| Show youthful gardeners offered prizes for accomplishments boys and girls who arn am between 14 and 22 and have two y deais cars experience in vegetable gardening are eligible to compete in the wartime food production and mer marketing contest ot of the national junior vegetable growers glowers association it was announced this week A L stark utah agricultural college horticultural specialist who is contest committee chairman for the western region joined with earle parsons jr 20 year old northampton mass president of the association in inviting both farm and town youth to register for the fourth annual com compe immediately additional information may be obtained by writing stark at the college in logan contestants from this county will compete tor for a national championship a western region award of or one of 0 the three sectional awards of each front a scholarship fund provided tile the association by reat atlantic and pacific tea company in addition two 25 war bonds are offered to other outstanding contestants of the state out oui association feels that by encouraging boys and girls to study and utilize more efficient methods of producing and marketing vegetables we are helping conserve manpower in a year in which every pound of food Is needed parsons said in this contest it is not how big a vegetable grower groer you are but how good a grower among the winners ot of last years contest was robert thorn ley of smithfield winners of the 1944 contest who will be announced in december will be based on grades achieved in studies of a five unit course on production and marketing methods a report on the contestants vegetable project and a summary of community activities |
