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Kind of Premiums. — In some school and club fairs cash 

 prizes are offered. More commonly articles donated or pur- 

 chased for the purpose are offered. The following articles 

 were offered in one fair. They are repeated here as a sugges- 

 tive list: Camera, gloves, pure bred pig, fountain pen, fifty 

 pounds flour, sled, garden tools, bicycle lamp, subscriptions 

 to several farm papers, subscriptions to county papers, one 

 pair of horse blankets, carriage robe, two gallons wagon paint, 

 one hundred pounds chicken feed, garden wheel cultivator, 

 one-half dozen cabinet photos, boy's saddle, horse cultivator, 

 pocket knife, trip to the State Agricultural College, garden 

 seeder, pair of Ehode Island Red fowls, gold-filled watch chain, 

 watch, light buggy harness, boy's rifle, pair of shoes, gold-fish 

 aquarium, pair of bicycle tires, loving cup, driving lantern, 

 pair Plymouth Eocks, twenty-quart milk can, settings of eggs 

 of several pure breeds, hat, boot blacking box and outfit, 

 leather suit case, post card album, ten-pound cake, one thou- 

 sand strawberry plants, five hundred pounds fertilizer, one 

 hundred grape vines, fifty fruit trees, fifty-egg incubator, 

 poultry dry-mash hopper, water fountain, one roll patent roof- 

 ing, one setting duck eggs, large collection of garden seeds, 

 twenty-five hyacinth bulbs, box of soap, one hundred Cali- 

 fornia privet plants, $3.00 value selected hardware, twenty- 

 five pounds spray material, hand sprayer, fertilizer distributor, 

 horse collar, five hundred pounds mixed feed, two pounds 

 coffee, ten pounds sugar. 



Award cards of suitable form may be printed ready for 

 entry of names and reason for award. The forms may be 

 slightly changed in wording and made much larger if it is to 

 be used for certificates. 



Contests for Yields. — In connection with school or club 

 fairs, awards are made for the largest yield of various crops 

 during the preceding season of growtl^. Crops grown under 

 such competitions may be corn, cotton, tomatoes, sugar beets, 



