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Rural School Leaflet 



ASSISTANCE FROM THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 



The Editors 



j|HE district superintendents will each receive a 

 copy of this leaflet, in order that they may 

 learn what material is available from the 

 College. 



It will be seen that the contests have been 

 classified under three general heads: i. The 

 crop contests that are based merely on the 

 quality of the product without relation to the 

 economic value of the crop. This group should 

 be open to both boys and girls up to the age 

 of sixteen. In this group are included contests 

 with corn, potatoes, vegetables, flowers, and fruit 

 trees. 2. The crop contests that are based 

 on the economic value of the crop as well as 

 on the quality of the product. Probably this 

 group will be best suited to boys between the ages of sixteen and 

 twenty-one. In this group are included contests with corn, potatoes, 

 oats, clover, vegetables, and small fruits. Note especially that before 

 starting a contest in this group the charges for labor must be standardized. 

 (Page 10 1 7.) 3. The contests especially designed for girls. In this group 

 will be found two classes, divided according to the ages of the contestants. 

 Each class contains contests in bread-making, canning, jelly-making, and 

 sewing. 



We hope that live-stock contests will be conducted in the State in 

 the future. Boys and girls take much interest in the care of calves, lambs, 

 and poultry. Material for such contests will be published another year. 

 The contests as outlined should not be considered as standard in every 

 particular. The district superintendent should modify them so as to suit 

 the conditions of his district, but it is highly advisable that the fundamental 

 principles involved shall be incorporated in all contests held in the State. 

 Whenever necessary, specimen forms of application and record blanks 

 have been given. These will serve as a guide. A district superintendent 

 organizing a contest should have the necessary blanks printed with the 

 essential local information. 



It has seemed advisable to include in the same leaflet the material on 

 the contest organization, on the rules of the various contests, and on 

 the working methods. The leader should have a knowledge of the entire 

 field, and it will be valuable for the contestant to see how the whole con- 

 test is organized and conducted as well as to make his own contribution. 

 A copy of this leaflet will be available to each contestant on the order 



