Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1902 — How the Indiana Fair Will Observe Its Anniversary. [ARTICLE]

How the Indiana Fair Will Observe Its Anniversary.

The golden jubilee of the Indiana state fair will be celebrated the week of Sept. 15, by the distribution of more premiums than the state board of agriculture ever offered before, by several thousand dollars. The total awards will amount to about $3u.000, against S4OO, which was awarded at the first fair fifty years ago. The horse show premiums amount to $3,150, an increase of SI,OOO over last year. The purses for the races will reach $14,600. or $6,000 more than last year. The awards in the cattle show will amount to $1,300. The prize sheep will receive $1,500, an Increase over last year of SSOO. In the swine department the premiums amoiint to $2,000, an increase of S6OO. The poultry awards .amount to $1,600, an increase of SSOO. Tne premiums on art will reach $1,400, and there is an Increase of S2OO In the awards of the corn show.