Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-07-31

Best pair drawingoxen under 1t.
8 in. 500
Second best, 800
Third best 200
L Entrance fee per cent. OF purse and 5
per cent. additional from winners.
Nosbuse or foul language to be used;
same, il any, to count against team.
FLOWING CONTESTS.
CLASS 10.
To be held on the afternoon OF the sec
ond day OF the fair, under the direction of
County Agent George N. Worden.
Judges-Prof. G. E. simmons of the
University of Maine College of Agricul-
ture, and $. l.. Burns, a prominent farmer
OF the county.
In order to encourage more and better
fall blowing, the following contests will
be conducted, With the cooperation Of the
Hancock County Farm Bureau.
LANDSLIDE CLASSIC the man win
ming the highest score in this class, there
will be awarded pair OF horse blankets.
Approximate value $500.
SULKY CLASS-Same as above.
hOLfO Of toN Ed lo-AH cOnteSt-
ants must be on the field at l O'Clock,
Wednesday, September A.
Each contestant must work alone, yet
the team 1.-TWO horses and plow) need not
be the property OF the contestant.
Each contestant must plow at least five
burrows $50 feet long.
No burrows shall be shaped by hand.
Turns shall be decided by lot.
Opportunity for trial will be given in
the forenoon.
BASIS OF AWARDS.
Uniformity Of depth ....................10
lap............ .......-...l III
" width ...................15
Completeness in covering grass .........15
Completeness in cutting furrow slice. 20
Uniformity OF beginnings.
endings.. 10
Straightness OF burrows 10
Total .........-......... ....10O
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS.
CLASS II.
$3.50 Offered in Premiums.
In order to cooperate with the Hancock
County Farm Bureau, and to stimulate
interest in its work as applied to Boys
and Girls Agricultural Clubs, $3.50 in pre-
miums are offered on products raised, or
canned, or made by members of such
clubs.
All premiums in this class will be
awarded in the form OF Thrift Stamps,
and every exhibit made by club or MEM
Der of any club in the county is guar
| anteed a prize.
LOT l.
General club exhibit, to which each
member may contribute an exhibit, such
exhibit not oeing eligible for competition
for an individual prize under another lot.
LOT 2.
Cooking and Housekeeping Club. Ex-
| hibit is one loaf OF war bread.
LOT 8.
Canning Club. Exhibit to consist OF 10
pint jars OF fruits or vegetables OF diff
ferent kinds.
LOT 4.
Garden Clubs, large and small. gar
den exhibit shall consist OF one kind of
vegetable, such as, 10 carrots, beets,
parsnIps, onions, potatoes, tomatoes, ears
corn, radish or cucumbers, turnips, or
pumpkins, squash, cabbage, caulfower,
lettuce or l quart dry, green or shelled
beans or peas.
LOT 5.
Potato Club. Exhibit, 10potatoes.
| LOT 6.
Poultry Club. Exhibit, pullets and
one cockerel.
Pig Club. Exhibit, one pig.
Notes.
No exhibit can be entered for more than
one premium.
All exhibits in this class must be at the
exhibition hall not later than 10 a. m.
Sept 3, and those arriving after this hour
will have to be rejected
| Ali exhibits under this class sent parcel
post should be addressed as follows:
COUNTY AGENT,
Bluehill, Me.
| Every exhibit, whether mailed or left at
hall, should show plainly the exhibitors
| name and club.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
The Farm Bureau OF the county is
pleased to be able to cooperate further
| with the fair directors by having in at
tendance, E. w. Morton, dairy specialist,
who will give demonstrations in stock
Judging and in testing milk for butter fat.
SPECIAL FOR RED CROSS.
PREMIUMS, SIS.
Special premiums are offered for ex-
hibits OF Red Cross supplies by Hancock
county branches or auxilisries OF the Red
Cross, as follows;
Best EXHIBIT. .............. slU W
Second Dest.. ................o w
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