The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-03
CORN, POTATO
and POULTRY:
SHOW TO Be BIG
Bueford M. Gile, Agriculturist of the
Bemidji Schools, Writes for the
Pioneer.
N. M. D. A. AND BEMIDU r.
OFFER EXCELLENT PRIZES
Entries to Date in the Corn and Po-
r." tato Contests Announced;
Booklet Issued.
N. M. D. A. AND BEMIDU 8: r.
OFFER EXCELLENT PRIZES
(By Bueford M. Gile)

(By Bueford M. Gile)
Bemidji School Agriculturist.
The Corn, Potato and Poultry
Show to be held in Bemidji next De-
cember will be big one.
The greatest single feature of this
show will be the potato exhibits. Po-
|tatoes will be on exhibit from all over
Northern Minnesota. The Northern
Minnesota Development association
has again appropriated $500 in prizes
Ito encourage and teach the young
people better agriculture and to show
them that all good citizens in North
ern Minnesota are interested in them.
Each one of these young people who
enter the potato contest will exhibit
one peck at Bemidji next December
Fifty Enter Contest
AS a further inducement to the
young people in the vicinity of Be-
midi, additional prizes are offered by
the business men of Bemidji. There
are fifty entries in this contest up to
date. This contest is a small COM
munity contest within a big contest
and embraces territory within ap-
proximately twenty-five miles of Be-
midi. Information concerning this
contest may be obtained by address,
ing the writer.
Corn Contest.
Up to date there are thirteen con-
testants who have Joined the Acre
Yield Corn Contest, Last year was a
very poor year for corn and very few
have seed corn. However, we hope
this will be good year for corn and
will furnish twenty young people in
this contest their seed corn. We de-
sire to -have-about~ this snumher-in@the
corn contest and would like to hear
from seven more boys who will join
this contest Those joining the To-
cal contests will also use the same
plats in the state contests. The con-
testants may also use the same plat
of potatoes and corn to compete for
prizes offered by the county fair in
their respective counties.
Names Announced.
The following are the names Of
those who have joined. the corn and
potato contests to date. Any one
wishing to join who does not find
his or her name in the list, should
communicate with the writer. A
booklet, descriptive of the contests,
will be sent upon request.
Potato Contest.
Bessie Knox, Alaska; Archie Bow
rs, Eckles; Walter Danlicker, Eckles;
Lloyd Danlicker, Eckles; Bert Bren-
nan, Eckles; Celia Brennan, Eckles;
Bennie Grow, Eckles; Stanley Coe Be-
midi; Ruth Boobar, Helga; Clayton
|Coyle, Grant Valley; Elsie jennings,
|Blackduck; Claire Vincent, Bemidji;
Mae Fuller, Maple Ridge; Joe Nor
ain, Grant Valley; Lawrence Knox,
Alaska; Dave Vincent, Northern;
Omer Long, Maple Ridge; Donald
Knox, Alaska; Victor Miller, Grant
Valley; Josephine Miller, Grant Val
ley; Arthur Miller, Grant Valley;
Ella Luadtke, Grant Valley; Dona
Willett, Grant Valley; Charles
Schmitt, Grant Valley; Egner Will
llet, Frohn; Walter Frost, Grant Val
LEY; Ruth Stoy, Eckles; Chas. Hall,
Nebish; Rena Biloeau, Nebish; Bel
ma Ware, Nebish; Harold Bradshaw,
Nebish; Cecil E. Koch, Shevlin; Ida
Sunde, Helga; Carl Snustad, Helga;
Necolous j. Snustad, Helga; Edmund
Dybvig, Helga; Leonard Alton
FROM; Gladys Miller, Jones; Gustave
Burr, Bemidji; Andrew Becker
Jones; Percy Koch, Shevlin; Harry
!Cluff, Port Hope; Clifford Travis, Port
Hope; John Pemble, Port Hope; Stu.
art Rice, Port Hope; Gladys Millbock
Jones; Sarah Stienbrenner, Guthrie
John Stienbrenner, Guthrie; Freddie
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