The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-27
CALEDONIA
FARM BUREAU
EXHIBITION
Caledonia County Takes the
First Prize at the
State Fair

Six of the County Farm Bureaus
had exhibits at the State Fair at
White River Junction and as previ- !
ously announced the first prize was
awarded to the Caledonia County
3arm Bureau. The counties that
exhibited were Orange, Windsor, Ben
lington, Lamoille, Caledonia and
Washington. The judges based their
awards on first, quantity of produce
3econd, quality, third, economic inn
portance and fourth, artistic arrange
nent.
The following committee was res
ponsible for the exhibit showing
which products each committeeman
were responsible for:( Corn, 0. Fl.
WEIGH and E. C. Chandler; maple
sugar, w. A. Simpson; wool, L. A.
Wood; fruit and vegetables, E. H.
Hallett; oats, Fred Gadapee and
George Perkins; barley, w. A. Simp
son; wheat, Frank Shaw; potatoes, A.
]. Higgins; photographs Of cattle and
horses, A. L. Stoddard; dairy pro
ducts, L. A. Wood, alfalfa, E. c.
Chandler; clover, E. H. Hallett; nil
let, O. H. WEIGH; hungarian, Fred
Gadapee; honey, A. F. Stoddard;
granite, G. ]. Perkins; eggs, Miss
Bertha Lee; home demonstration ma
terial, Miss Mabel Kelley. The booth
was attractively arranged showing on
plates about 20 varieties of apples
from the orchards of E. M. Wheeler,
Barnet, V. V. Vance, Danville, O. II.
WEIGH, Groton and II. P. Kicker, Gro
Ton.
The vegetables were lined up on
| The same table and showed fine spec
linens of hubbard squash, summer
squash, tomatoes, cucumbers. etc,
which were furnished by Mr. Hallett.
Two exceedingly fine cabbages were
furnished by Robert Armstrong of st.
Johnsbury. On tn table opposite
from this was an exceedingly fine dis
play of canned goods furnished by the
Xomen's department Hanging on
The walls were various charts show
ing how to make hats, lengthening
md shortening dresses, illustrating
lifrerent cuts of meat, etc, also
home made freless cooker was dem
)nstrated in the booth.
Excellent field con from Fred
Lindsay, East Barnet; C. A. Cellcy,
Lyndonville; Roy Hemingway, Wat
arford; O. II. Welch, Groton and
Kicker Brothers, Groton, was traced
md hung around the booth. Silage
orn from Fred Lindsay and Ro,
! Iemmingway was shown. All small
grains grown in county were shown.
eight varieties OF potatoes grown by
Curt Hastings of st. Johnsbury were
shown. A nice fleece of wool from
Horace Gleason, McIndoes, showed
up well. The exhibit of dairy pro-
lucts showed that Caledonia county
not behind on variety or quality of
larry products. Butter was show n
rom the following creameries: La
noble Valley, Danville, North Dan
lille, Trout Brook Creamery at Con-
cord, Barnet, McIndocs, West Bar
Jet, South Peacham and Lyndonv lie.
Dairy butter was furnished by H. y.
1emick, DeVine M. Cummings, l..
4. Darling and Everett X. Richards.
\ sage cheese and cream cheese were
furnished by f. A. Darling, a Greek
cheese by the Trout Brook creamery
and fancy cheese including pimentt,
pimento with olive, piquant and neuf-I
chatcl and cream cheese were fur
nished by the Lyndonville Creamery
Association.
A fire exhibit of maple sugar pro-
ducts was furnished by the Cary |
Maple Sugar Co.
In addition to this pictures of
leading breeds of cattle were display
ed in the booth. Ayrshires were fur
nished by C. B. Stevens, Jerseys by
John ]. Lenton, Guernseys by Fred
Lindsay, Herefords by A. J. Higgins,
Milking Short Horns by w. A. Simp-
son, Holsteins by Dr. ]. M. Allen.
The booth was attractively deco
rated with asparagus, hops and crab
apples on branches.