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carefully stored in a safe place. We were pleased to find how well the 

 labelinj; and wrapping had been done. 



A careful record was kept of every school sending com, and at the end 

 of this article you will find a complete list of all the schools represented 



in the exhibit. There were eight ^, 



hundred and ninety-six of them. 

 At the time of Farmers' Week in 

 February, the fine, new auditorium 

 of the College of Agrictdture had 

 just been completed, and the corn 

 exhiliit from rural schools was 

 arranged in the broad, semicircular 

 hall of that building. Special racks 

 were made in sections that fitted 

 between the exit doors of the 

 assembly room. They were covered 

 with buff-colored cloth that was in 

 harmony with the wall of the audi- 

 torium, and hemlock boughs were 

 fastened to the supports of the 

 racks, adding a touch of bright 

 color. When finished the racks 

 held a double row of com one 

 hundred and fifty-three feet long, 

 one row lying flat and the other 

 standing on a slant behind it. 



The cars were sorted and arranged 

 by coimties, supervisory (hstricts, 

 townships, and school districts, so 

 that every school could be located, 

 and \'isitors could look for their 

 home districts. 



Early on Monday morning of 

 Fanners' Week, the com was judged 

 by Doctor Gilbert and his assist- 

 ants, and two prizes were awarded 

 in each county, one for tlie best 

 ear of flint com and one for the 

 best ear of dent com, when both types were present. There were fifty- 

 three prizes for flint and forty-three prizes for dent com. The prizes 

 were blue riVjbons with bronze letters. 



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Dent corn. State prize. 

 Farmers' Week, 1914 



Flint corn. State 

 prize, Fartners' 

 Week, 1914 



