Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-10-02


wheat, (none being awarded for winter)
and w w Wright for oats. Two bushels
of corn were entered but no premium
awarded. Besides this there was large
quantity Of seed corn, enumerated with
/ vegetables. H G Hyde took premium
for a half bushe of corn meal, there be,
ing no competition.
DAIRY.
Here again the show was meager.-
There were samples Of cheese, that of
Barber taking the prize, and as well as
that Of O. S. Jones, las we can certify
being Of quality that would not discredit
any one There We're six samples OF very
good butter shown. John Dodge aud j J
Barber taking the premium for the best.
More encouragement should be held out
to this important branch of the farmers in
duatry, and it ia to be hoped those engag-
cd in it will, another year, exhibit more of
their products.
VEGETABLES.
Of these there was considerable variety
and 50 entries, one-third being seed corn.
| Of this o S Jones had 10 and Garner s
varieties, others less number. There
were excellent samples of the common yell
low corn, White dent, King Philip, Dat-
ton, Yankee s row. Tuscarora, Kansas,
Sweet Corn, Pop Corn, &c, DC. 1t was
shown that we could raise about as good
corn as anywhere. L Woolley took the
premium for Sweet Corn and G Rogers
| for Common Corn.
OF Potates there were half dozen or
more Of entries and most of them as large,
smooth, fair and healthy looking as one
could wish to see. Garner had vari-
ties and 0 S Jones 5. A. Y Knapp took
the premium.
There were two or three very good sam
pies Of Sweet Potatoes. There were sew
eral very good samples Of beans and on
ions; few pretty good csbbages; several
good beets, of which Fl Bonham bal the
best J some fair tomatoes, carrots, radishes,
turnips, vegetable oysters, parsnips, &c.;a
few good melons, and some Indifferent
pumpkins and squashes. The display here
;. was hardly "a just representation of Grant
County, either in quantity or quality
The season has not been favorable.
FRUIr
OF this there was not very large or
varied collection. Dr. B f Young had Is
yarties of choice apples. H w Hodges
had s varieties of very good ones. A E
1Kilby had Is varieties Of grated apples
and 50 kinds Of seedlings. Jas Prideaux
had % varieties of grated fruit and
nanber of seedlings. John Craig lad II
yrieties. Geo w Harger had q varieties
Of apples raised at Burlington, Iowa, as
samples Of the fruit Of trees he was grow
ing.
4 G Bonham hal some pears. OF
o,apes A E Kilbv showed some seeding
Catawha, very large and luscious, John
Bohn several fine clusters both Of Isabella
and Catawba, II H Hyde and A G Bon-
ham some Catawbas and James Prideaux
the Clinton. The specimens Of apples
and grapes shown. seemed evidence that
we coald raise both here successfully.
DOMESTIC IANAFACTURES.
The exhibition under t,lis heal was We
~ >roditable tholgh there was such a
crowd about their place Of deposit, that we
could not inspect them very closely. Sew
e entries, Of mite ems, woollen and linen
sto kings, yarn AMI quilt were made by
Mrs Rocena Ashley, lady 76 years old:
The yarn was carded, spun and woven
with her own hands, the past summer, and
was very fine and smooth. Seven entries.
were made by Mrs NJ I Black, comprising
blankets, flannel, rag carpeting, stockings,
and yarn. She obtainsd premium on
bankers, carpeting, worsted stockings and
warn. Mrs Hammonds made entries,
comprising Competing, jeans, ION which she
obtained a premum) linsey, flannel,
worked Counterpart, stockings and mits.-
There were 5 entries of rag carpeting and
some very pretty peices. There were
quilts of White Rose, cactues, and we know.
not what intricate patch work patterns, 10
or 2 in number. In this department Mrs
F A Bevans obtained the premium for the
best bread, for which there was little COM
petition.
DISCRETIONARY DEPARTMENT.
This was made to embrace everything
for any reason not otherwise provided for.
Under it were put yokes of steers, sugar
cane noasses, timothy Seed by A E Kill
| by,(weighing 81 lbs to the bushel.) Califor-
MIA rice, dried apples, cnrrsnt vine, Sin
gle harness by j Keiger of Potos, 8 sizes
Of very superior cordage made by S Moore
Platteylle, Sweet Potatoes, Radshes, a
brass clock, very eatable oysters, Sharp's
rifle, horse shoes, rifle & shot gun combin-
O., Crayons, monochromatics, wates colsrs.
and pencil drawing, ground cherries sugar
cane, cider mill d and cider by Henry
UT, maple sugar, tobacco, poke weed
Hungarian grass DC. DC. A luyuriant
stalk Of poke weed, shown by Mr.. S Ma
hood reminded some of old Vagina,
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky A
handsome large and well arranged bird
cage the handiwork of Mr. J II Evans,
with the enclosed 90 canary birds, large
and healthy, full of life AMI song, was >
center of attraction, and it will be seen
was awarded the very highest premium.