Putnam patriot., 1917-10-12

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 1 Agricultural College. and County Agri- l cultural Agent. B W Ellis the follow ing rules and regulations were adopted, also the following tentative premium list.
 Rules and Regulations i. Any resident of Windham County i, eligible to exhibit. . Exhibits must be grown by the competitors and must in all cases be | from 1917 crop, except corn meal and its 1 products
 2. No exhibitor shall make more l than one entry for given premium or reeeiye more than one premium for the same entry. except in a sweepStake class. l. Ali exhibits shall be marked by the authorized entry blank and nothing else until after all judging is done. After the judging cards showing grow er rs name and information about the seed may be displayed.
 t Ii exhibitions are shipped they should be carefully packed and directed to E W Ellis. Putnam. |. All exhibits are staged at the owners risk The officials assume no | responsibility for errors, mistake. dam age. or loss. altho every possible pre- 1 caution will be taken to avoid these diff l faculties
 !. The exhibitor k responsible for the removal of his exhibit If he wishes it returned. arrangements must be made in writing with the Superintendent. K All exhibits not removed by the Superintendent or exhibitor at the show will be disposed of at the discretion of the officials.
 9. The judges decision will be final HI all cases. 10 Any exhibitor interfering with 1 or hindering judge in the performance of his work shall be absolutely barred | from competition II. The right to make necessary 1 changes in the rules and regulations or | in the premium list is reserved by the officials
 Premium List Section j0 ear exhibits To be judged on seed condition, ap' pearance and germination test fif pos | sible} This requires that those eNhl- | bits be received 10 days in advance Of l the show The box showing the ger mination should be placed with the eN- hibit
 Class l. Flint Corn 1st. pig. Class ? Dent Corp. lst. pig, Section H. 10 ear exhibits Class | Yellow Flint:
 Lot A. Small, 6 to inches. lst, S3. l Lot B. Large over inches. 1st, S3. Class ? White Flint: l Lot A Small, 6 to inches. 1st. S3. l Lot B Large. over inches. lst. S3. l Glass g. Flnts not yellow or white: l Lot A. Small, to inches lst, SS. Lot B Large, over inches. lst, S3. | Class l. Small Dents. Under s inch es. lst. s3 Any color Class j. Large Dents. 8 inches or ov- | CT. lst, S3. Any color. | Class G. Pop Corn, All types to be | judged i,2 on seed condition and ap- pearance. and l-2 on bulk. flavor and l appearance when popped lst S2. Class E. Sweet Corn 1st S2. Any size and color
 Section ". Sweepstakes Sweepstake prize k suggested for Sec 1 tion II (10 ear eNhibits) | Section V Shelling-out contest
 Requires 70 lbs l9l7 crop on ear, not artifciallv dried, B lbs. (at ran doml k to be officially shelled. Con testant wins who has greatest weight of shelled corn from B lbs ears. Any | color of variety lst. S5; 2nd. S3.
 Section VI Small Grains Class l. Peck of Oats, 1st, s2 l Class ? Peek of Wheat. lst, S2. Class B. Peek of Rye. lst. s. Glass 4. Peck of Barley. ist, S2. | Class . Peek of Buckwheat, lst, S2. So far as possible. prizes will be awarded as indicated, and if money Is available, second prizes will be arranged for \ more definite premium list Will be issued about November first.
 In regard to prizes, up to the present time twenty five dollars has been placed in the hands of the committee by the Windham County Farmers Association, and pure bred Berkshire pigs by Messrs,
 Joseph Baker of North Grosvenordale | and Stanton D WickS of Pomfret. In order to make up satisfactory prize list. about one hundred dollars IS need ed, and the committee would be glad to hear from people in the county who would he interested in making donations for prizes, either in the way of money. farm implimentS, or other articles which may be used as premiums, Communica- tions should be addressed to R, W Ellis, Putnam
 The Home Economies section will ar range for contest to show the use of 
 cornmeal as a food If funds or arti- cles can be secured, premiums will be of
 fered for the following | Cernmeal Mush Dishes;
 l. With cheese
 9 With meat of fish
 IL Cornmeal Quick Breads:
 L With eggs.
 9 Without eggs.
 3. With sour milk. 4 With sweet milk. III. Cornmeal Yeast Bread ". Cornmeal Puddings: Indian Pudding Cornmeal and Apple, V. Cornmeal Cakes. VI. Best collection of six different dish es made with corn meal Each disl should have label containing the re cipe and the cost.