Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-06-19

cay mOdenng and painting. Mrs.
Belle +. Clark, OF Denton. will bayC
active charge of the needlework de.
partment. and has already asked tina;
she be allowed twice the amount o.
space given to the needlewOrk exhiDi.
ton las. year.
c. A. Tyler, OF Nottawa. secretary.
treasurer Of the American Hampshire
Sheep Association, and also secretary
OF the State Livestock Sanitary Com.
mission, will again superintend the
exhibit OF cattle. In furtherance OF
the determination Of the state fair on.
Gals TO increase the premiums paid
10 Michigan bred cattle from time to
time, the "home bred" classes will be
treated with unusual liberality this
year A 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 10 S400 by the society. This
amount will be given in addition &c
the regular premiums offered fol-
American short horns.
The special dairy prize or 800 given
last year for economical dairy produc.
tion 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 classfcations
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.
igan.
The largest premiums in the history
of the fair will be offered this year
for Michigan bred sheep. The CLASH
fication and the number OF breeds rep
resented will be larger than those
shown at any fair in the United States
w. Z. Boyden. of Bay City, who will SUI
pervise this department, is an expe-
rienced sheep breeder and is known
personally 10 every stockman in 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 its natural and manufactured state.
h1ft he If.I q mil inc ha D In,
cry used. and the history of the min
ing discoveries will also be gone into.
The mineral collection will be fea-
tured in a 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. II. Griffith. of Detroit,
director of the Detroit Museum OF
Art. who will superintend the art ex.
hibit has arranged for an elaborate
display of costly paintings. in the
iru.1 aAG flower department many pre-.
miums have been added. Rep. l.. w.
Smell, Of Highland Park. has stated
that the dairy exhibit, of which he
will have charge. will be one of the
most complete ever seen In 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 Butterfield
has received over 80 applications
from implement dealers all over the
country for space to display their
wares. Hardware dealers and manu-
facturers throughout the state have
awakened 70 the opportunity offered
by the state Fair for the exhibition
of their wares. and IL 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, it will be open
every night The gates will swing for
visitors the first thing every morning
and viii 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 p.
Entries in fruits and flowers close
August 80.
In all other divisions on August 2S,