Smyrna times., 1926-09-01
4-H AGRICULTURAL CLUBS OF
NEW CASTLE COUNTY ACTIVE
WILL MAKE EXHIBIT AT SESQUI-
CENTENNIAL POULTRY SHOW
County Agent Ed Willim Jr., Reports
Concerning B. & O. Poultry Clubs.
Blackbird Hundred Contestants

BIackbird Hundred Contestants
Boys and girls of New Castle Coun-
ty II Agricultural Clubs are expect
ing to exhibit their chickens at the
Sesqui-C Centennial poultry show held
at Philadelphia, October 26 to Both.
The club members are afforded this
opportunity thru the assistance of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in their
commercial and agricultural develop
ment policy by which they have es-
tablished three poultry clubs in this
county. County Club Agent Ed Will
linn, Jr., of Newark made this an
nouncement yesterday upon receipt of
the news from the railroads agricul-
tural representative, Mr.. L. S. Hart
ley.
Each year the railroad holds large
poultry club exhibit in conenction with
a nationally known poultry show. AT
this exhibit boys and girls from four
states in which the transportation
company has established the poultry
clubs exhibit for the supremacy of the
combined club show. Last fall their
Tri-State exhibit was one of the main
features Of the Baltimore Poultry
Show. William Tomlinson, Blackbird,
Elizabeth Burge, Middletown; Boyd
Armstrong, Middletown; and Frank
Andrews, four New Castle County
Club members exhibited at this show.
"Due to the fact that the Baltimore
Poultry Show has been definitely dis
continued wrote Mr.. Hartley in his |
letter to the Club Agent, at is there
fore necessary for US to change our
plans regarding our annual exhibit |
which was to have been held again tbs
fall in connection with that show"
1T seemed for while that no com
bined poultry exhibit from the four
states would be held this year," COM
mented Mr.Willim, "when it was made
known that the Baltimore show was
to be discontinued. But the railroad
to keep their promise with
the individual club members and
deemed it necessary that they hold a
creditable Poultry Show somewhere
for their 1926 Poultry Club Mem
Ders."
1T is planned that the exhibit Of
The B. & o. Poultry Clubs at the Ses-
lui-Centennial show will consist of
approximately 80 pens from four
states, Illinois, Maryland, West Vir-
yinia and Delaware. Three entries of
five birds each will be made from
,hree Maryland counties, making a
total of nine pens from that state.
Since New Castle County is the only
one in this state that the Railroad
the club members of this
county will exhibit three entries Of
five birds each.
Fifteen prizes will be competed for
n this exhibit BY the Baltimore and
Ohio Club Bembers. The first three
prizes consist Of high class breeding
pens of pullets and / cockerel, A
pullets and 1 cockereI, and pullets
and l cockerel. The fourth prize is
twenty dollars in money In all S125
will be given as cash prizes besides
The high class breeding stock. These
awards are furnished BY the railroad
as reward for the club members
winning them.
Mr.. Willim has ten club members
n the Baltimore q Ohio poultry club
his year. They live around New
Castle and Hares Corner communities.
It will be from this club that the three
exhibitions will be selected. 1t is his
plan to have Mr.. H. s. Palmer, Exten-
sion Poultryman, visit with him all of
these members and select the birds
hat will 60 to the Sesqui-C Centennial
Show.
eve are the closest ones to Phila-
lelphia," said Mr.. Willim, "and our
entries from New Castle County
should arrive there in better condition
than any other ones from Maryland
Or the other states" With the high
grade stock of White Rocks we dis
tributed to the B. & D. Club members
this spring" continued the club agent,
'the club members of this county
should not fear competition from any
state"