Newport daily independent., 1913-09-08
SPECIAL PREMIUMS
 FUR STATE FAIR
OF PREMIUM LIST DIscLOses LARGE NUMBER
 OF SPECIAL PRIZES.
National Breeders Association and Others Add Largely to interest
 in Competition.

The completion Of the 1915 state i fair premium list discloses some 1n- l teresting facts in the way Of enlarged premiums by the State Fair assocla- ton and special premiums offered by rational breeders associations and others, which makes the catalogue one of keen interest to prospective ex- libitors and insures them a larger 1 and better range of prizes and tro 1 phies to compete for than ever before
 Never in the history of the State 1 Fair has the big breeders associations ef the country come to the aid of the state Fair in such generous and lib eral manner, many of them offering their full lis of premiums for the first time in Arkansas, while the number of extra prizes being offered by other organizations and individuals is more | liberal than ever.
 Among the splasdid list of special premiums offered are the following;
 The Percheon Society of America offers a special list of 12 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 years old or over; l best stallion under 3 years; champion stallion: mare 3 years and over, mare under 3 years; champion mare, get 1 of stallion -four cOltS): product Os mare (two colts).
 For champion stud (stallion and four mares), s10O cup; silver medal and reserve ribbon.
 For best five stallions, S1G0 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 ond; three dollar, third, and two dol lar. fourth prizes for the classes.
 Bull years old; bull ? years old; senior yearlng bull; junior yearling bull: senior bull calf; junior bull calf COW years old; COW or heifer ? years old senior yearling heifer; junior yearling heifer; senior heifeT calf; junior heifer calf
 The American Berkshire assCcia 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, $S, S4, $2. } Pen of three barrows, under one year, SIP, sS, s4.
 The Angora Goat Breeders associa tion offers a 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 enc breed or variety. The Garland County Poultry Asso citation offers:
 , Ten dollar silver cup for best per of s. c. White Lexhorns. i. Ten dollar silver cup for the best
 pen of Buff Orpingtons.
 Ten dollar silver cup for the best , pen of Rhode Island Reds. Ten dollar silver cup for best per of White Plymouth Rocks. Two dollars and fifty cents in golC for the best pen of Brown Leghorns. This association also offers a spe cial list of useful prizes to winners ir the various classes The Rhode Island White Club o America offers five ribbons for the best cock, hen, cockerel, bullet anC pen.
 The Arkansas State Fair Associa
 ton, the Arkansas Bankers Associa ton, and large number of firms ant
 individuals offer the usual big line O premiums in the cotton and corr
 growing contest and in the girls can lring club contest.
 The A. I. Root Co.,, Medina, Ohio offers a special line of premiums ir I bee culture.
 Ford's Business College, Little Rock
 offers a full scholarship as a premium
 in the educational department There are many other lesser premi
 ums, all of which are offered at thu
 1913 fair October 27 to November 1, in addition to the usual big and attrac
 tive list of prizes and premiums of
 fered by the Arkansas State Fair, ant
 the new catalogue shows a greater anC grander offering of Inducements ts \ exhibitors chan the management of tn, fair has eveS been able to announce before.