The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-26
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TO HAU H' / lIBITs
School Premium List et Beltrami
County Fair to Be Bigger Than
Ever Much Interest Shown.
NEW BUILDING is POINT IN VIEW l
Forty-three in Acre Yield Corn Con.
| test Two Hundred Entries Elk
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pected in Poultry Contest.

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Every visitor. to. the Beltrami
County Agricultural Society fair,
which is to be held TIE 1e, Z and
IS of next month, should inspect the
school exhibits. This department,
as in the past, will Be sone Of the
most important features Of the en-
tire fair. IS
Every indication ID that the work
Of the boys and girls sofs the county
which will be enters as exhibits
will be OF a larger Variety and Of
higher standard than ever before.
This is because Of the Efforts Of the
pupils, instructors and officials to
have an exceptional display, using
the. occasion as an opportunity to
further the probabilities Of separ-
ate building for the school exhibits
next, year.
49,. The Corn Contest.
In the corn contest there are
forty-three boys enrolled, and Of the
acre plots every one must have ex-
hibits at the fair. The acre yield
corn contests conducted both by the
county and the state, and the fol-
lowing conditions govern, and the
points considered are: .:. = { i
Largest acre yield so
How grew my crop :. -. Is
twenty-five ear samples of corn
grown ......-. 10
Cost OF growing :. -: So. $50. 10
Punctuality in making reports. S
49,. Special Prizes. s..
There will be special prizes for
the best ten ears of corn, best pair
of chickens and the acre yield corn
contest. The cash. prizes for the
school exhibits will amount to APP
proximately $500, a larger amount
than in former years. ), # ,-. {. 1 ~ i. =
Many in Poultry Contest.
More than two hundred contest
ants are expected to make entries in
the poultry contest, and for which
forty-four prizes will sbe awarded.
Each contestant will be required to
exhibit cockerel and one pullet
There will be three hundred boys
and girls in the garden and poultry
contests, says B. M. Gle, high school
agriculturist. t..
The Bread Contest.
Great interest is being shown in
the girls bread contest. TO the
rural school having the best exhibit
will be given the School Banner.
All May Enter. =.
Every school in the county may
enter exhibits in section A, corn and
vegetables; D, Language; I, Poul-
try; and j., special premiums, while
all the other sections are open to all
rural and consolidated schools
which have no special departments.
| .Agriculturist' Gile and w. B. Stew
art, county superintendent of
schools, are devoting much time 20
the school department Of. the fair
and are encouraged by reports which
are being made from around the
county. ~.
+ Show Appreciation. Soy :
In asking the support Of the teach
ers in providing exhibits, supt.
Stewart says: IL g.
Teachers are earnestly urged to
make a special effort to interest the
children of their schools in this prac-
tical work: It matters not how
small the exhibit is; send it in and
tIlet as many schools as possible be
Represented, An offer of nearly
three hundred dollars, twice as much
fas ever before, is made to the chill
dren by the Fair Managers and pri-
vate individuals to encourage more
and better work. Let us all do our
part and show our appreciation of
this generous offer by making the
school exhibit OF Beltrami county for
! 1914 the largest and best yet made. =
The Episcopal Guild will meet to-
4 morrow afternoon at 2::.308at Mrs.