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In our 1915 contest the entries were divided between the different 

 classes, as follows: Class One, eleven hundred and eighty-four entries; 

 Class Two, four hundred and twelve; Class Three, twenty-six. 



The families in Davenport average about five persons each. As 

 nearly as we can estimate we interested two thousand people in 1913, 

 seven thousand in 1914 and eight thousand in 1915. 



VEGETABLE GARDENS. 



In 1 9 1 3 we had one hundred and ninety-eight entries for our 

 vegetable garden prizes; in 1914, two hundred and forty, and in 

 1915, six hundred and ten. 



The value of the produce from the gardens of certain of the prize 

 winners, based on the current retail prices, ran all the way from fifty to 

 one hundred and nine dollars. On an acreage basis the value of the 

 produce varied from four hundred to six hundred dollars. 



A hundred dollars to a workmingman is a big lift. It is very often a 

 choice of a vegetable garden or very few fresh vegetables. Then, too, it 

 insures freshness, a quality that one who relies on the corner grocery 

 cannot always obtain. 



RULES OF THE CONTEST. 



The rules of the contest were very few and simple. There was 

 no entry fee. The contest was absolutely free. 



Rule 1 . Anyone could enter, man, woman or child, but only one 

 entry was accepted from each family. 



Rule 2. If an alley adjoined a property it was required to be 

 kept neat and clean and the City ordinances with relation to garbage 

 and refuse strictly complied with. 



Rule 3. No person was permitted to win in any one year or 

 series of years more than twenty-five dollars in the contest. 



The entries were divided into three classes: 



Class 1 Those who did all their own work. 



Class 2 Those who did part of their own work. 



Class 3 Those who maintained a hired man. 



Cash prizes were awarded only to Class 1 . Honor prizes were 

 given only to entries in Classes 2 and 3 five prizes to Class 2 and 

 two prizes to Class 3. 



We divided the entries into the three classes so that the working- 

 man would not compete with the millionaire. 



PUBLICITY. 



One of the greatest factors in the success of our contest was our 

 publicity. 



