McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-04-17
NEBRASKA STATE FAIR.
A Few Special Premiums.

The next Nebraska state fair will be
held at Omaha, September SIP.
The Nebraska state board of agricul-
ture offers premium of 800 for the
best yield of corn per acre on a field OF
not less than ten acres, no yield of less
than eighty bushels per acre to receive
the award.
For the best yield of fall wheat on
ten acres, not less than thirty bushels
per acre, $75.
Spring wheat, same stipulations, ex-
cept yield, not less than twenty-five
bushels per acre, $50.
Oats, same stipulatlons, except yield,
not less than eighty bushels per acre,
$50.
Barley, same stipulations, except
yield, not less than forty bushels per
acre, $50.
Rye, same stipulations, except yield,
not less than thirty bushels per acre,
$50.
Irish potatoes, best yield per acre,
not less than forty bushels, $15.
Flax, best five acres, $15.
For best collection of grain and veg
etables grown and exhibited by one
farmer, samples one-half bushel each,
at fair, $50, the successful collection to
become the property of the state board
of agriculture for free distribution else
where, as the board of managers may
desire.
A bushel of each of the successfully
competing crops also becomes the
property of the board
Competitors for premiums on crops
are required to furnish a statement
under oath, andto have the ground and
its produce actually measured by not
less than two disinterested persons,
whose statements shall be verified by
affidavit.
A statement of the kind and condi-
ton of the soil, the variety and quality
of the seed planted or sown, and the
mode and expense of cultivation must
be presented in writing before the pre-
MUM is awarded.
The whole amount of roots or grain
produced on the amount of land speci-
fed must be measured or weighed.
Root crops estimated by weight, sixty
pounds to be considered bushel, and
grain crops to be measured and
weighed according to the usual stand
| ards.
In addition to the premiums above
offered for the yield of ten acres of
corn, best yield of ten acres each,
spring and fall wheat, best yield of
| ten acres of oats, best yield of ten
acres of barley, best yield ten acres
of potatoes, there will be awarded to
the successful competitor in each a
medal engraved "Champion. The
prize confers on the successful COM
petitor the title of "Champion"
in his respective class. The
party winning the championship
is required to be ready to
contest for the championship at each
subsequent fair, and remain champion
until the honor is taken away from him
by more skilful person. When the
championship is won from the "cham-
pion" he shall not have the privilege
of again coptesting for the honor until
the championship has passed from the
person defeating him. The champion
medal, being held by the same person
for three successive contests, becomes
the property of the winner.
The board also offers 1926 for the best
twenty-five pounds of sugar made from
beets, and $50 for the second best
twenty-five pounds. 1t is required
that there be q statement under oath
accompanying the product, showing
the per cent. in yield of sugar per ton
of beets and per acre.
The same premiums are offered for
sugar from Indian corn-stalks or north
ern cane grown in Nebraska. Require
ments the same as with beet sugar.
The public, we are sure, will be
treated to magnificent show of grains
and of sugar at the next Nebraska
fair. The ambitious farmers of this
ambitious state will show the world
some of the biggest crops ever grown
in this countrv IF tho season ia at all