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Michigan State Fair

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Parent Issue
Day
11
Month
August
Year
1865
Copyright
Public Domain
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The 1T tli State Fair of Michigan, vü{ bo beid oo tho uew grounds in Aih-iau, on tho 19th, 20th, 21st üiid 22d of "September, 18G5. ThesV grouuds me tlnrty ttjree áurea in extent, aud sre looaU'd du Dean street, les than half a üiilc; from t!o eeiiler oí' the city , of Adrián. Thsy aio enclosod with a kiiirh i'tüioi', and ut oua end is one oí the , f.ncst half mire erftoka iu this or any otlior State. Wiluiu tho arca no structures aro to be alloned except the judges stand. On the other portions'of tho groundrt thure vvill bu a grand stand DO feet long, with ten banks of seats ; a pplendid range of uew tables for liorses; at the south end, a range of 200 pous for sheep and swiue ; a range of 800 feet of cattle stalls, built on the same plan as those of last year at Kalaraazoo ; a cattle ring 200 feet in diameter ; a large Floral Hall 100 feet long by 50 feet wide, with a thirty foet wing as a hall of fiue arta ; a hall of domestic niaoufaetures, 100 feet n longtb ; a hall for oiiricultural producís; a hall for the exhibition of fruit. Tho premium list, which is now in progress of publioation, offers, the largest premiums on thoroughbred, working and fat cattle and sheep, ever given by the society, and it is expected that the show cf cattle nnd sheep will bo the best over seen in the látate' Tho premiums on horsos have bcou inoreased, and with the splendid faoilities for trials, it ia expoe-tod that there will be a large and corresponding oxhibition oí valuable aniinnls. The citizens, premiums for thorough-bred and trotting stock are over 15,000.

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Subjects
Old News
Michigan Argus