The Portland daily press., 1865-10-17
Tuesday Morning, Oct. II, 1866.
The Late Agricultural Rair

The following are the awards Of the Com
mittoe made at the late Fair of the Cu1nber-
land County Agricultural and Horticultural
Society, as copied from the official reports in
the hands Of the Secretary. s,s . I
TOWN TEAMS.
To town of Gorham for best Town
Team OF ten yol1es Off oxen, premium $4,000
~ WORKING OXEN.
~ 10 John IL. Webb of Windham, for best
y OK team 81 la.6st $3.50 sre aasl 500
To George w. Hammond, Cumberland
Mills, ed best do. de-, exhibited by
Saml. Dabb, 400
TO Messrs Brigham, Clements 6 War
rem, Saecarappa, for best OK team,ex-
hibited by VIM. Wakefield, 400
To Town of Gorham for I'd best do. do. 800
To Daniel Libby, Gorham, for best pair ls,
working oxen ~ 500
To John Trickey, Westbrook, for I'd best
To Stephen Eescott, Gorham, for Sd
best do do. 500
To VIM johnson, aGorham, for hand
e some pair do. do. 100
OXEN FOR DRAFT.
s To John NJ. Webb Windham, for best
exhibition of strength by oxen over
feet gilt TsT 31 wen 200
To same for I'd best do do. 500
IL u. j.. Crockett, Gotham, for Sd best
do. do. do. tIk, N8ftffk 600
II Samuel and VIM. Warren, Scarboro'.
or best exhibition of strength by cat
80 lie, under feet girth 4 500
Tie City Of Portland had two superior
pair OF oxen on the ground. m
TIA. f. Jordan, Gorham, for best yoke
81 syear old steers 8 EHrlfst 400
IL 5. Allen, Gorham, I'd best do. do do. 800
ToS. w. Warren, Scarboro', for best
Z, - = lair 2 year oldastee ts " 800
FAT CATTLE.
TcMessrs. Brigham, Clements & War
zen. .Saenararna. hest he af ~ ttla pY1lih-
ted by VIM. Wakefield, 400
IoRobert Meserye, Gofham, 2d best
20. do. 500
TIC Moses Fogg, Gorham, for best year A
gss id Durham bull 400
Tooliyer Pope, Windham for best Dew
asa.o On bull, over years old 400
The Committee reported premiums, without
specifying amounts, in the following cases
where there were none oaered:J 1 ~
To City Of Portland, for best year old
grade Durham a8f fiestsstb9
TO Watson 6 Larrabee Scarboro,A for best
year old full-blooded Durham
To John L. Curtis, Gorharn, best yearling Jer
sey bnll fttFE ess3,raf
To John F. Anderson, Windham, for best
yearling Devon bull. a8s.A SsS
Also that j. +. Anderson OF Windham had
saa on the grounds a very superior Devon bull
which, not having been owned in the county
but short time, was not entered for pre-
MUM. .ataa 81 a ~
.8s5Is s.s rer COWS AND CALVES. asl
81 ToJ. Il. Anderson, South Windham, Ger
best Devon COW over years old s.s 400
'lv To same for I'd best do. do do. oo8 200
To same for best Devon bull calf 100
To same for best Devon heifer calf LEO
To same for best Jerseycow over years 3
old 400
To G. G LIP. Warren for best Ayrshire
COW over 4 years old sN LOO
To same for ID best do do. do. 200
To g. W. Hammond, for two Jersey " 4
COWS tentered without written state a,
1nent) gratuity 800
..sR To G. 65 L. p. Warren for best grade
Ayrshire COW 400
To cityof Portland, for best grade Dur
ham calf A A ia 100
To A. F. johnson, for fine milch COW .-s
I'd premium 400
sIa isg 4l5fslisitta bas IIEIFRRS. I8aH9f
To Moses Fogg, Gorham, for best Dur
ham yearling hefer 100
To John L. Anderson, for best Devon ~
do do. 100
To Frank c. Harding, Gorharn, best 2.
III year old Native heifer -nsss 200
Farm STOCK.
To John T. Anderson, South Windham
agb for best farm stock from any one farm,
Gneluding all the exhibitors cattle at
the show] ~ 500
The Committee highly coInpifmented the
8 farm stock of Afr. Anderson, which on the
= ground numbered 80 head, mostly of full
blooded Devons and also spoke Of his South
down sheep and lambs, as of most superior
quality.
SHEEP AND SWINE.
To John T. Anderson. for five best eve
sheep, (fullblooded Sussex South
downs, bred from an importation by
! ts r. S. Gold, Conn) 500
To G. w. Hammond, for best Sonth-s
40 down Buck, ia 300
To j. F. Anderson, I'd best do. do, 200
To G. w. Hammond, for choice exhibi-
: 4 tion of grade Southdown sheep, gra-'
tuity, 400
/, To S. L. Sweetsir, Cumberland for best
German" buck, weight 230 lbs.) seA 800
To Edward S. True, for I'd best do do, 200
To same, for exhibition OF fine grade
German sheep, gratuity, 800
a, To Seth Scammon, Scarborough, for to
two superior Cotswold bucks (not
owned in the county long enough to
compete for premiums gratuity 81
for one, 50 for thesother 800
To Moses Fogg, Garhan, for best sow,
"a fflll-blooded Chester) ID 3 400
To same, for fine show of pigs, not suf-
fcient in number for premium, gratu-
ity ~ 200
J.F. Anderson, South Windham, exhibited,
aft a late hour q, buck of the pure HAMPSHIRE
Southdown blood, purchased at Stanstead, and
lust arrived thence imported by Carlos
Pierce He IS three years old, and will weigh
q 220 lbs Mr. Anderson has given much at
tenton to the improvement of his stock of
sheep, and has made fine addition thereto
by this noble animal, which the Committee
think surpasses in excellence all Others in this
part of the country. The Committee award
cd him gratuity of $3,G0 ~ s-.0Aes
sTALLI0Es. JUG
To David Averll, Portland, best stallion
over four years old Ga "a e3 $500
TThis vas the celebrated Sherman Blackhawk,
known formerly as the North" horSe-the
sire of seen. Knox."l a5aya
s To David Ayerill, for I'd best stallion 1900
ieI This was the Excelsior" Black Hawk,
whose sire the Sherman Black Hawk
which took the first premium Aishl.-
The Black Hawk stallion, formerly the
Hodge horse, exhibited by ii. p. johnson,
q GorhalE, attracted the attention of the Com
m'ttee on account Of his fne style and ap-
pearance. E
Dir Isaiah Jones, Windham, exhibited a
substantial and good stallion, of the Black
Hawk and Morgan breed Tf 'I9s
Nicholas Hanson exhibited q substantial
four yearold, Of the Ethan Allen breeI.
.eie i't@ sle HoReEs 31AfEg7 ma
To Geo. w. Hammond, Westbrool, for
hast work horse sA am
ID. Thompson & Co., Portland, for
best family horse 1890
Geo. A. Wright, Portland, exhibiteda very
fine family horse, superior in speed to any Of
the class on the ground. -t'a
j. T. Miller. Portland, exhibited powerful
and substantial family mare. !4GF
Charles Clark, Portland, exhibited horse of
elegant proportions, fine style and action ,
d. Roberts, Westbrook, exhibited large
Weil-7na1a and nOYpf.fflI mare. faa