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Rural School Leaflet 



i. Corn; Acre Contest 



RULES OF THE CONTEST 



i. Every contestant shall be between sixteen and twenty-one years of 

 age and shall be a resident of New York State. 



2. Each contestant must obtain the approval of his parent or guardian 

 and enroll with the district superintendent before beginning any work 

 connected with the contest. 



3. Each contestant must do all the work of preparing, planting, culti- 

 vating, and harvesting one acre of corn, but he may make use of all the 

 advice and information that he can obtain. 



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

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

 and present the complete account, showing the profit or loss resulting, 

 with 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. 



6. The yield of ear corn and the yield of fodder produced must be weighed 

 in the presence of two disinterested, responsible persons, who must certify 

 that the weights reported are correct. 



7. Each contestant must select one bushel (seventy pounds) of ear 

 corn from the product of his one acre, and exhibit these on prize day 

 together with his records. 



8. 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 and the exhibit of ears. 



