The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-29

| The premium list for the great ter
ritorial fair in October is in the hands
of the secretary of the Deseret Agri-
cultural and Manufacturing society,
and in addition to the completeness in
classification of it's contents, the book
| is little gem of art. The cover is
the production of the Salt Lake Lith-
ographing company and is a credit to
that institution 1t represents a
framed picture Of the exposition build
ings placed upon an easel On each
corner OF the frame and forming part
OF 1t is Vignette representing the live
stock of the territory. On one peg of
the easel hangs an artists palette,
with brushes, and underneath is a re-
alistic mining scene. Overlapping the
frame, fruits and farm products are
abundantly shown, and the upper right
corner is turned down, revealing the
figures 1884" The work in the body
of the book is also good, and is far
ahead in material and Typography of
the premium lists received from other
states.
The list contains the names of the
officers and directors, supervisors, COM
mittees and life members of the d. A.
& M. society. 1t also contains the by
laws of the society, the announcement
of the fair of 1894, instructions to ex-
hibitors and general rules and regu-
lations governing the territorial expo
sition. 1t then names the premiums in
each department, and consideration is
shown for all the arts and industries
of Utah.
HORSES.
Department A provides for first and
second premiums and gold medals for
and stations nf 6iffnrpnf q
and takes in thoroughbreds, standard
trotterS, ClydeSdaleS, Percherons, Eng
| lish Shires and other pure bred draft
horses. hackneys and other coach hor-
ses, ponies under furteen hands and
saddle horses. D. Q. Wiley is super
visor of this department.
| CATTLE
Department B, in charge of Abra-
ham Hatch, gives first and second
prizes for shorthornS, DevonS, Jerseys,
Holsteins. Galloways, Polled Angus,
Red Polled. Hereford and fat cattle.
and sweepstake in each class. Ami
mails must have been in the territory
six months to entitle them to compete,
and pedigrees must be filed at the
time of making entries.
SHEEP AND SWINE
Department D includes sheep and
swine. and is presided over by Mr.. A.
/ D. Holloway, of Provo. The premium
list offers prizes for Merinos, Cots
walds. Leicesters, Lincolns, South
downs, shropshires, Angora goats and
swine in single specimens and herds.
POULTRY, BEES, ETC.
This department will again be pre-
sided over by Mr. John D. Peters. of
Brigham City. The list is entirely re-
arranged and provides for Sd first pre-
MUM and 81 second premium on breed
ing pens, of one male and four females
of each breed, and 81 for best male
and 81 for best female of any breed.
| Twenty-Five breeds are named and
provision is made for the same prizes
Ion all kinds not mentioned in the book.
Turkeys, ducks and scoring birds of all
kinds are provided for, and pigeons and
pets receive their proper consideration.
Gold medals and money prizes are of
fered for honey exhibits and bees and
japiarian supplies.
DOG DEPARTMENT.
Department e takes care of the dogs
of all breeds, from toy terrier to
st. Bernard. The rules governing the
bench show are explicitly shown and
the kennel exhibit will be under the
! supervision of Mr.. Peters. Thirty-one
breeds of dogs are named in the list.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
Department F will be managed by
Amos D. Holloway and will include all
kinds of field crops, produce, seeds con-
lfectionery, and vegetables. For the
hest exhibit of farm and garden pro-
ducts, raised by one person, the Soci-
ety's gold medal will be given. Several
hundred dollars in cash premiums are
offered in this department.
HORTICULTURE AND FLoRICUL-
TURE.
w. G. Cragan, of Weber county; pre-
sides over Department G., and offers
good prizes for fruits and flowers
Fresh, sundried and evaporated fruits,
nuts Of all kinds, canned goods and
exhibits of foliage, and fiowring plants
and cut flowers, are all provided for.
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY.
In the Department of Agriculture N.
A. Empey, the supervisor, has an eX-
tended list Of Utah manufactured i'm
iplements for the preparation of the
soil, and the cultivation of the crops
for harvesting and preparing crops for
market, dairy machinery and vehicles
He also offers dealers in foreign goods
inducements to make exhibits on the
fair grounds.
MANUFACTURES.
Frank w. Jennings has entirely re-
vised the premiums in Department F,
and they have been added to and mate
rally increased Gold medals for near
lily all homemade articles and good
cash prizes are named for artistic dis
plays. Provision is made for dry goods,
leather boots and shoes, trunks, hats,
paper boxes, furniture of all kinds, gro
Iceries, foundry and forge work, stoves,
plumbing, tinware, etc.
| MINERALS.
Herman Bamberger presides over this
department and names twenty-seven
different exhibits of minerals. Mr. Bam-
berger has already enough minerals on