Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1915 — CONTESTS IN CANADA INTEREST FARM BOYS [ARTICLE]

CONTESTS IN CANADA INTEREST FARM BOYS

Jasper Kenton Writes Good Letter From Saskatchewan—Tells of Awards For Farm Results. Alameda, Sask., Can., June 1, 1915. Editors Republican, Dears Sirs: Enclosed find $2 in payment for another year’s subscription to your paper. I am mailing you a marked copy of the Alameda Dispatch, the weekly paper of this town. Note the marked articles on plowing matches and calf competition and sports day, etc. I have attended a few of these plowing matches, and they are a good thing along the line of keeping boys on the farm. About 15 or 20 enter the match here and each class is given a prize of sls, sl2 or SB. There are 4 classes and a special prize for the best plowing outfit and best team. The amount plowed is an acre each and the prize given on evenness of ground, straightness of furrows, best covered weeds and so on. The women folks bring the eatables and a social time is had. In the calf feeding competition, boys of 8 to 15 years are given SSO for first prize for best calf raised by the boy, calf to be halter led and handled by boy at the fair. There is a great amount of wheat sown around here. It is commbn to see one field of 500 or 600 acres. I have 288 acres in wheat and 120 of oats and barley. - There is quite a

little corn being painted also, one man having 60 acres, which is considered a large amount here, as this is not much of a corn country. However, last year com of the Minnesota Dent variety matured and is being used for seed this year. I am not far from the line, about 20 miles, and often go over to the U. S. Flaxon and Portal are nearby towns in North Dakota. JASPER KENTON.