-3- 



Kules of entry as drawn up by these organizations are; 



1, Entries must have been developed for personal use and not offered for 

 sale before August lii, 1953. 



2, Anyone, anywhere - not connected with the Massachusetts Society for Pro- 

 moting Agriculture, the Agricultural Engineering Department of the Uni- 

 versity of Massachusetts, or the Connecticut Valley Branch of the Ameri- 

 can Society of Agricultural Engineers - may enter. 



3» There is no limit on the number of entries by any one contestant, 

 Ii, Entries must have been developed for use in either the production or 

 marketing phases of agriculture, 



5. Entries which cannot be brought in must be represented by a working model, 



6, Entries must be demonstrated before the judges at 1:00 PM on Friday, 

 August Ik* 



7. Entries will be judged at 1:00 PM on Saturday, August 1$, 



8, If possible, contestants should have records of cost and performance 

 with them to aid in the judging, 



JUDGES WILL BE; 

 Halstead N, Colby, Extension Agricultural 



Engineer, University of New Hampshire 

 YiTilliam A, Junnila, USDA, University of 



Connecticut 

 Harold E, Gulvin, Extension Engineer, University 



of Rhode Island, 



A total of il^^OO will be awarded as follows: 

 1st prize - $300, 

 2nd prize - $1^0 , 

 3rd prize - | 50, 



Here is the score card to be used by the judges; 

 35 - Ingenuity 



25 - Usefulness of product to its commodity 

 20 - Cost as related to performance 

 15 - Simplicity 



5 - Vtforkmanship 



100 



Contestants should drop a postcard to Ralph Reynolds, general contest chair- 

 man, Farmers Field Day, Room i;05. Post Office Building, Viforcester, Mass., giving 

 their name and address and stating that they intend to enter, before August 5^ 1953. 



It is emphasized that this contest is V/IDE OPEN . Anything might win. The 

 ingenuity and usefulness features place complicated power drawn machinery or its 

 adaptions in the same class with the simplest hand operated devices, 



~ Duncan Thayer 

 Massachusetts Society for Promoting 

 Agriculture 



NEWS RELEASE 



The top event of the year for New England farmers - the eighth annual 

 Worcester County Farmers Field Day - will be held August lii and 15 at Deerfoot Farms 

 in Bolton, 



