Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-24
PRIZES AWARDED
AT FOOD SHOW
Clifford Pinchot Asks Farm
ers to Follow Modern Ag-
ricultural Methods

Ine culmlnat1on of the PennSyl-
vania farm activities which have
been staged in Harrisburg this week
was planned for tonight when q
general auction of food stuffs at the
Emerson n-Brantingham building, for
the benefit of the Red Cross, was
planned for the hour of s o'clock,
the prospects being for a huge at
tendance and lively bidding. 1t was
genuine patriotic wind-up of the
most efficient series of conferences
in the history of farm enterprise in
this state.
This great show was planned and
executed under the auspices of the
Pennsylvania Department of Agri-
culture, ably assisted by the allied
agricultural associations of the state;
1t brough together every type of
farming interest. The prizes showed
that Green county was the boss pro-
Queer, for the eggs and chicken pro-
Vender OF this county made all the
others look second class.
The auction tonight will close
the most successful meeting ever
held by Pennsylvania agriculturists.
Not the least important development
registered was the wide interest in
tractors, and Market street was
anused to-day to see a long-haired
sedate farmer steering one of the
most up-to-date machines up and
down the crowded highway.
Pinchot Speaks
Clifford Pinchot hit the city for
less than an hour but in that time
he managed to reach the Board of
Trade building and made short
address to the Dairymen and Breed
ers' Association. Prosperity to the
farmer has come too easy" he said.
Pennsylvania is a banner agricul-
ture state. The farmer cannot help
getting good crops. But what he
must now do is to work harder, use
modern appliances and intensity
production"
One of the crying necessities for
farms in this state, as was shown in
demonstrations and lectures, is lack
OF wool growers. To spur this ac-
tivity State College had fine exhibit
which attracted critical attention. A
sheep grower right from Scotland,
with years feXperience, was there
to tell what Pennsylvania ought to
do. He said this state had the great
est possibilities, being provided with
grazing land without limit. Greene
produce. No other county even got
a mark.
OF the vocational school awards in
the corn contest Wyoming county
was first, Susquehanna, second, and
Mercer, third.
Prizes Awarded
In creamery butter this neighbor-
hood distinguished itself, the Her
shey Creamery Company, York
Springs, getting first prize.
The best dozen eggs in the show
belonged tot w. L. Hill, of Hunting
don, but in other poultry exhibits
this district made good as the fol-
lowing proves:
Exhibit of either white or brown
eggs in parcel post cartons - First,
Beaufort Farm Poultry Plant, Har-
risburg; second, w. r. Douglas, of
Camp Hill; third, Mrs. H. w. Good
man. Camp Hill; fourth, George F.
Anderson, Pembroke; fifth, e. B.
Mitchell, Harrisburg.
Best exhibit of either white or
brown eggs in carton - First, S. w.
Brightbill, Harrisburg, r. d. 4; sec
ond, Mrs. II. w: Goodman. Camp
Hill; third, ]. B. Parks, Altoona !;
fourth, Beaufort Poultry Plant, Har-
risburg; fifth, Beaufort Farm Foul
try Plant. Harrisburg.
For best exhibit ten dozen white
eggs - First, L. E. Mitchell, Har-
risburg.
That Harrisburg and vicinity is
some class on chicken cultivation is
established accurately by the follow
ing figures:
Best dozen white eggs - First, II.
S. Grove, Catawissa.
Best dozen brown eggs = First,
George +. Anderson. Penbrook.
Commercial Glass
Best dozen white eggs - First,
S. w. Brightbill. Harrisburg, r. d.
4; second. NJ. II. Hepburn. Jersey
Shore; third, Paul r. Guldin, yell
low House; fourth, fifth and sixth,
L. B. Mitchell Harrisburg.
Best dozen brown eggs - First
j. B. Parks, Altoona; second, e. b.
Mitchell, Harrisburg; third, ]. B.
Parks, Altoona; fourth E. b. Nit
chell, Harrisburg; fifth. ]. B. Parks,
Altoona; sixth, e. b. Mitchell, Har-
risburg.
Boys and Girls Glass
Best dozen white eggs
First. Ruth Trimmer, Mechanics
burgh. r. d. No. 2.
Best dozen brown eggs
First. Teddie Trimmer Mechanics
burg, r. d. No. 2.
Dressed Poultry
Best pair of dressed fowls or
capons - Edward Erb. Midletown.
Best pair of dressed fowls weigh
ing 10 lbs. or over. = Edward Erb,
Middletown.
Best pair of dressed fowls weigh
ing less than 10 lbs. - First and sec
ond. S. w. Brightbill Harrisburg,
r. D. No. 4; third, fourth and fifth.
=. B. Mitchell Harrisburg.