The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-04
Bulls Like This Mean Money For Georgia Farmers

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and other things pertaining to agrlcul-
ture, ever shown anywhere in the
country.
100000 In Prizes
1t stands to reason that IN state
fair Offering an aggregate OF S6O,O00
in prizes, there is going to be show
well worth anybody's travelling to see,
outside of amusement and other fea-
lures to which the fall holiday season
so strongly summons.
In connection with these agricultu-
raj exhibits are offered more than SlO,-
900 in prizes alone; and if the Boys
Corn and Pig Clubs and the Girls Can
ming Clubs be included, the amount
will run far in excess of that.
Any county in anyone of the seven
southeastern states may compete in
the county exhibit contest for the first
prize of $500 and six subsidiary prizes
ranging from $500 down to $50, The
best individual farm exhibit will draw
a first prize of $500, with six other
prizes ranging down to SIS.
The agricultural school exhibits are
limited to Georgia, and there will be
eleven of them, one from each school
with a first prize of 500 and five
others.
But there are other contests in
which expert farmers from other states
are at liberty to compete to their
hearts content, among them lndlvldC-
al exhibits of corn, wheat, oats, bar
ley, millet, grasses, hay in bales, pea
nuts, cotton, sorghums and syrups, le-
gumes, country cured meats, potatoes,
sweet and Irish, vegetables OF many
kinds, melons, fruits and practically
everything the farm gives birth to.
Next comes the competition between
the members of the Farmers Five
Acre Corn Club, in the states of Geor-
gia, East Tennessee and North Flor
ida. careful rules for which are laid
down and special prizes offered.
Will Give 10 Per Cent More
In addition to the prizes offered
for all agricultural exhibits of what
ever nature, the Southern Ruralist will
give cash prizes of ten per cent addi-
tional to any exhibitor who is sub
scriber to that publication. For eX-
ample, if an exhibitor who is one Of
it's subscribers, wins $50 prize for
his display, he will receive from the
Southern Ruralist an additional prize
of SIS. In this way this publication will
add approximately $1,000 to the pres
ent agricultural premium list.
The sixth annual Georgia Corn Show
of the Boys Corn Clubs, generally con
sidered a big show within itself, will
be held this year at the Southeastern
Fair, and some $4,000 in valuable
Drizes will be given the boys who are
successful in these contests. Included
among the prizes are agricultural I'M
elements, blooded stock and scholar
ships at some of the foremost agri-
cultural schools and colleges. The
Boys Pig Clubs, including those boys
who have raised a pig into a full
grown hog, will also maze their eX-
hibits at the same time There will
likewise be prizes for them.
Cash premiums, and fifteen scholar
ships will be offered for the best work
of the Girls Canning Clubs, which will
include home demonstration work and
labor-saving devices for use in the
country home made by girls and
women.
Educational Display
In the educational department, I'M
der the direction of NJ. L. Britain,
Georgia's state superintendent Of
schools, competitions will be open to