Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-04-02
KANSAS AT CHICAGO.


For samples of Grasses and ornlns to Bs
Exhibited NJ the Worlds Fair.
The following circular has been Is.
sued from the Office Of the Kansas
State Fair association at Topeka:
To assist the board of managers Of
the proposed Kansas exhibit in their
efforts to secure products necessary TO
properly represent the agricultural in
terests OF the state ut the worlds
Columbian exposition. to be held in
Chicago in 1893, tho Kansas State Fair
association offers, and will award ut
its fair, to be held in Topeka, Septem
Der 0 to II, 1892, the following premi-
ums, to-wit:
GRASSES IN THE STRAW AND ON THE
STALK.
Finest sample Of white winter wheat
and red winter wheat, each, first premi-
um, $50; second, SIS.
Finest sample spring wheat first
premium, $50; second, $40.
Finest sample Of oats fred. white,
black), barley, rye, fax, millet, Hun.
garian millet timothy. orchard grass
English blue grass, Kentucky blue
grass, red clover, mammoth clover,
alfalfa, each, first premium, $50; sec
ond, $40.
Finest sample OF corn on the stalk
mot less than 10 stalks), first premium.
$50; second, SIS
Finest sample OF sorghum, broom corn.
Kaffir corn, Milo maize, mot less than
10 stalks each), each, first premium $50;
second, SO.
GRAIN AND SEED.
Finest sample white winter wheat
and red winter wheat mot less than
one bushel), each, first premium, SIS;
second, $40
Finese sample spring wheat mot less
than one bushel) first premium. $40;
second, IS.
Finest sample Of white oats. b ack
oats, red oats mot less than one bushel
each, each, first premium. $40; sec
ond, S..
Finest sample white Indian corn
mot less than Fifty ears). yellow Indian
corn mot less than fifty ears), each,
first premium, $50; second, SIS
Finest sample sweet corn mot Less
than fifty ears), first premium, $40; see.
ond. SIS.
Finest sample fax seed, millet see 4,
timothy seed, blue grass seed, orcha I'd
grass seed, Hungarian grass seed, red
clover seed mot less than one bushel
each), each, first premium, SIS; Sec
ond. So.
Finest sample cotton grown in Kan.
sas mot less than five pounds) first
premium, S.; second, IS.
Finest sample broom corn in brush
mot less than fifty pounds), first
premium, S.; second, So
All samples of grasses and grains in
the straw and on the stalk to be in
duplicate. The bundles of cereals to
be not less than seven inches in dame
ter. Grasses and clovers not less than
FIVE inches The samples should be
cut as near the ground as possible, Civ
ing the greatest length OF straw, be
handled with care, perfectly cured, Sc
curely wrapped or packed, and shipped
by freight at the expense of the fair
association, to L. II. Pounds, Topeka,
on or before September 5, 1892, when
entries for the above premiums will
close.
To each bundle or sack of grain
should be attached tag, giving full
name and post Office address OF the
grower or party collecting the same.
These samples will be received by
the secretary and placed on exhibition
at the state fair. without cost to the
party sending the same, and when pre-
miums have been awarded, all parties
forwarding samples will be notified of
the result and money RENTED at once
to those to whom awards have been
made.
At the close Of the fair all samples
entered for the above premiums will be
turned over to the board Of managers
OF the Kansas exhibit worlds Column
bian exposition, to be by them taken
to the worlds fair in 1898, one sample
of each variety to be entered there in
the general display in the name of the
party sending same. A card will be
attached to each sample giving the
name and address Of each exhibitor.
All duplicate samples to become the
property of the board of managers Of
said Kansas exhibit to be used in the
collective display of Kansas products
in the Kansas building ut said exposi.
ton. L. G. WATSON. Presi dent
L II. POUNDS, Secretary.