1026 Rural School Leaflet 



record of the contest 



RECORD BLANK FOR ONE-HALF-ACRE POTATO 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. Was seed treated for scab fungus 



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



6. Kind of crop raised on same ground last year 



7. How ground was prepared for seed 



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



9. Planting : Date Depth In drills 



or hills Distance apart of hills 



or estimated average distance of plants in drill row 



Number of rows Length of rows 



10. Cultivation: Dates, first second 



third fourth etc 



How cultivated 



What tools or machinery were used . 



11. Were the potatoes sprayed When 



With what 



12. Date of digging potatoes Yield in pounds 



13. 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 potatoes at market price $ 



Amount of profit or loss $ 



Date Signed 



Contestant 



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



, raised the potatoes reported in this record and find it to be one 



half acre. 



District Superintendent or Representative 



I do hereby swear that the yield of potatoes produced on the above one half acre 



by has been weighed in my presence and that the weight 



reported is 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 



