Milford chronicle., 1920-10-01
MILFORD BOY WINS TRIP
TO SPRINGFIELD. MASSACHUSETTS, AND
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

The boys and girls in Club work
and in the Agricultural Department
of the Milford High School made
fine showing at the Delaware State
Fair this year in exhibits, demonstra-
tions. and in judging contests.
One of the most interesting events
of the week. from the boys stand
point. was the Junior Dairy Cattle
Judging contest. held on Thursday.
The contest was open 10 non-cOllegl-
ate students between the ages OF Il
and is years, who We're working on
AGRICULTURAL projects in either club
or school work.
The first three champions in the
contest were to be sent on a free trip
to the National Dairy Show to be held
in October at Chicago, to contest l.
Judging with teams from other states
in the union.
About forty boys from all parts or
Delaware competed in this contest at
Wilmington. II consisted OF placing
and giving reasons for the placement
of cattle from two groups-one Hol-
stein and one Guernsey.
Milford sent up a small number or
bows to compete in this and other con-
tests. Idul OhEM A1f VI AAAN fNNNNN-e-%%--
Agriculture Department of the High
School. was awarded second prize IN
the dairy judging and is one OF the
three selected for Delaware to send
to Chicago in October. The other TWO
bows selected are J. 7. Nanderburg, OF
Bridgeville, who received hrst prize
in the Wilmington contest. and }. Ed
win Lewis, of Dover, who received
third place in the same contest. VAN
derburg is a club boy, but the other
two are Vocational Agricultural De-
partment Students from their respec-
tive High Schools. Lewis and Skewis
are both Kent County boys. These
bows are to receive special training
as a team before they go to compete
at Chicago.
A Corn Club team of three members
was selected to represent the State OF
Delaware at the Eastern States Ag-
rfculutral and Industrial Exposition
at Springfield. Mass, last week. This
team was selected on the basis of in
dividual exhibit, skill in judging ana
record-book work from members OF
contesting Corn Clubs. Here again
Paul Skewis earned a place on the
team. The other two members of the
team were Dewey Sapp of Houston
and Robert Watson of Pennington.
These boys, with two other teams
from the State, one Pig-Club Team
and the other a Canning Club Team,
left for Sprinield. Mass, on Saturday
September IS. The boys from the dif-
ferent States were mingled in camps
and enjoyed a week of camp life.
At this exposition judging teams
composed of Delaware boys judged
exhibits of corn, dairy cattle and beef
cattle. On each of these teams Paul
Skewis of Milford had a place. This
Delaware team showed its good judg-
ment in winning first prize, gold
medal for each member, in beef cattle
Judging. second prize, bronze med
al for each member. in corn judging.
being beaten by Pennsylvania; and
third prize in dairy cattle judging
being beaten again by Pennsylvania.
1t is to be hoped that the Delaware
team sent to Chicago to represent
the State will do as well as these
teams did at Springfield, especially
since Milford is popularity represented
on the team.
Other prizes and honors awarded
to Milford boys and girls at the State
Fair this year were won by Paul
Skewis. Bernard Riggs. Nelson Rob
erts, Edward Dryden. Carlton Farber
Louise Vreeland. Edith Num-, Helen
Swim, Myrl McNicol and Naomi Far
Der.
In project work in agriculture in
Milford and surrounding country
there were about 100 boys and girls.
OF this number twenty were from the
high school department. The others
were in the school below the high
school and engaged in Club work ra-
ther than in regular agricultural
work. These will have chance in
the high school when they reach it.
In Club Work the boys gave atten-
ton to corn, pigs, tomatoes and gar
dens. The girls gave attention to
canning.
Almost all of these projects have
now been completed for the year and
in some cases new projects have been
started for another year.