Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-08-07

= in the name of any other than the res
Y or proper owner, otherwise the prem
um will not be paid.
y The Board of Managers may reserve
allow, or disailow any award made b.
5 the judges, for fraud, misrepresents
: ton, or for other good cause.
Stations will not be exhibited as on
of pair; nor will they be allowed t
compete for Il premium in more thai
one class, except the class of sweer
!, stakes; this rule applies to all horses.
Brood mares exhibited as such vii
be required To have her fOal by he
) side.
g Exhibitors of thoroughbred stock Il
the time of making their entry mus
hand to the Secretsry tEeir pedigre'
for the use of the judges.
, The standard authority in thorough
, bred horses to be the English anC
American Stud Books ana the Ameri
can Turf Register; and for cattle the
English and American Herd Books.
1t is made the duty of Superintend
ents and Marshals of the several de.
partments to assist the awarding COM
mitteeS in finding the articles on eXhi-
bitiOn and see that none shall be over
looked.
Members of the awarding commit.
tees on their arrival in the Fair grounds
will report themselves to officers of the
several departments, and receive from
them their Glass books.
On the morning of the second day of
the Fair the names of committees will
be called at their appropriate depart
ment, and proceed to the duties assign
ed them, aad return their reports to
the same de partment.
For the purpose of encouraging a
more extensive exhibition, the Society
offers for the ensuing Fair Il very liber-
al premium list, and have adopted the
FREE ENTRY SYSTEM, except in the
lspeed rings. 1t is not, therefore, I'M
fair to ask Ut premium holders a con-
tributiOu of twenty per cent. which
will he charged upon the payment OF
premiums.
There will also be charge Of 81 Ot
for box and 30 cents for open stalls dur,
ing the Fair.
Hardness of exhibitors cannot be
permitted to delay the progress of the
exhibition Exhibitors, therefore,
must lie prompt at the call of the Mar.
shall; and their groDms clean and ap-
propriitaty- dress, d.
DEPoRTMENT.
! Profane or other improper language
used, or rowdyisL, or intOXication
will positively be punished according
to law, without respect to persons.
In every department officers will be
held responsible for all moneys by
them received.
| PROGRAMME
will be made known every morning
by posters.
ENTRY BOOKS
of all branches of the Exhibition will
positively be closed at 10 O'Clock y. NJ.
on the second day of the Fair, except
entry book No. 8. Entries should be
made before the Fair commences,
when it can be done more correctly,
thus avoiding mistakes.
CHECK ROOM.
A check room will be provided where
visitors can deposit their lunch baskets
and receive a check therefor, which
will be delivered to the owner on pre-
senting their check.
REFRESHMENTS.
i Those proposing to keep refresh
ments must lay in their supplies before
81 o'clock, each morning of the Fair,
after that hour the grounds will be
cleared Ofall improper persons.
Exhibitors of Farms will be expected
to answer the following questions, or
as many as they can, in regard to the
management of their farms, for the
purpose of ascertaining the expense of
cultivation, and the actual cost arising
! ltherefrom. The quantity of land to
consist of not less than fifty acres of TIL
liable land. The exhibitor who an
swers the questions the fullest and
most satisfactory, to have preference:
/. How much land is contained in
your farm? How much wood and
waste land?
9. What is the nature of yourself and
and subsoil?
3. What do you consider the best
of your soil? What depth do you
/
had on the different soils?
4. Have you used the suDsnil plOw
If SO, with what effect?
5. What is your mode of collecting
and taking care of your manure p
What quantity and how applied, and
the effect upon different soils2
8. How much land do you till?--
What kind of crops do you cultivate
The amount of land sown or planted :?
The time of planting and harvesting
Expense of each kind of tillage? What
kind of manure do you prefer for each
kind, and why2
7. How much stock of each kind do
you keep on your farm? Which do
you consider the most profitable
s. Do you keep regular farm accounts?
-and can you state the annual ex-
pense, the income arising from it, and
the accurate balance of debts and
credits? H:Hsa@ n7a. !. -...s
g.. Give the annual receipts and ex-
penditures on your farm, specifying
each particular crop.
The above questions will be answered
by exhibitors of farms by the 10th OF
December, 1873. Exhibitors will nOti-
-fy the examining committee of their
intention to compete for premium
any time previous to the first OF De-
cemher next, ~
ITEMS.
Animals and articles will be exhibit
ed in the places prepared for that pur-
pose, and the premium ribbons attach
red by the judges, as soon as awarded.
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