The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-03-17

Year, 10 all new entrants IN the club
we will furnish sufficient seed to plant
M acre Of corn. The contestant
must III each case agree to pillow, plant
and cultivate this one acre and to
harvest same before frost. to exhibit
at least ten ears of corr from each
acre so planted at the annual c IN
show and club convention to be held
in Wood at a date to be announced
later. The ten ears so exhibited to
become the property of the Pioneer.
At the time Of holding the annual
corn show and convention each con
testant must also file a complete re
port of when he plowed his field.
when he planted the seed, when he
narrowed and cultivated it, and when
he harvested the crop, giving
the actual number of bushels OF
good sound corn so harvested from
his acre. The latter statement must
be attested by at least two disinter-
ested parties.
The regular contest corn this year,
as heretofore, will be Rosebud King,
and we have arranged for an ample
supply Of tested seed to supply all
new entrants this year.
Here is an extra inducement
Through the cooperation of Mr.. S. r.
Langley we have arranged to get a
supply Of Reds Yellow Dent seed
corn this year and we will supply each
of the contest boys sufficient seed Of
Reds Yellow Dent to plant one acre,
thus each boy will have seed this year
for two acres Of corn, and Of course
will have to bring ten ears Of each
variety to the annual corn show and
club convention. Reds Yellow Dent
is one Of the standard varieties OF
the country and has standing in both
the state and the nation, and if the
boys produce corn good enough OF
this variety we will try and have the
prize Reds Yellow Dent exhibited
at the State Fair. AS an extra in
ducement Mr.. Langley offers a fine
registered Chester White gilt to IN,
boy producing the greatest number
Of bushels of corn from his acre OF
Reds Yellow Dent. This prize ought
to make competition in the Reds
Yellow Dent class.
We are going to offer another fine
silver loving cup as the trophy III
this boys acre corn contest, but III
order to become sole owner of this
handsome trophy, the contestant mus
win it twice in succession. The win
ner of the cup this year must again
enter the contest next year, and must
be declared the winner before he be-
comes the sole owner of the trophy.
The trophy will be awarded for the
best ten ears of corn exhibited at the
annual show, as decided by the judges,
either Rosebud King or Reid's Yellow
Dent. This year we will also award
two medals for the best and the sec
ond best ten ears of corn exhibited.
Two medals will also be awarded for
the largest and second largest acre
yield of corn reported at the annual
meeting. Mr.. Scarbro, state leader
Of boys and girls club work, is Of
fering a handsome medal for the best
acre yield reported at the annual
meeting by a member Of this club.
1t is more than probable that other
prizes will be offered by parties in
terested in this work, and if so we
will o them in ample time. In
the meantime make your entry as
early as possible and go into the work
with a determination to do your very
best and capture the cup and acre
yield medal this year.. Remember, it
costs absolutely nothing to become a
member of the Mellette County Pho
neer Boys Acre Corn Club. You
must be over ten and under eighteen
years of age, must live On a farm in
Mellette county to be eligible to mem
bership; you must get the written
consent of your parents OF guardian
to the use of one or two acres OF
ground on which to grow your corn,
the corn so raised to be your own
property to do with as you see fit you
must make your entry before May J.,
1922, the date on which entries in
this contest positively close. You
must arrange to get your seed at our
office; you must pillow, plant, cultivate
and harvest this o n all by your
self, and you must exhibit ten ears OF
the corn you raise from each acre at
the annual show in Wood, and you
must also make a written report OF
,,orr C~oocop,c work at that time.