Oarner Consolidated School October Marks Report
The following are the marks obtained by Grades VI VII and VIII for the month of October. Grade VI
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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 24, 1927
Page
6
The following are the marks obtained by Grades VI VII and VIII for the month of October. Grade VI
The document lists prizes for seed quality including Best 1 bushel wheat varieties, barley, flax, and rye. Best 4 bushels of clover and bank crops. top potatoes and turnips. mangels and beets. and fodder crops with sums in dollars and cents. Directors arrange storage to prevent freezing for potatoes turnips mangels and beets.
Seed fair rules specify single year grain exhibits from 1927 with fixed seed quantities for sale including Marquis Wheat Ruby Wheat Garnet Wheat Quality Wheat Durum or Macaroni Wheat Oats Barley Grass Seed Potatoes. Purchasers have thirty days after the fair to obtain grain at a premium not over 25 percent over Fort Willam pine price. If prize winners cannot supply, intended purchasers are affected.
Officials remind exhibitors of seed and grain fair rules including reporting parties to the Secretary, forfeiture of prizes for noncompliance, membership costs, noxious impurities disqualifications, one entry per section, labeling requirements after judging, a signed declaration about seed selection, and entry deadlines with judging to begin at 10 a.m. The Directors reserve the right to keep one quart of all grain samples.
The rules specify killing by bleeding and sticking after fasting, birds shown undrawn and trussed, dry plucked with feathers removed from the upper neck, pullets excluded from sections, culling older birds for eggs or dressed show, and exhibitors may enter any number of entries in each poultry section.
The score sheet lists a 40 point appearance section for properly killed dressed and plucked fowl with key items such as freedom from bruises and absence of pin feathers. It also includes a 25 point quality section covering skin, meat texture, carcass condition, and spur size. A 35 point flesh line item covers breast bone coverage, breast depth and width, back coverage, pelvis coverage and absence of patchiness.
The 1927 financial statement shows expenses for rent, stamps, programs and insurance totaling a large amount with cash in bank 245 65. A delegate conference with Agricultural societies in the Hamiota area discussed exhibit rules and prize classifications and endorsed rules on stock feeding and dairy fair emphasis for next year.
A readable roster lists Hon. Presidents P. W. Thompson and Dr M A Whimster along with officers P. W. Thompson H A McIntosh and J Rankin. It includes vice presidents Wm Keemch H L Albright and many others across Oak River Cardale Miniota and Crandall.
The program lists a 1 30 meeting of the Resolutions Committee with Middleton McFarland and Albright, followed by an address of welcome by G S Anderson mayor of Hamiota and a president's address by M A Whimster. Discussion of trustees problems and officers election are planned. Church Ladies Aid to serve at Zion Church basement.
An evening program includes O Canada, The Far Away Bells, Thorn, and a Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes illustrated lecture by Dr. J. W. Shipley of Manitoba. Violin solos by P. W. Thompson and Mrs. G. Bartlett and G. H. Ruttan perform. All interested in Education are invited to attend and participate.
The Decker Women's Institute reports a 192? year with 32 members, 10 regular and two special meetings, and Empire Day candy treats for children. They hosted an At Home for newcomers, two masquerades, three silver teas, and directed funds to the Children's Aid Society Gimli Grace Hospital and local welfare. They made two quilts, packed a train lunch, donated fabric for layettes, sent flowers to the sick, and presented a silver tray to Mrs Cooper. Minutes note papers by Mrs Thompson on Horticulture and Mrs Armstrong on a trip to Germany. Gross receipts totaled 158 64. president Mrs W Hatton and vice-president noted.
Ident listed shows Mra MacFarren as treasurer Mies Ivy Clack as secretary Mre B Hane as half secretary and Mrs A L Docker among officials in the provisional board roster.
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