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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1942
Page
15
Women gain spotlight at the 1942 South Dakota State Fair in Huron from Sept 7 to 22. Awards in the women’s building will be paid in war stamps for canning baking sewing painting and hobbiecraft with junior hobby divisions open to youths. Patriotism decorates the building and a period furniture display highlights the art department.
Market Wether Class II features on tap at the 1942 South Dakota State Fair with $2376 in prize money. Weeldreyer of Emery, superintendent of the sheep department, notes $216 per sheep class across Shropshires Bouillet Southdown Hampshires Oxford Down Lincoln Cotswold Dorset Cheviot Corriedale and Karakul. A market wethers class debuts this year with $90 in awards paid by three South Dakota packers.
The 1942 State Fair will pay a large portion of premium awards in United States war stamps. In full war stamp payments are planned for poultry apiary dairy agriculture horticulture art needlework culinary literature and education. Other departments will receive 10 percent of awards in war stamps including horse cattle sheep and swine.
Prizes in 11 breed classes total five dollars for first place down to two dollars for fourth. Classes include ram and ewe categories by age, exhibitor flock, breeder flock, get of sire, and champion ram and ewe with ribbon prizes. State competition limited to sheep owned in South Dakota.
The 1942 South Dakota State Fair board is led by W. W. Thorp with officers T. Young and H. V. Wyman. The list covers superintendents for admissions, agriculture, art, concessions, cattle, dairy, education, poultry, public safety, speed, sheep and swine, publicity, and more across Huron, Aberdeen, Brookings, Sioux Falls, Pierre, Bath, Canova, Alcester, and Yankton. Deacon Shem Crowne of Boston noted as the first professional artist documented in America.
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