The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-07-31
THIRD ANNUAL FAIR
OF THE
Lyon County Agricultural Society,
To- Held at EmporIa, Kansas.
September LIST, I'd, Sd and 4th. 1874.
Rules and Regulations and Premium
List
To be Held at EmpOria. Kansas,


c Rules and Regulations and Premium
p List
JESSE SITUATION. PEEsIDEFT.
D q 4. WATSON, Vice president.
e DIRECTORS.
4 a n. IIoiderman. ". T SOden. L. r. Wat
son, James Neulin. y. Loekerman- r. IL
Plumb, q. r. Kelsey
5 &. +. KELSEY, TREAS.
2 a. Il. BAScKoFT. SIC
The Third Annual Fair of this
r Lyon County Agricultural Society
, will be held at Emporia on the lst
, I'd. Sd, and 4th, days of September
1874.
The grounds. the same on which
the Fair of 1873 was held, are situ-
ated one mile west of the city linn
? its.
Our Premium List has been care
fully revised, and many new and at
tractive features have been added.
The price of admission has been
reduced to twenty-five cents.
1t is important for those who are
DESTROYS of exhibiting fine stock to
make their entries early, as the
stalls and pens will be assigned in
oAdCt vi CnbISs A~nhtAOS Soh OO
made at any time.
No entry fee will be charged.
/ Nothing will be left undone by
the Board to make the Third An
nual Exhibition u credit to this por-
ton of the State All we need is
the cordial support of our farmers
and artisans to make this fair
source of pleasure and profit to
both exhibitor and spectator.
We call upon the ladies, especial
ly, to aid us in identifying and or
namenting the halls by the exhibit
ton of flowers, paintings, and 9TH
err evidences of skill and taste.
The usual railroad arrangements
for freight and passengers have
been made.
Premium Lists will be furnished
on application to the secretary,
Emporia, Kansas.
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
1. Articles, other than stock, will
be received on and after the 3lst. of
August, and may be shipped to
the care of the Secretary; but i'll no
case will such articles be brought
on the grounds and placed on eX-
hibition, except by and at the ex-
pense Of the owner or his author
lied agent.
ENTRIES.
l. Entries may be made at any
time before the Fair, by addressing
the Secretary, at Emporia, or by
application to him at his Office.
Persons making entries by letter,
if the entry be of live stock, must
give the name and age of the ami
NAL, the name and residence Of the
owner, and the class and lot in
which he wishes to enter.
If the entry be machinery, imple-
ments, &c, the applicant must give
the name and residence of the ma
ker, the name of the patentee, and
the name and designation of the ar |
ticle.
=. All entries will be free.
3. Articles which are the result of |
mechanical or artistic skill, must be |
entered by the artist, manufactures,
contriVer or his agent.
i. Articles which are the product
of the soil, must be entered by the |
producer of the same.
3. Every animal must be entered |
for competition by the owner or his |
agent.
&. When an eutry is made, the |
Secretary will give to the party a |
card which will contain the number |
of entry. class and lot, which must |
be attached 10 the animal or article.
Z. No animal or article will be
assigned place on the grounds IN
til the entry shall have been made
as above.
s. Such statements and copies of
pedigrees as are required to be ex-
amined by the awarding committee |
must be fled with the Secretary
before the books go into the hands
of the Superintendent. All per-
sons having thoroughbred stock to
exhibit, shall appear before the EX-
ecutive Committee, when request
ed, and give satisfactory evidence /
of the correctness of the pedigrees
of their stock.
0. A single animal may also be
exhibited in sweepstakes, provided
such animal shall have been pre-
viously entered for premium in an
other lot, but shall not otherwise be |
entered in more than one lot.
10. Exhibitors will at all times |
give the necessary personal atten-
ton to what ever they may have on |
exhibition, and at the close of the |
Fair take entire charge of the same. |
All diligence will be used by the |
officers of the Board to prevent in
Jury to animals or articles on exhi- !
bition, but they will not be respon-
sible for any damages or loss that |
may occur.
IL. No entries will be made after |
the class books go into the hands |
of the Superintendent. |
INSTRUCTIONS TO AWARDING COM
MITTEEs.
l. Members of awarding COM
mittees will report to the Superin- |
tsndents of their respective depart
ments at 8 O'Clock a. IN. of each day
of the Fair, when all vacancies will
be filled, and all necessary arrange
ments made.
.. No person can act as Superin-
tendent or Judge of any lot in
which he may be an exhibitor.
3. No animal or article deemed
unworthy shall be awarded pre-
MUM.
4. The judges will report only the
animals or articles entitled to pre-
miums, except that they may spe-
cially commend such others IS may
be deemed worthy of commenda-
ton.
5. Should any doubt arise as 10
the regularity of the entry, or any
other important matter which the
committee feel incompetent to de-
eide, they may at once report the
same to the Superintendent of the
proper department.
q. No premiums will be awarded
to barren females shown in breed
ing classes, and proof of breeding
qualities must be exhibited to the
committee. Breeding cows must
have produced living calf within
the two wears last past.
z. Any improper interference
with the duties of the awarding
committees will be promptly re-
ported TO the Secretary, that pre-
miums may be withheld for this
reason.
S. Awarding committees will be
selected from the various sections
of the country, with great care, but
their names will not be made pub
lie until the Fair.
3. The committees of award will
be nominated by Glass Superin-
tendents and approved by the Ex-
ecutive Committee, by whom va
| eancsas will he filla1 G0mnlainfa