The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-08
FAIR CAT TALOGUE COMES FROM PRESS Gives Information of Value to
 Exhibitors BIG PRIZES ARE OFFERED First Prize To County Making Best Display Will Be $1ooo-Pans
 for Individual
 Exhibits.
BIG PRIZES ARE OFFERE D

A veritable dictionary of information. the catalogue of the Alabama State Fair association has been issued, and Is ready to be circulated. A copy may be secured by addressing George T. Barnes, secre- tary Birmingham.
 Every department is so full of informa- tion of importance to the hundreds who will compete that it would be hard to choose the most interesting. However, the farmers are now greatly interested in the agricultural department for which they have to prepare so far in advance. For the county exhibits alone s1S50 has been offered in prizes, while numerous prizes will be given for individual ex- hibits.
 The following extract gives briefly infor- nation of value to every farmer In the state
 Tt should be known that the officials of the state fair can only recognize one man or set of men in counties to get up an exhibit for their county, so whoever makes application first for the privilege of making or getting up an exhibit for their county will have the exclusive right to enter their exhibit for their county. as not more than one exhibit from a county can be accepted as an official county ex- hibit. There Is, however no limit to the number of individual or association ex- hibits that may be entered from a single county. When more than one applica- tion is received from parties In a county wishing to make county exhibit 1t will be the policy of the fair association to endeavor to bring the interested parties together, so that through proper co-opera- tion better exhibit may be secured.
 County Exhibits. ,s-
 'In order to compete successfully for these liberal cash prizes given for county exhibits, it Is necessary that a wide va riety of farm products be shown. The competition Is sure to be keen, and who- ever undertakes a county exhibit will have to hustle to be in the money We suggest the following or as many of the articles can be obtained: Grain of every description, both threshed and in the sheaf, such as oats, rye, wheat, bar ley and corn; cotton, In bolls, on stalks and in lint; COW peas, shelled and in the hull; grasses, in the shape of hay. loose and baled alfalfa, in shape of hay loose and baled; vetches, in shape of hay loose and bales; peanuts in hull and shelled sorghum, made into syrup, Into hay. loose and baled: millets, In hay. loose and baled; sugar cane. in stalks and made into syrup; forage plants of any de- scription, either loose or baled; turnips, potatoes, pumpkins, squashes, beets; In fact vegetables and fruits of every de- scrlption.
 Mo- 255-For the best, largest, greatest variety and most artistically displayed county agricultural exhibit S1O0e.
 For the second best county, as above, s5OO
 For the third best county. as above. $25O.
 For the fourth best county, as above, slOO
 Three hundred dollars in cash prem- iums may be contested for by any in- dividual farmer in Alabama. There are great many progressive farmers In the state owning large farms, who grow a large diversity of crops and will be in- terested in contesting for the liberal cash prizes here offered, and it is expected that competition will be strong in this class. The fair association has made the prem iums large enough to pay any farmer to contest. The articles offered In these individual exhibits must be grown on the farm or land of the exhibitor. cer- tifcate of these facts may be called for by the judges.
 "An individual exhibit should contain everything produced on a farm, from cured meat or canned preserves to green vegetables. Of course 1t is not neces- sary that the exhibit contain everything produced on a farm, but greatness of va riety will have much to do In making the awards. The arrangement of the articles exhibited will count much in the con- clusion of the judges. Farmers interested or those who have an idea of sending an individual exhibit, should notify the fair association as soon as possible and get a good location in the exhibit hall.
 Most every well regulated and suc- cessful farm can make a creditable ex- hibit of the products produced on their farms If they will start about it in time"