The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-09

ing to outdo his neighbor this year by
raising the biggest crops and the largest
vegetables.
Large pumpkins are coming, so large
that to hear the stories of the wonder
full big, yellow fellows that are to be
on exhibition, one is led to believe that
a wagon for the largest will be neces-
sary. This farmer tells you that he has
a pumpkin that breaks all the records
when weighel on hay scales. That
farmer tells you the boast is nothing
and that he. has pumpkin that will
beat that all holler.' He'll have to haul
his big pumpkin to the fair on a farm
wagon. He'll say he has a good many
pumpkins that will make a wagon load.
The Kansas Worlds fair commission
has offered first prize of $500, a second
prize of $3.50, a third prize of $3.50,
fourth prize of $125, a fifth prize of 500
and a sixth prize of SIS for county col
these exhibits the big Kansas display
of farm products for the Louisiana
Purchase exposition at st. Louis in 1904
will be made.
The Great Bend (Barton county,
Daily Herald says:
AT a meeting held at the office of
Dawson & Zutavern in this city on
Saturday afternoon and continued Sat
CNOl1lIS, VI BQSlIlGSS lilSll, IL was
determined to make creditable exhibit
of Barton county products at the To-
peka state fair The plan is to erect
a suitable tent, have it properly dec
Grated, well supplied with products and
plenty of literature that will tell the
people where Barton county stands
agriculturally, as a stock raising coun-
ty and as a flour manufacturing COM
munity. Several Barton county people
will be in charge of the exhibit.
,,ve,ff HxroT q
pointed and they will get to work at
once to make the exhibit a complete
success:
On Grain-C. L. Moses, c. V. Brink
man, J. R. Baker.
On Fruit-Amos Johnson, S. NJ. Smith,
John Wood Ed Kellum-
On Vegetables-Henry Miller, w. ID.
Brandt, r. Merten, VIM. Gagleman.
On Advertising-Ira H. Clark, w. E.
Stoke, viii Townsley, Porter Young.
L. c. Breeder, ]. F. Lewis o. w. Daw-
son. L. Zutavern, w. Dodge
On Transnortation-W. Torrey, w. r.
Bunting.
W. r. Bunting, Porter Young, l.. e.
Breeden, w. P. FEEDER.
Those in charge desire that the far
mers bring in the best of their produc-
ton, in grain and vegetables, wheat in
the sheaf or threshed, and leave same
at the office of Dawson & Zutavern.
car lOaQ OF pIOQQCtlOIS Si4O0AQ " S~--N
in so that we may make a proper
showing.
Besides this 120 premiums for indi-
vidual exhibits of single displays OF all
kinds of farm produces have been Of
fered by the fair management and the
following special prizes have been Of
fered in addition for individual EXHIBIT
ors by w A Burpee & Co.:
I'VE hereby authorize the secretary OF
state fair to offer cash prize of $40
eo.- of UpQ6fa hlPG
grown from Burpee'S seeds.
I'VE desire to have photographs Of ex-
hibits winning our prize at state fairs,
and in return shall send a dollar. in
addition to the prize of $40. to each one
sending such a photograph, while for
the best photograph we will pay spe-
cial prize of SO extra.
I'VE will pay also 500 cash as an
extra prize to exhibitor who wins the
greatest amount of prizes for products
of Burpee's seeds in 1903.
please write us complete list, with
amounts of money awarded, of all the
prizes won- To the party whose report
reaches the largest correct total in cash
prizes, we shall send our check for an