The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-08-27
From the Lawrence Republican Journal.
THE STATE FAIR AND THE PREMIUM
LIST.

LIST.
The Kansas State Fair, as our readers
are aware, will be held at Lawrence, OF
the It'll, 9Th, 9th and 10th of Sep
TENDER. We trust suitable prepare
tions are being made all over the State
to make the exhibition one worthy o
our grandly prosperous and growing
State, and not merely a second elias!
county show. Let us all, from all part;
and sections of the State, try and make
this exhibition a success in every sense
of the word. Let us make one united
and vigorous effort to consummate this
result, and show that we can get up an
exhibition worthy of Kansas, or in the
future cease all attempts in this direc-
ton, and confess that there isn't enter
/ prise enough to get up a decent State
Fair, and admit that we take no special
interest in agriculture, upon which the
wealth and prosperity of our State is
founded.
The farmers of Kansas, this year, can
well afford to all meet together and
have gala day of rejoicing over their
splendid prosperity and the bountiful
yield of their crops. But the State Fair
is intended for something more than
this. 1t has higher purposes and ends
than mere festivity and rejoicing,
though these are all well enough in their
place, and there will be no objection to
mutual congratulation among farmers
and friends over our fine prospects.
The Fair, if properly attended and the
exhibition is what it should be and can
be, will wonderfully advertise the State,
and the facts that one can gather from
close observation and inquiry as to
methods of culture, will amply repay
any one for the expense incurred in at
tendance. The premium list, though
perhaps not as complete as it might have
been and certainly not as full as could
have been desired, and as it would have
been had the society the means to carry
out their good intentions and purposes,
is Il very good list, and shows evidences
of careful preparation, as the following
abstract will show: First comes cattle,
great source of wealth to Kansas The
premiums for short horns, bulls, range
from $1,000 to SIS; for bulls, cows and
calves, $1,000 to $500; Devons, from
$500 to $500; Ayrshires, $500 to
$500; Attorneys and other breeds,
grades and crosses, $500 to $500;
mich cows, $500 to $1,000; work
oxen and steers, $1,000; best herd of
one bull and four cows, all to be of one
breed and owned by exhibitor, $1,000;
best five calves, not over two years old,
sired by one bull, and shown with sire,
$1,000; best cattle, of any breed, $500;
sweepstakes diploma. The premiums
for thoroughbred stations range from
$4,000 to $500; thoroughbred mares,
$1,000; roadsters, $1,000 to $1,000
mares, $1,000 to $500; horses of ali
work, $4,000 to $500; mares, $1,000 to
5000; draft horses, $1,000 to $500;
matched horses and mares, $1,000 !.
4 n nfNe
saddle horses, $1,000; trotters, $500
to $1,000; sweepstakes, diploma lacks
and mules, $1,000 to $500. The premi-
ums for sheep are, long wooded, Cots
void, Leicester, Native, &c, from
$500 to $1,000; fine woods, Merinos,
Saxony, $500 to $1,000; sweepstakes,
diploma. The premiums for swine are,
Cumberland, Yorkshire, Chester Coun-
ty, Woburn. Irish, Mogul, Poland, and
other large breeds, from $500 to $500;
Suffolk, China, Essex, Berkshire, and
other small and distinct breeds, $500
to $500. The premiums for poultry
range from S4.O0 to $500. For agricul-
tural implements and mechanic arts,
certificates are given. Best neWly-in-
vented implement by which soil can be
well broken up and thoroughly prepar-
ed for seeding, at less cost than by ordi-
w Il
threshing and other machines, and
gardeners tools, certificates are given.
Best engine, not less than 20-horse pow
er manufactured in Kansas), to be suf-
ficient and used for running the machin-
cry during the Fair, $1,000. For stoves,
castings and worked metals, certificates
are given. Best two-horse carriage
(Kansas MANUFACTURER certificate and
$1,000; best two-horse wagon (Kan-
sas manufactured certificate and $1,000;
best top buggy Kansas manuacf-
ture), certificate and $1,000; best car
riage harness (Kansas MANUFACTURED, GER
tificate and $1,000; best single buggy
harness (Kansas MANUFACTURED, certificate
and $500; best gentleman's saddle
kansas MANUFACTURED certificate and
$500; best lady's saddle Kansas man
certificate and $500: best
specimen of horse collars (Kansas man
certificate and $500; best
clock (Kansas manufacturer diploma
and $1,000; best watch (Kansas manu-
facture) diploma and $1,000. The pre-
miums for grains and seeds range from
$1,000 to $500; vegetables from $500
to $500; flour, starch, butter, cheese,
honey, &c, from $500 to S1.O0; bread,
cake and pickles, fromsS3.00 to Sl.00;
wines and fruit from $1,000 to $500;
canned and preserved fruits $500 to
$500; flowers and plants from $500 to
S1.O0; floral designs and boquets $1,000
to $500; certificates are given for mu-
steal instruments for sculpture, paint
ing, drawing, &C., silver medals are Civ
en-. For mill fabrics, Kansas manufac-
ture, diplomas are given; best display
hats, manufactured throughout in this
State, $500; best display of millinery
and mantaumakers' work $500; best
display of ladies' and gentlemen's boots
and shoes $500; best display of gloves
and mittens $500; best display of
brushes $500. For household fabrics,
Kansas manufacture, the premiums
range from $500 to SLIGO. The premi-
ums for needle, shell and wax work
range from $500 to $500. The premi-
ums in Botany, Geology and Zoology
range from $1,000 to $500. The prem
ums for blowing range from $500 to
$500.
1t will be observed that these premi-
INNS cover a wide range, and consider
ing the financial condition of the Socie-
ty, and that our State is yet but in the
infancy of development, are quite liber-
al. The arrangements for entries and
are placed upon such a
broad-gauged scale as not to fail to give
general satisfaction.
A good story is told of an amateur ag-
riculturalist, in Berkshire county, Mass.
who was advised by one of his neigh
bors to plant sunfiowers with his beans
in order to obviate the task of polling.
He followed the advise in due course of
time beans and sunfiowers came up and
waxed strong, the beans coiling around
the suniower stalks beautifully; and he
congratulated himself upon the fact that
he had discovered an effectuaI method
of raising beans without being driven
to the disagreeable necessity of toting
bean poles from the forest. But alas