Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-07
KANSAS AT CHICAGO.


Important Circular From the State Fair
Assoctation-A Liberal List OF Premiums
For samples of Grasses and Grains to BE
Exhibited IA 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 at the worlds
Columbian exposition. to be held in
Chicago in 1898. the Kansas State Fair
association offers, and will award at
its fair, to be Held in Topeka, Septem
Der to Il, 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 pre- nil
um, $50; second, SIS.
Finest sample spring wheat first
pre- mium, $50; second, SO.
Finest sample of oats (red, white,
b'ack), 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. SO.
Finest sample of corn on the stalk
mot less than 10 stall1S), first premium,
$50; second, SIS.
Finest sample of sorghum, broom corn
Kaffir corn, Milo maize, mot less than
10 stalks each). each, first premium. $40;
second, SO.
GRAIN AND SEED.
Finest sample white winter whe at
and red winter wheat mot less than
one busheD, each. first premium, SIS;
second. $40.
Finese sample spring Wheat (not less
than one busheD first premium, SO:
second, SIS
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 corr.
(no. less than fifty earsl. 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; Sec
ond, S.
Finest samp'e fax seed, millet seed,
Timothy seed, blue grass seed. orchard
grass seed. Hungarian grass seed. red
clover reed mot less than one bushel
each). each, first premium, So; sec
ond, s..
Finest sample cotton grown in Kan
sas mot less than five pounds) first
premium. s.; second, SIS.
Finest sample broom corn in brush
(not 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. FL. Pounds. Topeka,
on or before Sep.em Der 5, 1892. when
entries for the above premiums viii
close.
To each bunile or sack of grain
should be attached a tag, giving full
name and post Cffice 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-
miuns 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 bv them taken
to the worlds fair in 1893 one sample
of each variety I'd 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 at sail exposi.
ton. L. c. WATSON. Presi dent
L II. POUNDS, Secretary.