Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-08-30
LIVE STOCK AND
POULTRY EXHIBIT
At POcOmOke Fair Was a Great
Success. Pig Club Boys and
Poultry Girls Win Prizes

Those witnessing the live stock and
poultry exhibits cannot help but real
ment in these exhibits over last year.
The hog exhibit was certainly a very
creditablc one. Most of the exhibit
was brought to the Fair by the boys
pure bred pig club. Many of the pigs
that were exhibited last year by club
members as small pigs were exhibited
this year as Sows with ltters and in
addition large number of pigs be-
longing to the new club members were
on exhibit. the pure bred club work
in the county having increased about
fifty per cent in numbers.
This exhibit was judged very care
fully by live stock experts from the
State College. One of the judges re-
marked that il was the first Fair in
the State that he had attended where
only pure bred hogs were exhibited
and that the class of the exhibits
was far above the average county
Fair. This certainly speaks well for
the farmer boys OF Worcester County.
Liberal prizes were given by the
Fair Association and also by the
Pocomokc City National Bank. Prizes
were awarded as follows: Fred Bull
first. John Covington three frstS.
Lester Bunting three firstS and one
second. Clarence ArdiS two firstS.
Preston Mason one second, BraudduS
Byrd. first. William Carter third. Will
liam Evans second. Algic Britting-
ham third, Marion Johnson third.
Frank Chcsscr first. Grover {. Brit
tingham, Milton Pruitt and Ralph
Groton honorable mention.
The pig club house awarded by the
Pocomokc City National Bank and the
sclf-fccder awarded by the Peninsula
Produce Exchange, attracted great
deal of attention. Many farmers
stopped to examine them in detail and
asked for plans and costs of con-
structing same. This house and feed
cr was not awarded FOR the exhibit,
but will be given later when the boys
record books are taken into consid-
Grafton.
More than one hundred pure brcds
were exhibited and the surplus stock
OF the boys was sold. not only to new
club members. but to farmers during
the entire week, there being nearly
five hundred dollars worth of pure
bred stock sold AT this exhibit, rang
ing in price from fifteen to forty
dollars. Some of this stock was sold
to breeders in North Carolina, who
realized the superior quality of the
hogs.
The State Live Stock Sanitary
Board inoculated all of the club pigs
free of charge for the boys. This of
club members bringing their pigs to
the Fair and those not exhibiting Ger
tainly cannot help but feel that they
have missed an opportunity to have
their stock inoculatcd against hog
cholera. This incubation was carried
on aS Il public demonstration, giving
the farmers an opportunity to see Just
how the work was accomplished.
More than five hundred farmers wit
messed this demonstration.
In addition to the boys pig club
exhibit. hogs were exhibited by {. c.
Holloway. Frank Hudson and Mrs. +.
Bradwcl These hogs were of very
high quality and attracted the at
tcntion of everybody. Il is believed
that by another year the hog exhibit
will be- second to none in the country.
The cattle and horse exhibit. though
not large. was certainly creditablc.
The Angus cattle exhibited by Mr..
Frank Hudson were very fine and
would have done credit to any cN-
hibitol. MI ". T. Gro,on'> exhibit
of Gucrnscys was also q crcditablc
one.
Considerable additional interest was
displayed in the poultry exhibit by
the girls poultry club of Worcester
County. A special prize was offered
by the Citizens National Bank of
Pocomokc for girls having the best
exhibit and doing the best club work.