Litchfield enquirer., 1852-10-28
REPORTS
,Qf Me Litcl.feM County Ag~iealtar ai
 ISoc,ety.
HORSES AND SWINE.

The show of Horses on the ground never was better, and tue quality aud quantity catered fur premium have been seldom equalied or excelIed ut any previous Fair. kspecinlly eau tlis be said of the stock | doIses and Colts. s -4
 Tho Horses entered by Messrs Bat,ell 1 and Lyman wore, as m )sl of the members It the Sociely know, supsr.or animals ''jtalred by those gentlein en, brought inlo 'hls county, and grown to their present lelu'iful shape, at great expense and with d strong desire on their part that the breed tm the reg'on round about should be i'm pr"ved aud your committee think and be> ! 'eve that there desires have been mast tuIiy gratl6ed. Their ilar ses are very fine ,"ur year olds :; aud afer examining them Mrafuily standing, wo were unable to decide vnicIi was the better .lUrss. Bu1 when
 hrnrsSed, the action of Mr Rntel!'s horse vas julged to ba the best, and for that. ''ason cnleHy we award to him the premi.. u'n of $l--at ihe sn.ne time believing aud knowing that many prefer 10 use the lIorse f Mir Lyman for improvement, in certain things which are wanting in Mir R,t,esrs, 'nd also knowing ;he horse of Mir Batteil to nature ut an early age.
 We were requested to view colt on "xhbition only, owned by Mir. Battsll-a splendid one, and generally admired. But the only Ono entered for premium
 vas sowned by Mir. c. R S,nth- n Black
 lAwk colt of great power anl large size
 ,id although he had ID cOn,p ,.iton, we .re firmly II tho belief that a hotter colt :,nn0t bs easily foHnd we give to him .as P remium Of $3 a. aaa. sa l O"ly one two year old was entered, which WAS by A in A Stevens. We give tue premium of $2. e Geiding H )rses { years old and upwards [ -Jf ihis character, there was strong :Umpel lition-lhere being l2 entered, ana l h ,s. of them worthy of examination. or l iil tn ese, tlIc gray ,Owaed by Mr. Warner of Plymouth. was the best--nul having taken a p e,nium once, was excluded by the rules from ano:her.
 Mr Chandler Juod's hay, being the next best. ws give to him the preminin ofs$3 aud to Col. Wm r Baldwin of Liic,Grld tlis 2l premium of $2. ., There were 7 three year old gellings and n..res presented or these, one by A,ntI ,ny'C Strong, and one bv William B
 Il ItchKlSs. were elected as being superior to liIs rest Alter n close exa,ni nation, Mt Hutchkiss' colt was declared to, be enii,Ied to the premium of g.
 Tnrss 2 year ol: colts were offered. To Piinsas North was given the premium of 83. sa fa
 Two sucking colts were shawn us-bul your comm .tLes. failing to ascertain their beauties and good points, did not give to euilsr ths premium, but wuhheld il accor- dug IO. tho rlles. --.. .>..s.~.. .......
 SIX Dreed'ng mares were entersd. ouly tNO of .1tlich mad colts at thsir Sidss. We g,ye th } lst and 2d pre,niutns 10 Abnsr " Hi cheil.
 Four boars were entered less than ls mouths old. To John Carter we give the lst premium an1 to BsnjAm!n Webster lhe 2L premium, ....
 For ths best breeding SOW and Pigs, Isl prcrAiu.n uf $4, Mr LorAin rhrali
 Your com . ,ttee all agreS ln recomnen di6g a prsmiu,n on matched horses, bs- a'eving -ucn d premium would another ysar add greatly to the interest of tlle show and Ir0,nJle competition which wou Id tend to .hs improv .mpn. of the breed of this III ,si bsaut ifuI anima ia this county.
 In couclush,n we say. that while the addmi9naI qualities of beauty aud action are presented Co Us tn tie usual numbsr of good horses. we s,iIl cannot fall to sss that honesty shows itsslt ss fully as at any other show. .....-=-.-...-.s
 All which is respectfully submitted.
 THOj. F. BRINSMADE.