The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1915-07-09
Boys and Girls Con-
test at County Fair

sion or the County superintendent
of Schools.
The object of this contest is to
awaken an interest among the boys
and girls of our schools in this in
dustrial work. People are coming
to realize the Importance of indus
trial education and attempts are
being made on all sides to interest
the younger generation in the more
common industrial work.
The value of a contest of this
kind cannot be estimated. The
boy or girl who is given a prize for
raising the best potatoes or corn is
encouraged in the production of
something useful.
At the present time there is
great deal of talk about keeping the
young folks on the farms, and there
is no better way of keeping these
young folks on the farm than to
impress upon them the importance
of the work that is carried on there,
and to encourage them in carrying
on this work with the greatest pride.
The County Superintendent re-
ceived several letters during the
early spring asking about county
contests and to all of these she re-
piled by saying it would be we'll
for the pupils Of the various local
tiles in the county to institute local
contests snd that as SOON as the
press of work naturally encumbent
upon the organizing of the Office
work in the new county was some
what lghtened, that further plans
would be made known thru the
county papers. After careful con-
sideration it has seemed best to
conduct this work in connection
with the County Fair, it being prob
able that at that time it will be
easiest for the young people to at
tend the exhibits of not only the
results of their own efforts, but they
can also at that time see what the
men and women of the county are
doing along the same lines.
The general rules are: All entries
in this department must be made
by pupils of school age. All en-
tries must reach the department by
the first morning OF the Fair and
must be well labeled with the name,
address and school district of the
entrymen. Entries may be remov-
ed the last day of the Fair and
prizes will be mailed as soon after
the close as possible.
Exhibits in this department will
be Classified in five groups, namely:
Class | Needlework; Class III Pant
ry--including baking, canning and
butter making; Class III Garden
Notwithstanding flowers; Class
" Field Products-corn, alfalfa,
small grain etc.; Class V Poultry
and Pig Department.
The County Superintendent will
be glad to answer any questions
the boys and girls of the county
may wish to ask in connection with
these contests, and she particular
ly wishes that every boy and girl
Of suitable age will do something
towards making this the biggest,
best thing ever done by the school
people of what is now Jackson
county. Write to the Superinten-
dents Office for Fair books showing
exactly the things for which premi-
ums are offered and these vino wish,
to make entries in the poultry and
pig contests will need especially to
write for the rules governing these
contests.
The Children's Department has
a good sum at its disposal for
prize money-let us see if it cannot
be evenly distributed thruout the
county and so even if some boys
and girls live some distance from
Kadoka make an extra effort to get
your exhibits here and then plan
on attending at least Childrens
Day--Wednesday Sept. Ist, 1915.
i OLyE CRow-AUsTIN,
| Co. Supt. of Schools
and Supt. of Childrens Dept.
Jackson Co. Fair.