Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
FREDERICK T. BUNCE Piano uner
PLANS FOR HOLLAND | COUNTY CORN FAIR
To Be Held in Conjunction With An.
 nuaI Meeting Next Week.
Phone s2a.2

To Be Held in Conjunction With An nuaI Meeting Next Week. The annual meeting of the Holland County Farm Bureau will be held in Wesleyan hall, Rockville on Decem- Der 5, commencing at 10.30 a. m- to hear the annual reports, elect officers, other business that may legally come before the meeting. A win the War" programme is being arranged with speakers from different parts of the county who will suggest the best method of carryinS on the farm bu- reau work for the ensuing year. The Holland county corn show will be held on the same date as the an- nual meeting. Wednesday; Dec. ,; at Memorial building, Rockville. The committee in charge of the show de- side to have the exhibits remain for the evening and expect to arrange an evening programme
 The following are the rules govern ing the corn show:
 Any resident of Holland county is eligible to exhibit.
 Exhibits must be grown by the com petitors and must in all cases be from 1917 crop, except corn meal and it's products. No exhibitor shall; make more stha1f one entry for given premium except in tine case of pop corn and sweet corn
  the same entry, except in a sweepsc stake class. All exhibits shall be marked by the authorized entry blank and nothing After the judging cards showing the growers name and information about the seed should be displayed. Exhibits must be in place by 10 a. m. Wednesday, Dec. ,.
 All exhibits are staged at the own er's risk. The officials assume no re- responsibility for errors. mistakes. dam age, or loss: although eYery possible precaution will be taken to avoid these The exhibitor is. responsible for the removal of his exhibit. No exhibit
 shall be removed until after 10 p. m. on the day of the show.
 All exhibits not arranged or called for after the show will be disposed of at the discretion of the officials. The judges decision will be final in
 all cases. Any exhibitor interfering with or hfnderfng judge in the performance of his work shall be absolutely barred from competition. The judge is ex- pected to explain. reasons for placing.
 uases on seed q eas aehih Te and germination test eff possibIe).
 Glass 1, small flint 6 to 3 ipches, any color or number of rows; Class ?.
 large flint over inches. any color or
 Is
 under inches, any color: class 4,
 large dent, 9 inches or over, any color. Section 2-10 ear exhibits: Class 1, yellow flint, Lot A. small, to g Class 2 white flint Lot A. small, 6 to
 2 inches: Lot B, large, over inches;
 Class 3. fiints, not yellow or whitke, Lot A, small, to 9 inches; Lot B. large, over inches; Class 4. small white dents under inches; Class ,, small yellow. dents under g inches; Class G. large dents. 9 inches or over, any color; Class '. pop corn; all types to be judged oIie-half on seed condi- ton and appearance, and one-half on bulk, flavor and appearance when pop ped;- Class s, sweet corn, any color, an exhibitor may enter, many vafie- ties as he desires under each of the following lots: Lot. A, early; Lot E,
 Section f; Sweepstake-For the best 10 ears. First prize winners in dent and flint to compete.
 Section 5, Shelling-eut Contest ear, not artifciaily dried. Thirty five pounds Cat random) is to be officially shelled. Contestant wins who has the greatest weight of sheiled corn from 35 pounds ears. ..- e-...--5 ..
 Section 6, Small Grains-class 1, peck of oats: Class ?. peck of wheat; Class 8, peck of rye; Class 4, barley; Class 5, buckwheat; Class 6. Soy beans
 Section 7-Home Economic Corn Products. Bread Exhibit. l.. war breads, fshowing use of wheat substi- tutes-cornmeal, rye, oatmeal, bran, to save amount of white flour; Class l. cornmeal and white bread; Class g. oatmeal bread; Glass :, crumb bread, Class 4. Boston brown bread or steam ed brown bread.
 Section =S--Class 1.lteirIs' exhibit for competition. Team of four girls, each team bring in eight dishes made from eornmeal recipes and prices of each dish.
 Section e-Class 1. girls demonstra- ton, girls at work. making dishes from cornmeal
 Section 1o--cIass I, boys demon s:ration:. corn selection; testing for germination; storing for seed. etc.
 Section ' is devoted to the home economies exhibit. The classes are as follows: Class 1, War Breads. for best collection under class r. 1lfbag- flour; corn meal and wheat bread, oatmeal
 Class 2. Quick Breads For best collection, bag flour. Six corn meal mullins (without eggs),' =. corn meal bread with sweet milk and one egg: corn meal bread with sour milk and one egg. Class 8. corn. meal mush. Fer best collection 25 pounds corn one mold corn. meal with cheese; three slives corn meal mush fried. Glass I, corn meal desserts. For best collec- tton, l bag four; Indian. pudding, steamed pudding with fruits, three corn meal doughnuts. Class 5, steam bread, 25 pounds corn meal Class 6. one jar canned corn. CiasS T, one jar dried corn. Class s, best collection of six dishes prepared from corn. One