Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-12
COUNTY WON
FARMERS WEEK PRIZES

The farmers Of ToIIand county and
the boys ana girls made a grand !
showing at Farmers Week held at /
the State arnory, Hartford, with their |
exhibits OF corn, potatoes, apples, |
bringing home over $3.50 in prizes,
In several classes all the prizes went
TO Tolland county exhibitors. This
certainly speaks well for produce
grown in this county as well as for
the ability TO seleet and set up win
ming exhibit. The composition was
extremely hot and the winners pro-
Duct had to be nearly fawless. 1t
was claimed by those who knew to
be the greatest show of its kind ever
set up in New England; The Holland
county winnings follow in detail:
Col. ". H.. Hall and State Fairs
ASSOCIATION Classes--Corn, 10 ears,
4th z. B. NangIe, Ellington $50.
Potatoes-One-half bu, o. K.
briggs. Vernon $50; End, il. N. Park
er $50.
prizes 10 ears: class Al Flint
under 8 inches-2nd Luther Skinner,
Vernon. So; Sd. H. l. Hamilton, Ell
ington, 81. Glass A-3, Flint other than
yellow Or white under inches-2d,
George c. West, Ellington So; Glass
AT. Flint ether than yellow over 9
inches-H. L. Hamilton, SIS; Glass E
/ pop corn--1st, H. L. Hamilton. Filing
ton, SIS; I'd. a. Y Smith. Somers So.
/ Conn. Dairymen's Association corn
prizes; Class Ito ears Flint corn;
| 1st, Luther Skinner, Vernon, 81; 3D.,
Ernest Bergla, Mansfield, So; 18th
Ivan West, Ellington, 81; Glass 8,
Flint cors SO ears-1st, H. L. Hanailtin.
/ SO; End, F. E. Nangle, 81; Sd, J. T.
| Mcknight, IS; Glass 4-Dent corn, SO
ears, End A. H. Bahler, Ellington, 81.
Boys and Girls State contest, 500
| to be divided pro rata, between the ten
/ scoring the highest, being judged on
/ exhibit OF 10 ears of corn, largest and
profit per acre, and record and story Of
/ their work; End. Mason Parker,
! Mansfield; Sd. David Kaufman, Yer
| non; Attn, Maurice BIick, West Stat
! ford; It'll. Harold Eastwood, Somers;
Louis Marchat, Mansfield. 500 in
prizes on potatoes on same basis
David Kaufman. 1st-score 985-
So IS; Paul kaufman. Vernon, second
score S5.7; S10.75; Emerson Davis
18th; score 72.S-$9.15. and Camelia
Nielsen, 6th; score 72S, S915 of North
Coventry won places among the first
six; their exact order not yet hay-
ing been determined.
Egg Prizes-Case of white eggs, 9Th
Merrythought farm. Columbia, So;
case of brown eggs, End, Merrythought
farm, IS; town exhibit made by
/ eggs, open class R Blankenburg
Vernon, 81; best method Of packing
incubator eggs 600 or morel LIST
Smith & Tyler, Wilmington, 5; End.
Merrythough farm, SO. Best method
of shipping eggs by parcel post, I'd
A. II. Benton, Andover, 81: best style
package for parcel post shipment, %
A Fl. Benton, 81; neat and most at
tractive carton or package, %, Glen
view Poultry farm, Rockville, 81; best
dozen Nyandotte eggs, I'd, Merry.
Sheppard, West Stafford; best dozeI
] 4ed eggs, 4th, A. Brundage; doz
Of largest brown eggs, list, E. S. Ed,
!, gerton, Vernon, 81.
Sheep-Dresser carcass-1st, Cor.
nell Green, wilmington; I'd, Cornell
Green; Sd, John Walbridge, Coventry
: Fleece, 1st, John Walbridge, End
John Walbridge, Sd, Cornell Green
years cost account, 1st, John Wal
) bridge, ID. W. c. Robinson, Colum
> bia, 81, Cornell Greene
$ Fruit-Baldwins Single plate, Is
: Mountain View orchard, Hazardville
. 0EU, L. ". DlIoi. .eSuiiSlS. IHOt
s Island, Single plate, list, AIountail
| View orchard; Wagner, single plate
: list, c. J.. Robinson. Columbia
I Baldwin, best barrel Mountain View
5 orchard Roxbury russet, best bar
- rel, 1st, Mountain View orchard; Enc
: ". c. Robinson, Columbia; Rhod
= island greening, best barrel. Isl
Mountain View orchard. Baldwin
best box. list Mountain View orchard
Spitzenberg, best box, LIST. Mountai
J, View orchard. Best exhibit by estate
, 1st, Mountain View orchard. Bes
= specimens, Baldwins, Rhode Islam
greetings, lists, Mountain View or
a ehard: Wagner, 3rd. c L. Robinson
+ Winter Banana, L. T. Billion; Rhod
Island greetings, tst, Mountain Vie
9 orchard Best boxes, Baldwin al
! variety, lists, Mountain View orchard
= County collections, Tolland, list W.
= Robinson. Best barrel Baldwins an
= best standard Eoox BaldWins, Special
"A Mountain View orchard.