Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-11-03
EXTENSION WORK
Vermont Boys and Girls Take
Many Prizes at Springfield, Mass.

'SPA SoSllIlllS CllS SIuD DOpHl OillCll'
of the Vermont Agricultural Ex.
tension Service, through their prod,
ucts and their meritorious achieve
ment in demonstration work and in
judging, made records to their cred
it at the National Dairy Show and
Eastern States Agricultural and In
dustrial Exposition.
Vermont boys and girls won a
total of ffty-six prizes, forty-eight
being on exhibits and eight on judg-
ing.
In the exhibits, Vermont took
thirteen firsts, nineteen seconds.
fifteen thirds, and one sweepstakes.
In the judging contests, Vermont
teams took two seconds and one
fourth; individuals took one 3rd, ne
7th, one 11th, and two sweepstakes.
In the demonstrations there were
no prizes, but Vermont teams re-
ceived special commentator in the
pig demonstration, canning and
handicrafts.
The sweepstakes were for judging
potatoes and handicrafts, and for ex-
hibit in poultry.
Vermont exhibited six pigs; four
of these pigs took prizes.
Vermont entered four boys in
dairy judging, and three of the four
won prizes.
The complete list of prize winners:
Market Garden: Collection, Sd,
Hermon Robb, West Brattleboro.
Potatoes: Green Mountain, I'd,
Alvan Ball, Randolph Center; Car
men, 1st, Burton Richardson, Brat
tleboro; I'd, Harold L. Poor, Ran
dolph Center; Delaware, I'd, Merton
H. Mack, Ascutneyviile.
Corn: Pep, I'd, Clifton Howard,
West Woodstock.
Canning: Six quart jars of differ
ent products, three being vegetables,
two fruit, and one green, Sd, Beryl
Young, Lyndon, Gladys Coulter,
Salisbury. Largest and best COL
lection of fruit and vegetables by
any one club, one jar only of each
variety, 1st, Lyndon Home Project
Club, Lyndon.
Bread I'd, Doris Brown, Burling-
ton; Sd, Marguerite Nixon, Rrattle-
boro; Sarah Gibson, Hartland.
Garment making: One article
handmade, two articles combination
of hand and machine work, I'd Maud
Gray, Lyndon Center, Ruth Blod-
gett, Lyndonvile; Sd, Elizabeth
Crane, Brattleboro, Margaret Tobin,
Swanton.
Poultry: Eggs, Barred Rocks, 1st,
Katherine E. Harrington, Randolph
Center; Rhode Island Reds, 1st, Ann
Brockway, Randolph Center; Trios,
(chickens), Single Comb Rhode Is
land Reds, I'd, John A. Alexander,
South Royalton; Barred Plymouth
Rocks, I'd, John A. Alexander, South
RoyaIton; Miscellaneous, Trio-Rose
Comb Buff Leghorn chicks, ,lst, Paul
inc E. Willis, Brattleboro, RID, 3;
Stories, How Raised MyChickens,"
I'd, Bertha E. Belknap, Cavendish.
Dairy Judging: Sd, Richard R.
Briggs, Brattleboro; 7th, Ralph Bal
entine, East Calais; 11th, A. Dewey
Spooner, Barre.
Handicrafts: Rope tying and
splicing, I'd, Sherburne Potts, st.
Johnsbury; seed tester, 1st, Orrie
jerks, st. Johnsbury, I'd, Beatrice
Young, Lyndon; brooder, 1st, Nathan
Pike, st. Johnsbury; trap nest, Sd,
Martin Foye st. Johnsbury; fly trap,
Sd, Martin Foye, st. Johnsbury; bird
house, 1st, Linwood Thomas, st.
Johnsbury, I'd, Martin Foye, st.
Johnsbury, Sd, Erald Foster, Lyn-
don; handy ladder, lst, Nathan Pike,
St. Johnsbury, I'd, Maurice Barrett,
st. Johnsbury; milk stool, 1st, Erald
Foster, Lyndon, I'd, George Wilkins,
st. Johnsbury; ironing board, I'd,
Raymond Drew,St. Johnsbury;story,
lst, Erald Foster, Lyndon.
Pig: Over six months, Sd, Dana
B. Goodrich, Essex Junction; under
six months, 1st, Philip Hooker,
Brandon, I'd, George E. McAllister,
North Hyde Park, Sd, Reginald
Mumley, Fairfield Farm, Northfield,
story, "How Raised Ny Pig" 1st,
Dana B. Goodrich, Essex Junction;
I'd, Merle Carpenter, Colchester, Sd,
Alma Leland, North Springfield,
Philip K. Hooker, Brandon, r. d.,
Francis Macomber, Westford.
Sweepstakes in exhibit: Brown
eggs, Ann Brockway, Randolph.
Sweepstakes in Judging: Handi-
crafts, Sherburne Potts, st. Johns
bury; potatoes, Harold l.. Poor, Ran
dolph Center.
Teams winning in judging con-
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