Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-05
TRIP TO FRISCO EXPOSITION OF.
FEREp FOR BEST ACRE
GROWN BY BOY.
OPEN TO ANY BOY IN
COUNTY UNDER 10 YEARS
Contest Is Now Open and Boys VINO
Want to Enter Must Do So at Once
lin Addition to the Head Prize
Cash Prize. Of $40 Offered For Best
Acre in Several Townships.

A free trip. worth s125. to the Pan
anna Pacific exposition at San Fran
cisco next fall, and additional prizes OF
SO in cash for each township, are the
premiums posted by the Marshalltown
State Bank, of this city, and other IN
6iyiduals for the best acres Of corn
grown this season by Marshall coun-
" boy. This corn growing contest
and similar contests in thirty-four
other Iowa counties, where trip 10
the exposition is the head prize, have
been arranged under the direction OF
the extension department OF Iowa
State College AmeS.
The boy in each county who grows
the best acre of corn and best 1uiniis
the other conditions Of the contest Will
make a party that will be sent TO the
exposition free of charge late IN the
fall. The boys will pc under the charge
of one or more Iowa men. and perhaps
a physician may be sent with them
In addition TO a head prize a number
OF individuals have offered prizes OF
$40 in cash for the pest acre OF corn
grown in each township.
Conditions Of Competition.
ANY boy who was over 10 years OF
age and under 10 years of age Jan. l.
1915. may enter this contest. He must
plant and care for one acre OF corn
and he must agree 20 make a speciai
study of selecting, Judging. and test
ing seed corn. and Of cu:-iVat!ng ana
harvesting a corn crop. The acre must
be rectangular in shape, and II may De
either a separate plot or part OF
larger field.
Each boy is to secure the use OF the
LAND. his own seed corn. and do ms
own work in raising the crop. he
must keep notebook in which 70
make record of his work, expenses
and dates needed when he makes his
report Instructions Will he sent each
boy from time to time during the corn
growing season.
With the same acre of corn the boy
may compete for national and state as
we'll as for county and local prizes.
The following basis of marking will De
used for both the national and the
Iowa awards IN each county: Total
WELD of corn on acre. 80 per cent;
showing Of profit, so per cent: quality
and ten ear exhibit, 20 per cent; his
tory and report on How I Made My
Crop of Corn" 20 per cent.
How to Enroll
All boy has to do TO enroll is 70
| give his name. age, month IF his birth,
and his address. and township in
! which he expects 20 grow the corn to
| the township or county leader, or send
| his name to c. E. Bishop, care of Iowa
State College. Ames.
AS soon as the boys enrolment is
received he will be sent full instruc-
tons regarding the contest. Each boy
who enters must 10 all Of his own
! work except plowing the land or other
heavy work that he can hire done II
he wants 10.
Prizes in Five Townships.
In addition to the free trip to San
| Francisco. which includes sIopoffs at
several important cities en- route, other
prizes have been offered already il.
Ave townships. In each case these lat
! ter prizes are so III cash. The donors
! of these prizes and the townships for
which they are offered are Liberty,
| George A Turner; Bangor, Frank c.
| Davis; Liscomb. D. G. Bsurnan; Iowa
| Albion Savings Bank; Taylor, ". II
Arney.
| Boys who want 10 compete may send
! their names to C. E. Arney, Of Albion
! the county leader or to any of the
following township leaders: Liberty, c
| II. Ross: Bangor; c. J. Lowe; Lis
| comb. Henry Leise: Vienna. Howard
| Ec.,les: Taylor, Carl Lewis: Jefferson
| Charles Paul; Iowa, H. ]. Reidel; Mar
| ion. T. P. Low: LeGrand, George w
| L PnIevf p4nl. Mari.
eta. Harold Moninger.