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American Agriculturist, September 6, 1924 
Some of Those Who Will Pitch 
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Barnyard Golfers All Set for A. A. Tournament at Syracuse 
S ELDOM has there been anything that has 
created more interest and real fun in New 
York State than the horseshoe pitching 
contest conducted by the farm bureaus of the 
different counties, and by the American Agri¬ 
culturist. We have already published some of 
Delaware winners, left to right, Fred Gray, George 
Tweedie, William Miller, Clyde Constable, all of 
Walton, N. Y. The winners hold the cup. 
The Cattaraugus winners are John Emke and Roy 
Waldron of Eddyville, second and third from the left. 
the winners in the local contests, and on this page 
are the names of the -winners in several more. Be¬ 
cause some of the contests are still to be held, we 
are sorry to be unable to publish the names 
of anywhere near all of those who will take 
part in the tournament at Syracuse, but full 
publicity will be given to all contestants later. 
Arrangements have been made for the 
elimination contests at Syracuse, near the 
coliseum, where fine outdoor courts are being 
prepared, and the grand final to determine 
the State championship will be held within the 
coliseum and will be witnessed by a good 
many thousand people. 
All contestants should register either 
Monday or as early Tuesday morning as 
possible of State Fair Week at the American 
Agriculturist tent where full instructions 
and information can be had. The rules 
which will govern the contest at Syracuse will 
be the same standard rules that have been 
used in the local contests. No one will be 
eligible at Syracuse unless he is a member of 
the teams which have won either first or 
second place at the local contests which were 
in charge of the county farm bureau agent. 
In other words, each county is privileged to 
send two teams, of four men, providing these 
men took part in the local contest and won 
first or second place. 
R. Q. Smith, county agent of DELAWARE 
COUNTY, says: 
“We are sending you under separate cover 
picture of our two highest teams in the barnyard 
golf contest taken after the ringers were made on 
the 21st—the day of our annual county picnic. 
The winners are: Fred Gray, George Tweedie, William 
Miller, Clyde Constable, all of Walton, New York. 
"The contest continued all day. The committee did 
very good work and there were loads of folks that found 
pleasure and entertainment along the side lines. We 
had over 5,000 people out. 
“The cup in the picture is one given by our com¬ 
mittee to winners.” 
P. L. Randolph, county agent of MADISON 
COUNTY, writes as follows: 
“We have completed our county horseshoe pitching 
tournament. George Philpot and Arthur Trew, both 
°f Munnsville, took first place and the Judd Brothers of 
Nelson, winners of last year’s tournament, took second 
Place. Judd Brothers represented Nelson Grange. 
“Both of these teams will compete at the State Fair.” 
OTSEGO COUNTY will be there of course. 
Rarlo P. Beals, county agent, says: 
“The winners of the horseshoe pitching contest at 
the Otsego County picnic were Howard Brown and 
Clyde Wright, both of Oneonta. These men are 
young men and both are planning on attending the 
State Fan- with the idea of working out in your contest 
there.” 
It Appeals to Old and Young. 
CHEMUNG COUNTY, represented by R. H. 
Hewitt, county agent, reports as follows: 
“The two teams which will compete in the horseshoe 
pitching contest are as follows: Roland Rose and Charles 
Moore, both Horseheads, New York, John Monks, 
Pine City, N. Y., and J. P. Moran, Elmira, N. Y. 
“Messrs. Rose and Moore won the contest at our 
picnic and were awarded a $10 prize.” 
The good old dairy county of SCHOHARIE 
has found time to forget the cows long enough to 
try out some golfers for the Syracuse contest. 
Ray F. Pollard, county agent, reports that the 
winners are Grover C. Guernsey and George 
Turner of East Cobleskill for first place, and 
Alfred Rickard and Charles Salsburg for second 
place. They will represent Schoharie County at 
Syracuse. Third position was won by Clayton 
Mattice and Wade Mattice, of North Blenheim. 
Harry C. Morse, county agent of FULTON 
COUNTY, announces that Clark Bennett and 
Floyd Fiske of Gloversville were their winners. 
Last but not least, Chester M. Austin, county 
agent of MONTGOMERY COUNTY, sends us 
the following report: 
E. D. Merrill, county agent of MONROE 
COUNTY, writes that Lester Shockow and Roy 
Shockow of West Henrietta are going to represent 
their county at Syracuse. 
J. C. Otis, county agent of LEWIS COUNTY, 
writes: 
“The two men who had the highest standing in our 
horseshoe pitching contest at the farm and home 
bureau picnic are George Higby, Turin, and Solon 
Gordon, Lowville. These men will represent Lewis 
County at the State Fair tournament.” 
Southwestern New r York is on the job too. 
CATTARAUGUS COUNTY reports through 
county agent 0. H. Chapin, that the winning team 
in the horseshoe pitching tournament were John 
Emke and Roy Waldron, of Eddyville. 
CHENANGO COUNTY will be there too. V. 
A. Fogg, county agent, says that over 8,000 folks 
attended the picnic. 
The horseshoe pitching contest kept a lot of 
men busy, and a lot more people interested all day. 
The winners are Herbert Coye, Norwich, and his 
son Afton Coye, Norwich, Walter Sanford, 
Otselic, and Charles Humphrey, Smyrna. 
William S. Stempfle, county agent of STEUBEN 
COUNTY, reports the following winners in his 
county: Allen Ball and Roy Clark of South Pultney. 
“Our sixth annual picnic and field day was held on 
Saturday last near Fonda in which the Fulton County 
Farm Bureau joined. Previous to this year very little 
has ever been done with barnyard golf in this county. 
This year the farm bureau provided a contest between 
Granges, the winners to receive a banner which will be 
attractive enough to hang in the Grange hall. It is 
understood that the prize will remain with the winning 
team but one year unless it can be retained against 
oncomers at each succeeding annual field day. Each 
year it passes to the winner in the field and the trophy 
will carry record of the winners. 
“We were especially pleased over the offer made by 
the American Agriculturist which has been an 
objective in our contests this year. Three Granges 
entered the contest, namely. Sprout Brook, Mohawk 
Valley and Palatine. Sprout Brook won first. The 
latter then tried with an independent team from Mina- 
ville, and was defeated. For this county, then, the 
Minaville team has the privilege of entering at Syracuse. 
The winners are Walter Wilkie and F. Robbins of 
Minaville. 
“We can look upon this year’s contest with real 
encouragement. A great deal of interest centered 
around the contests and no doubt another year will 
bring forth a greater number of Granges to participate. 
We wish to express appreciation for the sheet of rules 
which you forwarded for our use.” 
We repeat, these are by no means all of those 
who will compete at Syracuse. It is possible 
that some local contests have not been re¬ 
ported and several have not yet been held. 
Therefore, it is very evident that there is 
going to be a “hot time in Syracuse.” We 
hope that we are going to be able to keep 
the contestants throwing the shoes at the 
pegs and not at each other’s heads! 
MEET US AT THE FAIR. 
Hay—Most Important, Gets the Least 
Attention 
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generally, if taken from a scanty dried pasture 
make a quick gain, but about one week will cover 
the time of increased milk flow. During this 
period, whatever its length, we are decreasing the hay 
crop for the following year to feed twice the time. 
These are facts—not fancies. Hay should 
generally be fed in the fall, at least two months 
earlier than is customary, chiefly because the 
feeder hasn’t got it to feed and have enough to 
last through the winter when no other feed supply 
is at hand. The combination of purchased grain 
and poor pasture is altogether too frequent in 
dairy sections. I am not talking about larger 
hay crops for baling alone but to feed our cows. 
I know from our own plan of feeding hay 
every day in the year something about a cow’s 
capacity for hay and she will show the good effects 
in the summer-time if we do not wait until the 
flow is down. Then there will be very little to the 
good. There is no use in discussing methods of 
securing better crops or better cows or better morals 
or anything else in this world until we are thoroughly 
convinced that it is something we want and ought to 
have, and so concerning a hay crop on a dairy farm. 
If there could come over us a general conviction that a 
better market for hay is found on our own farms already 
established that would not call in the pressers or buyers 
or a second hauling, we would be interested and would 
find ways and means at once. 
