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Rural School Leaflet 



4. Each contestant must keep a complete and accurate account of the 

 cost of labor, plants, fertilizer, rent, or other charges connected with the 

 crop, and present the complete account, showing the profit or loss result- 

 ing, as his exhibit on prize day. 



5. Before harvesting is begun the area on which the crop is grown 

 must be measured by the district superintendent or his representative, 

 and by the contestant, and the former must certify to the exact size of 

 the area. 



A bearing patch of strawberries with the straw mulch removed from the rows in spring 



6. Two disinterested, responsible persons must certify on the record 

 that the yields and prices recorded are correct. 



7. A brief story, telling how the crop was grown, giving details of the 

 work connected with it, and describing any particular features that were 

 noticed by the contestant, must be submitted on prize day with the crop 

 records. 



8. The results of this contest will be determined on the basis of the 

 following score: 



Total yield of strawberries 40 points 



Profit shown 35 points 



Story of the crop 25 points 



It will probably be impossible to have an exhibit of the strawberries, 

 so that this factor will have to be omitted from the score. 



