Rural School Leaflet 1021 



record of the contest 



RECORD BLANK FOR ONE-ACRE CORN CONTEST 



SECOND DISTRICT, TOMPKINS COUNTY 



Name Post-office address 



Town Age of contestant years 



1 . Kind of seed planted 



2. Seed procured from 



3. Amount of seed planted 



4. Kind of soil in which planted: Clay, sand, black loam, etc 



5. Kind of crop raised on same ground last year 



6. How ground was prepared for seed 



7. Fertilizer used, if any: Kind and amount. 



8. Planting: Date Depth In drills 



or hills Distance apart of hills 



• or estimated average distance apart of stalks in drill 



Number of rows Length of rows 



9. Cultivation: Dates, first second 



third fourth etc 



How cultivated . • 



What tools or machinery were used. 



10. Date of cutting corn Date of husking corn 



Number of bushels of husked corn 



Weight of sample before drying after 



drying Loss in weight Percentage 



11. Expense in time, labor, and money: 



Value of contestant's time at cents per hour $ 



Value of work of horses at cents per hour for each horse . . $ 



Other expenses itemized (seed, fertilizer, rent, etc.) 



$ 



Total cost of crop $ 



Value of grain at market price _ $ 



Estimate of value of stover (all of corn except grain) $ 



Total value of crop $ 



Amount of profit or loss $ 



Date Signed 



Contestant 



I do hereby swear that I have measured the land on which the contestant, . ....... 



, raised the corn reported in this record, 



and find it to be one acre. 



District Superintendent or Representative 



I do hereby swear that the yield of ear corn and the yield of fodder produced on the 



above acre by have been weighed in my presence and that 



the weights reported are correct. I further swear that to the best of my knowledge 

 and belief all the rules of the contest have been faithfully and honorably observed. 



First name . . 

 Second name. 



