The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-06
GOOD THUNDER LEADS
|. COUNTY CAN CONTEST
SPLENDID EXHIBIT AT THE
GARDEN CITY EXPO
Ralph McCormickof That Village
Is Given Prize For Pig
Raising

The Garden City fair closed las,
night after a successful three days
fair. The boys and girls exhibits
which showed the interest they had
taken in their contest work and what
they had accomplished, attracted the
interest of all and floral hall was
crowded continuously with people
interested in these exhibits.
The club exhibits made by the diff
ferent boys and girls clubs of the
county were beautifully arranged and
displayed to a large extent the various
activities of the clubs. The Liberty
club of Good Thunder won first on
their exhibit They showed a total oil
fifty different varieties of articles
The Rapidan club came in close Sec
ond. Their exhibit was well arranged
but did not contain as great a rep
resentation. Butternut came in third
with Cambria fourth.
The individual exhibits of vege-
tables were not as large as was ex-
pected but they showed considerable
quality which proved the character
of work done. The exhibits of canned
goods made by boys and girls were
overwhelmingly large. Nearly every
vegetable and fruit was represented
in these exhibits which according to
the judge surpassed any showing
made in any county thus far. One of
line noticeable features of these was
the collective exhibits made by the
young folks.
The Pig Contest.
The pig contest was one Of the
drawing cards of the fair Twelve
pigs were exhibited by, boys and
girls of the county engaged in the
contest work. These pigs were rails
ed according to the rule. &c the state
contest and judged acco1 ding to
records made during a four months
feeding period. Basis of award was
as follows:
Conformation to type. /. 40 per cent.
Cost of grain .......... .25 per cent.
Rate of grain. Is per cent.
Story, "How Helped Uucle
Sam by Raising Pig. - per cent.
Ralph Mccormack of Garden City
won first place with a pure bred
Duroc Jersey Gilt named Queen of
the Allies" This pig made al average
daily gain of more than one pound. at
a cost of Sc cents per pound Queen
Of the Allies" will be sent to the
state fair next week and her master
will receive free trip to university
farm boys and girls short course
this winter. Haysen Buffer of Gar
den City won second place with a
grade Chester White pig. Edward
of Amboy won third place
with pure bred Poland China pig.
Milton Truwe of Garden City de-
serves special mention due to what
ne was able to accomplish with his
pig He showed a registered Duroc
Jersey pig which was clearly the
pig of the entire exhibit
but due to the fact that the pig was
over age it had to be ruled out Of
The contest. Millions pig which he
christened Cherry King" made an
average gain daily of two pounds. His
gain was made at cost of only g.
cents per pound. Considering the
fact that Milton is only ten years
old, this is most remarkable record
and the lad deserves to be con-
graduated upon his splendid record
The Canning Contest.
The canning contest attracted as
much interest as any feature of the
[alr. This is the largest canning
contest that has been held in the
state this year. Twelve teams con
tested for highest honors. 1t was
a hard fought battle from beginning
to end. Each team made an exhibit of
twenty four cans of fruits and vege-
tables that they had canned and were
able to report on $50 jars of product
put UP by the team. The Good Thun-
1er team won tho highest honors and
Will represent Blue Earth county in
the state canning contest held at the
state fair next week. The Garden
City Fair association is paying the
expenses of the team to the state
[alr. This is the prize offered to the
winning team. The team showed great
throughout and had the
subject matter we'll in hand. Their
"a can exhibit was practically ner-
.ect. IL was clearly evident that the
eSAih hou spent nuC0 Time and eff
tort IN their preparation. They re-
celved a score Of SO per cent.
Inc Rapidan team won second
place and will receive SIS. This team
was composed of two bows and one
girl and did very remarkable work
The st. Clair teams won third place
with prize. of $40. Each member
competing in this county contest will
receive one dozen glass top Jars and
one box of rubbers. Tie Pleasant
view team deserves special mention
due to the fact that they were able
to report on having canned over 400
jars of products.
Every team without exception did
remarkable work and this fact made
the Judging difficult task. Mr.. R.
II. Glberson of the University as
sistant state leader of boys and
girls club work, assisted by M. H.
Zoe, county club leader. The people
OF Blue Earth county should be well
pieased with the showing made and
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