The Progress., 1892-09-10
SHREVEPORT'S 9TH ANNUAL FAIR

More Encouraging.
| Shreveport's next Fair is stil
creating comment from the surround
ing parish and States, and applica
tons for catalogues are coming il
daily. Already more than 1000 hav
been sent out to almost every Stat,
in the Union from California t,
Main, where interest is taken in sucl
affairs.
1t has been the aim of the execu
tive committee to arouse a special in
terest among the various industries
so as to have on exhibition evidence:
OF the country's handiwork, as shown
by the results of their artisan skill
Also the differnt products whatever
kind that have a market value. Il
the proper attention was given to the
displaying of their vacations by the
different ones engaged therein. that
these fairs afford, it would be an adj
vertisement such as could be OBJ.
tanned in no other way for the same
money. Let every one come forward
and display States, county's,
parlsh's enterprise.
This week The PROGRESS gives to
Its readers partial list of the prem,-
ums offered in the agricultural de-
partment, E. M. Smith, superintend-
ent.
To include all cereal and mill pro-
ducts, corn, grasses, sugar cane, sor-
ghum, honey, potatoes, vegetables,
tobacco, etc.
Each specimen in the exhibit must
be correctly named and labelled.
Exhibitors are required to have
their articles ready by 10 am, We'd
nesday, the second day of the Fair,
as entries close at that hour. This
rule applies to all articles in that
class, except 1921, "Best display and
greatest variety of vegetables raised
by one exhibitor" This display
must be on the ground by 10 am,
Friday, the fifth day of the Fair, as
they will be examined that day.
CLASS So.
Bushel of white seed corn in ear,
50; bushel of yellow seed corn in ear,
So; bushel of wheat, So; bushel of
rye, 50; bushel of barley, So; bushel
of oats, So; bushel of stock peas, So;
bushel of Irish potatoes, So; bushel
of sweet potatoes. 50; collection and
variety of agricultural products, not
including vegetables, SIS; display of
flour and other cereal mill products,
medal; display and greatest variety
OF field corn in ear, $40; display and
variety OF grasses, properly named
and labelled, SO; display of grass
seeds properly named and labelled,
So; display of Louisiana grown leaf
tobacco, S.; display aud variety of
vegetables grown by exhibitor, So;
display and variety of sweet potatoes,
S.; display and variety of onions, SIS;
bushel of turnips, 81; half dozen
pumkins, 50: half dozen kershaws.
81: twelve bundles cured fodder, SO;
display and variety Of cured hay OF
any kind, IS: twelve stalks of sugar
cane. 81; twelve stalks of Chinese
cane, 81.
Dsiary, Honey etc. The following
scale of points will be observed in
making awards for butter: flavor,
40; grain, 80; color, Is; style of pack
ing, 5; sailing, 10-total, 100
Three POUNDS of butter, 50; Sec
ond best 3 pounds of butter, 1.5O;
Jar extracted honey, 81; five pounds
honey in comb, 81; country ham,
cooked, 50; colony italian bees, So;
colony of Cyprisn bees, 50; colony
of black bees, 50; collection of queen
bees, alive, y.
GLASS 81.
Preserves-Home. made. Jar peach
preserves, 81; jar pear preserves, 81;
jar plum preserves. 81; jar apple pre-
serves, 81; jar strawberry preserves,
81; jar raspberry preserves, 81; jar
ounce preserves, 81; jar fig preserves,
81; jar blackberry preserves, 81; jar
tomato preserves, 81; jar watermelon
preserves, 81; jar grape preserves, 81.
Display and variety of preserves by
one exhibitor, not less than 6 vaYie-
ties, IS; Display of jelliee, 81.