The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-07-29
PRIZES FOR FARM BOYS
Large Sums Offered By Timonium
Fair Officials in Judging Contests

Fair Officials in Judging Contests
The farm boys who are doing agri-
cultural club work under the direction
OF the University of Maryland Exten-
sion Service, will be in the spotlight
at the Timonium Fair this year as a
result of the market interest which
the fair officials have shown in this
feature of the Extension Service pro-
gram and the generous prizes which
are being offered for youthful Compel
itors.
The Maryland farm boy has never
had a more important place on fair
program. Out of total ofS7 900 which
the officials of the Timonium Fair
have appropriated for various exhibits
to be staged by the University of
Maryland Extension Service, nearly a
third will go to boy club members in
the form of prizes.
The best awards will be offered in
the dairy judging contest where it
will be possible for one boy to win the
equivalent of nearly 5000 without any
expense on his part. Even travelling
expenses of the boys to the contest
will be paid, so that the winnings of
the successful competitors will repre-
sent practically clear money.
Chief interest, perhaps, will be
aroused in the team judging contest
IN which three boys from each county
in the State will take part. Four
breeds of dairy cattle, Jerseys, Hol-
stems, Guernseys and Ayrshires, will
be presented in the judging rings as
types on which the young judges will
| nave opportunity to exercise their
skill. The first prize in this event will
be $500 and four other prizes, ranging
from SIS to SIS, will be awarded the
next best teams, according to their
standing in the contest.
The rules governing the contest will
be the same as those used at the Ma
tional Dairy Show and the only re-
| quirements for contestants will be
| that they are between the ages of IL
and Is years, are sons of bona fide
| farmers and members of agricultural
boys clubs.
In addition to the team prizes
which are sufficient to arouse lively
contest between the counties, individ-
ual prizes will be offered to the boy
making the best showing in Judging
any one of the four breeds represented
in the rings. Five sums of money
ranging from $25 to IS, are offered as
individual prizes and while no contes'
tant can be awarded more than one in
dividual prize he can compete for the
sweepstakes prize which will be awar
ded for the best average in judging al
the breeds and will consist of the
choice of bull calf.
In offering prizes, the fair officials
might have stopped at this point were
it not for the fact that they are in
terested in building up the dairy in.
dustry in the State and putting it or
a firm foundation. Consequently an
other valuable award will go to the
three contestants making the best
showing in the judging contest. This
will be a trip to the National Dairy
Show at Chicago with all expenses
paid.
County agents throughout the
State have been notified of the awards
which are to be offered at the Timon.
ium Fair and from now until August
81 when the gates are thrown open
will be kept busy lining up their club
members to take part in the contests
In an effort to take the team prize
bach to their own county, it is ex-
pected that they viii work as hard as
the boys themselves in preparation fo1
the competition.
The boys who attend the Club Week
at the University Of Maryland from
August to 8 will have an opportu-
nifty to get some special training in
judging dairy cattle and the Tmon.
ium Fair prizes will greatly stimulate
this feature Of Club Week.
Any boy in Garrett county over IL
j years Of age, who is member of a