Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-10-01
CALEDONIA
FARM BUREAU
EXHIBITION
Caledonia County Takes the
First Prize at the
State Fair

Sy 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
: Farm Bureau. The counties that
exhibited were Orange, Windsor, Ben
nington, Lamoillc, Caledonia and
Washington. The Judges based their
awards on first, quantity of produce
second, quality, third, economic i'm
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. II.
Welch and f. C. Chandler; maple
sugar, W. A. Simpson; wool, L. A.
Wood; fruit and vegetables, e. II.
Hallctt; 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. G..
Chandler; clover, E. H. Hallett; mil
let, O. H. WEIGH; hungarian, Fred
Gadapee; honey, A. F. Stoddard;
granite, G. J. 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, .. Ii.
Welch. Groton and H. 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.,
t which were furnished by Mr.. Hallett
Two exceedingly fine cabbages were
, furnished by Robert Armstrong OF St
;, Johnsbury. On tn table opposite
1 from this was an exceedingly fine dis
4 plav of canned goods furnished by the
women's department Hanging or
4 the walls were various charts show
n ing how to make hats, lengthenlng
S and shortening dresses, illustrating
: different cuts of meat, ETC., also
l homemade fireless cooker was dem
c onstrated in the booth.
e Excellent field con from FREQ
Lindsay, East Barnet; c. A. Celley
e Lyndonville; Roy Hemingway, Wat
n erford; O. H. Welch, Groton ant
t Kicker Brothers, Groton, was traced
and hung around the booth. Silagt
l. corn from Fred Lindsay and 10.
II Hemingway was shown. All small
j. grains grown in county were shown
c Eight varieties of potatoes grown b!
IS Curt Hastings of st. Johnsbury wer'
S, shown. A nice fleece of wool fror
: Horace Gleason, McIndoes, showed
e up we'll. The exhibit of dairy pro
t. ducts showed that Caledonia count.
T.. is not behind on variety or quality o
C dairy products. Butter was show
L from the following creameries: La
noble Valley, Danville, North Dan
vile, Trout Brook Creamery at Con
cord, Barnet, McIndoes, West Bar
net, South Peacham and Lyndonv llt
:. Dairy butter was furnished by H. J.
" Remick, DeVine M. Cummings, l.
=, A. Darling and Everett X. Richard
~ A sage cheese and cream cheese wer
II furnished by E. A. Darling, Gree
y, cheese by the Trout Brook creamer
~ and fancy cheese including piment'
j. pimento with olive, piquant and ntuf
y. chatel and cream cheese were full
5 nished by the Lyndonville Dreamer
Association.
u A fine exhibit of maple sugar pre-
$ ducts was furnished by the Car
II Maple Sugar Co.
In addition to this pictures c
X leading breeds of cattle were display
to ed in the booth. Ayrshires were ful
nished by C. B. Stevens, Jerseys b
I'd John J. Lenton, Guernseys by FIRE
~ Lindsay, Herefords by A. J. Higgia
Ill Milking Short Horns by w. A. SIM
son, Holsteins by Dr. J. M. Allen
of The booth was attractively dec
Id rated with asparagus, hops and era
annlps nm bIanchoS