Putnam patriot., 1926-09-10
MANY PRIZES AT
 WOODSTOCK FAIR
Entry Day Next Tuesday.-Ex- hibition Days Will Be We'd
 nesday and Thursday
Officials Have Everything Ready For
 1926 Show


 The prizes awarded in fruit and vegetables al the annual fair of the N Naodstoek Agricultural Society which will be held next Tuesday. We'd nesday and Thursday. September Ii. 15 and i6. are offered to ecourage quality and marketahility in the eX- hibits. rather than size and quantity. the premium list for the sixty-eighth annual fair states.
 In addition to twenty-one prizes offered by the society for apples, the Quinebaug Valley Fruit Growers Association offers a sweepstake prize of five dollars for the hest box of apples shown in the hushel box eN= hihit Butter and cheese in the de partmcnt of hall exhibits will be judg- ed by the standard of the Connecticut Dairvmen's Association and the egg exhibit will be judged according 10 the standards established by the East ern Connecticut Poultry Producers. Inc. \ sweepstake prize of two dol lars Is offered for the hest dezen of eggs shown. either brown or white.
 The society Is offering Sf0o in prizes for Grange or Community club exhibits. divided Sa0. S3o and S20. All exhibits will be judged according 10 Che following scale of points: Special design. f2; largest and best collection of vegetables. 12i largest collection of varieties If potatoes, si largest collection of varieties of grain. |: fruit, except apples, B apples. , : flowers. &. preserves canned fruits, etc. k general arrangement of eN- hibit. 10; fancy needlework. 5 fine arts. 2: domestic manufacture, D :; bread. honey and pastry 6; largest pumpkin, largest squash. :; total 100,
 Important Feature
 Farm. home and school work by children and young people form an important part of the fair. There are classes for boys and girls between l4 and IS years of age. and less than I4. while the general classes are open to those more than eighteen years old.
 The boys and girls department. open to everybody between IA and ts wears old. lists prizes for vege- tables. poultry. pigs kitchen products and needle work The ehildren's de- partment. open to exhibitors less than t4 wears old will include vegetables, field crops. flowers and miscellaneous articles, all of which. except wild flowers. must be of the exhibitor 2 raising or manufacture.
 Prizes totalliue SIT are offered for aericultural demonstration Worh and exhibits of school work by the Woodstock schools
 Horse Races
 Wednesday Troltne to begif. ai % D. m. Glass l6-2 80. purse S20e, Glass IT. 2.25. purse S20o Cattle parade at p. n.
 Thursdav Trotting to begin a' % n. m. Glass ls-2 40. purse, 5000. Glass 19-Free for all S2oo. All trot and pace Cattle parade at ?. m. eu..-.
 The Society offers the following nrepsiups for jockey race First premium, S10. second S5, third S5
 This race to take place on the ai ternoon of the second exhibition day.
 Track notiee-Driving on the track will not be allowed Sundays.
 Entrance in all speed classes. six per cent and no deduction from win- ncrs. Money divided as follows: 50. 25. IS and 10 per cent of purse. This societv is member of the National Trotting Association. National rules "a cavern Entries to close Septem- her n. Hay and straw will be free. The right Co change any or all of the classes will be reserved. J. otis Fox. Ir sunerfrspndent