American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-04-03
N. !. A. Boys ! Contest

lug 1919, caused the General Board oil
the L. "A. M. 1. A. TO decidesto hoiu
a similar contest during 1913 Inc
purposes are " impress our boys ana
yOung men with the yaiue anu use o.
nioneJ, the worm OF Time and the
noccssity Vi forming habits OF indus-
Try ana THRIFT; ana also to give them
experience In intensely cultivating the
SOIL and marketing their products.
line contest shall be, known las
the NJ. /. A. Boys Half Acre and Car
uen Contest.
ALI Y. M. NJ. !. A. members, IL
or Is years OF age inclusive. are eiigi-
able to enter the contest.
3-All who enter this contest are
to fiji out the entrance blank and file
same through the ward vocation coun-
seior or stake supervisor, with H. w.
Eardley, secretary OF the Committee
on Vacations and Industries, ~ Bis
hop's building, Salt Lake City, Utah,
not later than June LIST, 1916.
sugar Beets, mangei wurzel, 20
tatoes or garden truck, may be grown.
For sugar beets, wurzel and potatoes,
one-haif acre of ground shall form
the unit for this contest, and in gar
den truck one-eighth OF an acre snail
form the unit OF the contest; but zach
contestant may enter one, two, three
or four units.
1.-Two or more young men may
form "A club or partnership, but there
must be at least one unit OF ground
Tor each member participating In such
partnership or club. ALI partnerships
or clubs shall be restricted to not
more than five members each.
THE participant or participants
in the contest are to decide for them
selves what crops shall be planted.
out the crops must be confined to the
products enumerated In Rule 4. They
shall also decide the frequency and
amount of irrigation, how the crops
shall be cultivated and marketed, and
as far AS possible, each shall do his
own work, hiring only such work done
as he may be unable to do. An ac-
curate record shall be kept OF all
work hired, both as to time the hired
person spends and the amount he re-
ceives for his labors.
Am accurate record shall be kept
OF all the expenses pertaining TO the
cultivation of the ground and the mar
keting OF the crop. and the returns
shall also be carefully and accurately
recorded. The expenses shall include
labor. seed, fertilizer, etc, as per re-
port blank.
Sin estimating the cost of pro-
ductlon, the contestant shall allow
$50 rental for each half acre OF land
which he uses. He Is to count his
own time worth 10 cents an hour; all
team work and help at actual cost,
and barn-yard manure at $500 per
ton.
9-The contest shall be conducted
by the Committee on Vacations and
Industries, affiliated with the State
and National Boys and Girls Clubs.
II shall be under the direction Of the
stake supervisor, assisted by : the
state and county leaders Of boys and
girls clubs. All instructions issued
by the state leader OF boys and girls
clubs are applicable to these>tcop
tests, and those who enter WIN De
furnished, upon application. the bull
letins issued by the boys and girls
clubs which give instructions relat-
Ing to the planting and repairing OF
the crops. Each stake shall form a
unit In the contest. At the end OF
the season the report OF each con-
testant shall be certified to by his
ward vocation counselor. or president,
and bishop. and Is to be sent TO the
stake supervisor, who shall arrange
for judges to decide the merits OF the
| different contestants.
1O-At the conclusion of the con-
test In each stake. the stakc supervisor
shall send to the Committee on Voca-
tons and Industries of the General
Board the four records which shall
have been adjudged to be the first
second, third and fourth best. From
the records thus submitted final de-
cislon will be rendered for the work
done throughout all the stakes OF the
Church, recognizing first. second
bird and fourth best. All boys and
young men entering this contest are
also eligible TO compete In the county
and state contests OF the boys and
girls clubs, and are In line to win The
state, the NJ. l. ASand the National
Championships.
1.-THE contest shall be determined
on the following points. namely: the
crop yield, marketing OF the crop, re-
cord and net results.
12-The winners OF the final con-
test shall be given honorable mention
IN the Improvement Era. and present.
ed with II suitable token signifyinp
their achievement.
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