The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-06-26
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from tho rarmer,s clr,nislsl
Thn oAio stato Fair

from the Farmers Clirohieis1
The Ohio State Fair
The Premium List for the Ninete' nth A.
nuai State fair isiow ready for disiribl
kop. We do not think we can be charged
Win ftatisrnn,ling the proper limits Oi pro.
priety whom wo say that we belie'e that
the ohio State Board of Agriculture, from
ttr first organization to tho present time
nt.ti Il now has been in existence twenty
two years has been more efficient and
saccessful than any other similar Board IN
the Union. This efficiency and succcss we
believe In due iva mpch gr attr degree to
the plan Of its organization than to auy other
element. The Presidents Of County Agri.
cultural Societies IN tho Stale constitute the
real State Board at their annual meeting
they oloct Eve members annually to serve
two years ! this makes Board consisting
of ton members who enjoy their position by
virtue of tho votes OF the Presidents ol
county societies. ln some States persons
become members of the State Board or State
Society by the payment Of a foe, for Que,
five, ten years, or for lifc--in proportion TO
tho fee. Hero in Ohio majority OF uo
votes cast IN tho annual convention is
not only the only fee, but the only means
by which membership may be acquired
period only, members elect must necessarily
feel that they are put upon their good DO.
haviOur' for u continuance of their position;
hence every member has not only felt an
interest in tho successful operations Of the
Society, but have devoted time ahd labor
10 insure success
Some States exact fec from exhibitors
for the privilege of competing for premi.
ums aud then in addition to fixed fee
exact certain per cent. of the premium
competed for as an additional lee. Mem
bors of the OHIO Board, believing that
liberal and generous dealing with cxhibi.
tors would insure lar creator success
than few dollars cxacted from thoIn at
the Secretary's Office, entirely abolished
everything in the form OF fec for
the privilege Of exhibiting or compel
ing for premiums. Tho result OF this sys-
TEN has fully justified their expectations
no State Society can boast greater mum.
Der OF exhibitors or a greater variety OF
AriiclesGn exhibition. .t
Then, too, tho premiums have always
been AZ liberal as the funds at the command
of tho Board would permit not only
liberal in print, but the premiums properly
awarded wero always promptly paid. We
are informed that the Board this year offers
very considerably increased premiums.
In the live stock department at the pres
ont premium list wo observe two changes
the first is the introduction OF class OF
Dairy Stock" with very appropriate aud
liberal premiums the second is tho entire
omission of the so.called Cashmere G0dts." "
We arc in doubt whether this omission
will keep the goats away from the fair, or
whether it will prevent any of our fancy
farmers for paying a Thousand dollars Tor
q thoroughbred billy goat" or whether
it will convince tho goat tanoiers TINT the
clip is not worth six dollars per pound, for
FIVE years TO come.
The live stock premiums for 1868 are al
follows Horses, S3,O29i cattle, Sl,7l5;
sheep, 81 ,l42; swine, $3.50; poultry, SSSi
total, $1,000
The premiums offered in this depart
ment at the second State Fair, 1881, were
az follows Horses, S595; cattle, 1891
sheep, 1868; swine, SOL poultry, $47i
total, 81 1913, or less than 5000 more thai
ia now offered on cattle alone. 81, .... ,...f
Our horticultural friends will und0ubt
edly bo gratfed with the premiums Offered
in that department. We observe that the
flower list has been restored, and the
premiNms In the other chsses increased III
follows Apples, $3l2i peaches, S92
pears, Sl75 uuinces, $l3; pIuma, SIG
grapes, SIG; total, ST5l. Potatoes. $GS.
Anew feature has been added in 4" Farm
Products" namely, first and secon,
premium in The aggregate amounting 4
forty dollars for specimens OF meadow ant
pasture grasses growing in pots also tw'
premiums, amounting to forty dollars, 70
the bestand largest display Of meadow an
pasture grass seeds. There are severa
hundred grasses in tho United States, bu
with the exception of timothy, red.toT
orchard grasH, and blue grass all the other
are nearly unknown to our farmers-a goo'
display of the several varieties Of grRsse
TO the number (ten) required by the Board
may do something towards introducing, o
attracting attention to valuable grasse
e not now in cultivation.
Since 1852 tho Board has offered an az
gregato OF premiums ranging from tw,
hundred and fifty to Eve hundred dollar
per annWn on field crops, on fully one
fourth ofwhioh there never has been NOR
than single competitor, and the spac
occupied by, tho other three.fourtbs i
tho pretaium list might Just us well hav
been left blank Why is this Are tn
premiums too small Is fifty dollars pre-
MUM not enough on FIVE acres of who0t
Why are there no competitors for this pre-
MUM Ia thirty bushels per acre NOR
than can be grown IN Ohiof p ~
We meet with frequent statements {
eighty to ono hundred bushels OF corn pc
acre; the Board offers fifty dollars PR
mam on five acres of corn, not less tina
Boventy.6ve bushels per acre cannot som
ono obtain THE premium this season
Then there are premiums on rye, barle.
eats, beans, buckwbeat, etc., etc. (.
The Board has new aud most elegai
design of a diploma now in the hands
very skilful and competent engravc
and which is to be flushed in the highe
style Of the new art of acknowledgement
Persons desiring premium lists will
furnished, on application by letter
otherwise, to the Secretary II. H. Xii
part), Columbus, Ohio.