St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-22
STATE FAIR PREMIUMS.
The List Completed by the State Asri-
cultural Society.
Important Changes in Some Of the
Principal Glasses.

tural society was in st. Paul yesterday
with the first copies of the premium lists
for the next fair to open Aug. So. Inc
premium list represents good deal OF WORK
on the part of the members OF the otate
Agricultural society that have had charge
of preparing 1t, and together with the rules
governing exhibitors and their entries, 1t
fills a pamphlet of some fifty odd pages.
Its the most elaborate and about
the largest list of premiums OF any
kind that will be offered in the COM
try" saidISecretary Judson enthusiastic-
ally. s'The total amount OF prizes offered
II. is about SIS, 900. and we have revised the
rules from last year. The premiums are
many of them new, the classes changed
and everything done with view to en-
couraging the farmers OF this state to make
as complete exhibits as possible in those de-
partments in which there is especial need
of waking UP an interest" The rules gov
erning exhibitors have been revised some
what under the light of last years expert
ence. The last day for receiving and set
ting up exhibits is Aug. %. The society
this year, as last, reserves the right 10 re-
ject any or all entries offered, and the rule
that exhibitors must pay regular admission
fees is still in force. Premiums are to oe
pdlU WllIilU lcil a1tCi viz AoAAS "hN
premiums not called for within sixty days
will be considered forfeited. Season tick
cts to the fair will be sold for So each. with
80 cents as the price of single admission and
the same for teams. The entire premium
list has been overhauled. The premiums
on live stock have been increased and new
classes made. A change has been made In
the herd premiums in cattle, being given
this year to herds owned in the state.
This, Secretary Judson says, was for pro-
tecting home herds. A dairy class has
been added for mich COWS. There are, in
all, ninety-six classes embraced under thir-
teen divisions.
IMPORTANT CHANGES.
Division A embraces horses and mules
and is under the superintendent of Hon.
Clark Chambers.
There are twenty-six classes under this d.
vision, with premiums running from S25 to
S.. Five more classes than last year appear.
l1naluding draft brood mares, Percheron, pre-
miums SIS to S.; sweepstakes for Percherons;
prizes for French, Belgian and other European
breeds not classified, sweepstakes of 500 AID
$25 for the same, and an agricultural class
for grade Norman, Clydes and other heavy
horses.
Division 3, in charge of James McHench,
ancludes cattle and in this there have been
several changes that are regarded as es-
pecially important. There are ten classes,
Xwo new ones having been added to last
years list.
These are registering milking breeds, in
2charge of A. P. McKinstry, three premiums,
for COWS producing milk from which most
SHUTTER is made, S25, SIS and $40, and three Of
Sfhe same amounts for native or grade cows.
Special rules govern the entries in these two
CLASSES. In the herd premiums there are six
first and six second prizes for herds OF
Shorthorns, Devons Holsteins, Jerseys, Here
ssfords and Polled cattle, the prizes being $40
~and $50 for each first and second respec-
stfvely. Formerly the herd premiums were
soffered for all entries, but this year they are
s5imited to those from Minnesota. Herds are
Ito consist of one male. one female any age
sAnd females three years old, two years old
land one year old or under.
Sheep swine and poultry premiums are
essentially the same as last year.
Special rules govern the entries under the
shead of dairy products and requisites.
These will be in charge of A. P McKinstry.
Entries must be made on or before the first
day of the fair. Special diplomas or honor
able mention may be made for meritoriouS
exhibits not named in the regular classes.
The premiums on butter have been in
creased largely, and the total in this division
Is $3.50.
There are to be awarded for best tub of but
ter made in the state, not less than fifty
pounds, six prizes, from $50 to S.; for best
tub not less than twenty pounds, made in the
state, premiums the same as the previous
lass; premiums of SIS, S12, $40 and SIS sor
the best ten-pouud roll butter made in Min
nesota, and premiums of like amounts for the
best ten-pound print butter; two for samples
of butter in ornament, $40 and SIS; two for
granular butter, the same amounts; four for
cream factory cheese, from $50 to SIS, and the
same for dairy cheese. There are five pre-
miums for special classes, inclu ding two
prizes of 5000 each for dairy and creamery
butter, to be divided pro rata among all en-
tries scoring eighty-tive or more. Butter en-
tered in these classes cannot be entered in
others.
For fancy work and manufactured arti-
cles the premiums are not materially
changed from last years list. There have
been for fruits and flowers many additions,
there being not far from 800 premiums for
fruits, ranging from $40 to 81 each. The
same is true of the class including yege-
tables.
Grain, flour, meal and seeds have mad
especial attention, and the premiums have
been increased 20 per cent, SO that now
they run from $50 for the best ten bushels
of fife wheat down to 81. This Is re-
garded as an important step by the
board. a new classification has been made
OH ldIIu piOuuCbS, anu PURSES duOuullllS 10
$500 have been offered for the most success
full rotation of four years, two years being
given to wheat, one of. corn and one of
clover, in any order preferred.
This money is divided, $3.50 to best five
acres of wheat not less than an average of
thirty bushels to the acre; $3.50 for best five
acres of corn lot less than seventy-flve
bushels per acre, and 500 for best five acres
of clover, not less than three tons of hay, or
two tons of hay and three bushels of seed per
acre. Statements of the mode Of cultivation
must be made. x.
Other articles, such as machines, imple-
ments. etc., etc., stand about the same as
last year.
Large exhibits are expected. The rail-
roads, it is expected, will, as heretofore,
give free transportation to and from the
fair for state exhibitors.
CRIMINALS AND THEIR HOMES
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