Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 181, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1913 — WANTS OUR BOYS TO GET INTERESTED [ARTICLE]

WANTS OUR BOYS TO GET INTERESTED

County Agent Suggests That They Take Part In Judging Contest at the State Fair. There is to be a “Boys Judging Contest” at the state fair, Sept. 9th, which will offer four prizes to boys between the ages of 16 and 20 years of age. The prizes are in the form of scholarships to Purdue valued at SIOO, $75, SSO and $25. The contest is open to any boy of Indiana of the age named above and who has never been regularly classified in any agricultural school or college. ‘ Each contestant will be required to judge one ring each of horses, beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, swine, white corn, yellow corn and wheat. The whole will constitute a possible 800 points and the prizes will be awarded to those getting thS best score out of the 800. This, you will see, does not mean that the boy that is well up on any one class will have the best chance of winning, but rather the boy who has a good appreciation of cattle and grain, in general. I would like very much to see a good number of Jasper county boys in this contest and would like to see them bring home some of the prizes, and they have Just as good a chance to do so as any in the state. I I will be glad to hear from any boy interested or more glad to talk with him and explain the contest more fully and will also be glad to help any of you to prepare for the contest all that I am able and will attend the fair with you if I can get a good representation to enter. We have not very mucff time left to get into shape so any of the boys throughout the county who feel that they can possible arrange to go will let me know as soon as they can and we will get the entry forms in as soon as possible.

O. G. BARRETT,

County Agent.