Newport daily independent., 1913-09-16
SPECIAL PREMIUMS
FOR STATE FAIR
COMPLETION OF PREMIUM LIST
DI5CLOSES A LARGE NUMBER
OF SPECIAL PRIZES.
National Breeders Association and
Others Add Largely to interest
in Competition.

The completion Of the 1918 state
air premium list discloses some in
ceresting facts ia the way of enlarged
premiums by the State Fair associa-
lion and special premiums offered by
rational breeders associations and
others, which makes the catalogue
one of keen interest to prospective ex-
hibitors and insures them a larger
and better range of prizes and tro-
ohies to compete for than ever before.
Never in the history of the State
Fair has the big breeders associations
# the country come to the aid of the
state Fair in such a generous and lib
aral manner, MANY of them Offering
their full lis, of premiums for the first
-ime in Arkansas, while the number
Of extra prizes being offered by other
organizations and individuals is more
liberal than ever.
Among the splendid list of special
premiums offered are the following:
The Percheon Society of America
offers a special list of II premiums
for the best in Percheon horses.
Ten dollar, first five dollar sec
and, and reserve ribbon for third
prizes are offered in the following
classes:
Best stallion 8 years old or over;
oest stallion under 8 years; champion
nd a
under 3 years; champion mare, get
IF stallion -four colts); product OF
mare 1.-TWO colts).
For champion stud (stallon and
four mares), 500 cup; silver medal
and reserve ribbon.
For best five stations, 800 cup;
silver medal, and reserve ribbon.
Champion stallion, open class, gold
medal, silver medal.
Champion mare, open class, gold
medal, silver medal
The American Hereford Breeders
association offers the following:
Seven dollar, first; five dollar, Sec
end; three dollar, third, and two dol
lar, fourth prizes for the classes.
Bull years old; bull 2 years old;
senior yearling bull; junior yearling
]ull; senior bull calf; junior bull
calf; COW 3 years old; cow or heifer
2 years old; senior yearling heifer;
junior yearling heifer; senior heifer
calf; junior heifer calf.
The American Berkshire associa-
ton names the following grand prizes
and trophies:
Silver trophy for the best young
herd, one boar and three sows.
The National Duroc Jersey Record
association names the following:
Silver trophy for the best young
herd one boar and three sows.
Barrow, under 1 year, SO, 81, 81.
Pen of three barrows. under one
year, $12. So. 81.
The Angora Goat Breeders associa.
ton offers silver trophy for the best
breeders flock.
In the poultry department are a
large number of attractive premiums:
The State Fair Association offers
$50 cash for the best display of 25
birds of any one breed or variety.
The Garland County Poultry Asso-
citation offers:
Ten dollar silver cup for best pen
Of S. C. White Leghorns.
Ten dollar silver cup for the best
pen of Buff Orpingtons.a
Ten dollar silver cup for the best
pen of Rhode Island Reds.
Ten dollar silver cup for best pen
of White Plymouth Rocks.
Two dollars and fifty cents in gold
for the best pen of Brown Leghorns.
This association also offers a spe-
cial list of useful prizes to winners in
the various classes.
The Rhode Island White Club Of
America offers five ribbons for the
best cock, hen, cockerel, pullet and
pen.
The Arkansas State Fair Associa-
ton, the Arkansas Bankers Associa-
ton, and large number of firms and
individuals offer the usual big line OF
premiums in the cotton and corn
growing contest and in the girls can
ming club contest.
The A. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio,
offers a special line of premiums in
bee culture.
Ford's Business College, Little Rock.
offers full scholarship as premium
in the educational department.
There are many other lesser premi-
ums, all of which are offered at the
1918 fair October q to November -
in addition to the usual big and attrac-
tive list of prizes and premiums Of
fered by the Arkansas State Fair, and
the new catalogue shows greater and
grander offering of inducements to
exhibitors than the management Of the
rair has ever been able to announce
before.
There is one feature of Oaklawn
mark upon which the State Fair prides