III. SEED COMPETITIONS. 



Provincial Seed Fairs will be held at New Westminster and at Armstrong (Turin; 

 I IK- winter of 1913-lfi on dates -to be announced later. 

 The following is the prize-list : 



All exhibits must be grown by the exhibitor in 101 T>. 



Every winner of a lirst prize at the Seed Fair who wius with an exhibit from 

 his plot entered in the Feld-crop Competition will be paid a bonus of .%"> by the 

 1 lepartment of Agriculture. 



LOCAL SEED FAIRS. 



1. Provision has been made by the Provincial Department of Agriculture, 

 assisted by the Dominion Seed Braneh. for the holding of eight (but not more 

 than eight) Local Seed Fairs during the season of 191.~>-1<;. 



2. Farmers' institutes desiring to hold a Seed Fair must notify the Soil and 

 <'n>p Instructor, Live Stock P.ranch. Department of Agriculture. Victoria, not later 

 than September 1st. 1!>1.~>. Farmers' Institutes making application must guarantee 

 at least twelve entries, but the Department reserves the right to approve or reject 

 any application. Fairs may be held during the months of December. January, and 

 February only. 



3. Each Farmers' Institute holding a Seed Fair will be entitled to a grant .of 

 ST."> from the Department of Agriculture. The Department will also supply judges 

 and lecturers, but all other expenses, including advertising, rental, and heating of 

 hall, etc., must be borne by the institute holding the fair. 



4. The two following classes must be included in each prize-list : 



(a.) A first, second, and third prize of at least $7. $o. and $:, respectively, must 

 be offered fpr exhibits from the plots entered in the Provincial Boys and Girls' 

 Competitions. This prize is open for competition only by boys and girls resident 

 within the boundary of the institute holding the fair. 



(&.) A first, second, and third prize of at least $7, $"> and $3, respectively, for 

 the best exhibit from a plot of any one kind of crop entered in the Provincial Field- 

 crop Competitions. Open only to members of the institute holding the Seed Fair. 



.1. The prize-list must be submitted to the Soil and Crop Division for approval 

 before being advert ised. 



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