Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-10-03

mon tOiich or S'9ht cQuaiN perfect, II
Simple 4 tr.fl9 Tighter than some oihcr,ns
being the best wne,.t; and there should
always he one miller on the committee of
award for grain and seeds.
The Trimbele woods were not repre-.
scented rs well as usual with Winter Rye,
Wheat. de- Enough was shown, how
ever TO keep it before the people that
they have sure thing on winter wheat
in the woods.
1t will be noticed That many of the
same names stand with the first pre-
miums on small grains year after veal
You NAV always look for certain few
well known names in the premium
awards, and we are bound to believe that
enterprise and good culture are at the
bottom of it. Their grains at our Fairs
are a standing essay on thHt tranch Of
farming, saying plainly in large capitals,
''Piow deep, sow early, with clean seed
aud spare not the drag" If our farmers
could be got together at The annual meet
ing next winter, and have that piece spo-
ken to them for an hour, If ought TO
increase the wheat harvest of this county
next year at least % per cent.
The display of fruit WAS not large, bnt
very fine. Dexter Bailey of Clifton, ex-
hibitcd eleven varieties of apples; Domi
ne. Bailey's Sweet, Porter, Blue Pear
main, Ta!men's Sweet, Perry Rnsset, St.
Lawrence. English Russrt, Rosseau
Flushing, Sp;'zenberg and Back Detroit
all apparently perfect in their kind
Geo. McMurphy of Prescott, also showed
three handsome varieties ofaPplcs. Very
fine grapes, of the Clinton variety, were
shown by Dextct Bailey, q. Ii. Nichols,
aud Norris Kinney of Perry. Mr.. d. b.
Truax Of Hastings, agent Of the Lima
Nurseries. exhibited n large and sup"rh
variety Of fruits, such as apples, pears,
grapes crab apples, c;.rrants and goose
berries, which greatly enhanced the bean
ty and value of the fruit show.
There was some show of dairy and
household products. The brown bread,
10y Mrs. Maynard of Oak Grove, was
the genuine "R,'n lng'n" of New En-
gland, suggesting to the Yankee observer
luscious visions of oil fashioned stack
chimney" ovens thrown open Of Sun
day morning, with their wealth Of Brown
Bead, Baked Beans. Pum',kin Pics,
an! Red Pudding" Oh. for the goo |
Old days to that extent. There were
several Samples Of Maple sugar, uncom-
monty fine Tor this country, whue sap is
caught in ''dug outs and hauled in bar
rels. That exhibited ty E. r.. ChilIs of
River Fails, WAS. in our judgment, the
ocst Maple sugar ever shown III Pierce
county. Chds. o. Boughtun Of Oak
Grove, Geo. p BracA EFT Of River Falls,
and Oliver Gibbs Jr. OF Prescott, were
lie additional exhibitors. Al tie sam
pies were &: at;,fo, Sugar, aui here We
oa,G ,e,raiA chat rs the manufacture OF
maple sugar in his way is not generally
well understood in this county, it ought
10 be made tie subject Of an essay at the
next annual meeting. There were in this
department several excellent samples Of
butter, jelIies. preserves. sweet pickles de-
AL Of which, or nearly ~, took rremi-
ums. They viii appear in the Socie!y's
! reports.
Last N the list. but not least in inpar
lance, cones the show Of stock Samuel
Daley, Of Prescott, showed splendid
full bio Durham COW, the only FLOODED
COW on The grounds.
! La the line Of sheep there was good
show by Geo. p. Bracket, and Joel Eos
ter. of River Fails. Mr.. Bracket exhib
/ tied a buck an. about dozen as fine
ewes IS we ever saw, and received IL,
! premium for the best .foek of sheep
, Judge Fos'er did not enter his as llock,
and the action of the committee in fol
lowing the specification of the p.emi-
um list aud Judging them ms such, re
/ suited in injustice to Mr.. Foster. lie
+ showed Leicester buck and two lambs,
a Spanish and Spanishbuck AMI lambs.
The bucks were of pure blood and among
! the finest of their kind, a..d Judge Fos-
ter is deserving of great credit for the
. pains he has taken TO place bucks of lie
/ best blood within the reach of those WHO
are awakening to the bcncft Of sheep
raising AMI wool growing in THIS county.
! Ia Inc line Of horses, there was the
I best show of Stations ever seen in the