40 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO BULLETIN. [XVIIL 1. 



Vegetable Prize Competition. 



(1.) Prizes will be awarded in the following classes : — 



Class I. 



\ acre of potatoes, with corn and blackeye, or pigeon peas or 

 ^ acre of yams, with corn and blackeye or red peas. 



1st Prize ... .. ... ... $ 15.00 



'2nd Prize .. ... ... ... 10.00 



3rd Prize .. ... ... ... 5.00 



Class II. 



^ acre of plantains with tannias or cassava and corn or blackeye peas. 



1st Prize .. " ... ... .. $ 15.00 



2nd Prize ... ... ... ... 10.00 



3rd Prize ... ... ... ... 5.00 



Class III. 



\ acre of Rice. 



1st Prize ... ... ... ... $ 10.00 



2nd Prize .. ... ... ... 6.00 



3rd Prize .., ... ... ... 4.00 



(2.) The Vegetable competition will be for period of May to September, 

 1919. 



(3.) No prizes will I)e awarded unless there are 25 competitors in Classes I 

 and II and 10 competitors in Class III. 



(4.) In judging, the metliods of cultivation and condition (jf plants 

 together with the circumstances of each cultivation, the characteristics of 

 the locality', implements used, and the ability of competitors to answer 

 agricultural questions relating to tlieir work, will be taken into consideration 

 by the judges. 



(5.) Due notice will be given before the judging takes place in September, 

 1919. 



0.) A competitor may enter one or all of these classes. 



(JENERAL. 



Entry to the CompctitionH Free. 

 Entry Forms may be obtained on application to 



Agricultural Adviser, Scarboro, the Botanic Station, Wardens' 

 Offices, or the Secretarj' of any Agricultural Credit Society. 



Entry Forms if addressed to 



The Agricultural Adviser, 



Scarboro, 

 may be sent post free. 



All entries must be sent in on or before May 31, 1919. 



The Agricultural Adviser will visit all holdings entered for competition and 

 give advice as to the best methods of cultivation free of any charge. 



The Agricultural Adviser will select the best competitor.? in each class 

 to be visited by the judges. 



The Board may on the report of the judges, withhold or alter the value 

 of any or all of the prizes if the cultivations entered for competition are not 

 considered of sufficient merit. 



