Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1910 — FARM BUY CONTESTS [ARTICLE]

FARM BUY CONTESTS

High Quality of Instruction Given at State Fair. As an incentive and help to the boys of Indiana farms to make greater efforts in the agricultural calling, a number of contests, in which the prizes are very attractive, have been arranged by the state fair management, to be held at the exposition the week of September 12. Chief among them will be a judging contest for boys who have never attended an agricultural school, and five scholarships, worth a total of |SOO, in the Purdue School of Agriculture will go to the winkers. The boys will pass on the merits of horses and cattle as the animals appear in the state fair coliseum, and they will also judge sheep, swine, corn and wheat. They will give their opinions on the same live stock and farm products that the regular judges of the fair pass on. This contest will be directed by Prof. G. I. Christie, of Purdue University, and farm boys who desire to participate should send their names to the secretary of the fair at Indianapolis by August 27. Purdue University is doing a very extensive and practical education work at the state fair every year. Experts from this institution have charge of the fair's dairy building and many lines of Purdue’s work is exploited for fair visitors. By means of fruits, feeds, fertilizers, photos and charts the'results of experiments are explained. A display of Indiana weed seeds and methods of eradication will be shown. In the dairy building, too, practical demonstrations of many' kinds are given and numerous free lectures on farm topics are heard.