434 PROJECTS 
cares for not less than one acre of corn. Purpose: to extend 
the corn-growing area and to increase the yield in places 
where it is now being grown; also to develop varieties that 
shall ripen earlier. 
Potato Project. — Each contestant plants, cultivates, and 
harvests one eighth of an acre of potatoes, increasing the 
area to one fourth acre the second year, one half acre the 
third year, and one acre the fourth year. Purpose: to in- 
Boys’ AND GiRLs’ Corn CONTEST 
crease profits in potato raising by proper seed selection and 
cultivation, and effective treatment of potato diseases and 
injurious insects. 
Pork Production Project. — Each contestant enters one 
sow and her litter of pigs, and feeds and cares for them through 
the season. Purpose: To demonstrate (1) that spring 
pigs can be raised to a marketable size before extreme cold 
weather; (2) that the feeds of the state are well adapted 
to pork production; (3) that very satisfactory returns can 
be secured from the money invested; and (4) that it pays to 
exercise care in the selection of breeders. 
Garden Canning Project.— Each contestant plants and 
