Show in prize money offered young young utah men and women who will be under 21 on mar 31 1954 have a chance to win part of the prize money being beine offered in a national essay contest A gold golden kilburn soil conservationist with the utah state agricultural college extension service has announced I 1 I 1 building fertility fertility lit y to cut i I 1 farm costs is the subject of I 1 i this contest running from oct 1 1953 I 1 through mar 31 of next year the essay competition is being sponsored by the national grange and the american plant food I 1 council these organizations are concerned with the importance of maintaining replenishing and in I 1 1 creasing the fertility of american farm land they are sponsoring the nationwide nation wide contest t to 0 encourage thinking and action on this subject by the count rys youth mr Kilbi kilburn irn said prize money will be awarded on both a state and national basis national awards are first prize cash second third fourth fifth and sixth each first prize for each state winner will be 50 and second place will win 25 the six national winners also will be given an expense paid trip to the annual session of the national grange in nov 1954 any utahn may enter who will bp bl under 21 years of age when the contest ends no official entry blank is required esais must b q to the county exter extension ision agent soil conservation technician or vocational cat ional agriculture teacher by the deadline date the winning essay submitted to each county leader wil compete on a state level for the state prizes mr kilburn explained esais should not exceed words and should be typewritten double spaced on the first page the following should appear 1 contestants name address and date of birth 2 the building fertility to cut farm costs and 3 the words sponsored by the national grange ond and american plant food council all entries will be judged by competent well qualified leaders in the field of agriculture on the following point basis pra application of subject matter 40 points of presentation 30 points originality of presentation 20 points and spelling and grammatical correctness 10 poi points ants local leaders are being asked to keep a record of the number of entries for a final total county agents vocational agriculture ri teachers soil conservation service employees and district supervisors are urged to announce and promote the contest according to kilburn As soon as complete details are available they will be sent to those people |