The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-07-30
0.-W. r. & N. ISSUES
CORN PREMIUM LIST

The 0.-W. R. & N. Co. has issued
the premium list for the corn show to
be held by the company in WallaW ALA,
Wash, November 25, 26, q and 28.
Exhibits from all northwestern points
will be made.
Corn growing has been hobby with
the 0.-W. R. & N. Co. for the past
two years, a hobby that has been bene-
fetal to all northwestern districts. The
culture of corn has been materially
stimulated here. and substantial acre
age of the cereal has been planted the
past two years.
The rules for the corn show follow:
Competition open to everyone in ter
ritory tributary to the 0regon.Wash-
ington Railroad Il Navigation Com
pany's lines in Oregon, Washington or
Idaho.
All prize winning exhibits to become
the property of the company for exhi-
bition and seed purposes.
Prizes offered for irrigated products
are intended to apply wherever water
Is used as an aid to crop production.
No discrimination will be made az to
method of application.
Entries for all prizes must be accom-
panied with the name of exhibitor. the
location of the land and character of
the soil. Where the term 'non-irriga-
tion" is used, the reference lis to oil
lands where crop production is carried
on without artificial use of water.
When the prize is for one acre or more,
the entry must designate the location,
size and shape of plat; also state
whether 1t is a separate plat grown es-
pecially for exhibition or experimental
tion. or is part of a general field
crop. In the latter case state the size
of the field and whether it is one acre
or more. Ground to be measured and
the yield certified to by two or more
disinterested parties. This report
must also show the character of the
soil, kind of fertilizer used, il any,
quantity and time applied when the
land was plowed and how deep; how
often disced and narrowed before
planting date and method. -.ot planting /:
how often narrowed after planting
how often cultivated; what kind of
cultivator used and date of harvesting.
Samples of corn and stalks should be
as nearly as practicable fair average
of the crop except where the specifica.
tion is for field selected ears, in which
case the grower is supposed to go over
the plat some time previous to harvest
ing, and mark those stalks containing
the earliest maturing ears of good even
size, growing on strong. well developed
stalks. These marked ears are then
harvested separately, sorted, and fire
dried, and from these he may select
the so or 100 of most perfect ears.
All entries in the acre contests must
be accompanied by statement which,
in addition to the points noted, will
name the varieties of corn, and il
the seed was grown on that farm how
many years the variety has been
grown on that farm or in that neigbor-
hood, and state the labor cost in hours
and minutes in preparation of the
ground, planting. cultivating and har-
yesting. Also the use made of the
main crop. Was any part of it cut and
fed green? Was any of it hogged off.
or eaten off by livestock without har-
vesting? Was any of it cut up and
shocked. or was it husked and stalks
left standing in the field. or was any
of it put in the silo? If so, state the
size of silo and number of acres re-
quired to fill it; number of hours time
of man and team required to harvest
the crop and place it in the silo. Was
any seed corn saved7 If so, how much.
and how was it saved?
If you have any seed corn to sell,
tell US just how much of each variety.
In all acre contests so ears of corn
and IL stalks must be exhibited, ex.
cept in divisions J, X, L and M, which
require 100 ears.
One person may compete for two or
more prizes, but separate exhibits must
be made for each entry. Where the
prize is offered for one acre or more,
a separate plot must be assigned for
each entry. Where the prize is given
for ears of corn, the corn may come
from the acre or more that is in COM
petition for another prize, but separ-
ate exhibit from that required by the
acre contest.