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corn-raising or bread-baking has proved a marked 

 success where tried, if possible arrange matters so 

 that every earnest endeavor on the part of the young 

 shall receive a suitable reward, not merely the winners 

 of the first and second prizes. 



It is usually an easy matter to secure funds for 

 paying the way of the boys to the state- wide farmers' 

 institute or the boys' institute usually held at the 

 agricultural college during the holiday season. Pro- 

 vide that every boy who reaches a certain standard 

 say, that of raising so many bushels of corn on an acre 

 of land shall go at the expense of the fund. 

 Likewise, organize the girls into a bread-baking club 

 or something of the sort. Prizes may be offered for 

 the best bread, but all the girls whose home-making 

 work meets a certain fixed standard of requirement 

 should have promise of a suitable reward. Perhaps 

 they too may be sent without expense to themselves 

 to a state conference on home economics. In case 

 of these trips to the state meetings it will be neces- 

 sary to appoint responsible chaperons for the boys 

 and girls. 



OTHER FORMS OF CONTESTS 



It may be found advisable to start a good-roads 

 contest among the boys of the home township, 

 offering an attractive prize to the one who shows the 

 best results at the end of a given period and a per 

 diem payment of money to every boy who faithfully 



