The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-24
A Special Department for
Them at Valley Fair
Next Month
PRIZES FOR MANY
KINDS OF EXHIBITS
Cooking, Canned Goods, Vegetables, Ma
pie Products, Jellies, Poultry, Calves,
Swine and Lambs Among Many
Things in Competition.

Preliminary premium lists for the
boys and girls department at the Val
ley fair Sept. Is and 10 will be mailed
within a few days to more than 1000
boys and girls in Windham county.
who are enrolled in the various clubs
according to lists furnished by the va
rous school superintendent
The fair association is making a spe-
eial feature of this exhibit and compe-
tltlon IS open to all boys and girls be-
tween the ages of 10 and 10 years who
live in Cheshire county. VT. The ex
hlDlts must represent the exhibitor 8
own work during the past year
There are IL classes, as follows:
Class BAKED foods, loaf of sub
stitute bread, dozen mullins, loaf corn
bread, loaf war gingerbread, war cook
les, rye drop cookies. Recipes are Civ
en- for these foods.
Glass 2-Canned goods, three jars
tree fruits, three jars berries. three
jars vegetables, largest and best col
lection, not less than Is and not to ex-
ceed 30, one jar only of each variety.
Jams, jellies, marmalades, pickles, fruit
juices, etc, shall be excluded. Three
glasses jellies.
Glass Sewing, darn, patch, knitted
articles, erocheted yoke, croeheted ar
ticle, plain washable dress, apron, towel.
sewing bag, night gown, MILDLY blouse.
Class Garden and field crops, six
beets, six carrots, six turnips, six onions,
six tomatoes, six sugar beets, six par
snlps, quart garden peas, quart navy
beans, quart yellow eve beans, quart
any other dry beans, squash, pie pump
kin, field pumpkin, melon, three cab
bages, best and largest exhibit of veg
etables, not less than 10 or over 20
different products; collection cut flow
ers, not exceeding three kinds, bouquet
flowers, single variety, collection forage
plants, not over 10 varieties, at least
% stalks of each variety; 20 potatoes,
10 ears flint corn, 10 ears dent corn, 10
ears pop corn, 10 ears sweet corn.
Glass 5-Maple products, pint jar or
bottle syrup, exhibit of one pound in
two-ounce cakes.
Glass 6-Handicrafts, map of Yer
mont showing rivers, mountains, coun-
ties and cities, product map of Yer
mont map of Windham county, show
ing streams, highways, towns and vii
lagos; collection of mounted weeds, col
lection of named woods, collection of
mounted wild flowers, collection of
knots, bird house, specimen knife work,
collection joints, piece of cabinet work
Glass 7-Stories, essay of not less
than 300 or more than 500 words with,
appropriate cover design on Glow /
4 { III 4 Il.
my exhibit; essay of not less than
300 or more than 500 words with appro-
pirate cover design on Glow l am
helping to win the war
Glass s-Poultry and eggs, spring of
1918 Matched, best trio, two pullets and
eoekerel-Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Is
land Reds, Leghorns, Wyandottes, any
other breed, dozen white eggs, dozen
brown eggs, duck eggs.
Class 9-Swine, April or May pig ir-
respective of breed, brood SOW, fat pig.
Glass 10-Calves, dairy heifer calf,
any breed, over three months old and
under one year old, bull calf, any breed,
over three months old and under one
year.
Glass 11-Lambs, lamb, any breed,
over three months old and under one
year. Boy or girl to own and have had
entire care of animal
In every class with the exception of
classes 10 and ii the prizes will be rs
cents, 80 cents and % cents. In
classes 10 and ii the prizes will be ST.
10 cents and 80 cents. Pig club mem
bers exhibiting in class 9 are eligible
for special prizes offered by the Yer
mont national bank as follows: First
$4; second, SO; third, 81. All of the
prizes will be paid in thrift stamps. A
war saving stamp will be awarded as
special sweepstake prize to the indi
vidual making the best all-round ex-
hibits.
All boys and girls who enter ex-
hibits in any class will be awarded a
special button and $500 of these but
tons have been ordered 1t is hoped
that every boy and girl who has taken
part in bows and girls, activities this