The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-05
GOLD TROPHY
CUPS OFFERED
New Classification in State Fair
Premium List Gives Equal
Chance to All
CHANGES ARE. MADE IN
NEARLY ALL DEPARTMENTS
Brown Swiss Class Is Discontin-
ued, and Devons and Red Polls
Added--Many Combinations
and Some Novelties

With an attractive cover showing
ground, the horticultural building in
the distance and cornucopias and
clusters of fruit for trimmings as
the front panel, and couple of tie
pees in timber clearing with Mount
Adams i'm the distance for back
panel. the premium list of the ff-
teenth annual exhibit of the Wash
ington State Fair, Sept. $3.50, has
just been issued.
The classifications have been quite
largely changed or condensed For
instance, in the horse department,
there are but IL classes as OPP
posed to tie % of last year. Glasses
have been combined to cover the
ground, and the result is that the
money premiums average higher
and there are more third prizes in
money than heretofore. An limo
ration is the Percheron class for
amateur breeders, with four money
prizes for ten different sorts of en-
tries. This is distinctly farmers
class and farmers are urged to show
their young stock without regard to
registry of sire or dam The class
is created for the special purpose of
stimulating the better breeding Of
farm horses The professionals
class is separate and includes be-
sides the money prizes, four silver
cups for the grand displays.
Breeders Herds
In the cattle department an extra
place has been made in the various
breeds throughout DOR a breeders
young herd under the herd heading
In the shorthorn class some of the
premiums are REDUCED and the
champions, instead of getting S15
each, will this year get ribbons. The
Brown Swiss are cut out in the dairy
cattle and the Red Polled. Polled
Angus and Devon added to the beef
classes The premiums have been
quite generally reduced for sheep and
swine except in the case of nocks,
herds where tl.ey have been in
creased In the case Of the sheep,
three awards will ha given.
New Classification
There is a marked change. too. in
the fruit department. which is ar
ranged according to the new CLASH
fication recommended by the State
Horticulture Society. The first TWEEN
ty-two lots must be shown in single
layer trays. which will be furnished
by the state fair. each lot to CON
sst of five such trays The plate eX-
hibits remain about the same and
there is a $25 prize and silver
trophy cup for the best box exhibit
comprising the following commercial
varieties; jonathan, Sptzenbere
Wincsap. Yellow Newton, Delicious,
Rome Beauty. Arkansas Black. VIM
ter Banana, Grimes Golden and Stay
men Winesap. There is "A $40 prize
for the largest apple and 81 for the
best collection of crabs. There is
also a packing special
Districts Compete
The competitive interest will cen
ter in the $3.50 offered by North
Yakima business men, and the gold
trophy cup offered by the fair com
mission for the best district display
of the Yakima valley from Ellens-
burg to Kiona and in the Interstate
district display for which $3.50 and
a gold cup are also offered Districts
have been made as follows for this
event: Wenatchee district, compris-
ing Chelan, Okanogan, Douglas and
Grant counties; Nalla Walla, com
prising Walla Walla, Columbia, Car
field, Asotin and Franklin Yakima
Valley. Elenshurg to Kennewick in
elusive; Western Washington, COM
prising all west of the Cascades;
southern Washington, comprising
KHckitat and Skamauia; Eastern
Washington, comprising Spokane and
all that district north of Whitman
and east of Okanogan and Douglas;
Hood River, comprising Hood River,
Mosier. etc. in Oregon: Rogue River,
British Columbia and Idaho.
This classification, it is estimated,
gives all of the fruit districts a
chance to come in on an equal ba-