Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-09-25
WATERBURY, TEAM
WINS GRAND PRIZE
Results of Judging Contests
Among State High Schools at
Vermont State Fair-Water-
bury Boy Also Leads All
Others

The final computations on the results
pf the State high school judging contests
held at the Vermont State fair show the
following standing of teams and indivd-
1ais:
Poultry class-First, ,effersonvilie, score
go; second. Waterbury, 1872; third, stowe,
1856; fourth Pittsford. 1856; hfth, Brad
ford. $50; sixth. Essex, 10
Potato class-First. Essex, score 2N;
second Jeffersonville, 25; third. VIII
Jamestown, ITO; fourth, stowe. 1e7; NTH
Waterbury, 1885, sixth, Nowhury. l3S;
seventh. Bradford. 126.
Dairy COW class-First, Wiliamstovn,
ecore 2iSE second, Waterbury, 30; third
Stowe. It's; fourth. Essex. 172;s; tifth. Brad
ford. 1Gr; sixth, Pittaford. lJ2ta seVcnth'
Jeffersonville, no.
Fat hog class-First. Waterbury. 20;
second, stowe, 214H; third. Jeffersonville,
MS; fourth, Bradford, 1924; fifth, Essex,
$50.
Standing Of teams for grand prize
First Waterbury. 773; second. stowe,
?A1h: third. Jerfnrsonville, 1874; fourth,
Essex, 69oia; fifth, Bradford, 61Sia.
5ianiing Of Individual contestants Tor
Individual grand prize-First, Buck OF
Waterbury, 265iA; second. Wells of JEFF
fersonviJIe 2551s; third, Chase OF Stowe,
2ss: fourth. Goodheart of Waterbury. AG;
Fifth, Flynn Of Essex, 800; sixth, Martin
of Bradford 800.
The judges in the various classes were
as follows: Dairy COW class. Prof. o. NJ.
Camburn, Prof. +. A. Rich. j. T.. Carri-
gan, all of Burlington and Fl. F. john
son of Newport: fat hogs. Prof. o. NJ.
Camburn and Prof. f. A. Rich Of Bur-
Iington; potatoes. Prof. F. B. jerks of
Burlington and County Agent Briggs of
Montpelier; poultry, Prof. H. A. ID. Leg
gett Of Burlington and H. A. Dwinnell
of Randolph.
The judges Of the dairy COW class feel
that the boys of the competing teams
did exceptionally well in judging the
cows for the reason that that class was
very difficult to judge properly because
the individual cows were of two distinct
types. In justice to one boy. Harold
McNall of the Essex team, 1t should be
said that he won the highest score over
all contestants in the dairy COW class, his
score being %.
The cups for the contest winners were
furnished as follows: The Holstein-
Friesian association of Bratteboro gave
the cup for the winning team in the
dairy COW class; the cups for the fat
hog ana poultry classes will be provided
by the State Board Of Education; E. w
Bradley, chairman of the committee in
charge, gave the cup in the potato class
the magnificent team grand prize was
given by the Vermont Dairyman's asso-
citation and the individual grand prize
was given by George w. Stockwell. Yer
mont representative OF "Unicorn," the
famous dairy ration.
The individual grand prize will become
the permanent property Of the winner
Buck of Waterbury, The other cups will
become the property of the schools win
ming them for the period of one year, oil
until the class in which they were wor
shall be judged again. when they viii
again be placed for competitive winning
Any cup shall become the permanent
property of any competing school only
after the school has won it three times
The contests were carried out under
tho auspices of the organization of agri
cultural teachers of secondary school.
and under the direct supervision of the
following committee: Chairman, T.. w
Bradley of Essex, R. C. Mayo of Stow,
and G. c. Mann Of Bradford. The com
mite wishes to thank the State fair com
mission, especially Secretary F. L. Davis
the Holstein-Friesian association, tn,
Vermont Dairyman's association, thu
friends of the project who so kindl.
acted as judges. George w. Stockwell
who contributed the individual gran,
prize, the State Board of Education ant
any others who have made the initia
step in agricultural Judging among higl
schools of Vermont possible and funda
yneptallv successful