TENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART X 585 



36. Was all the work of production done by the contestant (except plow- 



ing, weighing, and hauling the crop)?* . 



37. Total numhor of hours worked . 



38. Total number of hours horse* worked . 



39. Value of own work at 1 cents per hour, $ . 



40. Value of horse's* work at f cents per hour, $ . 



41. Value of ground rent for crop at 1 per acre, $ . 



42. Value of fertilizers used, $ . 



43. Value of salable crop at 1 cents per bushel, $ . (Weigh good 



ears when drawn from the field, and count 70 pounds to the bushel.) 



44. Profit on the season's work, $ -. 



In addition to the foregoing record, which should accompany the ex- 

 hibit offered by the contestant, an essay covering the same facts in a con- 

 nected description is often required. This and the calculations required 

 in the report furnish a helpful means of connecting field work with school 

 work. It is usual to announce at the time of the first meeting the special 

 rules that govern the contests. These may be conveniently summarized 

 in the following form: 



RULF.S FOR COXTESTANTS. 



1. Each contestant is allowed to make only one exhibit entry each 

 year. 



Each contestant must bo regularly enrolled in the county club before 

 beginning work. 



3. Each contestant must "he under years of age. 



4. Each contestant for corn prizes must prepare his ground, test seed, 

 plant, cultivate, cut, and husk crop, all without assistance from any other 

 person. (He may have assistance in plowing, fertilizing, and hauling 

 crop, and should have in weighing it.) 



5. Each contestant must study the score card and the bulletins recom- 

 mended by the state organizer. 



6. Each contestant on essays shall write not more than words, 



and all must carefully fill the blanks on "How the crop was grown." 



7. Each contestant's record and essay must be indorsed, with his ex- 

 hibit, by his district teacher as evidence of her confidence that it is all 

 the product of his own work. 



8. All exhibits are to be the property of * at the end of the 



exhibit. 



Corn growing and bread making or sewing are the most convenient 

 objects of effort in starting this kind of work. Rules for the girls' con- 

 tests should be obtained from the domestic art department of the agricul- 

 tural college or other state institution admitting girls. Other forms of 

 contest may be started the second year if desired. 



AVAILABLE PUBLICATIONS. 



Most of the bulletins and circulars included in the following lists, with 

 the exception of the Farmers' Bulletins, w^ere prepared more or less direct- 



*Draw a line through "plowing" and "hauling" if contestants clid that alone. 

 fUniform rate agreed upon for the whole state. 



•They are sometimes sold at aiiction when the expenses of the meeting are not 

 otherwise met. 



