300 SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENING 



Contest Lists. — For the purpose of making the fair ex- 

 hibits along definite lines, the field to be covered should be 

 studied by the fair committees and suitable lists published, 

 or announced in advance. A few suggestions along these lines 

 are gathered here from contests held in different localities. 



A prize may be offered for the largest yield from 300 

 kernels of corn furnished to each child. In garden contests 

 latitude should be allowed; for example, one dollar may be 

 offered for the best sample of any vegetable or any field crop. 

 Best collections should also be included. Children under ten 

 years of age may be rewarded separately from girls over ten 

 or from boys over ten. 



In the Boys' and Girls' Clubs in Kansas the following 

 lines of competition were open : 



Corn. — (1) Best ten ears from corn grown on an acre. 

 (2) Highest yield from a single acre. 



Kafir or Milo. — (1) Best ten heads from single acre. (2) 

 Highest yield from single acre. 



Broom Corn. — Best ten heads from single acre. 



Potatoes.— (1) Best peck from plot 50 X 50 feet. (2) 

 Highest yield from one-half acre. 



Tomatoes. — (1) Best three cans from plot of one square 

 rod. (2) Most pounds of all ripe and green tomatoes gathered 

 up to time of first killing frost. 



Family Garden. — Best display of vegetables from plot 

 24 X 34 square feet. 



Poultry. — Best trio of birds. 



Pig. — Best fat pig in the six-months' class. 



Bread Making. — Best loaf in regulation pan. 



Butter Making. — -Best pound of home-made butter. 



Jelly Making. — Best exhibit of five different varieties in 

 glasses. 



Canned Fruit. — Best three different varieties in glass cans. 



Seitnng. — (1) Aprons entirely hand made. (2) Work 

 apron, hand and machine made. (3) Mending, daxning, 



