The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-24
FAIR ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES FOUR SCHOOL CONTESTS
Children Will Have Essay Manual Training, Domestic Science and Vegetable
 Growing Contests.

The Southeastern Alaska Fair As sociation will sponsor a series of contests among the schools of South eastern Alaska as a part Of it's 1923 program. It will begin with an essay contest to Terminate May 15 and will include prizes and trophies for manual training and domestic science exhibits at the annual Fair which will be held in Juneau next Septem- ber for vegetable growing contest among the school children.
 Essay Contest
 The subject for the essays is "Ad- vantages to Be Gained by Southeast ern Alaska From Holding an Annual Fair" This contest is open for students from 12 years of age up ward A cash prize Of $10 will be given for the best essay submitted and s for the second best.
 The rules also provide that TO es. say shall be of more than TOO words in length. That no school shall sub init more than three essays to be selected through competition within the school and that the contest must close net later than May b.
 Directions to Contestants Each contestant. ,a1a.- present his or her essay to the school superin tendent or designated teacher with the request that it be entered in the Southeastern Alaska Fair Association contest.
 The superintendent, principal ol teacher of each school will have charge of the grading of the schoo' essays.
 The best threc essays from eaet l school will be forwarded to the sec retary of the association under post mark not later than May 31, 1923 The judges will make tho awards a I soon thereafter as possible. l In crder that the students may 1 have some knowledge of the purposes of the Southeastern Alaska Fair As soclation it's "obiects' arc rginte. at the top of this letter.
 All correspondence in regard to tht contest should be addressed to th, secretary, Southeastern Alaska Fail Association, Juneau, Alaska.
 Training and Science Exhibits l Trophies will be given to tn, schools in Southeastern Alaska sub mitting the best exhibits in manua training and domestic science. Sepa rate trophies will be allowed for eacl department, but they will be siriotl. school prizes and not for indiyidua contestants.
 Vegetable Growing Contest | The exhibits in the vegetable grow ing contest for individual school chil dren will be shown separate from tn, general exhibits and in no way vii be subject competition with adul exhibitors. Prizes of S2 for tht first, s1 for the second and 90 cent for the third will be given in eacl of the following vegetables: l Best head of cabbage.
 Best head of cauliflower.
 Best head of lettuce.
 Best bunch of carrots-not les than six in bunch.
 Best bunch of round radishes.
 Best bunch of long radishes.
 Best quart of peas Gin pod).
 Best peck of potatoes-15 pounds
 Bcst rutabagas-.not less thal three.
 Best bunch white turnips-not les than three.
 Best bunch Petrowshi turnips-no less than three
 Hints for Growing
 The association has sent out th' following hints for growing to pros pective contestants:
 For best results. cabbage and caull flower should be started about Apri in the house or hotbed. or planti may be purchased and set out abou May 15 Plants two feet apart il rows three feet apart is good plant ing distance Carrots, peas and ruta bagas should be planted as soon il spring as the ground can be prop Eerly worked. Potatoes should bt kerIt where it is warm for sproutinl month CT more before planting out If r,aced in a warm place early ir April they should have sprouts from one to two inches long by the middls of May. Lettuce should be planted by June 1 and thinned or transplant cd to stand at least eight inches apart to make good heads. Turnips should be planted early in June and rad.shes in July.
 Communications relative to these contests should be addressed to the | cocretarv of the Southeastern Alaska