The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-09-02

the drawing cards of the fair, Elk
hibits made by these club members
were viewed by throngs Of visitors
throughout the entire fair he boys
and girls calves filed more than halt
of one row of shed while the pig club
pens were we'll filled. Over in the
floral haN the canned goods and 9TH
er products exhibited by boys anG
girls girls made a beautiful display
play admired by all. Fifteen demon
stration teams demonstrated differ
emit phases of club work in which the
young people of the county are en-
gagged. The demonstrations proved
to be the center of attraction in the
floral hall as large crowds eagerly
listened to what the youthful demon
strators had to say. Many questions
were asked the young people regard :
splendid interest the older people are
taking in this work, which through
the efforts of the Farm Bureau is
reaching out to all the young people
Of the county. Complete announce
ment Of all club winners at the fair
has Just been made by M. II. Coe,
county club agent.
All club exhibits were in place by
Thursday morning and the judging
and demonstration work started At
that time. The pig club department
was the first to be judged. F. E.
Krause. county agricultural agent OF
Blue Earth. and Paul A. Johnson,
county agricultural agent Of Fair
mont, were the judges In this de-
partment The winners in the pure
bred classes are as follows:
James Thompson Of Good Thunder
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and will receive free trip to the
State Fair and S. in cash. Lois. jay
cox Of Spring Island wins second
with Poland China pig and will re:
ceive a free trip to the state fair.
Edgar Nelson of Rapidan wins third
with a Chester White pig and re-
ceives a prize Of 81; Warren Nelson
of Judson and Robert Williams of
Lake Crystal each win fourth place
with a prize Of S.. Warren showed
Hampshire while Robert showed a
Duroc Jersey; Kenneth Jaycox of
Spring Island won 9Th with a Poland
China pig. His prize is &c. Others
exhibiting pure bred pigs and win
ming a prize OF 81 each were Ronald
Nelson of Judson and Forrest Knoss
Of Spring Island.
In the grade pig classes. George
Williams Of Judson wins first with a
Duroc JERSEY pig His prize is a free
trim to the Junior Live Stock show
and S. cash. Donald Anderson OF
hudson wins second with a Duror
Jersey pig. His prize is 81. Ward
Nelson Of Rapidan wins fourth with
prize of S. on a Chester White pig
Jacob Cox Of Mankato wins fifth with
a prize of SO on a Duroc Jersey pig.
while Roland Beer Of Garden City
| wins sixth on a Duroc Jersey pie
with prize Of ST.
The boys and girls dairy calves
made one of the prettiest attractions
of the fair Each calf showed that
at had received individual attention
and the>results certainly justified the
efforts made by the boys and girls.
Axel Hanson Of Savage judged this
department. In the purebred class
won first with a JHolstein calf. He
| will receive q cash prize of 80 and a
silver cup awarded by the fair. Harold
| Visher of Lake Crystal won second
place with a Holstein calf His prize
will be IS cash and silver cup. Car
roll Gilman of Garden City won third
with a Guernsey calf and will receive
cash prize Of SO and silver loving
cup. Others exhibiting calves and
winning a cash prize of 50 were
George M. Gilman, with a Guernsey
Clyde Mccormack with a Holstein;
Eldon Detamore, Guernsey; Duane
Butler. Holstein; and Clarence Gil
man, Holstein.
liams of Good Thunder won first with
a Holstein calf She receives a prize
Of 50 cash. Clayton Case of Vernon
Center won second with a Holstein
His prize is IS. Mabel Gilman oil
Lake Crystal won third place with a
prize of 50 on Holstein calf and
Emma Gilman Of Lake Crystal won
fourth with prize Of 81 on Hoi-
stein calf
There was keen competition in the
canning contest George Howard
| assistant state club leader, judged
this department. The winning team,
in the county is the Lake Crystal
team composed Of Laura Jones, Anne
Selle, and Elizabeth Pritchard. This
team will receive a free . trip to the
state fair where they will represent
Blue Earth County in the competi-
ton for state honors. The WINNING
Mankato team is composed of Violet
Ore. THE team also receives q free
trip to the state fair where they will
represent Blue Earth county in the
competition for state honors. The
team winning second place in the
county comes from. Lake Crystal and
is composed of Esther James, Isla
Dodds and Anne Selle. They will
| also 20 to the state fair to demon
| strate in the Blue Earth County clut
booth. The team composed of Caro-
Kessler, Verna Neitge, and Marion
Stoves won third place with prize
of $40 while. the team composed oil
Helen Kleinschmidt,I Clarence Nelson
and Irene Peterson Of Mankato wor
fourth with a prize of So.
One Of the unique features of club
work was the poultry team demon
| straticns in culling of fiocks put or
by poultry club members. In this
class the team from Mankato com
posed of Howard Williams. Peter
Sanger, and Clarence Nelson won first
place and will receie free trip Ia
the state fair to take part in the state
contest.
In the professional team class
teams and individuals from differen,
club projects were eligible. The
Garment making team from Good
Thunder won first place and receives
a free trip to the state fair to repre-
sent Blue Earth county In the state