Putnam patriot., 1918-11-22
WINDHAM COUNTY CORN
 SHOW LEADS THEM ALL
LARGE NUMBER OF ENTRIES-PRoDUCT ESPECIALLY
 GOOD.-LARGE VARIETIES.


County Corn Show then being held 1T Odd Fellows hall. Pomfret street was bigger and better than any show held anywhere in this commonwealth last year. When one looked about the hall and saw the varied colorec ears in large numbers, the fine display of cooked foods, the exhibits ot grains and other features, 1t was not hard statement to believe.
 However, people had been prepar. ed in advance for good show The County Farm Agent, B. w. Ellis, had made statements that the corn cror of the county beat all records This was another statement that was easy to believe when one took look about the hall.
 Ps the uninitiated corn Is corn The only apparent difference was the color. All of the ears looked to be of giant size All of the kernels looked round, and smooth and firm. The popcorn stood out prominently and could be told even by one not ia n1ikar with the product, from the lit tie pointed kernels.
 But when one turned to the home economics exhibits one did not have to ask Miss Embleton, the county home economics demonstrator, which was cake and which was pumpkin pie. Even a newspaper man could distinguish the dishes of this large exhibit, and so in writing up the show this department was first gone over as it looked more like home.
 Ia room off the main hall was a sable set for dinner On the table was a sign. Home grown foods for Thanksgiving" The dinner was all set on the table and one look was enouga to make the mouth water. There was a fine red tomato soup, a nicely Drowned chicken, boiled pota- toes, boiled onions, pickles, vegetable salad, jelly, bread, pumpkin pie, a pumpkin carved into basket, filled with fruit, hickory nuts and sweet cider.
 In contrast to this was table con taining a days ration in use in Bel giun and northern France, Noyem- Der $, 1918. This consisted of sugar, cof ee, tea, jam, butter, none. On ions, Ii ozs; bread, 10h ozs.; eggs and poultry, 1-3 oz.; rice, l oz.; po- tatoes, ozs lard and bacon, l 4 ozs.; meat. F oz. dried peas and beans, F oz.
 Paen turning to the other side one saw three suppers prepared from corn and corn products. These were exhibited by Wolf Den grange of Arlington, Putnam grange and Sen exet of South Woodstock. They took premiums in that order.
 A fine exhibit of dinner was made by the girls of the Willimantic Nor nal school. This exhibit was so good that. although no premium had been allotted for such an exhibit, one will be especially awarded. The dinner consisted of six different dishes made from corn and corn products.
 Returning to the main hall the rest of the home economics exhibit was looked over. A little supper pre- pared and exhibited by Lois Ran some, aged g, was especially notice able. Then there were exhibits ot white and brown breads, cakes, ples, biscuits, doughnuts, canned corn and a dish that attracted especial atten- ion-tamales, Mexican style. The grange. The other exhibits were by the juniors.
 Over in the northeast corner ot the nah was a pig. The pig did not know where he was going to sleep Thursday night He was going, he knew that, but didn't know where. He was there as the first premium for the fifty ear exhibit. When the judges had reached their decision ! they found that the pig was to go to the farm of David Clark. MT. Clark, ! S5 years old, was escorted to the plat form and introduced by Rev. F. D. 1 Harrison, secretary of the Windham County Farmers Association. He was greeted with applause and ack- it and thanked the secre- I tary for the pig, which, said, the sec retary, had not squealed once, but he thought was possessed of a squealer.
 On long table about the hall were the corn exhibits. In boxes were the kernels that had been planted so that they could be judged from germlna- ton test. There was corn and more corn. The farmers would pass around, pick up an. ear here and there, feel of it, fondle it, look 1t over and invariably praise it. While they did this the newspaper man looked on in wonder at what they could see to one ear from another. It must have a different appearance, for the judges readily made their awards