The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-08-19
Young Folks To Show
What They Can Do
SEE THE STATE EXPO
Expens es &c Exhibit of thMin-
nesota Boys and Girls Are
To Be Paid
From Tuesdays Daily

From Tuesdays Daily
Youth and young misses from
rural communities of Minnesota will
play bigger part in the Minnesota
state fair this year than ever before
boys and girls contest work, made
public last night. More than zoe
boys and girls will spend week at
the fair, 500 of them taking active
part in demonstrations and contests.
These are in addition to the 200 boys
who have won membership in the
state fair farm boys camp. Every one
of the eighty six counties of the state
will be represented. Funds provided
for premiums. for travel and other
expenses of the boys and girls, total
given by merchants of the twin cities
and manufacturing concerns from
different parts Of the country.
National Club Leader To Come.
leadership that Minnesota has &C:
quired In boy and girl club work
George E. Farrell, the national club
leader, is coming from Washington
to spend the entire week at the fair
He will visit the camps of the jun
iors and will do judging work. T. L.
Bewick, state club leader in Wiscon-
sin, will Judge the canning, potatoes
corn and poultry demonstrations and
exhibits. T. A: Erickson. the Min
sistants, A. ]. Kittleson, Of Crook
ston; r. H. Giberson, Norris and
George F. Howard, Mrs. Margaret Ba-
ker and Miss Genevieve Burgan, all
Of the University farm offices, will
be present.
Special Car Will Bring Eighty five
A special car, attached to a North
ern Pacific train, will bring eighty
Red River valley club juniors and
their leaders from Crookston the
night Of September 2. The entire
west wing Of the main agricultural
building has been set aside for coun-
ty club exhibits and for the use OF
the young club members in putting
on their demonstrations.
One hundred seventy members OF
breadmaking clubs, 10 members of
canning teams, rs poultry, potato and
corn club boys, 81 garment making
club girls and Is cake making club
girls will take part in the various
team and individual demonstrations.
Five boy brsadmakers, three Of them
composing the Redwood county team,
will challenge the supremacy OF the
girls in this particular field.
Livestock judging contests for the
selection of a dairy judging team to
represent Minnesota at the national
dairy show in the twin cities In Oc-
tober, and also for the selection of a
general livestock judging team to
represent the state at the big inter-
nc IN on
will bring 120 boys and girls.
Coffin In Charge.
r. c. Coffin, Y. NJ. c. A, secretary
Of Minneapolis, will be in charge of
the boys camp, and N. A. Thorson,
Crookston, will have charge Of a spe-
cial camp for 200 boys, who will take
part in contests and demonstrations,
but who are not eligible to the state
fair camp. This camp will be at
University farm.
The girls participating in the state
fair competitions will have camp
headquarters at University farm with
Mrs. Margaret B. Baker rs superin-
tendent.
Two thousand dollars will be distri-
buted among the breadmaking con-
testants. The bread or cake making
team which makes the best peach
shortcake will win the right to a
free trip to the international con-
test.
Three teams are to be selected to
represent Minnesota at the inter
state fair at Sioux City, Iowa, i'm Sep
TENDER, to meet the best teams from
II other midwest states. The home
economics team will be selected in a
contest from members of county or
district, canning, breadmaking and
garment making teams. The live
stock and crop teams will be selected
rom the seventy FIVE poultry, po.
tato and corn club boys, who will
give demonstrations at the fair. The
third team will represent Minnesota
in dairy stock judging.
Juniors To Enter Seventy Plus.
Seventy purebred pigs, represent
! ing all the leading breeds and the
best from HOO which juniors have
been feeding for the fair, will be en-
tered in the pig competition for boys
and girl club members, the premiums
and expense money provided for this
contest amounting to $1,225.
An added feature this year will be
a pig showing contest under the d.
rection of R. c. Ashby, Des Moines
| forerly a faculty member of the ami
NAL husbandry division Of the Uni
versity of Minnesota.
Different phases of club work will
be presented daily by means Of a
| brief pageant, prepared by Miss
] Estelle Cook. Miss Stella Halderson
I will escort a delegation of young peo-
pie, who will give daily demonstra-
tons in the Care for your own room
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