The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-11-05
REPORT OF CANNING
AND POULTRY CLUBS

County Canning and Poultry Clubs,
held at Barlow on Oct. 80, in the
Board of Trade rooms, the prizes
were awarded as follows:
In canning, first prize, Rosa Lee
Pearce, Bradley Junction visit to the
Tallahassee Short Course in Home
Economics.
Second prize, Edith Tillis, Frost
proof, visit to the Tallahassee Short
Courst, also.
Third, Louise Clark, Barlow.
4th, Pearl Padgett, Chicora, $3.50
in Thrift Stamps.
Fifth, Eunice Whidden, Barlow,
$3.50 in Thrift Stamps.
Sixth, Pearl Tillie, Frostproof, $3.50
in Thrift Stamps.
Seveneh, Murray Whidden, Barlow.
$3.50 in Thrift Stamps.
Eighth, Ethel Tillis, Frostproof,
$3.50 in Thrift Stamps.
Ninth, Maybelle Durrance, Bradley
Junction, $3.50 in Thrift Stamps.
10th, Amy Henderson, Barlow, $3.50
in Thrift Stamps.
Eleventh, Kenneth Grove, Alturas,
$3.50 Thrift Stamps.
Twelfth, Leslie Mathewson, Altur-
as, $3.50 Thrift Stamps.
Thirteenth, Harold Mathewson, AL
turas, $1.50 Thrift Stamps.
Fourteenth, Frank Perry, Crooked
Lake, Is cents in Thrift Stamps.
Fifteenth, Newton Perry, Crooked
Lake, rs cents in Thrift Stamps
Poultry Club: First prize, John
Pinaire, Lake Hamilton. A trip to
Boys Short Course in Gainesville.
Second prize, LESSEE Lancaster,
Chicora. Trip to the Short Course in
Tallahassee.
Third prtze Alice Leddon, lake
Hamilton, SIS worth of baby chicks.
Fourth prize, Wiley Hemdon,
Homeland, s worth of baby chicks.
Fifth prize, Eugene Jackson, Fort
Meade, SIS worth Of baby chicks.
Sixth prize, Lillian Peters, Barlow
IS worth baby chicks.
Seventh prize, Myrtle Fentress
Haskell, SIS worth baby chicks.
Eighth, Maybelle Pearce, Chicora
IS worth OF baby chicks.
Ninth, Elsie Stuart Barlow, SIS
worth Of baby chicks.
Ninth, Elsie Stuart, Barlow, IS
worth of baby chicks.
Tenth, Flossie Stuart, Barlow, So
worth of baby chicks.
Eleventh, Ruby Williams, Haskell,
So worth Of baby chicks.
twelfth, Chas. Lyons, Lake Ham
llton, IS worth Of baby chicks.
Thirteenth, Evelyn Zipperer, Lake
wales, vs. worth baby chicks.
Each member of the Canning Club
cultivated one-tenth of an acre, and
was judged on the following points:
Quantity of vegetables raised, amount
OF net profit, care of garden and rec
ord kept, the garden story written,
quality and variety of canning vege-
tables exhibited, and work on uni
form. In the display were 12 varie-
ties OF fruit, and 10 Of vegetables
Rosa Lee Pearce, who won first prize,
had yield Of 1,245 lbs. of tomatoes
with a net profit of $50. SO. Edith
70 Tillis grew $50 lbs. of tomatoes, 5S1
40 IDS. OF other vegetables and kept a
: perfect record book. Louise Clark had
III failure of her tomatoes, then grew
II l,544 lbs. of dasheens on her tenth
OF an acre. Eunice and Murray
~ Whldden, sisters, had display of
~ canned fruits, which was remarkable
c' for excellence and variety and at
tracted much attention.
III AS will be Seen from the above re-
80 port, only girls and biys with energy
" industry and perseverance can sue
coed in this work and win any OF
the liberal prizes awarded by our
progressive County Commissioners
Poultry Club work is new in this
m county. Henry Pinaire showed \
N good exhibit of pure bred Brown Leg.
horn chickens, which gave him first
,s prize LESSEE Lancaster raised 90 out
m OF lO1 chickens Matched with AZ
ey chickens. Eugene Jackson made a
n profit of 1926, more than 81 ne,
chicken which is the standard set
The children in the poultry clubs
= worked well, necessarily, and hal
=. many things to contend with. The
following enemies were enumerated
in their reports: Snakes. skunks
hawks, rats, opossums, ants ant
rs
Ill exactly and overcame my troubles
on and I'm nrOud IN nraica n RI avar,