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The fifth annual New Castle County 4-H Calf Club Show at J. Wirt Willis' Coweview Farms in Glasgow featured over 50 entries. Miss Mildred Clements won top honors with her Jersey cow, attended by 250 from Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, judged by Dr. Devoe Meade.
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More Than 50 Animals Exhibit on J. Wirt Willis' Coweview Farms, Glasgow
MISS M. CLEMENS WINS
More than 50 entries were shown in the fifth annual New Castle County 4-H Calf Club Show which was held Saturday at J. Wirt Willis' Coweview Farms at Glasgow.
Miss Mildred Clements, of Glasgow, carried off the highest honors with her 2-year-old Jersey cow. More than 250 persons from Delaware and nearby Pennsylvania and Maryland attended the show and Dr. Devoe Meade, of the University of Maryland judged the animals. The sweepstakes prize was awarded to Miss Clements and the champion showman prize was awarded to Lewis Haggerty, of Newark, with his Guernsey cow. The fitting prize was won by Miss Clemens. Other awards were as follows:
Jerseys—Cow two-year or over, first, Mildred Clements; senior yearling heifers, Dorothy Cornell, Glasgow; junior yearlings, J. Wirt Rheuby, Glasgow; senior calf Joseph Mitchell, 4th, Hockessin; junior calf, Hannah R. Mitchell, Hockessin.
Guernseys—Cow two years or over, Lewis Haggerty, Newark; senior yearlings, Anna Haggerty, Newark; junior yearling, Jane Spatts, Newark; senior calf Lewis Haggerty, junior calf, George Lynam, Newark. Lynam also won the championship for the Guernsey breed.
Holstein-Friesian Cow two years or over, Earl Roberts, Middletown; junior yearling, Charles Nelson, Newark; senior calf, Earl Roberts; junior calf, Thomas Keim, Delaware City.
Ayrshires—Cow two-years or over, John T. Wilson, Jr., St. Georges.
The following dairymen of the county had charge of the arrangements for the show: J. Wirt Willis Glasgow; J. D. Reynolds, Middletown; F. Ed. Hitchens, Newark; L. T. Staats, Newark; Paul Mitchell, Hockessin; P. D. Folwell, Newark; G. C. Gilmore, Newark; J. A. Correll, Bear; R. R. Case, Wilmington, and County Club Agent G. M. Worrilow, Newark.
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J. Wirt Willis' Coweview Farms, Glasgow, New Castle County, Delaware
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Over 50 calves exhibited in the fifth annual 4-H Calf Club Show. Miss Mildred Clements won sweepstakes with her Jersey cow; Lewis Haggerty won champion showman with Guernsey; various breed awards to participants from Glasgow, Newark, Hockessin, Middletown, Delaware City, St. Georges.