Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-03
KENT COUNTY BOYS
AND GIRLS COMPETE
For Prizes Offered at State
Fair; Stage Dsmonstr ations
on Wednesday.

Kent County Day for the Boys and
Girls Club members at the Delaware
Statc Fair will be held on Wednes-
day. September Z. according to Helen
l.. Comstock. County Club agent, who
has charge OF the county exhibits and
r. training the teams OF girls. She re-
ports that there is keen competition
Rmong the teams and the individual
members who enrolled in the cham
ptcnship contests at the State Fair,
enc OF the high spots in the club
year AT the Kent~Sussex Fair In
July. the club members in Kent county
exhibited and demonstrated I'm COM
Petition with each other. That de-
tsrmined the winners IN Kent county
The same was true of Sussex boys
and girls. Winners in the three coun-
ties Will exhihit, demonstrate and
Judge al the State Fair 10 determine
who the State chamrions<wi will be- Fhe
skhihits will consist of sewing, cam
ring. and baking. which has been
cone by the girls: pigs, calves. ,poul-
try and corn and soy beans, which
have been raised by the club boys.
An exhibit of Unusual interest VIII
he the model girls roena. planned and
arranged by the Black Swamp own
Your Own Room" Club. Each girl
IN the club has. during the year re-
arranged her room, carrying out the
ARRANGEMENT and color scheme that,
would give the most harmonious ef-s
feet. In the model room. the girls
will use hangings. coverings. rugs.
pillows. candies. etc. which they have
made for their own rooms. A Wash
irg gton representative, in commenting
about the room at the kent-SusseN
fair, stated that this room. surpassed
any similar exhibit by any State
which she had seen. This, with the
other exhibits will be found in the
University Of Delaware Building,
The boys and girls will not only ex-
hihit. but viii give public demonstra-
tions on Wednesday of the best meth
odss of doing their work. The Viola
team will demonstrate canning: the
Dover team will demonstrate sewing;
the Black Swamp teams will demon
strate baking and Own Your Own
Room" club work. There viii be poul-
Try. dairy and pig club demonstra-
fions by the Frederica and Harring-
Ton teams The winning team in
SEWING. canning. pig and corn club
work will be awarded the trip to Camp
Vail, the boys and girls camp, held
IN connection with the Eastern States
Exposition at Springfield, Mass,
September ls-24. The winning bread
club team will receive scholarships
TO the Boys anu Girls Club Week at
the University of Delaware
Visitors az the Fair come both 10
have a good time and TO study the eN-
hihits with a view TO gaining know
ledge that will be of help TO them
later. on their farms back home. IL
~ a natural impulse 10 exhibit local
bride at a gathering of this kind,
and visitors from Kent county will
look with interest on the exhibits
from the Hub" of the State. In
previous years the interest of Kent
county visitors has centered around
the educational exhibits arranged by |
the county agents Office, demonstrat- |
ING the educational progress made by |
farmers in their business through CO. /
opera,ion with the county agent. the |
extension department of the Uni |
~ersity of Delaware. the Farm Bureau |
and other allied organizations.
This year viii be no exception, and /
the exhibit being arranged by County /
Agent a. ID. Cobb of Kent county, !
viii demonstrate in a graphic manner |
the results OF many details of crop !
and livestock management carried out |
under his supervision. BY means of |
photographs. charts and specimens of
the growing crops, the best practiceii
in the culture of alfalfa and soy
beans will be shown. The use of ia |
pane~. clover for pasture has been |
and this crop will be /
shown in actual growing form as
taken from fields in Kent county.
The development of the pure bred |
hog industry which has taken place /
in Kent county. will be demonstrated |
ly Mr.. Cobb in cooperation with the /
h ert County Poland China Associa- /
tion. Photographs of some Of. the .
hest types of animals owned by Kent 4
breeders. will be shown, and I
members OF the association win ex- /
hihit many Of their animals at the
Fair.