Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1915 — BOYS’ JUDGING CONTEST AT STATE FAIR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BOYS’ JUDGING CONTEST AT STATE FAIR

One of the best educational features the Indiana State Fair offers to the farm Doys of the state is the judging contest, m which the boys show their ability to judge livestock and grains, the awards being free scholarships at ( Purdue University. Since this feature was started some years ago about twenty farm boys have Won and used the Purdue scholarships, and to them has been opened the way to obtain an education along agricultural lines which might not otherwise have been available to them. The boys who do not win scholarships find it worth while to enter the contest, for it gives them opportunity

closely to inspect the high grade stock and farm products at the Fair. The number of farm boys in the contest increases from year to year, and they inspect the same stock and grains that the regular judges pass upon., Four scholarships will be awarded at the coming Fair, the contest to be held on Tuesday, Sept. 7, under the general direction of Prof. G. I. Christie, of Purdue University. It is open to all Indiana boys of 16 to 20 years of age who have not attended an agricultural college. Applications for entry blanks should be sent to Charles Downing, secretary of the State Fair, Indianapolis.