Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-08-02
GARDENS AND YARDS
AWARDED PRIZES
Mrs. ]. W. Hudson Wins First Prize
for Garden, Mrs. R. 0. Bray Has
Most Attractive Yard in Roan.ke
Mills Village is Opinion Of
Judges
MANY OTHERS GET PRIZES

Following a custom of three
years standing, the Roanoke
Mills Company this week award
ed a series of prizes for the best
yards and gardens in its village.
The committee of judges or
the gardens consisted Of Messrs.
j. II. Matkins, A. M. Proctor,
and J. 7. Stainback, and the in.
spection of the yards and gar
dens took place on Tuesday NOR
ming. Mesdames ], M. Jackson,
A. M. Proctor and A. l.. Bair
were the judges of the yards.
Both yards and gardens were
in a high state Of cultivation.
In the yards especially was not.
ed a general Improvement over
former years, Only three OF
four lots in the entire village
we're found uncultivated and
these were at places where the
occupants had recently moved.
In many instances every foot of
land was devoted to the product
ion of vegetables, side yards and
even a narrow strip along the
alleys being used. The general
condition Of the crops themselves
was not so good as last year. due
of course, to unfavorable wealth
er conditions.
Prizes were awarded by the
judges as follows: on gardens;
Mrs. j. w. Hudson, First Prize,
rated 81 points; Cleve Tharring-
ton Second Prize, rated % points;
w. E. Britt and L. D. Mabry,
tied for Third Prize with 81
points each, Ed Buckner, June
Edmonds, and R. O. Bray, tied
for Fourth Prize with 80 points
each. The judges also found
worthy of honorable mention the
gardens of r. H. Rook, 81 points,
R. M. Powell, Sc points, Mrs.
Sarah Jane Turner, IS points,
and H. c. Turner, S5 points.
In awarding the prizes for the
gardens, forty points were given
for variety of vegetables, five
points for each variety up to
eight, twenty-five points were
given for cultivation, twenty
points for the general appear
ance of the garden, and fifteen
points for the planting of crops
in succession.
The judges of yards awarded
to Mrs. Il. 0. Bray the First
Prize, to both Mrs. Y. N. Under
wood and Mrs. Sam Coley, the
Second Prize, Mrs. j. 0. Hughes
and Mrs. W. I. Glover, Third
Prize, Mrs. j. L. Brown, Fourth
Prize. The yard showing the
greatest improvement since last
year was that of Mrs. Victor
Weston.
The prizes given by the Roam.
oke Mills Company were $1,000
$500, $500 and $500, respect
lively, forthe four best yards and
the four best gardens. Where
the judges found yards or gar
dens of equal merit, the Roanoke
Mills Company, instead of split
ting the prize between the win
ners, has given each the full
amount of the prize.
The judges found all premises
in a sanitary condition, many of
them in a model condition of
cleanliness. Indicative of the
permanence Of the work being
done in the village by the en-
ployes of the Roanoke Mills is
the fact that in many instances
fruit trees have been planted. 1t
is hard to estimate in dollars and
cents the work done on gardens
throughout the village, but MAX
ing the low estimate of fifty dol
lars of food products from each
garden, the results achieved will
reach an aggregate of more than
ten thousand dollars each year.
Mrs. w. A. Murray. of Nor.