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or at public events, such as literary programs, fairs or fes- 

 tivals : 



1. Seed corn stringing contest. 



2. Variety or strain naming contest. 



3. Corn-bread baking contest. 



4. Corn judging contest. 



5. Corn guessing game. 



6. Corn picking race. This picking race is handled 

 something like the old-time potato race where you place 

 the ears of corn from three to ten feet apart and the con- 

 testants are to gather twenty-five ears of corn and place the 

 same in a box or receptacle in the shortest time. 



7. Corn husking contest. 



8. Oral corn recipe giving contest to determine who 

 can give the largest number of corn recipes in a stated time 

 of five or ten minutes. 



All of these contests should be judged in general on 

 speed, skill, condition of finished product, accuracy, etc. 

 (See Bureau of Plant Industry Circular 104, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., for further in- 

 struction and score-cards on all corn contests.) 



17. Corn Club Work 



Three hundred thousand farm boys and girls are now 

 enrolled in agricultural and home-economic clubs, most of 

 which are connected with the schools. Club work is the 

 performance of a definite farm, garden or home enter- 

 prise, and is based on the best known farm and home prac- 

 tises. Club work in connection with the school may con- 

 sist of a number of enterprises, such as corn, garden, mar- 

 ket garden, poultry, sugar beet, cotton, alfalfa and can- 

 ning projects. 



The corn club. One of the most interesting club 



