The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-11-19

Smyrna. Each community Will nave
a booth. The doors will be open tc
public at IL o'clock. Every one is
invited to come and see the products
these communities have grown OF
made. The night of the fair box
supper and other amusements will
close the fair.
Bethel-Garmany community fair
was held November IL at school
building. This fair consisted of three
communities, Rutherford, Mt. Pleas
ant and ethel-Garmany. All booths
were very attractive and had va.
riety of products. Bethel-Garmany
won first, Rutherford second and Mt
Pleasant third.
In the afternoon several tractor
demonstrations were given, which
were very interesting to the men.
The judges were: Miss Annie
Caughman, home demonstration
agent Of Lexington county; Mrs.
Crosson of Prosperity, and Mr.. Nc
Keown, district farm demonstration
agent.
The canning club girls that made
best record on tenth acre were:
Mary Werts, Silverstreet club,
yield in pounds, LAS; cost, s7.93;
profit, s51.27.
lila Mae Suber, Silverstreet club,
yield in pounds, 1,04S; cost, 1892;
profit, s2S.0S.
Alma Floyd, Silverstreet club,
yield in pounds, LIS; cost, $10:5S;
profit, s47.67e
Lola Floyd, Silverstreet club, yield
in pounds, 1,O15; cost, $685.; profit,
$1,000.
All four are of the same club.
They sent in very neat record books.
And from the record books I find
their tenth acre bore second crop Of
tomatoes. They gathered them up to
November 1 when the record books
We're sent to me.
The number of pounds of toma-
toes and other products gather from
the tenth acre plot were 1869, only
80 of the club members reported and
some did not keep records of all pro-
ducts gathered.
The club girls canned from farm
and orchard 2s72o quarts of vege7
tables and fruits, dried rs pounds of
vegetables and sos pounds Of fruit I:
hrined 141, pounds Of vegetables. =
The average cost of production
pe, tenth acre is s2.17 and canning
is S2.16. Total value of sallz tenth
acre club products IS s1,e06, the1ones
canned, soldffresh and used at home.
They were valued at 20 cents a
quart canned, Is cents pound dried
or brined and 5 cents pound fo:
home use.
In the home demonstration work
for women, approximate number af
quarts canned fruit are 6.S01, ap-
proximatc number OF quarts canned
vegetables are 5,59z. Number pins;
preserves, ieliies and mas,na!ales a.
go, number pounds dried fr0it
stored 1872; dried vegetables Is;
pounds; number gallons vinegar
made lf5; number gallons fruit
iaices 81; other produces; 1871 Only
about half of the home demonstra-
ton club members reported. The
egg record from calendars were a.
5e7 eggs; chickens raised 5,772.
The better butter contest closed
November Il. Eight contestants COM
peted. Mrs. D. B. Sease won first
prize and prize for highest average
score; first prize one pure bred Du-
roc pig donated by Mr.. Geo. D.
Brown, Jr. Highest average, SIS saw
ings deposit, Commercial bank and
IS cash, National bank. Second
prize, Berkshire and Duroc pig, Mr..
J. A. Burton won by Mrs. Jake Sease.
Third prize, lamb, Mr.. Workman,
won by Mrs. H. B. Lindsay. Fourth
prize, two sacks of dairy feed, Bry-
son Grocery company, won by Mrs.
G. P. Boozer. Fifth prize, one sack of
cotton seed meal, Farmers Oil mill,
one sack of dairy feed, Summer
Bros. company, won by Mrs. c. A.
Matthews. Sixth prize, one sack of