Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-11-10
COUNTY FARM BUREAU.
Annual Meeting and Seed Show
List of Prize Awards.

Annual Meeting and Seed Show
List Of Prize Awards.
Farm Bureau members from all
sections of the county gathered in
Ellsworth for their ninth annual
meeting on November 8. A greater
part of the morning was given over
to the arrangement of and judging
of exhibits and an interesting talk
on apple grading by A. K. Gardner,
extension crops specialist. Moving
pictures and business occupied the
entire afternoon.
One exhibit which drew especial
attention was the medicine chest.
This was labelled with placards read
ing "Who are you?-Mrs. Never
we'll or Mrs. Everwell?" The chest
was divided into halves, and each
shelf contained on one side the
drugs used for various ills while on
the other side were foods which
should be eaten to maintain health.
The afternoon program consisted
of moving pictures, an address by
Vice-President L. L. Brown, the sec
rotary and treasurer's report
by Mrs. A. E. Lord and reports of
project leaders, as follows: Clubs,
Mrs. Ella Blaisdell, Franklin; foods,
Mrs. Nellie Foss, Hancock; farm
management, Fred Cousins, East
Bluehill. Reports on the clothing,
dairy, household management,
orchard, and poultry projects were
read by the county extension agents.
The membership report showed a
total of 1144. of which 555 are
women and $50 men. The member
ship committees have until June l
to increase this enrolment, and will
no doubt exceed last years total Of
1855 by that date. District Mana
gers H. E. Bickford, Howard Young,
Mrs. Henry Crane, Ward Hatch and
l.. L. Brown told of their work dur
ing the membership campaign.
Presentation of the county extern
sion program for 1927 by county
agent and home demonstration
agent, and presentation of financial
budget for 1927 by Mrs. A. E.
Lord followed.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year. President,
L. L. Brown, Marlboro; vice-presi-
dent, Harry E. Bickford, Trenton;
secretary-treasurer, A. Evelyn Lord,
Ellsworth. Project leaders: Clubs,
Mrs. Ella Blaisdell, Franklin; crops,
S. l.. Burns, North Ellsworth;
orchard, Robert Haynes, North Ellis
worth; poultry, Guy Billings, North
Bluehill; farm management, Dana
Hodgkins, Hancock; dairy, Elijah
Heath, Orland; foods, Mrs. Myra
Hodgkins, Lamoine; clothing, Mrs.
Ethelyn Remick, Bayside; house
hold MANAGEMENT, Mrs Belle Buck,
Millvale.
Prizes were awarded as follows:
Yeast bread, Clara L. Carey, l; Lii
liam C. Lord, 2; Emily S. Guptill, 8.
Sponge cake, Mrs. Leander Smith, l;
Clara L. Carey, 2; Mrs, Carrie
King, 3. Butter cake, MrsAAddie
Bowden, L. Five jars fruit, Mrs.
Tena McGown, 1; Mrs. Lillian Lord,
2; Mrs. Ashmore, 3. Five jars vege-
tables, Mrs. S. L. Burns, 1; Mrs.
Herbert Lord, 2; Mrs. Annie Brady,
3. Four jars jelly, Mrs. Louise
Gaspar, 1.
One-piece dress, Mrs. I. D. Smith,
1; Mrs j. Wesley Bowden, Q; Mrs.
Effie McNider, g. Remodeled gar
ment, Mrs. William Wescott, / Mrs.
Ethel Dorr, 2. Millinery, Mrs.
Hazel Clement, l. Christmas sug-
gestions, Mrs Ora Williams, L; Mrs.
G. L. Hubbard, 2; Mrs. Augustus
Foss, 8.
Club exhibit: Canning, jeanette
Young, 1; Lydia Johnson, 2; Will
liam Blaisdell, 8. Clothing, Alice ].
Hammond, l; Sylvia Cushman, 2;
Karin Eliason, 3.
Potatoes, Green Mountain, c. A.
Thompson, l; Harry Woods, 2; Cur
tbs Hodgkins, 8. Early Dewdrop,
Howard Young, 1; Irving Stackpole,
2. Early Northern, c. A. Thomp-
son, l.
Beans. Dot Eye, C. B. Young, 1.
Jacobs Cattle, Julian Howard, 1;
Curtis Hodgkins, 2; Ray Gaspar, 8.
King of the Early, Vim Smith, 1.
Cranberry, A. A. Goodell, 1. Soldier
Beans, Merrill Turner, 2.
Apples. Wolf River, F. L. Colby,
1; H. E. Crane, 2. Nod Head, c. A.
Thompson, /; ]. B. Carter, 2; Vim
Smith, 8. Ben Davis, L. L. Brown,
1. Fallawater, L. L. Brown, 1; Vim
Smith, 2. Hurlburt, H. E. Crane,
l. Northern Spy, ]. B. Carter, 1.
Stark, Vim Smith, /; Henry Crane,
2; Carrie Colby, 8. Maiden's Blush,
Vim Smith, L. Bellflower, G. A.
Thompson, 1.
Corn. Golden Bantam, A. A.
Goodell, 1. DeMeyer (field), c. B.
Young, 1. Improved Longfellow,
Irving Stackpole, 1.
Oats. Maine $40, Gerald Thomp-