Smyrna times., 1921-01-05
STANLEY SHORT WINS THE
BOYS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
CORN SHOW COMES TO AN END
AFTER MEETING AT NEWARK
Instructive Talks Given by Prominent
Agriculturists and Tractor and 9th
er Shows at Much Interest

er SHOWS at MUCH AhbCANSN
There were $50 exhibits at the corn
show held at Newark last week. The
program as printed was carried out.
Arthur E. Grantham formerly, pro-
fessor of Delaware College, judged
the exhibits. The boys club champion
class taking the Junior farmers short
course met with the State Corn-Grow-
ers' Association. An address was
made by w. V. Cosden, Dover, on "Our
Corn Growers Association and the
lev Short, Smyrna, told how he grew
one thousand bushels of corn on five
acres. M. o. Pence, county agent
leader and Professor Grantham spoke.
The luncheon of members of the
oCrn Growers Association and the
Delaware Holstein Friesion Associa-
ton, at the College Commons, was the
big feature of Farmers Week. DR..
Walter E. Hullihen, president of Del
aware College, welcomed the visitors.
D. D. Aitken, of Flint, Michigan, pres
ident Of the Holstein Friesian Asso-
citation of America spoke.
Miss Marian Null, professor of
home. economics at the Women's Cot
lege, rave instructions in bread MAX
ing bread judging to the girls class.
I,-iss Catherine Wood, state home
demonstration agent-at-large gave a
bread-making demonstration. In the
evening all the short course student
boys and girls met in the lounge room
to hear George E. Farrell, in charge
of club work in the United States De-
partment of Agriculture in the north
ern and western States give talk OIL
the opportunities of young men and
women in agriculture and home eco
nomics. Director Charles A. McCre,
cf the Delawore College Agricultural
Department also spoke.
Dewey Sapp, of Houston, for the
boys and Sarah Dill, of FELTON,, for
the girls club, reported on the trip TO
Springfield by members of the clubs.
Paul Skewis, of Milford, who attended
..-e National Dairy Show in Chicago
made a report on that trip. Wallace
Cook, graduate club member, now a
student at Delaware College, spoke on
the value of club work. There are
twelve former club members now in
Delaware and the Women's College.
Naomi Pepper, of Georgetown, told
how she grew 10000 tomato plants
this year, which she sold to club men,
bers. Rebecca Jester, of FELTON,, re-
ported on canning work and Edwin
Meredith, of Greenwood, on tomato
work. Four reels of moving pictures
were shown in Wolf hall, illustrating
the work at the Eastern States Expo
sitlon. Prize winners in the corn
show were announced as follows:
Stanley Short, of Smyrna, won the
State championship in the boys class
one prize for which was five phono-
graph records. Then winners in this
class were as follows:
Best 10 ears of white corn-First
Stanley Short; second $4, Henry B
Willow, of Dover; third, SO, Thomas
Milbourn, Hartly; fourth, 81 Pau
Skewis, Milford; fifth, 81, Lester Lay
er, Hartly; sixth, ribbon, Gordon Arm
strong, -acdonough.
Best 10 ears of yellow corn-Firs
S5, E. D. Gruwell, FELTON,; second, 81
William Krewatch, Delmar; third, So
Gordon Armstrong; fourth, 50, Chas
Sapp, Harrington.
Class A, best 50 ears of any variet
New Castle county-First, SIP, Fro
Trimble, Hockessin; second, SO, H
Seeman, of M1ddletown; third, S5, j.,
I. Shallcross, of Middletown; fourtl
81, Roswell Schaffer of New Castle
fifth, ribbon, ]. A. Hopkins of New
ark. Kent county-First, S12, D.
Wilson and son, Dover; second, So, F..
w. Killen, FELTON,; third, SIS, Stanle
Short, Smyrna. Sussex county-Fir.
$l2, Norval Pepper, Seaford; secon
So, James Hopkins, Lewes.
Class B. honorary, best 20. ears fro,
the State at large, white variety
First, 81, ]. T. Shallcross of Middl
town; second, S5, Fred Trimble; thil
So, Diamond Hill Farm, Newark; a
81, ]. A. Hopkins; fifth, ribbon, w. !
Cosden, of Dover. Yellow variety
First, 81, Roswell Schaffer; third, {
Fred Snyder of Newport; fourth, /
]. B. Stahl of Greenville. white C
variety-First, $5, Fred Trimble.
Class B, amateur, for the best
ears from the State at large-wh
variety-First, 81, Stanley Short; S,
ond, $5, H. Seeman; third, So, A.
Killen of FELTON,; fourth, 81, F.
Richardson, Wyoming; fifth, RIB
John Ponder, of Milton. Yellow va
ety-First, 81, H. Seeman; second,
L. Ernest Dilworth of Hockess
third, SO, Albert Krewatch of Delm
fourth, 81, William Krewatch of L
mar; fifth, ribbon, James Hopki
Mixed variety-First, $5, Eli A. Sk
of Georgetown.
Class C, honorary, best 10 ears fl
the State at large, white variet
First, 81, J. 7. Shallcross, Middletc
second s. Fred Trinnh1e Hoclrao,