The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-27
Tenn. AND ARK. !
SHARE PRIZES IN |
FARM EXHIBITS
0biOn County Takes First for
Combined Farm and Home
Demonstration Exhibits
Weakley First in Farm.

West Tennessee and Arkansas divia-
ed honors in the competition of the
most elaborate and attractive exhibits
OF farm and home demonstration agents
which the Tri-State fair has yet pre-
scented. In the judging of the tweltn
annual exhibits, which took place eaf'
lier In the week Obion county, Tea
nessee, won the 5000 cash prize offerep
for the best combined exhibit, whHe
White county, Arkansas, was first n
home demonstration exhibits. Weakly
county, Tennessee, was first in faua
exhibits. Fayette county, Tennessee
was second for home demonstration eG
hibits and Monroe county, Arkansas
third. Gibson county, Tennessee, took
second prize for combined exhibits
Madison county, Tennessee, third Mon
roe county. Arkansas, fourth: Fayette
county, Tennessee, fifth; Weakley couR-
~ Tennessee, sixth; Drew county, Ar
kansas, seventh; White county. Arkap-
sas, eighth; Desha county, Arkansas.
ninth, and Dyer county, Tennessee,
tenth.
Monroe county, Arkansas, won the
silver Gun offered for the best cord
bined exhibit fro mArkansas and the
silver cup for the best combined exhibit
| from Tennessee went to Obion county,
| In the judging of home demonstration
displays the following counties took the
| first second and third places in the
order named: White county, Arkansas
Fayette county, Tennessee, and Monroe
county, Arkansas.
These displays were made in the Az
| rtcultural hall, and it was the first year
| that the displays of the farm agents
and the women's work agents had been
combined in one exhibit This proved
! to be very successful experiment and
| as was. intended, gave a most compreA
| hensive exposition of both farm ana
| household developments in the counties
| or Arkansas and Tennessee. W. NJ
! Landess, county agent of Shelby WIN
| was superintendent of these exhibit
was very much pleased with the result
| shown, but regretted that Misslssippi
was not represented.
Obion county's exhibits was a re-
| markable one and attracted favorable
attention even before 1t was Judged as
having the highest average on combinSa
| farm and home demonstration wofk
Corn, small grains and grasses wei%
| featured in the farm display. The ceHs
| terpiece was happy inspiration ThM
was large pyramid Of white and yelloH
| corn crowned by a replica OF TIE.
Queen of the Harvest" or Ceres, ingenE
ously constructed of grains and grasses
The display showed the agriculture
advancement Of the county by mean
of several unique devices. Soil IN
! provement was illustrated with gla&l
| jars Of ascending sizes, filled with linn
and phosphates. Each jar representa-
the Increase made in the use Of theSi
| soil improvers in a given year. comiDl
on up to 1919. Hams from small II
large revealed the increase In pork PRO:
| duction from zoo, 900 head to 5000
| head Growth of boys club work wa.
shown by statistical placards. The in
! crease in wool production was show
| by bundles of wool running from 19fI
to 1919, The 1919 bundle was about n
times as large as that of 1915. ~
The exhibit was prepared by 7. III
| Dougherty county agent, and Miss Ell
| Luther, home demonstration agent. w
Monroe countys agricultural exhibil
featured hay and grasses. These werp
shown by means of sheaves and largl
Land miniature bales. Twenty-one va
rteties of hay were shown and eiRhl
grasses of commercial value. Five cut
tings of alfalfa were shown. The sdu
cational features consisted of mod
hog barns and self-feeders. and statiK
tics of IA community centers of boy.
and girls and womens clubs in TIL
county. The women's, department
showed an attractive line Of canneg
goods, eggs in water glass and hong
made fruit dryers. r. W. Beck, count
agent, and Miss Pearl Lefevre preparel
this exhibit.
White county's home demonstratiol
exhibit was prepared by Miss Roxk
Hobbs. Its most interesting featuIs
were cards showing food values in veg
etables and meat as compared wit
dairy products, the point and conclusiol
Of the argument being to encourage til
keeping Of a COW by every rural famil
in the county. The value of home seq
saving was also Illustrated by jars
canned vegetables and fruits in can
, | and glass were diSDlay0d