The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-08-21
PREMIUM LIST OF
NATIONAL CLUBS
To Be Held Next Thursday, Aug.
2Sth at the High School
Building

The following is the premium lis
for the Benton County Boys and Girls
Club Contests, to be held at the Ken
newick High School building at 1:3(
the afternoon of Thursday, August
2Sth, under the direction of the U. S
Department of Agriculture, Washing
ton State College and Benton county,
cooperating.
Transportation of contestants and
equipment to the county contest must
be paid by he contestants unless ar
ranged for locally by club leaders. :
Attention is called to the import
ance of the keeping of records by clun
members. Unless such records are
kept fully and carefully contestants
will be scored off in the county con-
test. These records are of use in max
ing final reports this fall to the state
club leader and to the United States
department of Agriculture, upon the
result of all club activities in the state
and should be regular part of the
work of the club members.
This list is put out for two pur-
poses: First, to encourage the Ma
tional Boys and Girls club members
in their work in Benton county; Sc
cond to aid in selecting representa-
tives from Benton county for the Ma
tional clubs contests at the State Fair
at Yakima, September Is to %, 1919.
For the purposes of this premium
list the following places in Benton
county are recognized as club dis
tricts: Kennewick, Prosser. Richland,
Walnut Grove, Valley Heights, White
Bluffs, Finley.
For the purpose of this premium list
the following club projects are recog-
nized: Pig, calf, lamb or sheep, rabbit,
poultry, high school live stock judg-
ing, garden, sugar beet, canning and
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sewing.
The prizes will be as follows: First
prize, trip to State Fair, all expenses
paid; second prizes: sheep club, book.
on sheep management; pig, feeding
device; poultry, good pullet; sewing,
merchandise certificate; canning, one
dozen Foster Easy Seal cans and one
dozen rubber rings; garden, wheel
hoe; rabbit, good doe; third prizes
ribbons.
The rules will be as follows: All
club members must be active and reg
ularly enrolled. They shall file thsir'
books, brought up to date, with the
entry clerk. ia
In the pig club the following will
govern: Either exhibit pig (4O9o), or
file an essay on "How to Feed and
Care for Pig" 500 to 1000 words
1920. Make feeding device, speci-
fications will be given (404o). Judg-
ing pigs (204o or 1920.
Sheep club, a-Exhibit sheep (40R)
or write story "Care and Feeding of
Sheep 5000. demonstrate how
to handle sheep without breaking the
fleece c-Tell age of sheep from its
teeth. -d-Make panel and braces
for portable sheep fence (see Farm
ers' Bulletin No. 500 (4O3s). e.
Judge class Of one Of the following
sheep: Hampshire, Lincoln, Shrop-
shire (20T).
Poultry contest Candle one doz-
en-, eggs and pack in paper boxes (S3
1870 b-Candle one dozen eggs
and pack i'll water glass (33 1870.
Judge chickens (33 1870.
Rabbit Contest a-Exhibit best doe
or doe and litter; exhibit of best buck
5000. building of q model rab-
bit hutch (see p. z, Farmers Bull
letin No. 1867 (251o). essay on
care aond breeding of rabbits (254o).
Calf Contest: a-File story "How
to Feed and Care for Calf" 5000.
Make a feed rack (409o). c.
Judge calves (409o).
Garden Contest: a-Preparation Of
seed bed and planting 5000. b.
Preparation and care of six varieties
Of vegetables (259o). Judging veg
etables from talk OH plant diseases
and true types Of vegetables (2590).
I Canning Contest: aConsists OF 2
members, who shall have canned at
least two dozen cans Of fruit, vege-
tables or meats and have given one
public demonstration; must exhibit II
jars Of food they have canned or pre-
served. Each team must can one jar
or fruit and one Of vegetables 5000.