Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1915 — Poultry and Corn Club Work. [ARTICLE]

Poultry and Corn Club Work.

The Boys’ and Girls’ Club work which was started last spring under the supervision of County Agent Barrett, is now being completed at the poultry show. Considering the fact that the work was left practically without a leader during the summer and consequently many of the boys and girls became discouraged and did not complete their work, and also considering the fact that this was a very poor year for crops, they have made a very good showing. Thirteen boys have completed the work in the corn club and liave samples on exhibition at the show, while eleven girls have exhibits of chickens. The following is a list of the boys and girls:

BARKLEY Miss Marie Moore. Miss Bessie Moore. Miss Blanche Peterson. ?4iss Pearl Peterson. Miss Hazel Brouhard. .Mr. Lowell Peterson. Mr. Lawrence Brouhard. CARPENTER Miss Cecile Fisher. Miss Zoe Jordan. Mr. Robert Smalley. Mr. Clermont Stack. GILLAM Mr. Edward Ryan. HANGING GROVE Miss Laura Maxwell. .k. JORDAN Mr. Hurshell Bice. KANKAKEE George Schreiber. MARION Miss Anna Spangle. Miss Lila Peek. Mr. Marquis Peek. NEWTON ■Mr. John Stockton. UNION < Mr. Lonzo Wiseman. WAIiKER _ Miss Elsie Peer. » Mr. James Alexander. 4 WHEATFIELD Mr. Archie Hendrix. Mr. Harold Kennedy. ‘ In townships where there were only one entrance a definite score was not figured out-. However, in

Barkley, Carpenter and Wheatfield townships there were two contestants. In Barkley township Lawrence Brouhard won with’a score of 83.87 points against Lowell Peterson with 81.85 points. Brouhard had the largest yield reported in the county, namely 89 bushels on one acre. This was new ground and had received careful cultivation. In Wheatfield

township Harold Kennedy won with against 88.6 points for Archie Hendrix. These scores are competed for the township and are not comparative in regard to the county. The best 10 ears were exhibited by Harold Kennedy, and scored 80 per cent. In Carpenter township the-wlnner had not been decided at this writing, as one of the boys took his report home to make some change and has not yet returned it to Superintendent Lamson. Several good birds were exhibited by the girls and they were able to capture some.prizes in the show in competition with the older and more experienced poultrymen. The awards in the different townships at this time has not been made. Mr. Pickett, the judge in the poultry show, has taken a great Interest in these girls who have entered the contest and besides ogerlng as a reward to each one who had entered the contest a year’s subscription'to the Inland Poultry Journal, has also written a personal letter to each of them, offering suggestions as to how they might improve on the care of their birds. ' The original plan of this club work was to send the winning boy and girl in each township to Purdue for the Week’s Short Course and this generally will be carried out, though some townships have not yet raised the necessary money. Supt. Lamson will go to Purdue next Monday with those boys and girls who are successful.