Show seco second d annual potato gro growing W ing competition lp 1912 the national copper dank bank inaugurated a I 1 plan 1 gaii for po tato growing r competitions to cover a series of years with mth the i idea a lea 0 of T a 11 t thea e ki oy V of the alie state a keener interest in ill scientific fa fanning any boy is eligible to enter the competition who will noi 10 reach the age 0 of eighteen 11 until gil or after the 31 st illy day of dec ill in the alie year in which tile canipe ti til ion cioll is conducted tile the winner of the prize is eligible to enter the following year without re gard to atre age mid and if lie wins avins the prize a second time fline lie is eligible to enter the competition tile ne next X t year for the absolute absolu to ownership ot of the cup clip the contestant may grow his potatoes on oil land 1 ill liis his county whether rented owned or lo loaned anoil but the held must be prepared planted cultivated till and I 1 li harvested arveste 1 I by hini himself self the cont contestant t a it must grow R it t least one half acre of potatoes oost and lie lid inest not grow more alian it ii one variety of potatoes on oil that half acre ho may inay grow any one of tho follows following ng 0 named varieties early six R weeks early ohio early rose early eureka irish gobbler cobbler Po peerless erless rural new yorker carman bannan pearl dal pliny red mcclure Mo Olure Clure red willow burbank firbank ru russet s idalio idaho rural in awarding the prize for forty by points out of one ji hundred undred will be given lor for yield all and d the other sixty will be given for nape ape si e smoothness I 1 ess of sli skin skill boking qualities tieH trueness true to type earliness e ec c potatoe s aillie afflicted ted with setta or with the wart disease will bo be ex cx froin the competition tile the right to change any rule J 0 or r sti pu lation is reserved 1 l ins instruction 0 diction tic tion letters bifi planting d biting A records etc will b bo 0 sol sent it to you t from time I 1 to time mille through tl the pa 1 I season containing mi answers to questions that hat have been asked us by the boys who compacted last year tile award for first place con fists of ft a trophy cup and ft a cash prize last year t a cash prize prim WI was s given to only the first place boy but this year there will bo be and third prizes as well f the eash cash prizes are given out right to the wil winners illers oi of the coni poti petition tion tile thenamae dianie and address ad dresa of the boy who wins first place over the whole state is engraved bac each li year anthe on alie base of tile the cup alli which ell thus engraved is exhibit ted fed in ill various towns throughout the state statland and at fairs i and expo ekpo sitione both within and outside f the state the perill permanent anant ownership lc of 0 tile the cup clip may clift y be obtain 4 raa ed by tiny any boy who it ti three breo sald i essice y cars 1 l As last year a reward will b bet A arranged inan ged for the boys who alio do detlie the st work in choir respective u civi e s tile the winner of the competition for 1912 was merle erle kyer of lew iston utah whose picture is shown as is isalio falso the alie picture 01 of the check lie received his sue 1 cess last year brought him a great reat many good offers f from roin seed houses and potato li handlers lcandler |