Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-31
Efforts to Make the
Affair Successful.
Premium List Completed to Suit
All Contestants.
Former Governors of Maine Expected
to Be Present.

dtefNlllc, MI, aug. oO.-(Speclal.)-
The officials of the Central Maine Fair
| association are paying special atten-
small garuelIer and stock raisers, and
in the compiling of their premium list
they have made provision so that the
small exhibitor may have as good a
chance as the man who goes i'll on "A
larger scale. In the premium lists OF
former fairs which have been held in
the s;tatc it has been specified that the,
competitors for premiums in the veg
table department shall exhibit four
varieties Of each vegetable such as
squash, pumpkin and cabbage. Tais
results in only Il few of the large
market gardeners making an exhibit
and the average farmer and small
gardener who makes Il speciality of
raising one or two varieties of these
vegetables is barred out.
The prcmium list for the Central
Maine fair was complied with the same
stipulatons but The officials discovered
the handicap under which the small
gardeners were placed ana issued d slip
correcting the error and making Il new
division Ia b. known as the third divi-
sion in the Agricultural department
and four premiums conslsting of a dol
lar for the first. - cents for the sec
ord, 30 cents Cor the third. and p cents
fer the fourth best display of potatoes.
onions, turnips. beets. carrots, par
snipS. tomatoes, WatermelonS musk
melons. celery, cucumbers. peppers.
caulfIowcr, cOnc-shap2d cabbage, sa
Noy cabbage and drum-head cabbage.
As only ore variety of any one vcge
table is required the small gardeners
who happen to have 4 good thing in
some Of these vegetables will have a
chance Of carrying away a premium.
These vegetables arc to be arranged in
the form Of a pyramid and as four
specimens of each variety are required
the exhibition shGuld he a good one.
IT bad hcen intended t. offer special
premiums for corn exhibit but as the
corn crop does not promise very well,
this season. it has been decided to
substitute the Squash rs that is q p7pu-
lar vegetable and ono which shows Il
good yield, this senson. Accordingly
the trustees have of'c~oG first priz"
Of Is cents, second prizc Of 80 cents
and Il third prize Cf ~ cents for the
boet display Of the following varieties
Of squash: Hubbard. Golden Hubb1rd,
Marhlchnad. Butman. American Tur-
ban. Essex Hybrid Ray State. Met
cealf Boston Marrow. Golden Bronze.
Delicious and Mammoth. The same
prizes are offered for the best display
Of Mammoth Pumpkins. No entry fee
is charged in this department.
The revision Of the premium list has
been extended t. tho exhibit of pDul-
try. Consequently in class 80 for single
eirds where but few breeds are eligible.
tho revised list says that any standard
or other variety shall hc eligible for
competition, and to make tho matter
moro Impressive thC announcement is
made that o. cents is added to each
premium in this class and Instead of
three exhibits being necessary in order
to have first money awarded. iirtt
yriz., viii he awarded on single eN-
hiht il the stock is mrritorions.
All these rcvisions havo been made
with the aim of making the chances
OF tho small exhibitor better in COM
petition with the exhibitor who goes
in on n large sral" ana it will undoubt-
edly he appreciated by the small
gardeners ana poultry raisers. The
entries in all Of the lists are coming
in VOL and in The tWo weeks that are
left great many more should be re-
ccived.
Prof CnweII from the experiment sta
ton ut tire University of Maine. will
he at the fair accompanied by n large
numher OF his students. and the stock
viii he judged by the professor and
his students. giving the young men
much valuable practice.
President Mayo has received from
Hon. Joshua T.. Chamberlain q letter
expressing his intention of being pro
sent on the opening day Of the fair
when il is expected all Of the eight
living cx-governors Of Maine will be in
attendance.