ENCOUKAGEMENT OF DAIRYING PRIZE CONTESTS, 1917. 



p. M. HARWOOD, GENERAL AGENT, DAIRY BUREAU. 



Clean Milking Contest. 



For the fifth consecutive year this Bureau has conducted a 

 clean milking contest. Prizes were offered as follows: — 



Class 1, Owners. Competition confined to Practical Dairymen. 



For results of superior merit, $1,250, no competitor to receive more than 



$15. 

 For results of merit, $600, no competitor to receive more than $7. 

 For results of honorable mention, certificates of award. 



Class 2, Juniors. Competition open to Boys and Girls under Eighteen 

 Years of Age, on Farms Eligible in Class 1. 



For results of superior merit, $350, no competitor to receive more than 



$8. 

 For results of merit, $225, no competitor to receive more than $5. 

 For results of honorable mention, certificates of award. 



Class 3, Employees. Competition open to Employees over Eighteen Years 

 of Age, who do the Milking on Farms Eligible in Class 1 . 



For results of superior merit, $350, no competitor to receive more than $8. 

 For results of merit, $225, no competitor to receive more than $5. 

 For results of honorable mention, certificates of award. 



This contest was conducted in accordance with the following 

 rules and suggestions : — 



Rules. 



1, These prizes are open for contest only to dairies of five or more cows 

 in this Commonwealth, where the owners are practical farmers superin- 

 tending their own dairies and gaining their principal livelihood from their 

 farms. Decisions of the Dairy Bureau as to eligibility shall be final. 



2. All entries must be made on or before June 30, 1917. 



