The Hope pioneer., 1922-08-03
HOPE HIGH SCHOOL SCORES
ANOTHER VICTORY
WILLARD KOTTS AND WILLIAM
). WHEAT WIN IN CONTEST AT
STATE FAIR AT FARGO

Last week the potato club team,
William Wheat and Willard Kotts,
representing the Boys CLUB Work of
the Hope Special School District un-
der the supervision of the Vocational
Agricultural Department of the Hope
High School, made themselves known
to the state by taking third honors
in the state demonstration contest
held at the state fair at Fargo, July
18th to 211., Thirty demonstration
teams from various counties in the
state competed for the three banners
i'll each class of the club work. The
demonstrations included canning and
baking demonstrations in the girls
class and rope repair and splicing,
milk testing and care Of milk, and
production of potatoes in the boys
class. The demonstrations were held
for two and one-half days in the Ag-
riculture Building OH the State Fair
Grounds. In the Home project DEM
onstrations given by the girls, Walsh
county won first place, Barnes county
second place and Grand Forks third
place; honorable mention going to
Hettinger county. In the Agricultur-
al Project demonstrations given by
the boys, Sargent county won first
place, Hettinger county second place,
and Steele county third place; honor
able mention going to Cass county.
The honor that the boys brought
to the Hope High School is not 4
small one by any means. In every
instance the other teams have had
club work at least three years and
some OF them four years. Naturally
previous experience in the demon
strations contests ought to have given
them an edge on new teams entering
for the honors. Expecting the worst
the club team from this district stead
led their nerves and proceeded to
convince the judges and their audi
ence that part Of the honors be-
longed to them in a demonstration on
the "Production and Care of Pota-
toes" that lasted an hour. It-was
very evident after the demonstration
that they had succeeded as the three
judges questioned them very closely
and also solicited questions from the
audience that had assembled to hear
them. Questions were fired atsthem
from all sides and We're readily an
swered by the boys. In winning third
place, the team automatically as
sumed first place in the state over
all the other teams demonstrating
potatoes as the teams winning first
and second places had "Milk Testing
and the Care of Milk for their dem
onstrations.
The potato demonstration includ-
ed-the necessity and value of pota-
toes, tht place in rotation, thtir pro-
per selection and care, factors neces-
sary for standardization of potatoes.
varieties, maturity of seed, diseases
and their proper treatment, proper
methods of digging and hauling,
types of storage and advantages,
amount of 'shrinkage, factors essen
tial for storage, grading, loading,
shipping, routing and billing out cars
This same demonstration will be
given in Hope again some time this
fall when the Vocational Agriculture
Glass and the Boys Club have their
Market and Achievement Day. The
large green banner won by the boys
will be exhibited to the public for the
first time on that day and then will
be placed along with the other awards
in the Hope High School,
Very little is known at the present
time in reference to the places wor
by our stock Judging team at Fargo
The team included Harry Chalmers