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ond, as to whether or not a man had developed all the possibilities in 

 his yard. In this way the judges were able to pass fairly both on yards 

 where improvement was made for the first time and also on those yards 

 where some effort had been made prior to our contest. 



The judges wherever possible made suggestions for improvement 

 and called attention to defects and shortcomings. 



ASSISTANCE FROM OUR STATE COLLEGE. 



Our State Agricultural College learned of our movement, in- 

 vestigated it and gave us every assistance in their power. From the 

 faculty of the school we obtained not only valuable suggestions but we 

 obtained the judges for our contests as well. 



They have considered our plan and its results so favorably that 

 they have published a bulletin with relation to it. This may be had 

 free of charge upon request to the Extension Department, Iowa State 

 College, Ames, Iowa. 



THE AWARDS. 



We were just a little skeptical in our first year as to the interest 

 that would be shown at the awards. We engaged the Burtis Opera 

 House, our largest auditorium, for the awarding of our prizes each 

 year. It was crowded at each award. Our cash prizes were given in 

 gold currency enclosed in chamois bags. In addition we gave each 



Fig. 12 Yard and garden contests are influential in causin 

 interest in attractive grounds 



ide-spread 



