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Show CHICKEN CONTEST DEADLINE SET; PHIZES OFFERED I ' Viih Cut Chu-koii of Tomorrow.. Tl. lion Unit luid the golden ogg ill bo no more oC an asset than tin- Cliu'lii of Tomorrow contest, oniiiiiJ to Dr. Carl Frischkuecht f Utah State Agricultural Col- , state contest chairman. ' The contest ends -July 31, with the state exhibit and awards scheduled sched-uled for Aug. S, us a feature of the Centennial' Exposition at the fair oroinuls in Salt Lake City. The Vestem regional Chicken of Tomorrow To-morrow exhibit, with awards, will also be held at the fair grounds Au?. S. A largo, attractive trophy, two 8d a half feet high, provided by the national Chicken of Tomorrow committee, will be awarded to the winner of the Utah contest. Cash awards will be made to winners in the state contest as follows: fol-lows: tyst place, $100; second i place, $75; third, $60; fourth, $40; fifth,' $25; sixth to tenth, $20 each, llth'to 20th, $10 each, 21st to 40th :i $5 each. " ;i In addition to the cash awards, ; 500 baby chicks are being given 5 'o the top three contestants by i J,e Ramshaw Hatcherkis, Salt Lake City, which will give an additional ad-ditional '500 chicks to the regional region-al winner providing he is a Utah 4 P Food stores through the na-eontestant. na-eontestant. li Cash awards provided by the A tional committee will be given to the top ten winners in the region-- region-- al contest, as follows : First place, !' $250; second, $150; third $75; ii fourth, $50; fifth, $25; sixth to a: tenth, $10 each. Certificates of quality will be awarded to the five top state con-- testants, and certificates of merit will be given to the outstanding K regional entries, Dr. Frischknecht l reported. iV.- . The state and regional exhibits will be held from 2 to 6:30 p. m., at the fair grounds Aug. 8. At 5 p. m., there will be a short pro- gram, with Gov. Herbert B. Maw ! 1 as the principal speaker. Awards R!; will be made to the winners,, and ' " the birds entered will be sold at 2 public auction in boxes of 12 and ,, lots of three, to the highest bidders. re There are 134 Utanns, mostly 4-g-li-; H club members and Future Far- mers of America, who have en-r en-r & tered the state contest Of these, 5o.U 50 top entries win be exhibited '- : : ! and compete for prizes. The five top Utah winners will be entered in the regional contests along with the top entries of the other western wes-tern states. ' The national Chicken of Tomorrow Tomor-row contest, which started in 1946 for the purpose of furthering the development of an ideal meat-type bird, will culminate in 1948 when the national winner will receive $5,000, and second and third place , entries will receive $1,000 and $500, said Dr.-Frischknecht. . v . . |
