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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1937
Page
4
The document outlines Pontotoc County Free Fairs governance, entry deadlines, and premium rules. It details livestock, poultry divisions, and exhibit categories for rural schools, with rules on judging, space allocation, responsibilities, and payout procedures.
The document lists members associated with the County Excise Board across multiple townships including Allen Gladstone Francis Fitzhugh Maxwell Stonewall Midland and others. Names include J. E. Hall Kimbrough Kidwell Granger Denny Lillard Chandler Swink Bunyard Cotton Summers Cummings Jumper and Scrivner.
Discussion outlines the role of collective township exhibits and community fairs in Oklahoma free fair law, stressing three fair types per county, the importance of home farm and school product exhibits, and the judging basis for school exhibits with point breakdowns for display and arrangement.
Instructions cover preparing sheaves alfalfa and sweet clover forage bundles threshed grain ear corn and sorghum cotton examples vegetables and fruit for fairs. Emphasis on curing dark storage uniformity color leaf retention and avoiding damage to samples with proper tying phrasing and judging criteria.
Over 500 dollars in cash premiums will be paid for club work. Members should study the Club Department and ensure exhibits conform to the premium list. Open class exhibitors, including those not in school or club work, should be grouped accordingly and receive special attention as this shapes future farming and home making policy.
Township committees must manage fairs under Oklahoma law withly support from Pontotoc County Free Fairs Executive Board. Each township receives 155 dollars in cash premiums, judges and materials are provided, and hogs and cattle require registration to compete. Premiums list includes Best span of mares, horses, mules, cattle breeds, and specific calf awards with $2.00 prizes.
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