EXHIBITOBS GET READY!

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_ Exhibition time will soon be here. From now on the days will speed by very quickly and almost before we ' realize it the great big event which interests every section of our Province is with us.

This year’s Prize List is being circulated and if you have not secured your copy, please write at once and_one_will be mailed to you. It is a Prize List that we are proud of, because it has been carefully scanned from beginniing to end, weak spots have been strengthened and new competitions made.

_ _The_total offering from cover to cover is upwards of $11,000 in prizes and premiums. There is some- thing in this Prize List that will bring out the competitive Spirit in almost every 011% 0f 0111‘ People — farmer, i101"

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SPECIAL TROPHIES FOR EXHIBITORS OF REGISTERED LIVE STOCK

In order to encourage the breeders of Live Stock and to permit them to have tangible evidence of superiority in the Show Ring, this Association will award the following four Trophies:—

For the Exhibitor scoring the most points for entries with regis- tered horses.

For the Exhibitor scoring the most points for entries with regis- tered cattle, Dairy Breeds.

For the Exhibitor scoring the most points for entries with regis- tered cattle, Beef Breeds.

For the Exhibitors scoring most points in the Sheep and Swine Classes.

Awards will be made as follows:—1st Prize 5 points; 2nd Prize 3 points; 3rd Prize 2 points; 4th Prize 1 point. In case of Ties the 5th Prizes will count at 1-2 point each.

HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT 77 Classes for Apples, Pears, Plums, Small Fruits.

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Flowers in Pots-ZS Classes.

Cut Flowers-Mi Classes.

School Garden Exhibits-Z Competitions. .__.__..___..

HORSES . Classes for Standard Bred Horses, Thoroughbreds, Carnage Horses. Roadsters, Saddle Horses, Ponies. Registered Clydesdales, registered Percherons, Draft Horses, General Purpose Horses, Truckmen’s Class, Boys’ Colt Class.

CATTLE

Sections for Shorthorns, ual Purpose Shorthorns, Ayrshires, Holsteins, Guernseys, Jerseys, ef Cattle Grades, Ayrshire Grades, Jersey Grades, Guernsey Grades.

SHEEP

Classes for Shropshire Downs, South Downs, Oxford Downs, Market Class Grades any breed.

SWINE

Classes for Registered Yorkshire Market Class, Grade or Cross any Breed, Market Class judged on rai .

POULTRY

Fowls, various varieties; Chickens, various varieties. Production class, different varieties Breeding Pens, different varieties, Young Breeding Pens, Production Breeding Pens, Adult, Production Breeding Pens Young. Registered or Record of Performance Class, etc. Classes for Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, Dressed Poultry.-

CLASSES FOR EGGS AND DAIRY PRODUCTS - AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SUCH AS GRAINS AND SEEDS. i FIELD ROOTS, GARDEN VEGETABLES

In order to encourage the cultivation o4 beautiful flowers and the improvement of homes by beautification through gardens and plants, His Honor LL-Governor George D. DeBlols has generously contributed the sum of one hundred dollars, to be expended in prizes for Special Floral Displays at this Exhibition. This competition is open to ama- teurs and professionals.

Each Exhibitor will be allowed table space not exceeding 3 it. by 6 ft. The Competitor may show not less than 6 and not more than l0 kinds of Flowers. More than one, but not more than three containers of any ene kind may be shown.

ist, craftsman, artist and manufacturer. Every Department has been thoroughly revlewod and brought on to

DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT

Bread, Cakes, Pies, Preserves, Jellies, Canned Fruits, Vegetables, Meats, Pickles.

FISHERIES DEPARTMENT

EDUCATION AND NATURAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Manual Training, Birds, Insects, Weeds.

MANUFACTURES AND INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT 18 Classes

INDUSTRIAL CLASSES, FANCY WORK, EMBROIDERY, ETC. 59 Classes ._ Tea Cosy, Crochet Fancy Work, Embroidery for aged people. Work of Children under fifteen years.

WOOLEN AND COTTON GOODS KNITTED, HAND-MADE 27 Classes

HOOKED BUGS-IS Classes ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS-B Classes

MISCELLANEOUS ART WORK .

Oil Painting, Water Color, Drawing in one color, Pastels, Com- mercial Art, China Painting, Cartoons_ Professional Painting.

ART WORK FOR PUPILS 16 YEARS AND UNDER Oil Painting, Water Painting, Drawing Pastels, Commercial Art, China Painting.

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MODELING AND HANDCRAFT Photography by Amateurs, Photography by Professionals.

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HONEY AND APIARY SUPPLIES — 6 Classes.

In order to encourage competition between the various districts of

d to secure the interest of the Women's In-

stitutes in the Provincial Exhibition, we are offering the following

awards based on the number of points secured by Exhibitors in the four sections of the Province as given below.

A First Prize in any competition, either Live Stock, Flowers, Fruit, Dairy Products, Art or Handcraft by any individual will count five points for the Institute District in which he or she resides; 2nd Prize will count 3 points; 3rd Prize 2 points; 4th Prize one point. case of ties a 5th Prize will count 1-2 point.

Each entry form carries a space where the name and number of the Institute in which the Exhibitor resides must be filled in.

The above brief summary of our Prize List yivee you an idea of the many and varied competitions which will take place at our Fair this year. If you have not been a competitor in the past we hope that you or one of your family will be with ua this year. A Province and its people is judg- ed by its progress in agriculture, stock raising and the arts. Let us con- tinue to keep this, our beautiful Island home, to the front by improving ourselves and exhibiting to others these improvements so that they too, may learn from us a better way of doing things.

u. Col. DQA. MacKinnon, n.s.o. President J. w. BOULTER, Secretary 1

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