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Timonlum Fair Offers
Boys Many Prizes

The farm boys who are doing
agricultural club work under the
direction of the University of Mary
land Extension Service will in the
spotlight at the Timonium Fair this
year as a result of the marked inter-
est which the fair officials nave
shown in this feature of the EXten-
sion Service program and the gen
erous prizes which are being offered
for youthful competitors.
The Maryland farm boy has never
had a more important place on
fair program. Out of total OF
$1,000 which the officials of the
Timonium Fair have appropriated
for various exhibits to be staged by
the University of Maryland Extern
sion Service, nearly Il third Will go
10 boy club members in the form Of
prizes.
The best awards will be offered
in ne dairy cattle Judging contest
where it will be possible for one boy
to win the equivalent of nearly S2OO
without any expense on his part.
Even travelling excuses of the boys
to the contest will be paid so that
the winnings of the successful COM
petitors will represent practically
clear money.
Chief interest," perhaps, will be
aroused in the team judging contest
in which three boys from each coun-
ty in the State will take part. Four
breeds of dairy cattle, Jersey, Guern-
seys and Ayrshires, will be present
ed in the judging rings as types on
which the judges will have oppor-
tunity to exercise their skill. The
first prize in the event will be 500
and four other prizes, ranging from
SIS to SIS will be awarded the next
teams according to their standing in
the contest
The rules governing the contest
will be the same as those used at the
National Dairy Show and the only
requirements for contestants will be
that they are between the ages of II
and Is years, are sons of bona fide
farmers and members of argfcul-
tural boys clubs.
In addition to the team prizes
which are sufficient to arouse live
ly contest between the counties, in
dividual prizes will be offered to the
boy making the best showing in judg-
ing any one of the four breeds re-
presented in the rings. Five sums
of money, ranging from SIS to SIS,
are offered as individual prizes and
while no contestant can be awarded
more than one individual prize, he
can compete for the sweepstakes
prize which will be awarded for the
best average in judging all the breeds
and will consist of the choice of a
bull calf
In offering prizes, the fair officials
might have stopped at this point
were it not for the fact that they
are interested in building up the
dairy industry in the State and put
ting it on a firm foundation. Con-
sequent1y another valuable award
will go to the three contestants
making the best showing in the
Judging contest. This will be trir
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 al
the Timonium Fair and from now
until August 81, when the gates are
thrown open, will be kept busy lin
ing up their club members to take
part in the contest In an effort to
take the team prize back to their
own county, it is expected that they
will work as hard as the boys them
selves in preparation for the COM
petition.
The boys who attend the Club
Week at the University of Maryland
from August 2 to will have an op-
portunity to get some special train
ing in judging dairy cattle and the
Timonium Fair prizes will greatly
stimulate this feature of Club Week
JOHN F. DAVIS
County Agricultural Agent.
Cambridge, Md