Milford chronicle., 1920-10-08
KENT AND SUSSEX
CHILDREN WIN PRIZES
QUITE A GOOD PROPORTION OF THOSE
AWARDED AT STATE FAIR WERE
WON BY LOWER DELAWARE.

State. 1t was the best managed; it
was the cleanest in entertainment; /;
and it was the most commodious in
exhibition space of any previous State
Fair. In every way the exhibits Of
all the agricultural buildings did JUS
tiee to the Diamond State" and es-
pecially was this true of the Grange,
and the Delaware College and County
Farm Bureau exhibits.
The Delaware College and County
Farm Bureau building was so com
pletely filed that the State Fair Of
ficials erected an annex 10 receive the
overflow of agricultural and home
making exhibits
The Club Contests
The 1916 club members of the State
made GIT entries. OF these entries
500 were for exhibits in canning, sew
ing, corn, calf pig and tomato club
work. Fourteen demonstrations were
given by club members showing typi-
cal club meetings, the most. up-to-date
processes in canning, and the most
practical methods of doing certain /
phases of corn, calf and pig club I
work, as it is being carried out in |
the homes and on the farms by the .
club members. Judging contests were |
held in canning, corn dairy cattle
and pig club work. 1t is estimated
that all told more than 1000 persons
observed the demonstrations and
judging contests. Thousands of in
terested visitors passed thru the
building and observed the club ex-
hibits. A number of club members
exhibited also in the open classes.
The Judges
The judging of club activities was
done by the following named persons:
Canning and Sewing Club work.
Miss Gertrude L. Warren, Of the U. Z
S. Department of Agriculture, Wash /
ington. D. c. {
Corn Club work: Exhibits BY
Prof G. L. Schuster. Head of Agron- S
omy Department of Delaware College; | s
Judging COntest-By NJ. o. Pence ?
Extension Specialist in Soils and c
Crops and County Agent Leader Del O
aware College.
3.-Club Pig and Dairy Cattle work,
By Prof. T. A. Baker. Head of Depart
ment of Animal Husbandry Delaware '
College.
4.-TOmatO Club Exhibit, By Drec-
tor c. A. McCue of Delaware College.
It was observed on a few occasions c.
that a few men could not win with :,
out Dragging or lose without squeal-
ing" but every club member was
good enough sportsman to contest on u
a spirited but friendly basis and then
to back up the decision of the judges q
as the final authority.
Special Premiums for the Boys and E
Girls Clubs OF
Section A-State Pib Club Contest: ~
Glass For best pure bred pig
club exhibit (pig under months of r.
age):
1st-Poland China. T. Vanden- NJ
burg. Jr., Bridgeville, Sussex County
$500. se
2nd-Poland China II Lloyd Co Sc
baugh, Bridgeyille, Sussex County
$500. &
Berkshire, Harry Nichols,
Millsboro. Sussex county-$200
4th-Poland China, Harry Cobaugh,
Bridgeville, Sussex county-$1.00.
Glass 2-For best market pig club sc
exhibit pig under 9 months of age).:
1st-Leon Z. Donovan, Bridgeyille, ty
Sussex county-S500.
2nd-Harry c. Newton, Bridgeville, ST
Sussex county-$3.0O.
3rd-Joseph NJ. Brown, Newark, ca
New Castle county-S2.O0.
4th-Thos. E. Jefferis. Jr., Stanton,
New Castle county-$1.00. co
Glass 3-For best SOW and two of
exhibits). ST
Glass 4-For best pig club judging
work: 81
1st-J. T. Vandenburg, Jr., Bridge
vile, Sussex county-S5.00. Sc
2nd-Paul Skewis, Milford, Kent
8rd-stanley Short, Smyrna, Kent Sc
m
4th-Robert wason. Pennington, K,
Kent county-$1.00.
Glass 5--For best homemade ship co
ping crate:
1st-Phiip r. Jacobs, Bridgeyille, co
Sussex county-$200.
2nd-J. Hubert Dill, FELTON,, Kent or
3rd-Stanley Short, Smyrna, Kent co
cents.
Glass 6-For best record book and co
story, up-to-date:
1st-J. T. Vandenburg, Jr, Bridge co
Vile, Sussex cOunty-S300
2nd-Stanley Short, Smyrna, Kent ty-
3rd-LeOn E. Donovan, Bridgeville, ch
sussex county-S1.00.
4th-Harry G. Newton, Bridgeville -
sussex county-50 cents.
Glass For best pig club demon CO.
itratiOn team:
lst team-Kent and Sussex team, CO..
800: Stanley Short. Smyrna, Kent
county; Leon E. Donovan, Bridgeville, CO..
;lkssex county.
Glass Sweepstakes award for
,ig club work: For team of mem col
,ers who individually made the high
st total average in (1) in the exhib- col
t. (2) in the judging (3) and on the ;
'ecord book, will be awarded with col
he free trip to the Eastern States
Igricultural and Industrial Exposi- COZ
ion at Springfield, Mass. for the
week of September goth, by the Ex- ]
POSITION. seN
The State Pig Club Team
J. T. Vandenburg, Jr., Bridgeville. COZ
sussex county; Leon E. Donovan,
Sussex county; Stanley
hort, Smyrna, Kent county. Alter oo.
ate, Harry C. Newton, Bridgeville, a.
iussex county. 20
State Corn Club Contests co,
Glass .9-For best corn club exhibit {
six stalks with ears): ton
1st-Leon e. Donovan, Bridgeville
ussex county-S5.00. col
2nd-Robert Wason, Pennington,
-ent county-S3.0O. COT
3rd-Paul Skewis, Milford, Kent 8
nunty-S2 co. cot