Bingham Bulletin | 1918-05-31 | Page 2 | $500 Offered in Prizes for Best Corm Grown in Utah

BEST 111 ill I UTAH The Utah Federal Food Administrator Is Anxious to Grow More Corn in This State, and Thus Supply the Substitutes Right Here at Home, and Has Therefore Offered the Following Prizes for the Best Acreage Planted to Corn This Season.- A Fine Opportunity for the Boys and Girls. One of the serious difficulties on-1 countered in earn ing out the national food program In Utan has been the problem of supplying substitutes fur wheat flour. In order to stimulate the production of home-grown substitutes j the federal food administrator for Utah Is offering special premiums in the amount of $500 for the production of White Flint corn as follows : iFor the best one acre of White Corn raised on irrigated land, $75, $50, $25. For the best three acres of White Flint corn raised on dry farm land, (sub-irrigated land excepted), $75, $50 $26. For the best one-eighth acre of White Flint, corn raised within the limits of any town or city (amateurs only), $50, $25, $15. For the best field of White Flint corn not less than one-eighth acre, grown by a boy or gin io years of age or under, $J5, $15, $10. , In addition to the above, any con testant producing a yield or 100 bushels bush-els per acre, or more, on Irrigated land and a yield of 50 bushels, or more under dry farm conditions, will be given appropriate recognition by the federal food administrator for Utah. ' In making up the first award, the I following features will be considered: . Yield, 50 per cent; cultivation and general gen-eral care of land, 25 per cent; display of ten ears at state fair, 25 per cent . The fields entering in the contest I will be scored luring the growing sea-I sea-I son by competent agricultural experts, j The ear corn will be Judged accord-'ing accord-'ing to the following score: Uniformity of exhibit, 10; shape of ears, 10; color of kernels, 5;. colors of cob, 5; market condition 10; tip of ears, 5; butt of ears, '5; uniformity of kernels, 10; shape of kernels, 10; space between kernels, 6; proportion of corn on ear, 15; weight of grain, 10. Total 1C0. Final results will be announced at state fair. Entries to be made through the county agricultural agents or the food administration.