The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-04-12
BOYS ACRE
CORN CONTEST
Two Banks Offer 500 for Prizes te
Boys Who Raise the Best
Corn This Year.
FIRST PRIZE is $500 IN CASH
Denison Seed Company Will Buy the
Corn at $500 Per Bushel II It
Picked Before Frost Comes

County Superintendent F. N. Olry
has sent out circulars announcing the
Boys acre corn contest for Crawford
county, which will be conducted again
this year. The corn contest last year
created considerable interest among
school boys over the entire county, but
on account of the wet summer the re-
suits were not as good as had been
hoped for.
The Crawford County State Bank
of Denison, and the German Bank. OF
Schleswig, are furnishing $4,000 to be
divided among the boys of the county
who can raise the most corn on one
acre of ground. The prize money 'of.
fered by these two banking institutions
will be divided as follows:
First prize, $500 cash.
Second prize, $4,000 cash.
Third prize, $1,000 cash.
Next seven prizes, $500 each.
1t is hoped that. every boy In the
county will arrange to enter the con
test this year, and for the benefit OF
those who have not received the cir
cular from the county superintendent
we publish the rules governing the
contest, which are as follows:
1. Any boy over 10 and, under Is
years of age. Jan. 1916.
= 2, Each member will plant and care
for one acre or more and agrees t.
make a SPECIAL, study of selecting
judging and testing seed corn, and
of planting, cultivating and harvest
ing the crop. The acre must be rec
tangular in shape. 1t must be meas
ured from the center of the row tc
the center of the row. 1t may be eth
er separate piece or part of
larger field.
3. Work.. Each member secures
the use of his piece of land.
q Selects his own seed corn
from his fathers corn or from any
place where he can get good seed
corn.
3. And does his own work
In raising his crop. boys in school
may have help with the acre but must
keep record of the number of hours
work done in raising the CROP
5. Each. member must keer
q record of the work done on his
piece, the expenses and dates, SO that
he can fill out the report blanks fully
and answer any questions about the
acre. .s
We want to know about this acre:
1. The total number of bushels raised
per acre. M, ~. Is
2. The cost of raising the corn and the
profit on the acre.
3. Who has the best ten ear exhibit.
III each boy will keep record OF
the number of hours work done on
his piece either by himself or by some
one else and the number Of loads of
manure used or the number of pounds
Of fertilizer used then he may enter
the state contest, We shall follow the
rules given out by the Ames college.
The above rules are taken from their
circulars.
Letters will be sent to the members
and these should be read carefully.
Blanks have been sent to the teach.
ers and these will be signed by the
boys who care to enter the contest
Any boys who are not in school this
spring may enter the contest by writ
ing the county superintendent.
About September first, rules in re-
gard to the husking of the corn and
other work that must be done. will
be sent out.
The Denison Seed Company will
give one dollar per bushel for good
corn raised by the boys, il 1t is pick
ed before frost and properly taken
care Of They will give to the boy VINO
brings in the best bushel Of pure bred
seed corn a prize of $1,000. and for
the second best bushel prize of $500
and for the third best Ibushel a prize
Of $500. The seed corn they buy must
be pure bred strain of corn and not
mixed with other corn.
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