The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-11-10
COMMUNITY SHOWS.
Three Held In Cecil County
Splendid Exhibits.


held in Cecil County the week OF
October 16, at West Nottingham,
Appleton. Calvert.
One cannot say justly any one OF
the shows was ahead of the other as
each show had special attractions Of
interest to all.
AT West Nottingham the Pig ex-
hibit was of special interest and the
Poland China Breed stood out as
prominent at the show as the breeds
upon an inspection of the various
breeds in the county.
The Boy Pig Club exhibit attract
ed special attention. The Pure
Bred Pig offered by George Thorn
ton & Son, of Bethel, for. the Boy
Club member exhibiting the best pig
Of any breed was won by Bayard
Akers, of North East Club, on a
pure bred Poland China gilt. This
same gilt won the championship
for best female pig exhibited and
this means great deal for. some
very fine pigs were exhibited by the
farmers of Cecil County
The girls bread demonstration
team also gave "a demonstration OF
bread making.
The fruit and floral displays were
very attractive and clearly showed
the quality of both which the COM
munity is noted for.
At Appleton the Boys & Girls
club poultry exhibit attracted spe-
cial attention and Mr. Waite, Poul-
try Specialist of the Maryland Ex-
pertinent Station was present to tell
the boys and girls about the care
and handling of the farm flock.
The corn exhibit was the best Mr..
Gutenberg has judged this year and
he made the statment Cecil County
should make the U. s. sit up and
take notice even greater. this year at
the National Corn Show, December
End to 10th than we did last year.
The evenings at West Nottingham
and Appleton were devoted to a
program consisting of the judges
telling why awards were. made as
they were and offering suggestions
for the selection of products for ex-
hibit and market.
Calvert with her beautiful high
school and community building was
able to put on very extensive pro-
gram and display the products ex-
hibited in manner one very sell
dom ever has the privilege of seeing.
The corn, fruit and vegetable ex-
hibits were exceptionally good but
we will have to say the Boys Corn
Club exhibit outclassed the adult
corn exhibit. One single ear of yell
low corn exhibited in the Boy Club
department was exceptionally fine
and will be carefully cared for to
exhibit elsewhere.
Two club booths exhibited by Cal
vert and Rising Sun schools attract
ed wide attention and showed the
real spirit Of Club work.
Special features of the show were
demonstrations by the Women OF
Calvert in Millinery, Dress Forms,
and the Pressure Cooker; demon
STATIONS by the girls in bread max
ing and preparing and SERVING
breakfast
special Farm Crops" judging
contest for boy club members Of
Cecil and Hartford counties was the
big feature in the boy club depar.-
ment, 25 boys from Cecil and IL
boys from Hartford took part
Prizes from $40 to 81 were offered
for the boys scoring the highest in
Judging all classes.
Every one in Cecil County should
be- proud of the fact that Cecil
County boys won 9 of the 10 prizes
offered in this contest Bird. going to
a Hartford County boy.
Each show was made, specially at
tractive by the ladies serving real
lunches throughout the day.
The evening program at Calvert
consisted of an address by Ex-sena-
tor Henry M. Mccullough urging
the people of Cecil to vote for the
bond issue to improve schools in the
county.
u. S. Senator Hon. Jos. I. France
was the speaker of the evening.
Senator France commended the peo-
pie of Calvert on their splendid high
school building and their real COM
munity spirit.
Senator France went deep into
farming conditions and forcibly
brought out the fact that prosperity
IL our nation can only exist when
agriculture and the farmer are en-
joying prosperity He stated tina
the farmer must receive more TO-
his products but this can only be
accomplished when the foreign
countries specially Europe are able
to purchase American grow n
products.
In conclusion 1 as County Agent
wish to take this opportunity to
thank the exhibitors in each com
munity show and assure you if Cecil