Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-06-06

AoitSis, NoHcSlic SCIENCE ara Allp,
clay modelling am painting. Mrs.
Belle r. Clark, OF Denton will have
active charge of the needleworl de-
partment and has already asked that
she be allowed twice the amount OF
space given TO the needlework exhibit
ton las. year.
Z. A. Tyler OF Nottawa, secretary
treasurer OF the American Hamps afro
sheep Association, and also secretary
OF the State Livestock Sanitary Com.
mission, will again superintend the
exhibit or cattle. In furtherance of
the determination of the state fair oil.
Gals to increase the premiums pain
to Michigan bred cattle from time &c
time, the home bred" classes will be
treated with unusual liberality this
gear class has been added for
Ayrshire cattle, and a special prize
Will be offered for dairy short horns.
The American Short Horn Breeders
Association prize of 5000 will be in
creased to $500 by the society. This
amornt will be given in addition To
the regular premiums offered for
American short horns.
The special dairy prize or 800 given
last year for economical dairy prOduc-
| ton will be continued this year This
prize Is open to all breeds. Tests will
be made for three days by the State
Dairy and Food Department based on
cost per unit of the total product.
The horse department has been
greatly improved. The classifications
have been enlarged covering standard
bred. coach and saddle horses. A new
class has been added for the Ameri-
can coach horse while the Clydesdale
and Englishshire horses have been
| placed in separate classes. A cham
| pion cup will be offered for the best
stallion shown with a colt of his get.
| This department is in charge of l.. c.
| Holden, of Sault Ste. Marie. Mr. Hol-
den is the owner OF a large stock farm
situated in Chippewa county and is
known to every horse breeder in Mich
gan.
The largest premiums in the history
OF the fair will be offered this year
for Michigan bred sheep. The CLASH
fcation and the number of breeds rep
resented will be larger than those
shown at any fair in the United States.
w. E. Boyden, of Bay City, who will SUI
pervise this department, is an expe-
rienced sheep breeder and Is known
personally to every stockman III the
lower peninsula.
Rep. w. J. Galbraith, of Calumet,
has been gradually adding to the min
eral collection that will be shown at
the fair this year. Not only will
every metal that is taken from the
ground in Michigan be displayed, both
in it's natural and manufactured state
| Int -. -, f,,s, H.,
cry used, and the history OF the min
ing discoveries will also be gone into.
The mineral collection will be fea-
tured in way that will be of the
greatest value as an educational fac
tor
In the poultry department, Superin-
tendant Daniel Thomas, of Pontiac
has prepared good lists and liberal
premiums. a. III. Griffith. OF Detroit
director of the Detroit Museum Of
Art, who will superlntend the art ex.
hibit, has arranged for an elaborate
display Of costly paintings. In che
fruit and flower department. many pro
miums have been added. Rep. l.. w
Smell of Highland Park, has stated
chat the dairy exhibit, of which he
will have charge, will be one Of the
most complete ever seen i'm Michigan.
Some idea of the growing fame Of
the State Fair even beyond the con.
fines OF the state can be gained by
the fact that Secretary Butterfied
has received over so applications
from implement dealers all over the
country for space to display their
wares Hardware dealers and manu-
facturers throughout the state have
awakened to the opportunity offered
by the State Fair for the exhibition
of their wares, and it is thought that
the booths in the industrial building
this year will be both numerous and
costly
While the fair will be closed on
Sundays this year, 1t will be open
every night. The gates will swing for
visitors the first thing every morning
and will not be locked until the last
visitor has wendell his way home
ward.
The executive committee Of the
Michigan Agricultural society an
nounces that all entries must be made
In the various classes before the fol
lowing dates:
All live stock entries close on Aug
ust %
All speed entries close on August %
Entries in fruits and flowers close
August 80.
In all other divisions on August 2S,
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Special prizes have been offered
during the past five years for ex-
hibits of grains, fruits and vege-
tables from the upper peninsula.
When first offered they met with little
response but the exhibit has grown
to be one OF the largest and most i'm
portant seen at the fair. The Upper
Peninsula Agricultural college will
be represented this year with a COM