The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-28
.TOBACCO.EXH|B|T
/ AT THE STATE FAIR
Eighteen Hundred Dollars in
Preniums-Fifty-eigh Cash
Prizes in Sixteen Glasses.
SPECIALS in BURLEY CLASS
Comprehensive Classification, At
tractive Prizes and Liberal
Provision for Exhibits.

The prestige OF Richmond as the
leading leaf tobacco market In the
world is again emphasized by the
management OF the Virginia State
Fair Association in the extensive prop
nratlons made for the tobacco exhibit
this year the most comprehensive eS-
position ever attempted of the splen-
did resources of Virginia in tobacco
growing and the best achievement OF
the representative gorwers in the
State. who are advancing the prestige
of the Old Dominion in the cultivation
of this great staple.
The tobacco exhibit will be con-
sItcuous feature OF the farm products
department, the largest and most 1m-
portant department OF the fair. With
the new buildings and the largely In
creased exposition space available this
year, the management of the fair has
given special attention to devoting the
largest amount OF room to tho exhibits
of farm products and to making the
most effective arrangement In the
several sections for the display OF
the best samples of all Virginia crops
grown in 1910.
Ample SpuCe IOEs ElHHlDllSA :
The tobacco exhibit will have q
prominent place in the farm products
building, where the space allotted tt
Its use Is more than double that usee
In the exhibition last year. With the
increased room there Is also @ larger
opportunity for effective display, anc
exhibitors will be given every possible
assistance for the showing OF thell
samples to the best advantage, It Is
the desire of the management to make
the tobacco exhibit impressive as 8
whole and satisfactory to exhibitors
In every detail.
The classification In the tobacco sec.
stion Of the lair is designed to make
the exhibits thoroughly representative
Of tobacco growing In Virginia In 1910
and to show what has been achieved
this year by growers in the principal
tobacco districts OF the State. The re-
qulrements In respect to samples tc
be exhibited are very easy, In the
grade classes only one sample Is re-
quired In any grade. and In the crop
classes only three samples are ra-
quired. one each of long leaf. short
leaf and lugs. Samples are required
to weigh not less than five nor mora
than eight pounds.
Liberal Cash Premiums,
AS a further inducement to exhibit
tors the management offers liberal
cash premiums In all classes In the
tobacco section. the first prizes rang
ing from SIS to sac. In the four class es
OF grades there are four cashpremirms
In each class. three cash prizes
amounting to s1oo In tho Burley crop
special. and fourteen special cash
premiums amounting to $500 for sweet
nir-oured tobacco crops. In these
liberal premiums the management ot
the fair has the generous aid and COS
operation of public-sptrited corpora
tIons. firms and individuals Interested
In the Virginia tobacco industry. This
liberality In cash prizes and the com
prehenslve classification Is expected tc
bring to Richmond the largest eShibi.
tion Of tobacco samples ever shown
in Virginia, and to be of far-reachlns
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