Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-10
MarsaH County
Agricultural! Association.
Anr,a1l Jair, :,
AWARD OF PREMIUMS.

The directors in presenting for publication
lhe award OF premiums made at the fair. held
on the 25th, 26th, and 9th of September, 1872.
desires to call attention to a few facts of
general Importance to the exhibitors and peo-
pie of the county.
owing to loss of records, and irregularities
under the old society, reorganization of the
society became Indispensable. or its property
would either lapse to the state or be sold for
debt. The society decided to re-organize, to
make stock association, with capital of
$4,000, divided into shares of five dollars each
The organization was perfected, starting with
80 subscribers and $500, subscriptions. and
steps for fair taken. There was no money
on hand from the old society and the whol.
! expense was ON the individual credit of the
! directors. Many months of arduous labor
was performed without pay or pecuniary re-
ward of any kind or the hope OF any to the
serious interference of the personal comfort
and private business engagements of the di-
rectors and their anxiety and desire to place
the association on i stable foundation with
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incentive to the long hours of labor and the
! assumption of liability tor the large outlays
Three serious difficulties presented them
selves in making an exhibition this year.
ant OF means to pay premiums, want OF
buildings and improvements oil the fair
groun DIS, and want of competent committees
who would act. This, i'll addition to constant
0DnO>ifion nd t,ai-
signs and objects OF the directors, made it
difhcult task to get up far. and to a great
extent prevented favorable showing OF the
articles entered for exhibition and indicious
award of premiums.
II Is not possible III awarding premiums 70
please all, and if the exhibitors themselves
should constitute their own jury on awards.
there would still be dissatisfaction. This
year, many members OF committees selected.
iaied to appear. and it was necessity TO Sc
iect such as could be found at an hours notice
who would consent to act.
Confusion occurred from want of suitable
help to arrange articles and necessary room 10
arrange them in.
Exhibitors Were left to attache the cards
ehho hutiibtio w lntll OWN ARTICLES ana III
many instances they We're attached to wrong
articles or not attached at all, and the COM
mttecs were unable to find them as put down
on TIER lists, or to report. AS an instance,
an ent,y by one person Of two specimens OF
wax work and one Of embroidery: the cards
were attached to embroidery issued for the
WAX WORK, and tnat for the wax work not at
tached at all. As no one but the secretary
knows who exhibitors are. and the card con-
fains only the name of the article and its num-
Der, the committee can not know whose arti-
Gle 1t is and can award only by the number.
opposite the article named on their list which
corresponds with the card; so, MANY very
merltorious articles were passed as it was hot
possible to correct such errors in a Thousand
entries after examinations began on the after
noon OF the second day and Lad to be compile
ted before noon of the rext
Owing to the uncertain number of entries.
the unfortunate embarrassments under the old
organization. and the limited means to pay
premiums, the premium list was cut down to
the lowest point. To afford chance for en-
arging the list, ''class, l was made .misceiIan-
eous," and under it anything could be entered,
and 1t did contain entries of famost every kind
and very many Of them of high merit. Where
no premiums were fixed the board on per
sonal examination made small awards, to
show that the articles were appreciated SIM
ply, being unable to pay adequate premiums
The number OF entI les far exceeded anticipa-
ton, and the exhibition proved to be one of
the best ever held here. In agricultural pro-
ductions, the best at any state fair never ex-
celled it, and any county might have been
proud OF it. With suitable building the ex-
nibltion would have been extraordinary. The
exhibition OF needle work, bread, butter, pre-
serves, wax work, quilts, worsted work.
prints, and many other articles, was very fine
In hogs, it could not be excelled. In horses
and cattle it was common. In trials of speed
1t was respectable. The board wish to give
special notice to some few things, but not to
dlsparage any thing else; rather because they
were unusual in county fair and especially
in this county, and because no premiums could
be awarded this year, commensurate with the
most OF the articles. Next year, the board
intend to have an ample premium list, COM
mlttees secured, nth contingents in case of
failure, buildings enough with suitable con-
venlence for showing off goods. Employees to
receive and arrange in proper classes and best
positions for exhibition. ushers to give all in
formation; and no pains will be spared to
make the occasion one OF pleasure and profit
to all who may attend.
The awards of premiums by the committees
were as follows:
Class 2-Farms and Orchards.
Best cultivated farm (1eorre Yarriek