12 SPECIAL CONTESTS FOR CORN-CLUB WORK. 



SUBJECTS. 



(1) How I Made My Crop of Corn. 



(2) Coru-Club Work as an Education. 



(3) Tlie Value of Careful Seed Selection. 



(4) History of Corn. 



(5) Importance of Testing Seed Corn. 



ROPE-TYING CONTEST. 

 BASIS OF AWARD. 



(1) Time of speed in rope tying (period of five minutes) 30 



(2) Accuracy in tying and naming knots tied 40 



(3) Skill in handling self and rope 30 



Total score 



100 



Pig. 4. — A Minnesota club member preparing his seed test. 



In like manner hitching, horse-mounting, and soil-type naming 

 contests may be planned and successfully carried out, with the idea 

 of reenforcing the Boys' Corn-Club work with a series of practical 

 and highly useful play contests. 



SPRING CONTESTS. 



SEED-CORN GERMINATION TEST. 



Any one of the common methods and devices for seed testing will 

 be a success if you do the work carefully and follow instructions 

 which apply to the particular method or device. A club member 

 preparing his seed test is shown in figure -t. 



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