The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-28
BRING IN BUTTER.
Kansas Fair Will Give Much At
tention to Diaries.
Prof. Oscar Err Will Manage the
Contests.
MANY PRIZES OFFERED
Students Of Agricultural College
Are to Be Here.
Cold Storage Plant on the Fair
Grounds.
IANY PRIZES OFFERED


peka, for besides the premiums Of
fered for the best dairy cattle there is
a long list of premiums and prizes for
dairy products and two butter con-
tests. on for Holstein-F riesian cattle
and the other farmers cows, not pure
bred.
The dairy department at the fair is
held under the auspices of the Kansas
State Dairy association with the fol-
lowing officers: President H. Van
Leeuwen, Ottawa; vice president, c. F.
Stone, Peabody; secretary, 1. D. Ora
ham, Topeka; assistant secretary, f.
w. Meunch, Gypsum; treasurer, Bert
Ramsey, Topeka.
the management and will be judged by
Prof. Oscar Err, of the Kansas State
Agricultural college, and the records
made in the pure bred contest will be
accepted by the Holstein-Friesian As
ISOLATION of America.
The seven day butter contest for
Holstelns viii end the last day OF the
fair. Saturday. September 49, This
butter contests, held under the au-
spices of the Holstein- Friesian asso-
citation, in various sections of the
country. The prizes, for the COWS
making the best butter records during
the seven days contest, range from
$40 to $40.
The four days butter contest is for
farmers cows and pure bred dairy
cows will not be eligible in this con-
test. There is a long list of special
prizes to be awarded in the farmers
cows four day contest, and also the
following special prizes:
For cow giving largest yield of milk.
first prize $40, second prize IS, third
prize $3.50; for COW showing largest
amount of butter fat first prize $40.
second prize SIS, third prize $3.50; for
90 fx-ir Ia acf WIG nf
largest amount of butter fat, SIS.
Another of the special features in
the dairy department will be the
model creamery in operation on the
fair grounds each day of the fair, I'M
der the auspices of the dairying de-
partment of the State Agricultural
college at Manhattan. Dairying and
butter making, from the COW to the
table, will be shown.
The students of the agricultural
college, under the direction of the col
| Iege instructors will have charge of
the model dairy and dairy herd. The
most improved methods of caring for
dairy COWS, of feeding, of milking,
equipped with butter making ma
chinery from the agricultural college
will be a model in every particular.
There will be a cold storage plant in
operation on the fair grounds in which
| the butter will be stored.
| The prizes offered for dairy prod
ucts entered in competition are as fol-
| lows:
Butter-5-pound pail of dairy but
! ter, first premium IS. second premium
So; S-pound pail creamery butter, first
premium SIS, second premium So; five
| 1-pound prints dairy butter, first pre-
MUM SIS, second premium So; five l.
! pound prints creamery butter, first
premium SIS, second premium SO;
granulated butter in glass, first pre-
MUM So, second premium 81; best
display ornamental designs of butter,
first premium SIS, second premium SO;
best can hand separator cream, two
gallons, first premium SO, second pre-
| MUM 50.
Pro Rata Exhibits-Entrance fee 5
per cent. To ten exhibitors making
the highest total score in rings 1 to
| inclusive. Premium divided pro rata,
| $25.
| Special Premiums-To the Kansas
Agricultural college student showing
greatest proficiency as butter maker,
| first premium $40, second premium SIS.
| Country Exhibits pail
dairy butter, first premium IS, second
premium SO; five 1pound rolls or
prints dairy butter, first premium SIS,
second premium 50.
Sweepstakes - Competition limited
to first prize packages in lots 1 to 2.
Best butter at the fair, diploma and
! $40.
Cheese-Case nat cheese, first pre-
J
cheddar cheese, first premium IS. Sec
ond premium SO; case Young Amer
| lea cheese. first premium IS, second
premium IS.
akes-Entries limited to
| first prize packages in lot 5. Best
| cheese at the fair, $40.
At the fair last year some of the most
| celebrated dairy cows in the west were
| on exhibition and this year it is prob
able that the dairy cattle to be entered
| or MI tlfy fhneR
ago. The premiums for dairy cattle are:
Jerseys-BuIl 3 years or over, first
premium So second premium So; bull
2 years and under 3, first premium $40,
second premium So; bull L year and un-
der 2, first premium so, second premium
So; bull under II months, first premium
so, second premium S.; COW years or
over, first premium $40, second premium
So; COW years and under 3, first prem
ium $40, second premium So; heifer 1
| year and under 2. first premium SO,
second premium So; heifer under II
months, first premium $40, second prem
i,lrn S.: four animals the get of one
sire, first premium SO. second premium
IS; two animals the produce of one cow,
first premium $40; second premium So.
Exhibitors herd-Consisting of one bull
2 years or over, one cow years or over,
one 2-year-old, one yearling, and one
heifer calf, first premium $40; second
premium SO. Breeders young herd
Consisting of one bull under 2 years,
two yearling heifers, and two heifer
/ calves Heifer must be bred by ex-
hibitor. first premium $40, second prem
FUN SO.
/ Senior Champion-Best bull over 2
/ years. diplomat best COW over years,
diploma.
i Junior Champien--Best bull under 2
wears, diploma; best heifer under 2
/ years, diploma.
Il Grand Champion--Best bull any age,
diploma; best COW or heifer any age
diploma.
Observation-Disclosures years or
over. first premium $40, second premium
So: bull years and under 3. first
premium SO, second premium 50; bull l
II year and under g first premium $40:
second premium IS; bull under II
months first premium $40, second
Il premium IS; cow & years OF over, first
is,rer,ai,1r,n $40 second uranium s.. cow