The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-10-16

Hale ; good buggy mare, by }. c.
Neidv, also brood mare and a saddle
horse; fine span of carriage horses, a
draft horse. by NJ. A. Glass good
span Of matched mares, by ID. F. Bissell
draft horse, by Jacob Haum year
old colt by David Robinson a saddle
horse, by S. f. Searles fine buggy
mare, by G. II. Jakway; good saddle
horses, by G. H. Mills f; good brood
mare and colt, by John Carpenter a
draft horse, by S. f. Messenger an ex-
cellent pair of farm horses, by VIM. A.
Jones and a handsome pair Of carriage
horses, by John McCay.
The exhibition of Devon Cattle was
not so good as last year, as we lacked
the presence of the fine stock of Mr..
David Merrill. Mr.. D. w. Gould exhi-
bited fine bull and two good cows also
a very excellent yearling heifer, and
two half blood heifers. E. p. Mills also
exhibited good Devon bull, and c. H.
Jak way another Mr.. Swartzell present
ed a very fine Durham bull, and 2 good
Durham cows, and an excellent calf.
Mr.. Robinson also exhibited fine Dur
ham bull, Durham COW, and 2 heiiers.
Mr.. Gillian presented good Durham
calf, aud half Durham COW. Mr.. M.
D. Weston half Durham heifers Geo.
Mann, half-Durham COW. There were
quite number of entries of Grade Cat
tle the best Of which were a bull, by W.
N. Russell COW by II. Washburne !;
COW by M. Gillian !; heifer, by S. B.
Curtis ; another by j. B. Gleason one
by D. w. Gould and another by NJ D.
Weston calf by H. Washburne and
one by S. B. Curtis. Mr. j. B. Gleason
also presented good 3 year old heiier,
and Mr.. d. w. Gould another. E. p
Mills presented good yoke of oxen,
w. o. Curtis, another, and III. Wash
burne another. John Slemmens exhibit
ted fine 3 year old steer, and J. B.
Gleason one 2 year old.
The display of Sheep, AS heretofore,
was quite meagre, as we regret to an
uounce, for sheep raising is business
which we had fondlv hoped was ncreas-
ing in our midst. Messrs. C. & G. Jak-
way presented 5 Spanish Merino ewes,
lamb and bucks: W. R. Russell, 9
grade merino bucks NJ. A. Glass, sew
eral long-wooed ewes and black
lamb
The exhibition Of swine was also small
w. S. Scott presented 2 brood sows and
pigs; W. o. Curtis, very fine pigs, 3
months old G. Lane, good Suffolk
SOW and pigs, one Suffolk SOW, and a
fine Suffolk boar ; M. d. Weston, an ex-
cellent SOW and 6 pigs George Mann, a
half-Suffolk boar James Ironsides, an
excellent boar and sow and pigs.
In the way of fowls, III. B. Haskins
exhibited 2 large Sand Hill Cranes, a
Swan, and 6 wild geese all domestica,
ted also l2 tame geese. |. G. Free
man presented s ducks, 5 geese and 5
turkeys. NJ A. Glass presented tur-
keys, and IL S. Chase also ) turkeys
III. Washburne presented coop of very
fine chickens of the Poland variety.
The display of Agricultural products
WAS less than last year, Notwithstanding
we have had such wonderful growths
the present season. Francis Pingree
presented u beautiful sample of 1U0l
Beans Ii. b. Haskins an excellent sam
pie of sweet corn I; Martin A. Glass and
John kinl fine samples of seed corn
Jed Lake an excellent sample of Califor-
MIA corn James Ircnsides a fine sample
of seed wheat J. c. Neidy, and NJ. A
Glass good samples OF Timothy seed
NJ. A. Glass sample of Hungarian
Grass seed. Jed Lake presented spec
linen of Iowa Tobacco and Egyptian
corn. and a. B Lewis specimen OF To-
wa cotton. Henry Sparkling specimen
Of ground cherries. S. Swartzell, W. o.
Curtis, James Rankin, and John Moon,
specimens of seed corn.
In the way of fruits we had four spec
linens OF very fair apples exhibited by j
Kim, S. Swartzell, III. Piersall, and j.
s. Bouck. Mr.. H. b. Haskins present.
ed a specimen of Tame Plums, Albert
Clark 3 specimens Of 3 varieties of
grapes, j. c. Neidy white. red and
black curranis, very nice. NJ. A. Glass
specimen of plums, j. Kint, a sample Of
English gooseberries and of yellow rasp-
berries, Henry Sparkling specimen of
wild grape sauce.
The display of vegetables was very
good, and in the way of squashes and
potatoes, exceled anything Of the kind
we have ever before seen. Many of the
potatoes measured eight or ten inches in
length. and were large in proportion
There were also some very fine cabbages,
Beets, Onions, &c. Mr.. Jubo Day pre-
sented 5 large Japan Apple Pie Melons,
taken from vine which produced 81
weighing in the aggregate 6765
pounds. This is the product OF single
seed. Mr.. Swarlzell presented 2 squash
IS that weighed between 90 and 100 lbs.
each. Nj. A. Glass had also some very
large squashes on exhibition.
There were several samples of Sor-
shum Syrup, aud all of it good. Ran
som Bartle presented also. a good sam
pie of Sorghum Sugar. There were al
50 several samples of honey. the most
presented By Asa Blood.
In the way of Domestic Cookery there
was quite an assortment Of Pickles, &c,
,y Mrs. III. Sparkling. which were very
iice. Miss Mary Chandler presented a
iuit cake. very handsomely ornamented.