Newark post., 1922-07-26
Club Work at Kent
=. Sussex Fair
Exhibitions of Boys and Girls
Feature of Down-State :.
Carnival

lnefe is 1000 Tor tnOught IN the
splendid exhibits of farm products,
live stock, needlework, and canned
fruit and vegetables displayed at the
Kent-Sussex Fair at Harrington, this
week by the members of the Boys
and Girls Clubs of Kent and Sussex
| County.
Under the direction of members of
the Extension Department of the Uni
versity of Delaware, these boys and
girls have been working, planning,
and studying for months. Look at the
boys and girls themselves for a min
ute. Keen, s]ert, happy.
Practical, farm men and women,
these, in the making.
Girls from Shawnee Hill to Ocean
View; from Kenton down to Houston.
They know how to make their own
clothes and hats; they can bake loaf
of bread, and can vegetables and
fruits that taste as good as they look.
The boys have planned and grown
their crops of corn, soy beans, sweet
potatoes and tomatoes. They have
selected and fed their hogs, poultry
and cattle, and they can tell you how
much it costs to produce a pound of
pork, bushel of corn or a dozen eggs.
Here is group of boys who belong
to the "Greenwood On the Go Club"
The club consists of II boys who are
growing corn, soy beans, potatoes and
tomatoes, and caring for some fine
dairy animals. They hold regular
meetings, have their own officers, and
are working hard under the guidance
of their local leader, G. A. Ely, to
win the right to represent Delaware
at the Eastern States Exposition this
| fall.
Out in the hog barn, is Stanley
Short, veteran club boy and president
of the Statewide Club organization.
Starting with one club pig several
years ago, Stanley now is recognized
as the largest breeder of pure bred
Poland China hogs in Delaware. This
year his sister Helen, under "big
brothers" guidance, is exhibiting a
pig and expects to make the boys hus-
tie for the championship.
Teams of three members each rep
resenting IL girls clubs and 13 boys
clubs from the two counties, have en-
tered in judging and demonstration
contest to decide the winners from
each county that will be eligible to
compete in the final contests at the
State Fair in September. These team
members have been trained by their
leaders to give practical public demon
strations of the methods followed by
them in their different projects. They
have gained self confidence, the abil-
ity to speak in public, and in a few
years will be valuable leaders of farm
life in their home communities.
In the three counties of Delaware
this year, there are 1925 boys and
girls enrolled in club work under the
supervision of A. D. Cobb, State
Club Leader, and the following Coun-
ty Club Agents: Dorothy Emerson,
Sussex County; Helen L. Comstock,
Kent County; Agnes P. Medill, New
Castle County.
This Junior Extension work is sup
ported by Federal, State and county
funds, and is conducted by the above
named agents, with the help of volun-
teer local leaders throughout the va
rious rural communities.
A glimpse of the boys and girls and
their products on display at the Kent
Sussex Fair, should convince the most
hardened pessimist, that this work
is worth while.
The directors of the Fair Associa-
ton are so appreciative of the value
of club work that they have arranged
special space and buildings for these
exhibits and each year award gener-
GUS premiums and ribbons to encour-
age the young exhibitors. Dewey
Sapp, of Houston, former club men,
ber, and now a director of the Fair,
has supervision of the placing of the
club exhibits and is taking great pride
in the display made by his former
competitors.