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Show GEM STATE TO " I SEND EXHIBITS Idaho Growers to Make Effort Ef-fort to Take More Prizes (Special Dispatch ) j BOISE Idaho, Cut 2. Two hnn-Idrerl hnn-Idrerl entry enrd for the Internationa l Grain and Hay show. December 2-9.1 I held In connection with the Interna-; ! tional Livestock exposition, at Chica-j ; po. have been received All appllca-; appllca-; lions for entry muat be made by mall and must be In the hands of the sup-1 I erlntendent of entries not later than1 Friday, November 10. Exhibits when! ; Shipped must reach the grounds not1 later than Monday, November 27, 1922 j I This means that all exhibits should! be sent from Idaho not later than I Monday, November 2. 1922. Transports tlon charges on all sam- I pies must be prepaid by the owner I Send by express or parcel post. The name and postal address of the send-I send-I ei must be on the outside nnd InuMe I of ench package Good Btrofc phlp-i phlp-i pine tags should be used on shipments ship-ments plainly addressed to the International In-ternational Tles'oi k exposition (grain and hav show). Union Stock Yards, hicago in. j Iist yen r a total of 117 exhibits v ( . e entered In competition arainstl other statc; and Canada Thirty-nine growers In Idah. were awarded premiums. prem-iums. A greater number of premiums prem-iums are offered thLs year than last, I In view of the- fact that western, states wer well represented All exhibits of corn must consist' oi 0 ear6, excepting In the single! Car flas. All exhibits of wheat, oats. I barley, rye and field pens must con sist of one peck each. All exhibits of r d Clover alslk" clover sweet clO-l . er alfalfa and timothy ?ecd must! consist of four quarts each All ex- I hlhits o hay must consist of one bale weighing not iess thnn 50 pounds. two i:iriBiTs All exhibits of small seed will be. returned to the state seed show at I Hurley, January 9-12, Grain will not be returned on account of cost, so two I pecks should be prepared one fori ini ernatlonal and one for the state seed show. A few suggestions mny aid In thel Selection of exhibits. Too many am-! pies of small rerds, red nlslke and sweot clover, alfalfa and timothy can-j not be obtained. ste rnly-f l e per; cent of the premiums offered In these! . losses w ere won by Idaho last year. I Five more premiums have been added add-ed to each Class All sweet clover samples available should he secured. Only one snmple was exhibited last year which tool; second place or $20. PTiACE FOR 2r SAMPLES. 11 the baric growers should prepare pre-pare samples. Twenty-five premiums! ;? offered: $40 for firat and $5 for' 2."th Six samples last vear took fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth and eleventh places or a total of Si 16. There la n!aci for 2r samples of Idaho grown barlev Middle west corn prowers last year eared at Idaho corn with profound Interest. Idaho, in Region One u extern and northern U 8 won first nnd second on white dent corn and j third and fourth on yellow dent cornj , out of six Bamples sent from Idaho I I There is place for 2F, samples, with I a single ear entry to accompany 10' ears of white and yellow dent and flint corn. Idaho Is going to be a corn state as well aa champion ot small seeds and hay. Idaho hay la supreme ,.nv community com-munity can win $200 on alfalfa hay nnd aid In advertising and creating a demand for the thousands of tons of bright green colored hay produced in Idaho. Ordinarily Dicklow wheat is too soft to compete in the white, spring class but Idaho should win on Early Baart. Turkey Ted. Marquis oafs and field pens are large classes at tho Intvrna- it nal show . but none better are gVOM n thnn are produced In this state. The county agents in each oojunty nr.. s,- 1 ring a list r.f exhibitors and entries which will he made. |