Rural School Leaflet 



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2. Potatoes; Half-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 his half-acre of potatoes, but he may make use 

 of all the advice and information that he can obtain. 



4. Each contestant must keep a complete and accurate record 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 all potato tubers grown on the half-acre 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 (sixty pounds) of potatoes 

 from the product of his half-acre, and exhibit this 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 potatoes. 



