The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30
4-H CLUBS WILL
HAVE FAIR ROLE
Harrill Reports More Than
Usual Interest In Event
By Boys And Girls

When the 1910 N. c. State Fail
opens in Raleigh on October s, the
distinctive four-leaf clover Of the Al
clubs, and the distinctive high dual
ity of the exhibits of members Of this
largest organization of rural youth in
the world, will be much in evidence
L. H. Harrill, state All club lead
er of n. c. State college and di
rector of the important Department
J Boys and Girls All club of the
fair reports more than usual inter
est in the fair among club members
Friday, October II, will be young
North Carolinians' Day" at the fair
but every day during the week will
be +-H day.
From the time the gates of the
fairgrounds swing open to the public
visitors will find displays showing
the well-balanced program of the
All clubs-five elaborate educational
exhibits p%ortrayinG some of the more
important phases of the county pro.
grams, livestock and poultry of al
breeds. a wide variety of home-mak'
Ing exhibits, corr and canned goods,
Especially in the livestock barns
will be found the type of cattle.
swine and sheep which has led to
the slogan of previous State Fairs:
If You Want a Winner, Pick a ALI
Entry"
The annual State All Baby Beef
Show. with l.. I. Case, Extension ami
NAL h~usbandman in charge, will
again be a feature of the week. The
fat steers will be judged Wednesday
afternoon. October 8, and sold at auc-
ton Friday afternoon, October IL.
Judging Contests Scheduled
Also on Friday will be the All
seed, livestock and poultry judging
contests. These will be climaXed
with a banquet in the State college
dining hall on Friday evening, at
which time winners will be an.
nounced and prizes awarded.
The All Jersey dairy calves will
be judged on Tuesday, and the
Guernseys on Wednesday,. John A.
-Arey, Extension dairy specialist. is
N charge OF this division. Club swine
will be judged Tuesday afternoon,
and poultry on Wednesday.
The main exhibit hall of the fair
will contain two or more All
booths. Five of these will be special
county educational exhibits, compel
ing for S375 in premiums. Repre-
sentatives of the 1890 white All
club girls in the state will have 40
exhibits showing home-making pro
jects. Miss Frances MacGregor, as
sistant State All club leader, will be
in charge of these booths.
Ten exhibits of foods and nutrition
work will be arranged by the follow
in gcounties: Mecklenburg, Stanly
Northampton, Washington, Vance.
Wake, Haywood, Avery, Cumberland,
and Hoke. The premiums in thls
class total $50.
Likewise, 10 exhibits of All cloth
ing projects will be arranged from
among the counties Competing in
the annual State All Dress Review
to be held at State college on Octo-
Der 4. The premiums in this class
total $115.
Doo~ ,,rovoropt will ha nor.
trayed by Craven, Lenoir, Swain,
Watauga, Granville, Guilford, Lee,
Union, Beaufort and Wilson coun-
ties, with $115 in premiums in pre-
miums offered.
Display Window Treatment
The Fourth class will be display
of window treatment from club Slrls
room improvement projects, N
members from Camden, Nash, Mont
gomery, Arson, Alamance. Davidson,
Cherokee, Macon Jones and Bruins
wick will display their handiwork for
$50 in premiums.
A special All Canning exhibit will
be another feature of the Homemak-
ing department. This will be the
annual All Ball Brothers Canning
contest, with Mrs. Cornelia c. Nor
ris, Extension food conservation and
marketing specialist of State college,
in charge. County contests have
been held and the winning entries IN
each county will be sent to the
State Fair contest.
In addition to those persons al
ready named, the following will CO.
operate in conducting the All con-
tests and events: DR.. G. K. Middle
ton and A. D. Stuart, seed; Prof. f.
NJ. Haig, livestock judging; Z. +.
Parrish, T. T. Brown, c. j. Maupln,
and Prof. Roy S. Dearstyne, poultry;
a. C. Kinney, f. r. Farnham, Prof.
r. H. R%uffner and DR.. C. D. Grin
nells, dairy cattle; DR.. John E.
Foster, Sam Williams, and E. H.
Hostetler, beet cattle; Ellis Vestal, c.
Dalton Swaffar and H.. W. Taylor,
swine; J.. Wade Hendricks, poultry;
and Miss Mary E. Thomas, Miss
Pauline Gordon, Miss Willie N. Hun
ter, Miss Sallie Brooks, Miss Mamie,
Whisnant, and Miss Julia Mclver,
homemaking exhibits.