Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-22
VOL. XI---NO:. g..
Emitted states E.six:

The s.yenth aunnal exhibition # the
Urjted Ss,tes Ayri,hit'.r Il S"c'e'y VIA! W
held ON the grnnn,is ot Mr.. drtvts, atS Sot.
,ave Grove. near q .icaf 80, frOm tho latn OF
Ssptrrnbrr to he IL inclusive.
Col. Capron, Superintendent, Is now en-
pare1 in erecting the necessary on1''nsr'
10, and has already 2oO,Oo0 feet OF lonosr
on the ground. A,r
The premium List reaches about *lS,.
900. to which are to he added volunteer
premiums by the ci'iz MS OF Chicago. lhs
cash premiums range $500 to 80
Entries can he ma de from the 9TH to the
l2th Of Septe,r Der 1t noon. Person ihten-
ding Il, exhibit must become annual meln-
bera.
The premiums are tn he paid ON tho
Ia,t day OF th,. Fair. or the week thereaf e!,
ut Chicac,. Sales ,,,ay be made by exhib'.
rs during the Fair, nnder regulations pro.
scribed by tie Sup rin'endei.t.
In the Cattle i. psrtment!. the highest
priz. il 300. For the best three year OLD
grade cows, $50; miloh cnwssal"; bet
woke of working oxen, ,1t"ur yenrnlG. s. !;
steers. SIG; bullocks, 50; COW tr heites,
$35.
F.r the best IN r,ugl'-breda aSstallons or
mares, 6lUo, s'hlpHo anu ""A0" 'o' US
work, $50: saddle tn.r es. $685.. trotting
5, alio and maros, SlOO each.
For sheep the highest premium offered
$50; s'anght I'd mutton, $i0.;: goats.
$40; poultry S., and a premium "f $40. foe
The best collection IF poultry not less thnn
an hundredsin number.
The best sample Of com, when', oats, rye,
barley, buck wheat grass see mil'ct. &C.,
s.; best sugar from sorgh", Slo; pesat~s,
IS other Vegetables, ss; best butter, $2O
best cheese, $50.
In the horticultural Dep rtrnent. prizes
of $50 are offered for the best apples, pears,
peaol,es aud pinm> $40, for the best ma
tive grape. $40, for wines; $40, for dahl.
ias. verbenas, roses and cut h'wers: $c5t
for the best collection IF house plants.
liberal prizes are also tfered tor tie best
br cad, cakes, fruit, butter, domestic fabrics,
knit; ing W ork, ladies work, and 'orna,nen-
tai work and the Other products OF the house.
hold department.
Silver and bronze medals are Offered for
the various agricultural machines, all H.
chapical aud manufacturing pro'!uctio .,
paintings, daguerreo. pes, architecture, in
slrumcu,s, chemists, products and mL sical
instruments.
For the best msnag ID farm in the Unitet
States, a diploma Of hon r and silver med-
Al is offered, and the same for the l'essipa"-
ta,i on; also the best farm crops for 1889,
the same.
The sa:ne prizes are offered for the ac-
count of the best experiments, and essays %"
agricultural SUBJECTS.
There are 1928 classes OF premiums EN-
bracing everything in agriculture, >cieuc. .
and art, worthy of merit. OF course W.
have given but IL brief synopsis, there being
thousands Of articles which come In for
prs.
The Secretary announces that 'nealher
labor nor e1pe,~e will be spared to rendsr
the exhibition OF 80 worthy of tho city in
which it is t. b. Ill, of the Great Wet,
where it was located by vote # the Soc.et y
and of the United States OF America, Whose
citizens will compete for the PRICES.
The proprietors of the following pubic
hou,es have pledged themselves t. the s.
ciety to charge but the. following rates pc"
day and night during the l,"lding Of the Fair:
fremont Richmond, BrSy ard Adams
Houses. $3.50; Metropolitan, M,ssassoit, I,
Revere and Matterson, $500 City, Sollit;,
Garden City, Hatch's, Foster and Sherman,
$3.50; and the New York aud Merchant's
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