Report of Secretary. 21 



BOYS' CORN CONTEST. 



For boys over 15 years of age. Best display of ten ears or 

 more. Corn to be judged by the score card : 



First premium $25 00 



Second premium 15 00 



Third premium , 10 00 



COLLECTIVE EXHIBIT. 



For the best individual exhibit of agricultural products, com- 

 prising same scale of points as in county exhibits : 



First prize $25 00 



Second prize 15 00 



Third prize 10 00 



HORTICULTURE. 



Best and largest collection of fruit, correctly named and 

 labeled. Open to any county or local Society or one or more indi- 

 viduals in the county in the State of Missouri, fruit all to be grown 

 in the county from which entry is made : 



First prize „. $75 00 



Second prize 50 00 



Third prize 40 00 



Fourth prize 30 00 



Fifth prize 25 00 



This list of prizes brought out five excellent county exhibits, 

 as follows : 



Pettis county, installed by Wm. Romig. 



Atchison county, installed by Geo. H. Sly, Rockport. 



Cooper county, installed by Chris. Smith, Bunceton. 



Platte county, installed by C. Thorpe. 



Lawrence county, installed by Simon Baumgartner, Pierce 

 City. 



The exhibits consisted of a collection of practically all of the 

 agricultural products of the counties, and were certainly very 

 creditable to the counties and the exhibitors. 



The Inter-State Fair was not a financial success, and was put 

 into the hands of a receiver before it closed; but the Board of 

 Agriculture was in no way responsible for any part of the Fair, 



