The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, October 21, 1915, Page 10

D e Ly, P Presents for All That Will Write Answers to Our Problems. SECOND PRIZE - - Ten Dollars in Gold FOURTH PRIZE - - -~ Three Dollars To Every School Pupil Under 19 years of Age That Sends an Ans- wer The Leader Will Send a Beautiful Christmas Card Free. HERE ARE THE PROBLEMS. A North Dakdta farmer took a wagon load of wheat contain- g ing. 52 bushels to an elevator where the wheat wag graded No. 4 and docked 6 pounds. Two' days later he took another wagon load, 52 bushéls, of the- saine: wheat -to another elevator and it was graded No. 2 and paid for at the price’ of No. 1, while it was docked only 2 and orie-half prpunds. . ? . Between the price received-for the first load and the net price received for the second load, allowing for fluctuations of the market méanwhile, was a net actual difference of $9.87. Suppose the total wheat crop of North Dakota to be 110,- 000,000 bushels. 5 o : hSuppose it all to be put into wagons containing 52 bushels . eac ; }oz‘g to the farmers that raised it $9.87 on every second wagon o HERE ARE THE QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED: 1. What would be the total amount of loss in dollars to the farmers of North Dakota: in Dockage and Grading Alone? Sl How many automobiles at $460 each would that amount uy? 5 3. How many boys and girls would that amount send to col- lege for four years at $400 per year? 4. If it costs $100 for a month’s vacation for a farmer’s "PAGE TEN _ = THE NONPARTISAN LEADER OUR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FIRST.PRIZE - - Twenty Dollars in Gold : ‘the gmount"pay or.at $6 eac! THIRD PRIZE - - Five Dollars in Gold ' state. ; { Contest open to all school boys and school girls under the’ .Supfiose that because of misgrading and dockage there is - ;wife and three: children how" xflany such mothers would be able ‘with this amount to enjoy a vacation of travel and recreation? 5. How man membershi{,‘i‘s in the Nonpartisan League would How many at $10 each? : If the farmers of North Dakota were to establish their own elevators would they net eliminate the loss they now sustain in dockavgle and in grading by privately owned elevators? 7. hat is a parasite? = _ - : ; 8. How many new?lpa]:}\:ers now published in the state of North Dakota have advocated the abolition of the prestnt system of do;:kage and misgrading of grain? Why have not the oth:rs done 'so? ; 9. 'If the farmers, who comprisé 73 percent of the population, stick together, can they or can' they net change the laws of North Dakota_so that. they will retain for themselves and their families the money-that'i§ now taken from them.by the fTwresent system of docking and.misgrading of grain? 2% 1 RULES AI\ID CONDITIONS OF THE CONTEST Write plainly., Give name, postoffice address, county and z2ge of nineteen years, : All replies will be considered that reach the office of the Nonpartisan Leader in Fargo not later than 12 o’clock noon on December 15. St 2 oy Each contestant will be allowed to send but one set of answers. : . Neatness in writing and brevity of statement will be favor- ably considered. Write on one side only of the paper. ; Mail Answers to “Cohtest’ Editor’,” Nonpartisan Leader, Box 919, Fargo, North Dakota. Names of the winners will be printed in the Leader of December 29. . 3 We invite all our young friends to enter this contest. AH awards will be strictly on merit. 5 5§ 5 § 5T 45T 65 9 et 4 05 5 5 5 6§ €5 T 65 et 5§ 5 $5 § § 6 “,"_i.l=|||||||||||||||||||||||“||||||||||||||Hllllllll|||||l||IllllmllmmlmllmIlflmmlllllmllmn“|||||||||||||||l||m!||||||||||||||||||l|||mlllml||||m|||||lfl|“||||||flfl||"||||||"l E C.J.LEE, President C.B.MAY, st Vlcel’res J. W. WASSON, 2nd Vice-Pres. A.M.BAKER,Sec’y G.S. YOUMANS, Gen' Mgr. £ Valley City, N. D. Argusville, N.D: Velva, N. D. : Fargo, N. D. and Treas., Minot N. D. £ Rural Credits - Chartered 1915 Cooperation £ Farmers Rural Credit Asscciation e — ‘Authorized Capital, $500,000. MINOT,N.D. : \\ E FARMERS Iustitution, Planned, Organized, and Chartered, to provide its i o G E A ‘Members and Patrons with Rural Credit Facilities, Service Bureaus, Deben- 8 = . tures, Memberships Patronage, Dividends, and for the purpose of Organizing, | E Financing, and Establishing Co-operafive Organizations for Farmers, as follows:--- i g : & ; il £ - 2 : ! = 1. Farmers Rural Credits. e 3 = | RURAL CREDITS % Wt Pk DEBENTURES i = | Credit Loans made on L Rural Crodit Ban] T Rural Credit Deben- i £ | Farms, Growing Crops, i.' lli;armers Iéoural Crec;ilt Banks i e tures yield 4 per cent Z |Machinery, Stock, s 3"’“‘3"5‘" metfve S om money for three B | stored Grain, Personat | . . )} . 5. Farmers Co-operative Elevators. e imtin = | Collateral, and Mort- ; - 6. Farmers Co-operative Mills. b mmi’o:hs’ P & | gase Security. : 7. . Farmers Co-operative Creameries, : and 6 per ceat Paid on | £ | SERVICE BUREAUS | 1 8. Farmers Co-operative Stores. our Rural Credit Cou- | . = | Rural Credit Facities; | - ' 9. Farmers Co-operative Buying. 1 P Debegtares. = ml Credit; | ; 10. Farmers Co-operative Marketing. i EARNINGS £ |Audi Employment; | -4 ° 31 FarmersCo-operative Schools. -~ (T § v cnd i) = Coopersiin Frofme f. 12, Farmers Co-operative Insurance, (i} mtfifififi = 13. Farmers Co-operative Societies. . and Expenses, then = - 14. Farmers Co-operative Associations. - = 15. Farmers:Co-operative Publications. E 16 Farmers Co-operative Organizations. ' B e First:~SAFETY. Second:SERVICE. Third:—EXPANSION - ° £ A FARMERS' INSTITUTION - ‘Correspondence Invited . N 00000 0 fi1 TS p AL