Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1846-10-15
VERMONT PHOENIX.
BrattlcbOro, Thursday, Oct. Is, 1916.
Cattle Show and Fair Of the Windham Co.
Agricultural Society, for 1916.

Wednesday and Thursday, October nth aud sih.
The two days of the WrNDuAM COUNTY CATTLE
Snow AND FAM, held the present year in this vii.
lage, will long be remembered ia Old Windham
County. Nothing occurred TO mar the pleasures
of the day, and the meeting was characterized by
great harmony of feeling, increased zeal in the
great cause Of Agriculture, and the bes, spirit
among all classes assembled to witness the exhibi.
ton.
The committee Of arrangements are entitled to
great credit for adopting and carrying out system
Of measures which have mainly contributed TO ef.
feet these fortunate results. The arrangements
were mostly conducted under the personal super
vision Of the able and interchangeable chairman of the
Committee, Chas. Chaplin, Esq TO whose efforts in
conjunction with his associates, in carrying out the
various arrangements, the public are greatly in.
debted
The Farmers Of Wndham County have done
themselves great honor by the splendid exhibition
they have thus created; and the public spirited cit
liens of this village have shown even more than
their wonted liberality and zeal, in every good
work. in the promptness and extent TO which they
responded to the call of the managers, which the
location Of the Fair at this village rendered neces
sary. A generous hospitality exhibited itself among
our citizens in throwing open their private man.
sions to accommodate the immense multitudes who
poured in from all quarters to witness this great
annual Farmers Festival, and which the public
Hotels were found utterly unable to accommodate,
The ground occupied by the Society for the exhi.
bition Of stock was well located on the public CON-
mon in the north part of the village. embracing an
avtansiva nd NJ v;a in he Of
rich bottom lands and sunny hill Sides Just such
view, indeed, as a farmers eye would delight to
rest upon.
The rush OF citizen farmers with their wives and
daughters, astonishing. and an undated inter-
est seemed to exist to the last. A number Of dis
tnguished gentlemen present from different
parts ofthe County, and the appearance and the in
terest taken by such men in the cause Of Agricul-
ture, added much to the influence of the exhibit
ton.
MEETING OF THE SocIETY.--The Society held
its annual meeting at the Unitarian Church at o
o'clock, A. NJ, where we understand the old off.
GERS OF the Society were all reelected, with one or
two exceptions.
HoRsEs.-The show of Horses was respectable
quite good, indeed, as at any previous exhibi.
tion Of the Society II was good both in numbers
and the general excellence Of the animals exhibit
ed. The Morgan Horse. owned by F. P. Sawyer,
OF this village, attracted much notice and we
regard his purchase as great acquisition to the
farming community Of this County The rapid
action, spirited movements, and sprighlly viqor Of
the Barton Horse so called, owned by John L. Sar.
geant, Of West Brattleboro, elected much remark.
We were surprised that premium was not award.
ed TO this Horse; but have learned that il was in
consequence OF non compliance with some Of the
regulations of the Society There were several
pairs Of beautiful matched Horses-amonq which
we particularly noticed splendid pair of Bays be.
longing to Lowell Farr, Esq of this village; also
another pair presented by Col Hyde, of Bellows
Falls, and pair of elegant horses owned by j. r.
Blake, Esq of this village, and splendid pair of
bays presented by Thos. j. Holland, of Townshend
But to our fancy, the most elegant creature upon
the ground was bay, 3 years old medium sized
colt, owned by Jacob Dunklee, Jr. Of Fayetteville
The graceful movements of this colt attracted great
attention. We should suppose from his color,
form, and action, that he was Of the Morgan breed
CArTLE.-The show Of Cattle was splendid, far
exceeding any thing before exhibited in the Coun.
ty So yoke of Working Oxen were entered for
premium, and we doubt whether richer display
than these noble bullocks presented was ever wit
messed in New England aud in this we are sus-
tanned by the opinions Of some of the best farmers
from Franklin County, Mass. Among these were
two yoke of red oxen, owned by James Joslyn, of
Putney; team of 8 pairs owned by the Sergeant
family, Of West Brateboro; pair presented by
Mr. F. G. Davis, Of Nottingham; also 8 pairs or
more, presented by the Guford farmers Some
10 or ~ yoke of Fat Cattle we're exhibited, and
their mammoth size, beautiful symmetry, and fine |
proportions, excited great admiration Old Deer.
field has long carried off the palm in the fattening
Of oxen but If the oxen which we saw furnished
fair list of the skill Of our farmers in the breeding
and fattenng OF cattle, the aurels of our neiRhbors
will yet wither before the superior efforts of the
farmers of Old Windham. The display of steers,
both two years old and yearngs, was very fine
particularly the steers presented by Messrs MAY, |
of Westminster Abel Wilson, Jr. of Pulney, Hi.
ram Smith, of Guilford, Presson Adams, of New.
fame, Sumuel E. Wheat, OF Putney, and Thos ]. |
Holland, of Townshend the exhibition Of these
animals together with some two yeats old and
yearling heifers presented by Messrs Lawton
and Boyd of Wilmington, Chaplin and Goodhue of
this village, Gen. Kimball Of Newfane and Barnard
Lynde of Guilford furnished the most unerring ey-
idence that the influence Of this Society had thus
Tar proved highly Notwithstanding our far.
mers to greater efforts in improving their stock.
BULLs.-The show of Bulls was not so great as
last year. large native bull presented by Mr.
Underwood, of Putney, took the first premium
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