Tamarac townships and the
whole of Donnelly, Sinnott and Augs-
burg townships.
End: South half of Wright, Wan
ger and Tamarac townships and the
whole of Alma, Middle River, Bloom
err and Big Woods townships.
3rd: Lincoln, Foldahl, West VAL
ley, Marsh Grove, Newfolden, Holt,
Excel, Cedar, Grand Plain, Mud Lake,
Thief Lake and Whiteford townships.
18th: McCrea, Comstock, Warren
ton, Boxville and Lake Park town
ships.
County Prizes.
1st: One 1916 full blood Holstein
calf valued $4,000, given by c. L.
Spaulding, Warren, MINI.
End: $4,000; 3rd $780,; 4th $1,000;
81, ono pair Of larnd boots valued
6 OO) by Taralseth Store; next
zen $500 each.
May Is, 1914.
We the undersigned, wish to en-
courage the work among the boys of
our county and we promise to give
the following prizes to the boys rank
ing highest in the Marshall County
Acre Yield Corn Contest for the year
1914: e..
list. One 1916 full-blood Holstein
calf, valued $4,000.
End $4,000; Ord $500; 9Th $1,000;
9Th one pair of laced boots; next ten
or eleven $500 each.
C. L. Spauiding, one 1916 full
blood Holstein calf (S3O.OO).
Swedish American Bank, $1,000.
First National Bank, $1,000.
Marshall County Land Co., $500.
"~--~'~t'- p ~ oro ra;~ Of LACED
boots (S5.OO).
w. F. Powell & Co., $500.
County Commissioners, $4,000.
State Bank of Warren, $1,000.
Write to the supervisor of your di
vision and find out what you are II
do, in case you are in doubt.
Be sure to report to the Warren
High School how much seed corn yo'
pick from your acre and what means
you have for curing it. Write to tn
University, st. Paul, Mimi, for Elk
tension Bulletin No. 9 which tell
how to select seed corn and how t
store it.
Expecting to see you all at tn
County Fair, September "A, Is an
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