The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-23
KRIEGER WINS BOTH CUP
and TRIP TO CHICAGO

DdlulNdy ldSl was bOyo dho oiiio
Club Day in Wood. The attendance
of club members was not as large as
was expected, but those who attended
this meeting seemed to enjoy the day.
Paul j. Scarbro, leader of boys and
girls club work for the state Of South
Dakota was here and delivered a
mighty interesting talk to those who
attended the afternoon meeting that
was held at the school house. The
first meeting on the program OF the
days activities was the feed Of the
club members at the home of the edi-
tor, and the club members seemed to
enjoy this feature Of the day to the
full.
After the banquet the club members
adjourned to the school house where
ihe regular business Of the day was
taken up. There were but three of
the corn club boys who entered their
corn in the corn show, and while
the rules of the corn club especially
stipulate that every member of the
club must exhibit ten ears of their
corn at the annual show, yet but three
of the boys made entries. p. j. Scar
bro and County Agent Rudolph
Judged the corn aud they gave the
decision to the ten ears of Reid S
Yellow Dent exhibited by Jake krie-
ger, and he was again declared the
winner of the trophy cup. This is the
fourth successive year that Jake has
won the cup and it is the second cup
that he has won as his own property.
Leroy Mitchell would no doubt have
been declared the winner of this
years cup had he exercised just a
little more care in selecting his ten
ear sample, for his ten ears Of Reid
Yellow Dent would have outclassed
Krieger's had they all been like six
of the ears in his sample. Mr.. Scar
bro said that if the Mitchell boy had
ten ears as good as six ears Of his
exhibit had been, he would have had
an exhibit that would have made a
very creditabe showing in the state
contest.
In the acre yield reports the boys
made very good showing. Jake
Krieger's corn yielded 40 bushels per
acre. Leroy Mitchell had yield of
80 bushels from his Reid's Yellow
Dent, and 46 bushels from his Rose
bud King. Roscoe Ozanne, of White
River, who planted his acre of Rose
bud King on the river bottom in an
old potato patch, reported yield OF
90 bushels from his acre which we
honestly believe to be the heaviest
yield of any acre Of corn IN the coun-
tv. and this lad is deserving of a
prize for his fine showing with Rose
bud King. A perpetual prize offer
was made for the acre yield last
wear when the thoroughbred Chester
White gilt for the acre yield was
made. when one Of the conditions was
that the prize winner was to supply
the registered gilt for the succeeding
wear from the litter farrowed by the
prize gilt, but the winner Of the acre
yield prize last year was unfortunate
with his prize gilt as she died at
narrowing, and this eliminated any
prize for the acre yield this year up
to this time.
After Mr.. Scarbro's very interest
ing talk, the League of Nations sewing
club of Rosebud Valley put on dem
onstration of their work which was
quite interesting and the girls did
them parts well. Mrs. Aeschbacher
the local leader of this club, certainly
has Just cause to feel proud Of her
girls sewing club and the remarkably
good work they have accomplished
during the past year. Their exhibit
attracted good deal of attention and
favorable comment.
After the demonstration County
Agent Rudolph made short talk on
boys and girls club work as regards
Mellette county, and then Mr.. Scar
bro put on three reels of good pie
lures which was enjoyed by everyone
present and were much appreciated.
One reel showed the visit of the boys
and girls club winners from num-
Der of states at the Interstate Fair
at Sioux City, and told of the benefits
derived from the visit by one OF the
club members.
Mr.. Scarbro then awarded the prize
offered by the Chicago & Northwest
ern railroad Of free trip to Chicago
to the boy or girl who should be des-
ignated as the winner by the county
agent and Mr.. Scarlro. Mr.. Scarbro
very graciously shouldered the full
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