Evening journal., 1902-08-14
COUNTY FARMRRN
PLAN AN OUTING
Ribbon Prizes for Those
Who Excel in Crop
Raising

Pomona Grange has completed ar
rangements for holding a two days
farmers picnic at Brandywine
Springs on August 2S and 20. which
promises to be a success The manage
ment OF the park has offered all the
space that may be required for exhib-
it's and in addition will furnish
guards to protect the property of
exhibitors while on the premises.
Entries In any department and in-
formation pertaining to same may be
obtained through the managers of that
department No entry or entrance fee
is charged.
Owing TO the general dissatisfaction
expressed last year with the aocommo-
datiOn for live stock and the refusal
of the park management to provide
suitable stabling this year. the COM
mittee has discontinued the live stock
department as a feature OF the ex-
hibits.
Ribbon prizes only will be offered BY
the Pomona Grange Committee. First
prize. blue ribbon; second prize, red;
third prize, yellow. In addition, mer-
chants have also offered prizes.
The best washing machine. dairy
churn. potato digger, display of farm
ing implements will be prize winners.
Prizes will be awarded for the best
display of peaches, bushel OF potatoes,
jar Of preserved peaches, bushel OF
wheat. bushel of corn. display OF beeta,
hushel OF Fultz wheat, bushcl OF Long
Berry red wheat. display Of maple
beets. display OF popcorn, six hcaviest
eta f.N
beans, Jar preservd plums. display OF
apples, display of tomatoes. display of
pears, display of Thoroughbred pota-
toes display twenty-five stalks OF
corn display Of wheat.
For best display in this department
Arnold Naudain. Jr.. offers a thorough
bred Chester White pig, entitled tC
register.
In the women's department prizes
Will be awarded for the best display a
| follows: Canned fruit moquet rug b,
William McElwee: jar preserved
peaches, fruit dish. by L. II. Thomas
jar preserved plums. or collection o
i jelly, rocking chair. by r. L. Peacocl
Company; glass blackberry jelly. jar
chow chow. or loaf Of bread, tabomette
i by James Meharg; secOnl
best loaf OF bread, prize b!
Riggs q Berrell; best spOng
cake. jelly roll display of cakes. carpe
sweeper. by Woodward & Bro; Pie
custard pie or display OF butter pocket
book and cord combined. Hiram Yerg
er; second best display of butter, bes
J sofa pillow. silk quilt, or chintz quilt
= prize by James Morrow & Son; displa,
j of embroidery. display burnt work
] crochet cOunterpane, mOQuet rug. b.
Z w. b. Sharp; hand-knit stocking, piec
of darning. most antique exhibit, fines
display noedlewOrk, scissors, by Levi
Fell; second finest display needle worl
best display in this department, baske
1 peaches. by o. w. Eastburn.
Farmers Day Chairma
DR.. A. T. Neale. Newark; secretary, {
q W. Eastburn. Landenberg. Pa. trea.
urer. r. G. Buckingham, Newark; ID
{ A. T. Neale, Professor w. ID. Bishop,
Atwood Weldin. L. Scott Townsenl
: Arnold Naudain, Jr.. Edward Woo,
ward. r. G. Buckingham, o. w. Eas
burn, Allen +. Rittenhouse. Clayton ]
p Appleby, Robert Mccullough, Fran
, Hobson, Hervey Walker, Joseph De
rickson, p T. Pierson, HarrisC
Worth. w. ID. Bradford, Frederic
Brady.
Departments-Farm implements an
carriages, r. ID. buckingham, manage
7 Newark; fruit. vegetables and graf
{ Hervey Walker. manager. Marshalltoi
ladies' department. Miss Meta Woo
ward, manager, Elsmere.