The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-03
Splendid Showing Made
BY Boys and Girls
PRIZES GIVEN TO YOUTHS
Much Cash and Free Trips Are
Awarded For the Best
Displays


year to be one of the biggest features
Of the fair, Never in the history of
club work in Blue Earth county have
than they were at this fair, This
proves eonolusiveiy that the boys and
girls of the county realize the value
ef club work aad are taking advant-
age or the opportunities offered by
Tie Farm Bureau in this work, Not
only were the exhibits larger but the
general quality OF them was far sup
erior to anything In previous years,
showing that as Time goes on the boys
md kls are getting more and more
md.
The Pig Showing.
FfJR piS club exhibit was the larg-
est and best ever made. Twenty four
pigs Of tae highest quality were shown
~ boys ahd girls i'll this Itojeot. Pigs
we're SO qntfoEm and evsn throughout
that the judge had considerable diff
Guilty In scoring them for awards. This
pig ffmtsst Is divided into two
classes, namely the purebred or
lhswins. and the grade or market
hass.
In the purebred class Haysen Bull
fer eF Garden City won first place
NTH o store of ninety one. His pig
viii be sent 10 the state fair where II
wiz compete with other pigs in the
state for state honers. Buffer was
she county winner last year and won
also the state championship at the
state fair 1t is interesting to note
hat the pig which has won hus far
this year is daughter of his last
years pig. Haysen's pig scored fifty
eight points out of the possible sixty
and during the feeding period made
an average daily gain of one and one
half pounds Buffer will receive a
Tree trip to the state fair together
with his pig for the work he has done.
Laurence Stevens Of Amboy wins
second place with a purebred Poland
China His pig scored fifty two points
but Of the possible sixty and made an
average daily gain, during the feed.
ng period of nearly one and half
pounds. Stevens receives free trip
to hoys and girls short course as his
prize. Laurence's total score was
s67.
Milton Truwe of Amboy wins third
place in the county with a purebred
D1lroe Jersey. Milton receives spec
al mention for the high quality work
he has doEe. His pig made the high
est average daily gain OF any pig in
he contest this being one and three
quarters pounds per day, but Milton
is unfortunate in that his pig scored
icwn forty nine points out OF the
was 86.5, only two tenths of a point
lower that the second prize winner.
This entities him TO 81 in cash.
Girl Is Winner.
Dorothy Ulrich of Lake Crystal
wins fourth prize with a purebred
Poland China, receiving total score
II IS. This entities her to SIS in cash..
Harold Ulrich OF Lake Crystal
stands fifth with purebred Poland
Dhina His total score was 1873.
Other boys exhibiting pigs were as
al; Alvin Storrs, Amboy;. Melville
Washburn, Lake Crystal; Edwin
Flynn, Mapleton; Erwin Abrahamson,
Seod Thundeyi Lydia Kriei, Lake
Crystal; Lydia Sorensen, Mankato;
Charles Flynn, Mapletonj James
Thompson, Good Thunder; Clifford
Nelson, Lake Crystal; Bonnie McCar-
ger, Aooliet; Warren Nelson, Lake
Crystal TheV viii each receive IS
b premium money:
The Hampshirs Pigs.
6Rs OF the interesting features of
she show was the four Hampshire pigs
The Hampshire Record Association
II America offers $50 in special
T5izss On these pigs to be divided as
bllewss First, $40; second. SIS;
hifd, Sa6; fourth, So. The awards
Ife made as fafiowsi First, Cliff I'd
kelsea5 second, Bennie McCargarj
third, Ronald Nelson, fourth, Warren
Nelson.
In the grade class. George VIII
Iians Of lake Crystal wins first place
and wifi receive free trip to the
JHntsr iayssteek show at South St.
Paul and Is in cash, and Erwin Lewis
lis a free Trip to the Junior Livestock
show
Team Demonstration Work.
Fhe tea# demonstration work was
Hgpe Interesting then 1t had ever
bfsen IN former years, inasmuch as
demonstrations were given in bread
making, garment making, care of
clothing, poultry eulling, and can
mnE. A total Of fourteen teams from
al parts Of the county put ON these
demonstrations. In the canning con-
Arst place and receives free trip TO
tie State Fair where they will GEM
pete for state honers. This team Is
eempeshd Of Esther James, captain,
isIa Bodds and Elizabeth Pritohard
Second place was won by the Man
kate team composed OF Helen Klein
sahmfAt, captain, Anna Kaufman,
Jeanette Koenker they will receive
SIS in prize money. The winning
team from Maaknte is composed Of
Violet Kaufman, captain; Carol
Kessler and Clarence Nelson. They
win be sent b the fair where they
will represent Mankato in the state
canning contest.
In the professional team contest,
the Coed Thunder team, composed Of
Martha Kellogg, captain; Florence
Sperre and Madaline Mccarthy, wins
first place and will receive s25 In
cash,
The Lake Crystal team, composed
OF Rebn Clark, captain; Gladys Gedde
and Lillian Davis, wins second place
and receive SIS in cash.
Other teams competing were the
Rapldan canning team, consisting of
Donald Schendel and Donald Nelsonj
Good Thunder bread team composed
of Martha Kellogg, Pearl Harner,
Rose Kellogg.
This team was district champion
for Southern Minnesota in the bread
contest held in June. They go to
the state fair to represent Blue Earth
county and Southern Minnesota in the