The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-23
OKLA. FREE STATE
FAIR PREMIUMS
Big Increase in Awards in Every
Department at Exposition to be
Held in Muskooee Sept.
20 to Oct. 4, 1919

Deepening interest in every depart
ment of the Oklahoma Free State
Fair which opens in Muskogee Sep
tember 20, and a tremendous increase
in the entries in every department
has led to a revision of the premium
list this year. The amount of pre-
MUM money to be offered has been
nearly doubled over that of last year
and in every department the premium
lists have been so revised that the to-
tai amount of money offered means
really more than doubling of the
cash awards. In all OF the premium
lists of previous years part of the
money has been offered for certain
exhibits in which entries We're sci
dom made. This year the revision OF
the premium list has cut out p"m
ber of these non-entry classes and
this money which has heretofore not
been competed for has been added to
the premium moneys to be distributed. |
This is particularly noticeable in
the womens department where the
entry lists in Household Science and
Household and Fine Arts have been
very carefully revised and a more
compact system of entries evolved .
with certain obsolete and uninterest
ing entries discarded. The amount OF
premium money to be distributed in
the department of Household Science
this year totals $49S. Last year the
amount was 1885, The amount OF
premiums offered in the department
or Household Arts will be S415 and in
Fine Arts approximately $500.
The premiums to be offered in tho
big live stock show at the fair this
year show a big increase over the
money offered in past years. Pre-.
NUNS in the Percheron class last
year were $500 This year total OF
s1,430 is offered.
Last year the Fair association of
fered s705 in the light horse class,
This year s1.10O in premiums will be
paid Last year 1915 was paid in the
jacks, jennets and mules class. This
year sS70 is offered,
The total amount in the beef cattle
class has not been decided but the
amount will be much larger than last
year when $6635 in premiums was
paid out. In the dairy cattle class
s2,2S5 premium money will be paid
an amount much larger than was Of
iered last year.
Last year s3,244 was paid in pre-
niums in the swine department This
year s3,54S will be paid A total Of
1886 will be paid in the sheep de-
partment this year Last year pre-
miums amounting TO $1,17S were paid
IN this department.
The premiums offered for poultry
this year are nearly double the money
offered last year and the poultry show
That was one of the features of last
ears fair will be far eXcelled by the
Esplay in the new building this fall
In the department of agriculture
e~emiums amounting to $1,732, a big
g crease over last year. are offered
Tle premiums offered in the depart
Aents of horticulture Horticulture and
-H:ary show a big increase, that in
IS e apiary department being unusu
-'iv large. Last year the fair offered
*,2 in this department. This year
.2Sj is offered.
The display of dairy products will
show a wonderful increase this year
over the exhibits of past years and
$3.50 in premiums will be offered
Premiums in the Education depart
ment also show wonderful increase
Last year the fair offered $164 in the
department of education. This year
SSH will be paid The premiums of.
fered in the boys and girls club work
will be about $500 and other depart.
ments all show a big increase.