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was gathering fruit all over the state, and he was gathering fruit for this 
sweepstakes exhibit, when he came to make his own exhibit if he had found 
some Wealthys that were finer than his own he would put them in; I would 
be very likely to do it myself. (Laughter.) 
In regard to these rigid rules, if you make one man live up to them, 
make every one live up to them, and there will be less criticism, and I 
would also advise my neighbors here to pray that they may not fall into 
temptation and steal their neighbors’ apples. (Laughter.) 
Mr. Dartt: As usual I am against the crowd, but I am right, and the 
crowd is wrong. (Laughter.) This sweepstakes exhibit is the biggest 
show you have got, and what is the use of bothering with those little in- 
dividual exhibits? You make your sweepstakes large enough and divide 
it up so a big lot can get in, and you will have a big show. I am not going 
to try to argue this crowd out of their coveted object. 
I don’t believe I said anything as mean about Mr. Underwood as he said 
about me, but I want to say that he made the finest exhibit at our last state 
fair I ever saw in my life; I did not see anything nearly so fine at the World’s 
Fair. I never saw anything to equal the exhibit of the Jewell Nursery Com- 
pany, and if we can get exhibits like that without sweepstakes premiums I 
will go right in for them every time. 
Mr. Harris: The man who makes such a sweepstakes exhibit is re- 
quired to give the name of the variety, the name of the man who grew it, 
with his postoffice address, his own name and have a label of that kind on 
each plate. There were about forty men credited with the finest fruit there. 
It gives a man a pretty good opportunity to go there and see who raises the 
finest fruit in the state. 
Mr. Wheaton: I agree with what has been said, for I have had a little 
experience in the agricultural department, having had charge for seven 
years. It is not right to have a rule requiring exhibits to be in place Satur- 
day night, and then not have them ready until Monday night. It does not 
give a fair show to those that are on hand promptly, and I believe those 
rules should be lived up to more strictly than they are at the present time, 
and I do not see why they should not be lived up to in the horticultural de- 
partment as well as in other departments. 
Mr. Lord: I think the language of the premium list is sometimes a 
little obscure. There is a rule which says: “No fruit shall be duplicated.” 
I supposed that was meant to cover the case Mr. Philips mentioned, in case 
some fruit was entered and then changed for something better before the 
committee came around. However the committee said that was not what 
was meant by that rule; it is said no fruit should be duplicated. I would like 
to have Mr. Underwood explain what that means. 
Mr. Underwood: I should interpret it to mean that you should not 
have two plates of the same variety. I understand the word “duplicate” 
to mean in this case more than one plate of the same variety. I never had 
occasion to look up that point, but that would be my interpretation. 
Mr. Lord: It seems to me the language might be changed so it would 
be a little more explicit, that no fruit should be duplicated; perhaps the 
case that Mr. Philips mentioned might be construed as coming under that 
rule. I think it means that no exhibitor shall exhibit the same variety of 
fruit for two premiums. That is, for instance, he can exhibit the best 
Wealthy for the first premium, but not for the second and third premiums 
