Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-10-20
Portage County Agricultural Society

Portage County Agricultural Society.
The 9th annual meeting, Cattle Show
and Fair, Of the Portage Coan,y Agricul.
,ural Society, was held on their Fair
Grounds in Rayenna on W Wednesday and
Thursday. the Is, and I'd days Of October,
A. d. 1851. The weather was fine; the
frs. day was devoted 10 the registering Of
stock and manufactured articles. The sec.
ond day Mt IN early hour, the entire enclo>
sure, containing between four aud five
acres, was literally filled. Ii was empha..
icalIy an out poring Of the masses, COM
posed Of The OLD men aud the young men,
the natrons and the maidens, the silken
haired girls and boys oil were there to par.
licipo,e in ths enjoyment Of the cccosion.
The new Floral Hall 200 feet in circum.
!erence.whicb has been built this season,
was filled up in magnificent style, and al.
tracaed, in great hunters, the faires. Of The
fair, which added much to the interest OF
the occasion. The articles in most Of the
several departments, ~eresuperor TO those
exhibited last year, the legitimate result OF
a we'll organized Agricultural Society.
4 most excellent address was delivered
by the Hon. Eben Newton, copy Of
which 10y request Of the boardj has been
furnished and will bo published hereafter.
The speech OF Judge Newton and the fu-
vorable auspices Of the occasion, have
awokenod an interest among the eDterpris.
ing Farmers OF Portage County, which
will soon place our Society in al envi able
position among her sister societies Of the
w estarn Reserve. .--...
The several awarding committees re-.
ported us follows:
On Farms
10 Cyrus Adams for The best cult.
valed Farm DIP md s. 90
Dayio J Beardsley 2d best 500
Benj,nin OslerhoId best piece culti-
vuted swamp ground 800
81. On Gardens.
To William Stock ell ior the best
Kitchen Garden Dip aud $500
| Elisha Lincoln I'd best 100
| 5 A GiIletl 81 do 100
David Mcintosh for best Floral ard
OrnaInsnsaI Dip and 400
On Horses.
10 Plat A Stanard, for the best span
DIP and $500
Pomeroy Reed ed best 2 OO
& o Brunerd Sd do LOO
Horace Leech, for the best Stallion
DIP aud 500
Chas. D Foot ID bes, 800
Lu,sey Sd do 200
Amos L King, for The best Breeding
Mare and Colt, Dip and 800
Wells Clark I'd best 200
F u ilbbals, Tor bes. single Gelding
| Dip and esl.s 200
S Beecher ID bes. 100
b F Skltf for best span 8 years old
Colts, Dip and 200
Benz. Osterhold ID bes. 2,O0
G U Foot Sd do LOO
Albert Bracket, for best 2 years Ole
Colt, ONO Cul. 100
G Cue I'd best 90
BENZ. Osterhoid for best yearling
Colt OHIO Cul. 90
PhlIo T. Howland, best single Mare 200
y d cklnson I'd best, o. Cul. aud LOU
ID Wellman 81 do 20
On neat Cutie
To B F Pnrdee, for best yoke Of
working oxen, Dip and $4,00
5 Beecher, I'd best Dip and 800
David Spencer Sd best Dip and 200
Beecher bes, .oke Of 3 years old
Steers 500
E b Higley ID best do 900
George Deney, Sd best o Cul. and 100
II Hurd for best 2 years old Steers 200
Benz Osterhold I'd best 100
J d Root for the bes, Bull over
years old 400
i r F Conan, q 200
L II Gilbert best yearling Bull 200
L + Conant tor the best Bull Calf 90
Wolcot Caffee Jr.. % best 100
Zenns JUDD, for the best Mich Cow 800
John Spires ID best Vol. o. Cul. and 200
Sheldon Farnham Sd best 100
H A Merrick, best ueifer under
years old 2,O0
Zenas Judd I'd best LOO
Sheldon Farnham, for the bes. Heif-
er Calf Meritorious1 200
H Hurd for the best yoke yeurling
Steers 900
J C. Hall ID best---- - 90
On Trans Of Working Oxen and Horses.
Windiam Township iur the best 10
yoke Of Oxen 5 20
Edinnurgh I'd best 4 %