The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-11
STATE FAIR THIS YEAR
BOARD OF MANAGERS ISSUES
A CIRCULAR

Promises the Biggest Exposition
Ever Given at HamIine-Pre.
MUM List Has Been Most Lfber-
ally Revlsed-Liye Stock Exhib.
it's Will Be Accorded Special At.
tentfon--Racing to He a Feature
The board of managers of the Min.
nesota State Agricultural society has
Just issued its first announcement with
reference to the state fair and exposi.
ton to be held at Hamline. beginning
Monday, Sept. 5, and closing Satur.
day, Sept. 10. In part, the circula,
says:
The premium list has been most literally
revised. Special attention will be given to
the live stock exhibits. An effort will be
made to secure the best possible types OF
an the breeds of each class of the domestic
animals-horses cattle, sheep, swine and
poultry. 1t will be worth much to the
farmers of the state to come to the fair
and study these animals; see them judged
by expert judges, and thus learn their char
acteristics and qualities. Such object les
sonss have rare educational value and are
IN line with the sood work being done by
the farmers institute corps and by the
school of agriculture. There are increased
premiums in the dairy department. the
w0Tnans department, and in both the aeri-
cultural and horticultural departments. The
main building will be made attractive with
a profuson of miscellaneous exhibits and
the machinery, honey, forestry and mineral
exhibits will each be given the careful at
tentlon merited by those important indus
tries.
Special attention is called to the amounts
C$l,2OO by the society and $500 by the Com
mercial club of ST. PAUL. offered for county
exhibits. These exhibits give prominence
to the products of the different localities.
BY this means each county can present to
visitors the resources and attractions be-
longing to 1t in manner imposing and i'm
pressive.
farmers institute will be held each day
in Institute hall, under the management of
Supt. o. G. Gregg, assisted by the pest tai
ent obtainable. Object lessons will be Civ
en- by expert judges of live stock, in addi-
ton to the practical discussions of agricul-
tural problems. The tented village" SO
popular in other years, viii be continued
An easy way is provided for those in at
tendance to visit the university experiment
farm adjoining the fair grounds OH the west
A gateman at the university farm entrance
will arrange for those who wish to re-erter
the fair grounds after a visit of one or more
hours. Part of day can be most proftably
spent inspecting the school of agriculture
the experiment station, the dairy school,
and the other divisions OF the work of the
agricultural department of the state uni
versity. Many experiments of great practi-
cal Importance are in operation and many
facts are being practically demonstrated.
Parents and their sons and daughters in
terested in attending this most practical of
our state institutions should not fail to in
speCt IL OmcldiS Will De ready 10 explain TO
state fair visitors all of its many valuable
features.
By reference to the race programme 1t
will be seen that the business of st.
Paul have contributed a purse of S. 900 for
pacing race and the business men of Min
neapolis like amount for trotting race.
These two generous contributions make it
possible for the board to announce by far
the best amusement programme ever wit
messed at Western state fair.
With both the exhibition and amusement
features materially strengthened 1t is safe
to predict that the Minnesota state fair of
1898 will be larger, better more interesting
and more useful from every point of view
than any other ever held in the state The
management confidently bespeaks and. de-
ponds upon the continued interest and sup
port Of the people of every part of Minne-
sofa and the Northwest in filing every de-
partment with choicest exhibits and in
: making every feature Of the fair an unquaif-
fed success.