Submitted by Christine Gorman
Prize Winners in the Grain Competition
From the Daily Examiner, August 20, 1909 and August 31, 1909.
The judging of the competition in Standing Fields of Grain in King's and Queen's Counties was completed yesterday. The results are as follows:
King's County
Wheat
1st: D. P. Ross, Lower Montague 92 1/4
2nd: A. Macdonald, Little Pond 91 2
3rd: Jas. Howlett, Gowan Brae 90 2
4th : John Annear, Lower Montague 89 3/4
5th: T. J. Wigginton, Bridgetown 84
6th: John Howlett, Annadale 82 2
7th: C. B. Clay, Bridgetown 76 1/4
Oats
1st: F. G. Bovyer, Georgetown 93 1/4
2nd: J. Howlett, Annadale 89 1/3
3rd: A. J. Macdonald, Souris West 88
4th: James Howlett, Gowan Brae 86 3/4
5th: Richard Kickham, Souris West 85
6th: James Doyle, Summerville 83
7th: Richard Creed, Albion 78 1/2
8th: F. Hewitt, Montague 78 2
9th: T. J. Wigginton, Bridgetown 71 1/4
Barley
1st: G. W. Aitken, Aitken's Ferry 90
2nd: John Annear, Lower Montague 89 1/4
3rd: James Howlett, Gowan Brae 83 2
Farm Competition, King's County:
1st: James Howlett, Gowan Brae, 821 2 out of 890.
2nd: John Annear, Lower Montague, 781 out of 890.
3rd: J. AE. Macdonald, Little Pond, 755 2 out of 890.
4th: James Doyle, Summerville, 607 out of 890.
Queen's County
Wheat
1st: G. MacMillan, Cornwall 92 1/4
2nd: Arthur McEachern, Royalty 91
3rd: Patrick Corish, Southport, 90 1/4
4th: A. A. McBeth, Marshfield 89
5th: Jas. Macdonald, Vernon 85 !/2
6th: Tobias Cody, Hazelbrook. 78 3/4
7th: -
8th: -
Oats
1st: Isaac M. Doughart, Long River 97
2nd: J. A. Clark, Bay View 96 3/4
3rd: James Macdonald, Vernon 88 2
4th: Ira L. Rodd, North Milton 88
5th: James Simpson, Bay View 86
6th: Alexander Kennedy, Southport 82
7th: Gordon MacMillan, Cornwall 79
8th: Tobias Cody, Hazelbrook 76 3/4
Medal for Best Kept, Managed and Cultivated Farm for Queen's County, won by William Clark, North Wiltshire.
(Daily Examiner, August 31, 1909)
Prince County
Wheat
1st: J. B. Henderson, Bedeque
2nd: J. E. Murphy, Augustine Cove
3rd: Michael McCabe, Central Bedeque
4th: Colin T. Wright, Middleton.
5th: Thomas Waugh, North Bedeque.
6th: James Fairbanks, New Annan.
Oats
1st: Thomas Waugh, North Bedeque
2nd: Austin Scales, St. Eleanors.
3rd: R. F. Lord, Tryon.
4th: E. Arsenault, Urbanville.
5th: Jos. A. Taylor, Freetown.
6th: Horace Wright, Bedeque.
Barley
1st: J. B. Henderson, Bedeque
2nd J. A. Taylor, Freetown.
3rd: A. E. McLean, Central Lot 16.
4th: Charles Craig, Middleton.
The medal for Best Kept, Managed and Cultivated Farm for Prince County was won by G. W. W. Cameron, Augustine Cove.