Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-21
21 1922

Beef calf cIub-Orville Elliott, |
trip to club week; Zeolia Gessel,
$500; Cecil Lawrence, $500; Ray
mond Reed, $500; Pansy Bragg,
$1.0O.
Sheep club-Louis Strong, trip
to club week: Willis Greer, $500;
Raph Spillman, $500; Wayne
Macklem, $2.0O; Herbert Harman,
S1.00.
Stock Judging contest awards
Delmer Glenn, $500: Frank Por-
ter, s4OO: EstelIe Bailey, $3.O0;
Harold Walker. $500; Paul Bone,
$1.00.
Special prizes amounting to $50
were awarded to the Hereford calf
club by the American Hereford
Breeders association and the Nor
gan County Hereford Breeders as
sociation, to he divided equally be-
tween the exhibitors The Farm
Bureau offered snecial prize of a
canning outfit and stewpan to the
! first and second winners of each
Food club. and 2 pair of scissors
and silver thimb'e to the first and
second winner in the Clothing club.
In the Grange displays which
were captivating to the fair visitors.
Westland Grange 121 took first
premium. and Pennsville second.
Educational disnlays were put on
bv the Morgan County Farm Bu-
reau and the Ohio Sheen and Wool
Growers association. These dis
plays featured the better way of
marketing grain. livestock, cream
and wool and the production of fine
wool and cloth.
excellent display of manual train
inc work by the Chesterhill high
school. Mr. Glass, who is in charge
of the department at Chesterhill,
should be complimented on the va
riety, arrangement and workman
ship disnlayed in this exhirit
A birdseye view of the fair has
been given above. The details
space 1t has met with approval to
the MANAGEMENT and to the visi
tors. Next year can be bigger and
better. and the plans should be
made now.
Test Association Meeting
An average of 300 lbs. of butter
fat for the year is the record hoped
for by the tester. M. w Henry of
the Washington, Wood and Morgan
county association. This was
brought at the annual meeting on
last Tuesday. at Marietta County
Agent r. E. Helt was the only rep
resentative at the meeting from
Morgan county The association
was reorganized on the some plan
as heretofore and applications are
now in the hands of the tester for
the signatures of the men who will
test another year. Mr.. Henry will
conduct the testing work for an
other year J. B. Hickman is the
newly elected secretary-treasurer
for the ensuing year.
Institute Officers Meeting
That Morgan county will have a
valuable and well managed Farm
ers' Institute program is assured by
the preliminary plans discussed by
20 officers, at a meeting last Sat
urday. F. l.. Allen, State Super
visor of Institutes, was present and
gave valuable suggestions to the
state and Independent officers pres
! ent. Program meeting dates were
arranged and in a short time things
will be in full swing for the insti-
tute season which opens next
month.
The Coming Picnic
The fourth annual fa1 ..lers' pic
mic and rally day will be held at the
fair grounds Saturday, Sept 80
The committee has arranged a good
program consisting of athletic
events, music, short time for
speeches and big community din
ner.
The dinner committee has ar
ranged to have all the baskets
brought in and placed in the hands
of the serving committee. Each
family furnishing a basket will be
issued tickets that will insure them
, their portion of the dinner to be
, served cafeteria style, and if the
weather is good the tables will be
, arranged out of doors. The follow
, ing list of athletic events has been
: arranged by the athletic commit
faos