Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1907 — FROM THE INDIANA SOIL. [ARTICLE]

FROM THE INDIANA SOIL.

Dlstlntive Hoosier Exhibits Will Be Shown at State Fair. At the Indiana State Fair, which opens at Indianapolis on September 9, the big exposition of agricultural products will be more distinctively a display of Hoosier examples of the soil than in any year since tbe fair was organized. The premium list for these products is extensive and with the exception of the corn show, the competition will be confined to Indiana growers. The premiums to be awarded on grain and seeds amounts to $437; vegetables, $217; potatoes, $116; root crops, $lO3. In the corn show, in which Indiana growers always fare well in the distribution of prizes, the awards amount to nearly S3OO. A feature of this department of the fair will be an elaborate display of about everything produced in Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory, Oklahoma and Texis. One of the railroads of tbe southwest has, this summer, sent a special car through these states gathering up samples of farm products, especially in the horticultural line, and the exhibit will be at the Indiana Fair during the full five days. This display will not compete for prizes, but will be shown in the horticultural building, where the best growers of Indiana will hold their usual keen competition for ribbons. Tbe awards on fruits at the coming fair will amount to $735,