The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-17
CLUB JUNIORS TO
ATTEND BIG FAIR
One Thousand Boys and
Girls Making Plans
SEPTEMBER l TO 8
Premiums Aggresating $G2, 900
Will Be Distributed Among
Young Farmers

approximately 1000 Minnesota
club boys and girls will take part
in the club program and activities
arranged Tor the state fair Septem-
er / to 8. Juniors are coming from
every county to participate in this
wonderful educational enterprise.
Premium money and prizes So
far listed for the juniors for the
1928 lair aggregate $4,000 exclus-
i've of the expense budget, or $24,-
coo in all, as against $15,UOO u
$4,000 a year ago.
Detachments making up this gal
liant young company will consist "a
1856 boys who will live in the farm
boys camp under the supervision
of r. C. Coffin, general secretary OF
the Minneapolis Y. NJ. G. A; 166
breadmakers, los girls in canning
teams, 80 sewing members, 100
dairy calf club members, 80 In gen
eral livestock judging, 60 in dairy
livestock judging, 65 pig club mem
bers, so members OF crop and live
juniors who will be in charge OF
booths containing club exhibits.
Activities In Club Building
! Activities of club work in Mimi
esota, as carried on jointly by the
Agricultural extension service OF the
university, the farm bureau, the
public schools and various other
agencies, will center at the fair In
the boys and girls club building
which was occupied last year for
the first time; at the University
Farm camp, where the juniors will
live In dormitortes under the super
vision of Mrs. Margaret Baker.
assistant club leader; at the farm
boys camp, at Barn D which will
house the dairy calves and at the
hog barn reserved for the pig CLUB
exhibits.
Several new features of a distinc-
tive order have been added this
year. Health work which has been
carried on for two years will cul-
inmate in a health contest for CLUB
boys and girls and will be open to
any club member at the fair. Elk
aminations will be held through the
week and prize money will be divid-
ed among those scoring the highest
number Of points.
Entries Coming In
Farm management clubs, organ
lied in Kittson, Steele, and Dodge
counties for older club boys, will
give demonstrations for the first
, time at a Minnesota state fair. The
Steele county team will demon
strate farm accounts. Kittson coun-
tvs trio will demonstrate costs and
profits in handling sheep. Dodge
county's particular stunt has not
yet been announced.
Entries are already coming in,
says the state leader, for a potato
exhibit which will be new this year.
Substantial prize money has been
provided and every exhibitor will
get a pro rata share.
Thirty three counties will send
teams of girls to demonstrate sew
ing work Each team will bring an
exhibit and give a demonstration.
Some of the garments made by the
girl juniors will be used in the
style show in the women's building
Never before has the sewing club
work been featured on such a large
scale as arranged for this year.
Calf Club Work Gains
Dairy calf club work has been
doubled this year, says Mr.. Erick
son, and one hundred calves will
be shown at Barn D. Demonstra-
tons and special contests in exht-
biting stock will be put on daily
About fifty counties will send dairy
calves, and q real contest is as
sured. More prizes and more ex-
pense money are available this year
than ever before.
Interest in the various contests
ia likely to rise to fever heat before
the week is over. Some eighty edu.
cational trips, seventy Of them tc
Chicago and New York and ten tc
Sioux City, are at stake. In Chicago
the Minnesota winners win be hon