The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-30
GO TO NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW
Three Boys Of Each County Enter
Stock-Judging Contests.

The agricultural extension service
OF the State university will hold boys
stock judging contests this year not
only at several of the county, Grange
and local fairs, and at the State fair in
White River Junction, where two diff
ferent contests will be held, but at the
National Dairy show in Springfield,
Mass, October II to 81 The State
fair has been represented before, by
contest, but this will be the first time
the National Dairy show will have
taken place in the East.
Certain days of the show will be
selected, to be announced later. There
will be five prizes, of which the first
will be S75 in cash and the other four
fine bull calves, OF which the boy
standing second has first pick. etc
Three boys from every county in the
State will 20 to Springfield to compete
The prizes at the two contestsat the
State fair September II to Is, will be
as follows: First contest, seven
prizes-frst, $40, second, SIS; third
SO; fourth, IS; fifth s5 sixth. So;
seventh, 81; second contest. first $15;
second, $40; third, IS; fourth. IS;
fifth. SO; sixth, 50. Any boy not less
than II nor more than 10 years old
may enter.
Prizes at the other minor fairs will
vary from five to ten dollars for first,
three to seven dollars for second, two
to five dollors for third place, and one
TO four for fourth. Four prizes will be
awarded probably in each. but the
scale will differ somewhat among the
different fairs. The following will be
| some Of the fairs at which contests
will be held; Orleans county fair at
Barton, already concluded. august
22-2D; Washington county fair or Dog
| River Valley fair at Northfield, Sep.
| tember 26-2S; Rutland county fair at
| Rutland. September AS; Chittenden
county fair at Essex Center, Septem.
ber l2.li; Bennington county fair or
Battenkill Valley fair. at Manchester
Center September l2-l4; Windham or
| Valley fair at Brattleboro. September
1921: Grange fair at Wilmington
September q. This is not a complete
list OF the fairs at which contests will
take place.
| Any boy who hasn't passed his 18th
birthday anniversary and wasn't a
winner during the fair season of 1915
may compete. The superintendent OF
each contest shall be representative
OF the agricultural extension service
He and the departmental superintend
ents viii select the animals TO be
judged at least an hour before the
contest:
| Each contestant must report to the
superintendent at the ring where the
contest Is to take place at ten O'Clock
on the day of the contest and fill out
n proper enrolment card The follow
ing will be the six classes from which
at the option OF the superintendent, h,
must choose: Beef cattle draf
horses, sheep for wool.mutton, dair!
cattle, driving horses, hogs for breed
ms
The superintendent divides the con
testants up into as many groups as h,
sees 1T, hut the groups must chang,
classes every 20 minutes at the super
intendents direction.
At the end of 10 minutes warning
will be given and at the end of 20 al
judging must cease. Four animals vii
constitute a class. There will he TN
q same number Of classes as there ar
groups OF contestants. 4 competen
Judge selected by the service shal
given final decision in contest. Pc
feet placing and perfect reasons shal
. each count 80 points.
Suitable ribons will he awarded tn
animals at the close of each contes
by the judge. The four boys hayin
the highest scores will be declared tn
winner,