The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-08-10
FAIR COMMITTEE
NEEDS SPECIMENS
Farmers Urged to Save Samples of
Best Crops for State and
County Exhibits. 49,.
BELTRAMI SECOND LAST YEAR
Was Beaten By Aitkin Only in North
ern Division, but Should Win
First This Season.
LOCAL PREMIUM LIST LARGE
Liberal Prizes to Be Awarded For
Best Products-Many Varie-
ties Are Wanted.
LOCAL PREMIUM LIST LARGE

With the state fair but a few
weeks away and the Beltrami county
fair scheduled for September II, IL,
and 10, farmers of this county are
being urged to prepare their best
specimens of crop for exhibits. Dur
ing the past three weeks, many sam
pies have been collected at the local
land office of the Crookston Lumber
company and some were shown this
week at the bankers meeting in
Minneapolis.
Beltrami county was second to
Aitkin in the northern section at the
state fair last year and it is the hope
of Beltrami county boosters that it
will win first place this year. Ait
kin county received a big boom as
result of it's showing at the state fair
and the same boom is wanted for
Beltrami county next year.
Those behind the fair say that it
all depends on the farmers and that
II they will give freely of their best
the showing can be made. Samples
sent in by August 20 will be shown
at the state fair and then brought
back for the Beltrami county fair.
The executive board of the county
fair has issued a booklet describing
the premiums which will be offered
here.
Following is a communication
from A. P. Richie, secretary of the
executive board:
"To the patrons of Beltrami coun-
ty fair:
The time has again come when
we must think seriously of what we
are going to do for our fair as we'll
as for ourselves. Experience has
shown that the best growers are the
patrons of exhibits. The premium
list of our county fair has again been
remodeled and extended and we
earnestly advise you to consult it in
making up your exhibit. If a.
premium list cannot be secured from
your local bank of merchant, write
the secretary, A. P. Richie, and one
will be sent you,
"Never before in the history of orr
country have there been so many
eyes looking to Northern Minnesota.
Northern Minnesota is coming to her
own and no one else has done more
to bring this about than you, who
nave, year after year, given of your
hrst fruits to advertise the resources
OF our county.
There is constant demand for
more exhibits to send all over the
United States, to tell the people, who
will not otherwise believe, what
may be done in agriculture in this
section. TO this end We ask all who
are willing to give that portion of
exhibit at our county fair, which
they can do without injury to them
selves to do so. These will be car
rled to all the important points of
the United States, to tell the people
OF the possibilities of Beltrami coun-
ty. In this connection we are again
collecting for our county exhibit ar
our state fair, which will be held the
first week In September. Beltrami
county has with many others exhi-
b1ted with fine showing for Tho
past two years. This year we wish.
II possible, to make better showing
Ihat we may do so, we ask that all
VINO will, may contribute to this end
SIN order that we score we'll there
are certain varieties and a number of
varieties that must be shown tn
make showing. For instance
twenty varieties of thresh grain. two
quarts of each; twenty varieties of
grain In straw, two inches at band:
ten varieties of corn, ten ears each
twenty samples of native or wild
grasses, two inches at band; ten vari-
cites of tame grasses, three inches at
band; forage of all kinds, includine
minutes, rape, sorghum, peas, veches,
fodder corn, etc., fifteen varieties of
potatoes, one peck of each; ten vari-
cites OF stock vegetables, three spec
linens each; the very best collection
Of culinary vegetables, including all
varieties which may be grown in this
section, and all collections of fresh
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