The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-09
Plans To That Good End Are
Now Being Made
CONTESTSINT HECOUNTY
Increasing Interest Is Shown
BY Young Folks In the
Communities

The canning campaign during the
past week has been equally success
full with that of any previous time.
Many different. parts of the county
were visited during this week by M.
Fl. COe, county club leader, who re-
ports that the interest in this work
and that the response that has been
received has never been equalled
Many teams are working hard in order
that they make a good showing
at the county fair. The Garden City
Fair association is looking forward
with great expectation to the canning
contest, which is to be staged at the
coming fair. Twelve or fourteen
teams will compete at this time,
which will make this county the
largest county contest in the state
The fair is offering the following
prizes for this contest: First prize
free trip for the team (three people)
to the state fair; second prize, is SIS;
third prize, $40. The fair association
is making arrangements to provide
the big Mapleton tent to quarter the
club exhibit and to provide space for
the contest They are expecting that
this tent will be overfiowing with club
exhibits of the boys and girls. Many
liberal prizes have been offered by the
association for exhibits made by the
boys and girls engaged in the project
work Departing from its former Gus
tom the association has provided
special department to take care of
these exhibits, if the demand seems
great enough special building will be
provided for this department AS the
work goes on more and more interest
is being shown in this department
from all parts of the county. The
Garden City fair is to be congratulate
ed upon it's desire to feature this
work.
Contest at st. Clair.
On Tuesday, August 6, the local
canning contest will be held at st.
Clair. Five teams are hard at work
competing for the first honors, in
order that they may represent ST.
Clair at the Garden City fair. A
meeting held there last week was one
of the most successful held thus far,
and it is expected that the meeting
on Tuesday will be still more sue
cessful Older people are welcome
and it is hoped that they will be able
to attend. All boys and girls of that
entire community should be present
whether they have been there or not
On Wednesday canning school is
to be held in the Sterling Center
school, District 81. 1t. is expected
many from the Amboy club will at
tend this meeting and all the boys
and girls of the Sterling Center
school district should be there. Teams
will be chosen at this meeting to rep
resent Sterling Center at the county
fair
Splendid Interest Shown.
Owing to the splendid interest
show in the canning work at Garden
City, it was found necessary to sched-
ule second meeting at that place.
this is to be held on Thursday, August
8, at which time all the boys and girls
of that vicinity will come together
and teams will be made up. The
team winning out will go to the
county fair and take part in that
contest.
1t is now certain that this work
will be the all absorbing feature of
the coming fair and people not al
ready interested should become so at
once. There are many teams that
ire now sufficiently trained to be
lble to put on demonstration without
my aid. Communities desiring such
demonstration should make their
known to M. H. Coe, farm
bureau office. 1t is the desire of
he farm bureau to make the work
each the entire county.