Rural School Leaflet. 1019 



ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONTESTS 



Addtess all letters to Cornell Contests, Cornell Rural School Leaflet, Ithaca, N. Y. 



The Cornell Corn Contest 



Fifty dollars in prizes are offered to the boys in New York State for 

 the best work and results obtained in raising \ acre of com. The judges 

 will consider the largest yield, the value and completeness of the report, 

 and an essay on the subject " How to Grow Corn." The prizes will 

 be distributed as follows: first prize, $7; second prize, $6; third, fourth, 

 and fifth prizes, $5; sixth, seventh, and eighth prizes, $4; ninth and 

 tenth prizes, $3; eleventh and twelfth prizes, $2. 



Rules for the Cornell Corn Contest : 



1. All contestants must be under 18 years of age and live in New 

 York State. 



2. Each contestant must raise one-quarter acre of corn. 



3. Each contestant must do all the work except plowing and fitting 

 the land before planting. 



4. Each contestant must register for this contest with the New York 

 State College of Agriculture by June ist and receive from the College 

 a record blank. 



5. This record blank must be filled in and reach the College of Agri- 

 culture not later than November ist. 



6. There must be sent with this record an essay on the subject 

 " How to Grow Corn," which must be written by the contestant 

 himself. 



7. The yield of com must be determined by both weight and measure. 



8. Three responsible persons over 21 years of age must sign this 

 statement, which is printed on the record blank, namely: " I do hereby 

 state that I have measured or seen measured the land on which the con- 

 testant, , raised the corn reported in his record 



and find it to be { of an acre, and I do further state that to the best 

 of my knowledge and belief all the rules of the contest have been faith- 

 fully and honorably observed." One of the persons to sign this state- 

 ment shall be the trustee of the school district in which the contestant 

 lives or a teacher in the district school or the nearest union or high 

 school. The two other persons shall be appointed by the trustee or 

 teacher. To avoid mistakes it is advisable to have the land measured 

 in the spring by at least one of these three persons. 



9. The judges (to be appointed by the Editor of the Rural School 

 Leaflet) will consider the largest yield, the value and completeness of 

 the report, and the essay, " How to Grow Corn," awarding the prizes 

 to those who in their judgment have done the best work and obtained 

 the best results, 



