The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-11-12

large a quantity of this matter, VIC were
told that it was considered profitable so long
as the manufacturers, or their agents, would
pay for it, at.the same price per pound as
wool. This answer somewhat surprised us,
as we supposed the manufacturers were in
earnest in their efforts to purchase clean
wool. Will some one explain ? Does the
manufacturer deduct from the price Of the
wool he buys, an equivalent for the weight
of yolk which it contains ? This is rather
an important subject to the wool-grower: it
is important that he should know, on which
he can make the most money,-ihe produc-
ton of wool or the production Of gum.
The cattle were mostly of large size
Many of them were descended in part from
the Short-horn stock introduced by the late
Gen. Barnum, of Vergennes. This stock
has been crossed, more or less, with Short
horns from other herds. They are, in gen.
eral, liable to the objection of having too
much bone, and rather coarse flesh though
some Of the animals exhibited, were of good
form and quality. There is no natural OBJ
staclc to the rearing Of the finest cattle in
this section nowhere is grass more abund.
ant or more nutritive; and il is only neces-
sary that the points and quality which const-
tue excellence in cattle should be under
stood, and applied by judicious selection
of breeding animals, to rear cows and oxen
here, which for the dairy, the stall. or the
yoke, might challenge comparison with any
in the world.
We noticed several full-blood short horns.
A bull and several COWS, fair specimens of
the breed, were exhibited by Charles Smith,
ESD, of Bristol, the President of the Socie-
ty. A bull shown by r. I. Robinson, Of
Ferrisburgh, bred by Mr.. Vail of Troy, is
well formed and thrifty animal. There
we're but few Devons. Mr.. Sanford, Of Or
well, exhibited the fine young bull which
was at our State Fair. We saw no full
blood Hereto rds. There were several
pretty good half-bloods. We were disap-
pointed in not seeing specimens of this val
liable herd here, as there are good ones
owned in this section, and their thrlitiness
shows that they are well suited to the loca-
ton. The only full l.blood Ayrcshirc, was
the bull (now thirteen years old) presented
several years since by Mr. j. 2. Gushing, Of
Massachusetts, to Mr.. Wightnan Chapman,
of Middlebury. He is still spirited and &C
tive. and has sufficient vigor Of constitution
to render him useful for several years. lie
has been an animal of great value, and the
section where he has been kept, has suffer.
ed great loss from his not having been prop
erly appreciated.
We noticed that the Short-horns and
IIerefords were classe1 together-that is,
competed with each other; and so Of Ayr
sLires and Devons. We do lot perceive the
advantages of this system. We do not see
how fair COMPARISON can be made between
animals belonging to breeds, whose charac-
teristics are widely different. The leading
qualities of the Ayrshires, for instance, are
such as fit them particularly for the dairy
while those of the Dcvons, on the other
hand,ar such as fit them particularlyto labor.
Hence the points Of each must be judged
with reference 70 different objects, which
renders comparison impracticabe.
Oxen and steers are numerous. Several
Of them were in high condition, for grass
fed cattle. We saw pair of hve year olds,
exhibited as working cattle, put on the
scales, which weighed 1000 lbs Mr.. j. n.
Smith, of Addison, showed pair, six years
old, of fine appearance, and in good work
ing trim, which weighed upwards of 5000
Vbs.
| The show of fruits, was highly creditable
to the section, indicating thai the soil and
climate are well adapted TO their production
We have never seen finer specimens of ap-
Pies than were exhibited by MIR. Richards
of Pan,on, Mr.. Chapman OF Middlebury,
Mr.. Burroughs of Vergennes, and Mr.. Smith
of Whiting They comprehended the vari
e,ies of Baldwin, Spi'zenburgh, RI. Green
ing, Porter, Peck's Pleasant, Jemetts Best
Twenty-ounce, &c. There were also fine
specimens of the Bartlett. Beurre Bose, ant
Seckel pears, Shown by MIR Jewett and MIR
Smith. Good specimens of the Isabella
Whine, and several varieties of exoti,
grapes, were shown by DR.. Merrill of Mid
dlebury, Mr. White of Vergennes, and Slr
Smith of Whiting.