Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-02-11
COUNTY BOYS TAKE
PART IN STATEWIDE CONTEST


A number of boys in this county
are out to bring home the bacon"
to their school by winning one of
the prizes being offered in state
wide farm record account contest
open to students in vocational agri-
culture, which is being conducted
by the Ohio-Pennsylvania Joint
Stock Land of Cleveland, with the
approval of the state department of
education. The local boys entered
are:
o. L. Young. instructor, voca-
tional agriculture, Malta -McCon-
nelsville high school; James Car
rell, Gale Cordray, Francis Glenn,
Willis Greer, Clarence Newsom,
Willard Patterson, Carl Wetherell,
Fred Whitehouse, Duane Wilson,
Wayne Wilson; G. H. Chambers, in
structor, vocational agriculture high
school, Stockport; John Bailey,
Dale Carpenter. Harry Fleming,
John Leonard; II. R. Martin, in
structor, vocational agriculture,
Pennsville; Paul Beatty, Wilford
Smith, Curt McInturf
It is generally recognized that one
of the serious difficulties Of farm
er boy today is, his lack of knowl-
edge of finance. of business meth
DDS and of everyday bookkeeping
and accounting. The Ohio State
University and the State Director Of
Education, Vernon Riegel. have
been giving emphasis to better ac-
counting methods for a number of
years. Nothing in the way of a
statewide contest has been under
taken until the above bank started
contest for Ohio farm boys en-
rolled in Hughes classes.
This contest has the endorsement
Of Ralph Richardson, in charge of
vocational agriculture. The inter
est aroused in the contest is sur
prising. More than 400 boys have
enrolled. 119 Smith-Hughes schools
are participating, located in 81 diff
ferent counties.
The prizes are worth while and
are as follows: First prize, 500
cash; End, $50; Sd, $50; 4th, $40;
5th, $50. Five additional prizes of
SO each, and in addition, in each
school in which ten or more boys
finish the contest, an additional
prize will be given.
The basis OF this contest will be
the actual financial record OF sin
gle farm, covering all items of in
come and expense during the calen-
dar year Of 1926. Each contestant
may select the farm upon which the
record will be kept. A farm record
account book, approved by the Ohio
State University and the Ohio Bank
ers' association is furnished each
contestant in which to keep the
records. At the close of the year
local judges will select the best
book from each school to be for
warded to the state judges, who
will make their selections and an
nounce the winners.
The Ohio-Pennsylvania Joint
Stock Land Bank was prompted to
start this contest as result of it's
experience in making about $9,-
100000 in loans to Ohio farmers
and examining over 1000 applica-
tions. They We're convinced that
one of the needs of Ohio agriculture
was better bookkeeping methods,
and believed that good way to
reach this result was by interesting
boys and girls of the state in a
years accounting contest
The large number of those enter
ed indicates that a real contest is
in progress. In some counties the
interest is so keen that additional
county prizes have been offered To-
cally. The local Smith Hughes in
structor said that the boys are in
this contest i'll earnest-not only for
the good received, but to put our
schools and county on the map.