The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-11
Otat0 Shows
IPriZeS Awarded
he local leader, which may be a

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the local teacher, county
as anyone interested in the
boys rirls' work. The North
ern M. t "a Development associa-
ton has generously provided the
funds for the prizes. ..--..
"By the rules of the contest any
boy or girl from 10 to IS years of age
living in the territory north of the
south line of Pine, Kanabec, Mile
acs, Morrison, Todd, Douglas, Grant
or Traverse counties are permitted tc
enter. The rules required each con.
testant to grow at least one-eightb
of an acre of potatoes, do all the
work, keep an accurate record of all
operations and write a story on the
subject, How I Grew My Crop OF
Potatoes
Big Yields Reported.
Boys and girls from twenty-four
counties have been enrolled in the
contest with total of SIS members.
Beltrami county stands at the head of
the list with $50 enrollments; St.
ouis, second, with 90; Koochiching,
third, with rs; Carlton county, with
GO; Crow Wing with SO, and Itasca
county with 45 potato club members.
Of the first 100 boys and girls re-
porting, twenty reported an average
Of $50 bushels per acre. When we
consider the fact that the average for
the state for the last ten years is
100 bushels, the work of the boys and
girls means good deal.
Getting the boys and girls TO
work in groups is made a strong feat
ure Of the work. We have some
splendid illustrations of results. At
East Grand Forks two counties south
of the Canadian line, 1877 boys or
ganized into a corn club in 1914.
Forty-twO Of them finished with an
average of 70 bushels an acre. The
club sold 200 or 800 bushels of seed
corn under the All label. This boys
club captured $1,000 in prizes. The
president is a 15-year-old boy, John
Croy, who has made a record an older
farmer might we'll be proud of, grow
ing 81 bushels of corn on his club
acre."
Of In 10
potato contest are as follows:
Rurals-.Sophie Halvorson, Ron
aid, first; Ruth Ehnstrom, Carlton,
second; Ole Halvorson, Ronald, third;
Axel Hammerstrom, Moose Lake,
fourth; Andrew Tofte, of Tofte,
fifth. The following received minor
prizes, Louay Heikkile, Bovey, Eliza
beth Tofte, of Tofte, Frederick Steb-
ner, Duluth, Wallace Halbeck, Two
Harbors, James Nelvberg, Forbes, AL
bert A. Hill, Cloquet, Lloyd Lewis,
Flax, Frank Tougas, Fort Ripley, Ar
thur Wiegent, Warren and Roy A.
Johnson Pequot.
Green Mountain-Andrew Howe,
Merrifield, first; Ida Sabin, Mission,
second; Charles Van Horn, Ossipee,
third; Howard Harris, Fort Ripley,
fourth; Clarence Homerud, Duluth,
fifth. The following received minor
rewards: Clifford Strand, Sawyer,
Edward Pfeifer, Iverson, Floyd
Wilkes, Wahkon, John Jacobson, En-
barrass, Harry Cochran, Pequot,
Willie Rutger, Deerwood, Lester An
derson, Brainerd, Raymond Steiner,
Duluth.
The prizes in the adults potato
contest are as follows:
! Bliss Triumphs-Charles F. Schroe-
der, Mrs. Schroeder, George M. Sew
erance, John Patterson, B. M. Gile,
James French, all of Bemidji; G. Mel
by, st. Louis county.
! Russets-C. w. Clark, Puposky;
James French, George M. Severance
B. M. Gile, A. P. Ritchie, John Pat
ttrson, all of Bemidji; James Rutt-
ger, Deerwood, Crow Wing county.
Early Ohios-E. G. Craig, Bemidji;
I. J. Hayes, Chisholm; B. M. Gile
Bemidji; N. Ryagg, .Welton; Harvey
Carlston, Bemidji.
Green Mountains-B. M. Gile, Law.
renee Johnson, Otto Johnson, George
Miller, all of Bemidji; J. N. Skrivseth
Turtle River; Fred Howe, Merrifeld
Crow Wing county.
Rural New Workers Charles C.
Boehl, Munger, St. Louis county;
Herman Steiner, Hermantown, St.
Louis county; high school farm, Be-
midi; Frank G. Boehl, Munger, St.
Louis county; A. Hammershow,
Moose Lake, Carlton county; Oliver
Johnson, Munger, St. Louis county;
William Stone, Moose Lake, Carlton
county. -: -.r .. a.- !.
Burbanks-S Berkland, Fort Rip
ley, Grow Wing county; Lurthe1
BerkIand. Fort Ripley, Crow Wing