Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-09-17
Marshall County Horticultural Fair.
[oHS COLEMAN, Secretary.

CcHS OOLsnAS, Secretary.
Marshall County Agricultural Fair.
The third Annual Fair of the Marshall
County Agricultural Society will be held
at Plymouth, Ind, on Friday and Satur-
day Oct. 18th and 18th 1857, open to all
free of charge, under the following
RULES AND REGULATIONS:
l. Any person residing in Marshall
County, can become member by paying
one dollar to the Society.
.. Competitors for premiums must be
members Of the Society.
3. AL! articles must be entered on the
books of the Secretary before they are
placed on the ground, and must possess
more than ordinary merit to entitle them to
premium.
4. a card will he furnished to exhibi-
tors. numbered to correspond with the
books of the Secretary, which card must
be placed on the article exhibited.
5. All articles entered for premiums
must have been owned by the member pre-
senting it at least ten days before the fair.
And all products of the farm, Dairy, Or
chsrd, or Mechanical production must have
been produced bo the Exhibitor.
6. No article can compete for more than
one premium.
Z. All articles entered for premiums
must be entered and on the ground on first
day of the fair, except live stock, which
may be entered at any time prior to 10
o'clock on the 2nd day under the same
r,,loS nd boz bn far
closes except by leave of the Society.
8. Awarding Committees will meet on
the fair grounds at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, on
the LIST day of the fair, and receive list
of the articles belonging to their class; and
make final report to the Secretary by II
O'Clock the 2nd day.
8. Competitors on Cultivated Farms
must furnish statement in writing, show
ing the mode of Cultivation, kind of pre-
vious crops, the present years crop, and
quantity produced per acre.
10. Competitors on farms, ETC., as EMU
merated in class A. of the premiums, must
make their entries on or before the Both
day of Sept; so that the awarding commit
tee may have time to examine and make
full report on or before the first day of the
fair. is
IL. The standard weights and measures
Of the State must be used in computing
crops, farms, &C.
IL. Competitors on Butter must state in
writing. the number of milkings, treatment
of the milk, mode Of churning and making
the butter, and when put down with Com
position-unlcss it be a secret recipe-the
ingredients and properties shall be given,
the kind of pasture, and { il any, what other
food was used.
Is. Competitors on Cheese must state
in writing, the time it was male, the mum
Der of Cows MIXED and number of milk
quantity of rennet used, the mode of press
ing and treatment of the cheese while sea
soning.
IL. None but Committees and member:
of the Society will be admjtted on the Isl
day.
Is. The fair will be opened on the sec
ond day free of charge.
Is. No vehicle will be admitted on the
ground during the fair except those enter
ed for premium or those necessary t,
convey articles for exhibition. nor will any
horse or other animal be admitted which
is not entered for premium.
IL. An address will be delivered at
O'Clock on the End day, after which In
premiums will be proclaimed and paid from
the stand.
Is. The several committees will, as 500
as their decision is made, designate tn
successful article by attaching thereto,-
the best red ribband. 2nd best blue nib
band and 3rd best white ribband.
10. To save time and prevent confusion
on the first day Of the fair, members are re
quested to call on the Secretary at his res
idence at any time after the 10Th day {
September and make their entries-the
articles will be received on the fair groun
on the presentation Of their card, and will
out detention.
20. Each Committee with the SecretaI
shall have power to fill all vacancies TIN
may occur by the absence of any Commi
teemen.
ID. s. CONGER, Pres.