Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-01-01
{" Down East"

From Maine To Missouri" the cause of
agriculture is making visible progress, and
its friends and advocates are wide awake
and going ahead Away down East" as
well as " out of the world, up in Vermont"
the farmers have their annual cattle show
and fair; ahd # there is any thing signifi-
cant in the signs of the times IT is pretty
certain that when the Green Mountain BOYS
aud the ArostooS maidens, located in the
most bleak and wild regions OF the country,
put their heads together, something clfeclu-
al, for good. will be done. The editor of
The Maine Farmer. a shrewd, sensible man,
has recently been occurring on Agriculture
20 the farmers in Arostook county, Me. and
gives some PenclIIugs by the Way" in
his own peculiar vein Of pleasantly. Hear
him:
We were very soon pleasantly greet
ed by many old acquaintances who had
emigraicd from Kennebec, and had be-
come pioneer farmers in this section,
literally hewing from the forest first rate
farms and making pleasant abodes for
themselves and families, by subduing
the wilderness, aud rendering il condu-
Give 10 their comfort and happiness -
Our friend, J. Winga,e Hams, former
ly of Hallowell, and well known in Ken
nebec as successful breeder of stock,
IS President of the Society.
This Show aud Fair was The maid
ca effort of the Society, il having been
organized but comparatively short
time, and, as some of the members ex-
pressed it, they were young and green
in the business We have, however,
seen more meagre shows and much less
enthusiasm manifested in older counties
and societies than we saw here. In
deed the whole affair far exceeded our
expectations, not only in regard to the
number of persons, but also in regard
TO the amount, quality and general good
character of the stock of various grades
exhibited. Some very fine COWS were
on the ground, and many good oxen.-
The young cattle were very fine. The
sheep were principally of the long wool
ed breeds, aud some very fine specimens
OF Coiswolds were on the ground. This
county seems to be very congenia to
this breed of sheep, producing some OF
the faiies' mutton that can be found in
the State and as natural consequence,
there is propor,ionably more of this
kind OF mea, used here than in any 9th
er sections of Maine. They are very
prolific. Cap, Rose, of Letter F., had
a flock on the ground, consisting OF four
ewes and nine lambs-the lambs all pro-
duced by the aforesaid four worthy and
eminently molherly ewes.
The horses made very respectable
show they were mostly of good size
compacily made, and well adapted to
labor. Horses are very much used in
the lumber swamps instead of oxen,
some companies employing from fifty
TO hundred horses in their winter ope-
raiions Some very fine swine were al
so exhibited.
a. We were much pleased with an ex-
hibition of drove Of turkeys, raised by
a couple Of little boys in Letter F., by
the name Of Ireland, if we mistake not.
They had sixty one Matched out in the
spring, and had raised fifty-nine Of them,
which they had driven 10 the show, all
Of size, very much alike in appearance
of plumage, and sufficiently large TO
make fifty-nine Thanksgiving dinners,
good enough for five times as many hon.
est men. We were not very little sur