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HomeMy WebLinkAboutX2023-006-243PRIZE LIST FOURTEENTH ANNUAL Rural School Fall Fair To be held by Brougham Rural School Fair Association —AT— BROUGHAM SCHOOL GROUNDS Wednesday, September 29 1926 x DIRECTORS Pearl Mercer, S. S. No. 5, Pickering Beatrice Fuller, S. S. No. 6, Pickering Ruby Mitchell, S. S. No. 8, Pickering Mildred Mantle, S. S. No. 9, Pickering• Verna Middleton, S. S. No. 10. Pickering Clara White, S. S. No. 11, Pickering Kenneth Madill, S. S. No. 12, Pickering Leona Wilson, S. S. No. 13, Pickering R. A. Hutchinson, W. M. Croskery, P. S. I., Whitby Dept. of Agric., Uxbridge, Ont. Prize List Judging will commence at 10.30 a. m. Six ribbons are offered for each class in addi- tion to regular cash prizes. PRIZ c, 25c, 20c, 15c, lOc. Classes 1 to 78 inclusive and ribbons. Classes 79 to 86 inclusive -EN 70c, 60c, 50c, 40c, all others 30c. $2.00, Special Classes 1, 2 and 3-OPM, $1.50, $1.00 POTATOES Class 1-Irish Cobblers, 6 tubers 2-Irish Cobblers, 1 peck from home garden 3-Green Mountains, 6 tubers 4-Green Mountains, 1 peck, from home garden GRAIN Class 5-Barley, 0. A. C. 21, 1 pint 6-Oats, Banner, 1 pint 7-Sheaf of Oats, any variety, named, 3 inches in diameter 87-Sheaf of Barley, any variety, named, 3 inches in diameter. 9-Sheaf of Wheat, any variety, named, 3 inches in diameter. NOTE -Sheaves of grain should show full length of straw and should be selected from .he standing crop. Prizes will not be awarded for sheaves that are not hand -selected. CORN Class 10-Sweet Corn, Golden Bantam, 3 ears 11-Flint Corn, any variety, named, 3 ears 12-Dent Corn, Golden Glow, 3 ears NOTE -Husks should be removed from all ex- hibits of ear Corn. ROOTS AND VEGETAZES Class 13-Mangels, Giant White Sugar, 3 roots 14-Mangels, any variety, 1 root named 15-Turnips, Good Luck, 3 roots 16.-Turnips, any variety, 1 root, named 17-Table Beets, Detroit Dark Red, 6 speci- mens 18-Table Beet, any variety, named, 1 speci- men 19-Table Carrots, Chantenay, 6 specimens 20-Table Carrot, any variety, named, 1 speci- men 21-Parsnips, Hollow Crown, 6 specimens 22-Onions, Yellow Globe Danvers, 6 speci- mens 23-Onion, any variety, named, 1 specimen 24-Pumpkin, any variety, 1 specimen 25-Citron, any variety, 1 specimen NOTE -Tops of roots and vegetables should be removed but not too closely trimmed. FRUIT Class 26-Apples, Snow, plate of 5 27-Apples, Spy, plate of 5 28-Apples, Fall variety, named, plate of 5 29-Apples, Winter variety, named, plate of 5 30-Pears, any variety, named, plate of 5 31-Tomatoes, any variety, plate of 5 NOTE -Fruit should be free from bruises and blemishes, uniform in size and shape and of good color. FLOWERS Class 32-Cosmos, table bouquet 33-Salpiglossis, table bouquet 34-Asters, Giant Comet, mixed, table bouquet 35-Zinnias, dining -room table bouquet ' 36-French Marigolds, dining room table bouquet 37-African Marigolds, table bouquet 38-Mixed Flowers, table bouquet 39-Asters, open class, may be secured from any source. NOTE -Variety, quality and arrangement will be considered when judging and bouquets in classes 35 and 36 should be suitable for dining -room table. COOKING Class 40-Breakfast tray for invalid 41-Fruit Tarts, 1 dozen 42-Plain Cookies, by girl under 12 ,years, 1 dozen 43-Tea Biscuits, Y2 dozen 44-Layer Cake, light 45-Layer Cake, dark 46-Box containing school lunch for one 47-1 pint jar Mixed Pickles 48-1 pint jar Pickled Beets 49-1 pint jar Canned Raspberries SEWING AND NEEDLEWORK Class 50-Hemmed Dish Towel, by girl under 10 years 51-Slipover Apron, Gingham, with straps at, back and binding at neck, 4th class 52-Hand made Towel, hemstitched with em- broidered initial. 53-Hand embroidered centre piece 54-Crocheting with cotton 55-Knitting 56-Darning with wool 57-Patching on an old garment NATURE STUDY (Collection) Class 58-Collection of snapshots of nature, mounted 59-Collection of varieties of apples, each variety named, not more than 25 varieties 60-Collection of drawings of common birds, made by pupil 61-25 native woods NOTE -All collections must be neatly mounted and named. Collections of woods must be 4 inches long and one half or more inches thick and cut to show bark and grain of wood. WRITING AND DRAWING Class 62-Writing, 4th class, "To The Dandelion" page 300 63-Writing, 3rd class, "In the Elder Days of Art", page 70 64-Writing, 2nd class, "If Men cared less for Wealth and Fame", page 214 65-Writing, 1st class, "There are no Fairy Folk" page 75 (in pencil) �> 66-Crayon Drawing of a Flower, 1st Class �> 67-Illustration of a season or holiday, 2nd class 68-Pen and Ink Drawing, 3rd class 69-Water Color Drawing, 4th class NOTE -All work in classes 62 to 69 must be clone at school and certified by teacher. MANUAL TRAINING Class 70-Pair Book Ends 71-Towel Holder, Roller Type. (Pupils over 12 years of age) 72-Self-feeding grit hopper for poultry, full size, 3 compartments POULTRY Class 73-Barred Plymouth Rock, cockerel 74-Barred Plymouth Rock, Pullet 75-Barred Plymouth Rock, cockerel and two pullets from home flock 76-White Leghorn Cockerel and two pullets from home flock NOTE -Separate birds will be required for each entry of poultry. Wire coops for exhibiting will be supplied. Class 77-Pair Rabbits 78-Pair Pigeons LIVE STOCK Class 79-Beef calf heifer 80-Beef calf, steer 81-Lamb ewe or wether, short wool 82-Lamb ewe or wether, long wool Live stock must be born after January 1st, 1926, and must be property of pupils' home. Training and grooming will in all cases be taken into consideration when awarding prizes. CONTESTS Class 83-Public speaking for boys, 3 minute speech 84-Public speaking for girls, 3 minute speech 85-Inter-school button sewing contest, open to teams of three girls from a school, each girl to sew on two buttons. Judged on basis of work- manship and speed. Contestants provide white thread aid needles. 86-Inter-school Live Stock Judging contest. open to teams of three boys from a school. Con- testants will judge one class of beef calves and one of short wool lambs, and mark placings on cards furnished. SPECIAL CLASSES (These classes will not be considered when award- ing the Shield.) Competition will be on a whole school basis, not single rooms. Class 1. Parade and Physical Drill All schools will line up in order of School Sec- tion Number at 1 p. in., and parade twice around grounds led by School Fair Director carrying school flag or banner. They will then line up and cacti in turn will have a chance to sing a song or give school Yell after which the Strathcona Exercises wiil be gone through. These will consist of five exercises each given three times. The parade and drill will be judged together. The object of the parade is to show the parenes and other spectators the number of children in School Fair work and the drill, of course, is distinctly beneficial to the children as well as being interesting to spectators. Elaborate decorating and fancy dressing (which is costly) is not desired, although simple methods of school identification are quite in order. It is not desirable that fnuch school time be used in preparing for the parade and drill. Fifteen minutes per day is suggested as a reasonable time. The parade and drill will be judged on the fol- lowing basis: — Marching 15 Arrangement 5 Singing or school yell 10 Attendance 10 Discipline and precision and effort 60 Class 2—SCHOOL ART EXHIBIT To consist of 4 specimens of Art. One each done by 4 pupils of a school and all mounted on single piece of cardboard. May be water color, free hand or crayon. Class 3. SCHOOL WRITING EXHIBIT To consist of 4 specimens of Writing. One done by pupil of each of the four classes. 8 lines each. HOME GARDEN EXHIBIT Open only to those who received Home Garden Seeds from the Department. To consist of three specimens each of ten vegetables from the Home Garden. Prizes: 50c, 40c, 30c, and ribbons THE CHAMPIONSHIP SILVEW"SHIELD This trophy will be awarded to the school win- ning the greatest number of points per pupil on the roll, shield to be won three times before becoming permanent property of the winner. This Shield was won in 1923 by S. S. 10, Pickering, and in 1924 by S. S. No. 5, Pickering and in 1925 by S. S. No. 10, Pickering. COUNTY COUNCIL SILVER MEDAL For Champion Exhibitor The Ontario County Council has donated a suitably engraved Silver Medal to be awarded to the individual exhibitor who wins the greatest number of points at the Fair. Previous winners not eligible. CERTIFICATE OF HONOR A certificate of honor will be awarded to the pupil in each school winning the highest number of points at the School Fair. TRIP A free trip to Toronto to the boy and girl win- ning the highest number of points in the School Fair. Previous winners not eligible. First prize, 6 points; second, 5 points; third, 4 points; fourth, 3 points; fifth, 2 points; sixth, 1 point. PROGRAM FOR THE DAY Until 10.15 A. M. Exhibits in place 10.30 A. M. Judging commences in the tent or hall 11-12 Contests, sewing and judging Noon —Lunch 1.15 P. M. Program of races, etc. 2.30 P. M. Tent open for inspection of exhibits 4.00 P. M. Payment of prize money 4.15 P. M. Removal of exhibits RULES 1. No entry fee will be charged for any exhibit. 2. All exhibits must be the property or work of the exhbitor and must be certified to in case of dispute, by parent, guardian or teacher. 3. No pupil may make more than one entry in any one class. 4. Exhibits in classes 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 73, 74, must be from seeds or eggs received from the De- partment of Agriculture in the spring of 1925. 5. Exhibits in classes 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 20, 23, 24, 25, 75, 76, 79, to 82 inclusive, must be from home garden or farm and must be work of V exhibitor. (f 6. Exhibits in classes 26 to 31 inclusive, 38, 39, 77 to 78 inclusive, may be obtained from any source, the object being to teach the pupil how to select. Actual selection to be done by pupil. 7. Exhibits of previous years must not be entered again for competition. 8. Competition for the shield will be on a one - room basis. That is, each room in a school of two or more rooms will be considered as a separate unit in so far as School Fair work is concerned. 9. The number of entries, as far as possible, must be made to the School Fair Director, who will then advise W. M. Croskery, Department of Agriculture, Uxbridge, of total number of entry tickets needed, at least one week before the Fair. 10. All exhibits must be in place by 10.15 a. in. and left until 4.15 p. in. 11. Pupils shall mean boys and girls who have attended Public School at least six weeks since Jan- uary 1st, 1926, or who are attending Public School at the time of the Fair. 12. Any person found guilty of wilfully breaking the rules of the Fair shall not receive a prize and will be barred from exhibiting for one ,year. 13. All exhibits are at the owners' risk, but will be protected as far as possible by the Fair Manage- ment. APPRECIATION The School Fair Association wishes to thank altr' those who have in any way contributed to the suc- cess of the Fair.