The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1918-09-20
FARM EXHIBIT
BIG SUCCESS

With about $500 added to the
War Chest fund, and every
other feature "over the top"the
committee having in charge the
1918 Solebury Farmers Exhib-
it, held at the Deer Park, two
miles west of New Hope last
Saturday feel that they have
done fair sized "bit." The
Liberty Sale, where donated ar
ticles were disposed of at auc-
ton for the benefit of the War
Chest Fund, neted upwards of
5000, the largest single item be-
ing $127. so, which was paid for
painting by William L. Lath-
rop, the purchaser being Mrs.
Huldah P. Madison, of Sole
bury. Other paintings sold for
good prices, and there was a
wide range of goods disposed of
during the afternoon. Although
many people brought their own
lunches and many came for the
half day only, the ladies in
charge of the restaurant for the
Friends War Relief Melted the
sum of $316.
In the baby show, first divis-
ion, 6 months to l year Edna
Mae Rock, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Rock, of Ivyland,wa
adjudged IS per cent. perfect,
according to the medical exami-
ners. In the second division,
one to two years old, Katharyn
Bevan Walton, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. M. Hubert Walton, of
New Hope, was adjudged 90 p.
c. perfect. In the third division
two to three years old, Hamilton
S. Thompson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert j. Thompson, Wy
combe, was credited as 9212 p.
c. perfect.
In the Solebury Pig Club
wind-up, at the end of sc days,
and announced at the Exhibit,
James Herman came in first;
Joseph Herman, second, and
Margaret Herman third; with
Otto Busse fourth, and Mary
Marion fifth.
The district making the best
showing of goods in the Liberty
Sale was Middle Solebury.
The horse show was good,
the display of cattle, farm and
garden products, and every
thing else shown was more than
usually interesting, in addition
to which the weather was per-
fect-the best in the whole six
years that the Exhibit has been
held, dating back to 1912.
Hundreds of automobiles lin
ed the roadway leading to the
tractor field, where four makes
of "steel horse" were making a
pleasure out of blowing sod that
hadn't been turned over in so
many years that no one could
remember when it was. Reuben
P. Ely had his Avery 8-16;
Hugh w. Kitchener his 1924 La
Crosse Happy Farmer" Heeb-
ner & Sons a $40 Avery, and
w. H. Masland Cleveland
Crawler. All of them did good
work, the small Avery making
a particularly good showing in
hauling two plows through the
stiff sod and hard soil under
meath. The larger Avery ran
over and mashed down good
sized saplings without pausing
for breath. The Cleveland ma
chine was of the caterpillar
type, and ran very steadily. 1t
was Hugh Michener's Happy
Farmer" that attracted most
attention, however, because it
performed all kind of acrobatic
stunts in answer to a few care
less and casual turns of its mas
ter's hands. If tractors ever
supplant horses in the three
ringed circuses, New Hopes
farmer-councilman will have P.
T. Barnum's followers faded to
standstill." Anyway, in addi-
ton to blowing three strong
without slowing down at ends
of rows, Mr.. Kitchener turned
his machine around like a top,
on pivotal center, both for
ward and backward. 1t was the
coencensus of opinion that a
farmer would have a good deal
no matter which of the style
. machines he might buy.