The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-09-04
CASH PRIZES FOR BOYS
AND GIRLS
Best Slogans for Use In Improved
Potato Seed Campaign

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Fifty dollars in cash prizes will be
awarded to the three members of the
Farm Bureau or Boys and Girls Agri-
cultural Clubs who submit the best
slogans for use in the improved po-
tato seed campaign. First prize will
be S25: second, S15; third, $40. The
money Is being offered by the Maine
State Farm Bureau Federation to
arouse interest in the campaign and
show their ~staunch backing.
The Improved seed campaign Us
being run IN nine counties this com
ing year for the purpose of encourag-
ing the planting of improved potato
seed stock, thereby increasing the
yield per acre and reducing the cost
Of production per barrel and to inter
est as many farmers as possible in
the practice. The advance publicity
to advertise this project includes a
poster.
Now the question is what combin-
alton of words will make a slogan for
this poster that will encourage the
widespread use of improved seed in
Maine? The Federation at a recent
meeting in Orono, decided that the
10 1000 Farm Bureau members and the
5000 club members must have some
mighty good thoughts on the subject.
Therefore, the Federation has put 1t
up to these persons Offering the above
generous prizes. After reading over
the conditions governing the contest,
as printed below, 1t Is expected that
every Farm Bureau and club member
will set his thoughts in motion and
devise a slogan that will put Maine in
the front rank as a producer of i'm
proved seed.
CONDITIONS OF CONTEST
Eligibility-Any member of the
County Farm Bureau for 1924; any
member of a Boys or Girls Agricul-
tural Club for 1924.
Length of Slogan-The space devot-
ed to the slogan is limited to % letters
and spaces between words. That
means that two words of not more
than % total letters can be used;
three words of not more than 81
letters and SO on. OF course the
slogan can be shorter than the maxi
um length.
Time-The contest will close Octo-
Der 10 at which time all contestants
must have submitted their slogan to
the county agricultural agent. No
slogan will be accepted after this date.
Awards-In making the county and
state awards, the following standard
for scoring will be followed:
Originality, 10 points; simplicity,
Is points; conception of purpose as
indicated by relationship to the use
of improved potato seed, rs points,
appeal, so points.
Prizes-County agents fill in this
paragraph II County Farm Bureau Is
to award prizes. Otherwise ignore.
The State Federation offers the fol-
lowing prizes: LIST, $25; End, $500;
Bird, $1,000.
In case two or more persons in the
county submit the same slogan the
first one received will be considered.
In case the state slogan selected is
submitted by two or more counties
the amount of the prize will be diyid-
ed among the contestants.
The following are a few commercial
slogans commonly seen. Although
direct limitations of these are not
. wanted, the samples may serve as ex-
ample Of what Is wanted.
Eventually, Why Not Now, The
Worlds Best BY Every Test, Lay or
Bust. For The Lands Sake. A Sensi-
BILE Habit, Most Miles Per Dollar, Get
Behind a Peter Schuyler, His Masters
Voice, Swat The Fly, Ask The Man
Who Owns One.