Rural School Leaflet 975 



plans for conducting the contests * 



We assume that the rural school supervisory district shall be the unit 

 for the crop-growing contest. Potatoes, corn, oats, clover, vegetables, 

 flowers, and fruit are recommended as possible crops. The choice of 

 crop and the variety of the same should be left to each district to decide. 

 In making the decision the leader should carefully study local conditions, 

 in order that the first contest shall be one that will have general interest 

 and success. 



The first contests held are usually merely an exhibit of selected samples, 

 such as ten ears of corn or a peck of potatoes. (Page 980.) This kind 

 of contest has considerable merit and is usually simple and easy to carry 

 out. If no other kind can be organized, much interest can be developed 

 by this simple contest. Each contestant chooses the variety that 

 he wishes to grow and the place in which he wishes to grow it, the 

 only restriction being that he perform practically all the labor of producing 

 his exhibit with the exception of team labor. Ordinarily, when the 

 contestant enters he signs a form stating that he wishes to enter the 

 contest. It is also customary to have his district teacher sign the form 

 with him, and one or both of his parents. This form usually states that 

 he will perform all the work according to the rules prescribed. The 

 following form may serve as a model and is applicable to all contests : 



APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE POTATO-GROWING CONTEST 



OF THE 

 SECOND SUPERVISORY DISTRICT OF TOMPKINS COUNTY 



I, , hereby request to be enrolled as a contestant in the potato 



contest. As certification of my intention to carry out faithfully the conditions of the 

 contest and to exhibit the result at the time and place to be designated, I herewith 

 sign my name in the presence of witnesses. 



(Contestant) 



WITNESSES 



(Teacher) 



(Parent or guardian) 



* These plans and the following paragraphs on prizes and programs will apply to all rural contests. 



