The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-04-26
County Contest
AWakenS interest
Boys and Girls Clubs Offer Fine
Chance TO Win Good
Prizes.
MANY HAVE ENTERED
County Fair Offers More Liber.
al Prizes Than Ever Before:
Other Prizes Good

1t is not an uncommon thing
to hear CT boys and girls in var
ious parts of the country rails
ing such yields of corn as $50
bushels per acre; such yields of
potatoes as 500 bushels per acre
or of producing pork at four
cents per pound, to say nothing
of the yields made in garden
vegetables and the almost per-
feet scores in bread-making. To
accomplish such work as this
requires the application of brains
as we'll as muscle on the part of
the boys and girls who do them.
While we do not have any boys
In Redwood county who have
produced $50 bushels of corn
per acre or 500 bushels of po-
tatoes, we do have several that
have made almost equal show
ings when conditions have been
anywhere near favorable, espec-
tally in the production Of corn.
Contest Results.
For the past three years the
contest work has been carried
on in this county with excep-
tionally good results and with
an increasing interest each
year. Several boys in the coun-
ty have entered the contest
each year and they have made a
better showing each year even
though such enemies as cattle,
hogs and sheep have at various
times attempted to help them
harvest their corn before it was
ready, to say nothing of the
weather over which they had no
control.
AS a result of last years
corn contest in which there
there We're over 40 entries. the
winner of the contest, Edgar
L,anham of Tracy, secured
Weld of 1913 bushels of field
dried corn per acre, which is in
deed an exceptional yield when
the unfavorable season is con-
sidered. The winning of this
contest entities Edgar Lanham
to a free trip to the State Fair
this fall as a member of The
Farm Boys Camp. The Pig
Contest, in which there were
five entries was won by Virnell
Addison Of Walnut Grove whose
pig weiahed 100 pounds at a
trif1e over four months of age.
The pig was shown at the state
fair last fall as the winner from
Redwood county.
Schools Help
Much encouragement has
been given to the work by the
different schools Of the county
and also by a great many midi
Viduals and the outlook for the
. coming year promises to be far
ahead Of any previous year. In
the work this year the county
is being taken care of more
thoroughly than ever before by
the enlisting Of the Agriculture
al men in the High Schools of
Redwood Falls, Morgan and
Lamberton in this county and
Tracy in Lyon county to look
y after this work in the territory
4 kdioining their schools. This
Y plan was formulated at a get
together meeting of the Coun-
ty superintendent Of School,
the County Agent and the diff
ferent High School Agriculture
al men. BY this means more at
tention can be given to the boys
who enter the contest and bet
ter results are looked for AL
ready nearly one hundred en-
tries have been secured and
more are expected before the
entries close May |.
Good Prizes.
Besides the local encourage
lment and help that is given
'~as~ pl uhipI- prizes have been
make the e work this year.
passaole. weepstakes prize
The road in the corn con-
similar devilnties of Redwood,
usefulness .urray is a pure
n It may be calf given by the
K .+oge to clfstein farm of Red
WOOD !. ais, Of which Messrs.
Gold, Wise and Gold are the
F<proprietors. This calf will be
awarded to the winner at the
Tracy Corn Show held under