Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1909-09-02
COUNTY FAIR TO
BE GREAT SUCCESS
The Admission Fee Will Not Be
Raised to Fifty Cents as
Previously Announced.

! The Board of Directors of the Agri
cultural Society are putting forth ev.
ing county fair a success. In this
effort the Board is keeping constant.
ly in mind two thouE.,5. The first
is to make the Fair instructive by
demonstrating the possibilities of this
county. fits soil and the importance
of seedypanted, the advantages OF
breeding the best possible classes OF
horses. cattle and hogs. The second
thought of the Board IS to make the
Fair entertaining.
All classes of people attend the
Fair. Some attend for the purpose
of education, others to be amused
In each class there is an infinite va.
riety of minds. OF those desiring in.
formation, one will probably confine
his investigation to the cattle depart.
ment; another to the horse depart.
ment; still another mayn OF see the
various kinds of millet, corn and al,
4 falfa. Others may care little or moth.
inglfor any of these and give their
entire attention to the stables where
are housed the race horses, and to
the races upon the track. Still 9th.
ers may take little interest in any OF
these things but be greatly inter
ested In the aeroplane. the diving
horses Sor the riding of the out,
lawsf hnd bucking steers.
To " lease and satisfy all is the
motto Of the management of the
County Fair, and this they feel con.
fident they can do from September
14th u the 18th. inclusive. But
they cannot do this alone. They
must have the assistance of the citi.
zens of the county
There must be 4 large and varied
exhibition of agricultural products
You have part of these products, II
not all growing on your farm at this
moment IA little effort on your part
in selecting from your crops the best
of the various products you have
the arrangement of them in tasty
order and the bringing or sending
of them to the Fair will be a great
aid to the Society and you will be
surprised at the pleasure you derive
from this work, yourself.
The happiest woman at the Fail
last year was the one who hat
some eighty different varieties of ag
ricultural products. 1t is true she
took home in aggregate premiums
something like $50, but the real pleas
ure was in the raising and selecting
of these products and the exhibition
of them to the hundreds of interest
ed neighbors. Won't you take hold
at once and prepare something fol
exhibition? If you haven't anything
in the farm products, that you desire
tC exhibit, look through your fow
| y y
number of splendid chickens, turk
eys, geese or ducks that you will dis
cover are worthy of exhibition. Look
your horses and mules over and sec
if there isn't something there thai
you would take pleasure in exhibit
ing,
In the list of premiums for horses
and mules, lot /, are thoroughbreds
Six different premiums offered; ont
for stations, three years old; ont
for stations two years old; one fo
stations or filleys one year old, ont
year old sucking colts, mares three
J years old and over, filleys two year.
, old and under. The aggregate o
these premiums is for first premium
| is $26, for second premium is $12
Lot 2 Is the standard bred, SAM
: premium. Lot 8 is Percheron, Nor
{ man ali Belgium with the same dii
l ferent classes.
Lot 4, Shires and Clydes. Lot
is the heavy carriage horses. Lo
l Z, best farm teams. First premium
: So, second premium is 50. Lot
: mules with five different classes
( first class is jack of any age; sec
, ond class is mule two years old an
. over; Bird, mule one year old and III
: der; fourth, single mule, suckin
= colt; fifth, pair of mules three yeal
old and over in harness. Lot 10
h sweepstakes with four classes.
this lot, to the owner of the be'
stallion is paid a prmeium of $2C
} best mare 500; best mare with sue
:. ing colt showing breeding qualitit
y of mare is SIS; and best colt $40.
g CATTLE DEPARTMENT: In tn
- department six premiums for shoI
r horns are offered First premiums a
- gregate $26, second premiums 81
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