The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-03-29
DiDersUlcc< s,n Main Thing
to Be outraged in Rankin
COunl0 Farming Operations
Final Details of Plans Concerning the r. H. Green Con
test Worked Out by Farm Bureau Agricultural
Advisory Committee Saturday. Encourage Better
Farming. Prize Money Incentive to Work.

was held in County Agent
Simmons office, the detail
plans were decided upon
for the contest between the
farmers Of Rankin County
for prizes offered by Mr..
R. H. Green, the big jack
son wholesale dealer.
In working out the final
details concerning the con-
test, helpful suggestions
were given in a letter from
Mr.. Green, in which he
says, "We think that diver
sification is a thing that
we want to encourage, and
any farmer should be al
lowed to plant as many
kinds of crops as he wants
to plant on the five acres,
and the more crops he rails
es in one year the more
chance he would stand to
get the prize"
The sole purpose of this contest
and the idea that impressed Mr..
Green in the beginning, is to en-
courage better farming; more
profits per acre, while the prize
money Is an incentive to make us
strive FOR greater results, it is but
Il small part of the reward to be
had from this contest. If by better
methods of soil preservation, better
planting seeds, and more intelligent
uses of fertilizers and methods of
cultivation, we could increase our
yield five bushels of corn per acre,
or 1000 pounds of seed cotton,
that will be the greatest benefit
to be derived from this project, and
surely it is the thing Mr.. Green,
the committee, and Mr.. Simmons
have in view, rather than the
1000 cash prizes.
1t would be a difficult problem
to arrange the details of this con-
test TO meet the approval of each
and every one who would enter,
but to throw the contest open for
the encouragement of better farm
ing and keep this in view as the
main purpose, there is no doubt but
that this is something really worth
the time and consideration of each
fnx in
the following rules governing the
contest were adopted by the com
mittee:
Rules and Regulations for
Contest Entrance.
Any resident farmer of the
county to be eligible to enter the
contest, provided he will qualify
in the following:
l. Each contestant will be re-
quired to use five (5) acres of land
in one body to be planted to the
crops of his selection; same to be
planted, cultivated, and gathered
under the supervision of the Rankin
County Farm Bureau Advisory
Committee, and the County Agent.
.. Each contestant to keep an
accurate record of all expenses in
Cured in the production, gathering,
and marketing of the crop.
3. The rate of charges of land
rent, labor per hour for man and
team, fertilizers, planting seed,
and other expenses are to be made
uniform for the entire county by
the Farm Bureau Advisory Com
mittee, and County Agent.
4. The land is to be measured,
at some time during the year, by
a committee of the County Farm
Bureau, also the same plan will be
followed in measuring the products
and auditing the records of the
cost of the crop as follows:
The rate of rent per acre shall
be $500.
The rate of labor per hour shall
be 12hc.
And for each horse and mule sc.
The rate of barnyard manure
shall be $500, for each two-horse
load, and $1.O0 for each one-horse
load.
5. The award of prizes to be
made on a basis of the greatest
profit made on any project of each
Oh the I'VE years.
6. The contest, if enough interest
is shown, is to be carried out for
a period of five years. The same
five acres can be used.
Z. The prizes to be awarded as
follows: first, $4,000; second $50;
third, $500; fourth $1,000; fifth,
1000, for each year.
And the following agreement to-
be signed my each contestant:
/ , resident farmer
and land owner of Rankin County,
do hereby agree to enter the K. H.
Green project work for Rankin
County farmers, by planting five
acres to the following ps:------
/ also agree to abide by the
rules as adopted by the agricultural
committee of the Rankin County
Farm Bureau, and at all times CO.
operate with them and the County
Agent in following the rules and
regulations governing this contest.
| further agree TO keep accurate
records on the cost of my crop and
that / shall charge 121ac for each
hour wages for man and sc for
team, $500 per acre rent, ferti-
lizer at cost: $500 for twO-horse
load barnyard manure, and $1.O0
per load for each One-h horse load !;
planting seed and labor for one
planting and all other items as
agreed upon by the above named
committee.
/ fully understand that the basis
0f awarding nrizpS is f0 be award