The Portland daily press., 1865-10-17


best do. do. 1000
To John Webb, Windham, for excellent
farm mare and colt, gratuity, 700
To Hosea l. Robinson, Portland, for superior
mare aud two handsome Knor colts-exhibit-
ed By Hiram Libby, the thanks of the society,
and diploma on the colts. = + fIa .i'fs
To G. E. Boody, Windham, best four
years old colt 500
To Stephen L. Stephenson, Gorham, I'd
best do. do. 1893 400
To Moses Strout, Standish, best year
old colt 400
To Josiah Allen, Falmouth, best year
old colt @ 800
the grounds at Gorham, a very good mare
and six colts. 4aN
S. l.. Stephenson, Gorham, exhibited avery
excellent breeding mare and colt-the mare
remarkable for her speed
j. L. Curtis, Gorham, exhibited good
years old mare and two years old colt.
j.. w. Munger, Portland, exhibited at the
driving park very superior 4 years old colt
and is awarded diploma for the best of its
class exhibited at Portland
To S. w. Wilson, Portland for nice
three years old colt, gratuity 100
To David Thompson, Portland, for two
superior two years colt, gratuity 200
To W. b, Dame, Gorham, for good
years old colt, gratuity 200
Inc COmmCJee IN making up their report
at Gorham, omitted to mention two spans OF
mules, which contributed largely to the inter-
est of the exhibtion-award, a diploma.
| To VIM. Haley, Sebago, best year old
| colt .a4 200
On2 years old colts, all of which were.con-
1 sidered worthy of first premiums, the Commit
tee awarded, gratuities-Ylz
| To Theodore Libby ofScarboro, 200
| To John Webb of Wmdham 100
To Henry Alden of Gorham loo
| Also, To Edward Hunnewell, Wind 81
ham, for 2 fine Canadian colts, not
owned in the county long enough to
compete for premiums, gratuity 200
To Clark Conael OF Windham, on fine
years old colt, brought from Canada 100
FOWLS.
To Samuel B. Thomas North Gorham.
for his fine exhibition OF Ducks 200
To Charles +. Warren, Saocarappa, on
his handsome fancy Pigeons la 2oo
GRAIN AND VEGETABLES.
Entries for premiums on Corn Crops, were
made as follows: by al -I Eaas
A. P. Irish, Gorham town farm, produce of
154 rods 81 bushels "Dutton" variety, rate
per acre COG. bushels. ofH & =
Thomas C. Shaw, Standish, so 1-2 bushels
s rowed, on 50 IL rods-rate per acre 70 IL
bushels.
Eli Morton, Gorham, $50 bushels S-rowed,
on l IL acres-rate per acre 100 boshels.
J. A. Strout, Standish, Is 3-4 bushels white
pop corn on 43 rods-rate per acre go bushels.
NJ. /. Paine, Standish, 81 bushels "Dutton"
yariety,o on acre 80 rods--rate per acre 81 bush
els, 4e--ay
J. I. Stevens, Gorham, 12Obushels e-rowed,
sAndrew Johnson variety, ON IA acres
rate per acre 96 bushels.
The premiums awarded on the foregoing en-
tries were to
| Thos. @. Shaw, 1st premium 600
M. l. Paine, I'd do. 400
]. A. Strout, gratuity aa 200
A. Z. Irish, do. 200
Eli Morton, do 200
J. !, Stevens, do 200
In the case of the last three entries the
statements made were imperfect
On Winter Wheat VIM Haley, Sebago,
who raised s bushels on 112 rods
rate per acre II 81 bushels - was
awarded I'd premium. 300
On Winter Rye, r. Willis, Gorham, who
raised GA bushels on 3 acres-no writ
ten statement--was awarded gratu-
jty 100
To Geo. w. Allen, Cape Elizabeth, for
excellent catbages, Mason and Drum
head variety, gratuity i, 800 |
To Henry Alden, GOrham, handsome
specimen onions, gratuity 100 |
The thanks Of the society were voted to r. |
d. z. King, for exhibition of 6 varieties sweet |
corn, lack of statement in regard to them,
regretted Ase n
TO ]. Wheeler, Cumberland Mills, for large
blood beets lCom- would be glad to know how
they were raised, and the exhibitors opinion
of their value for stock-feed.
To BENZ. Fogg, Standish, handsome speci-
men pop corn ino statement ~
To Coleman Harding Gorham, for samples
small early corn-valuable for late planting;
also for variety of early beans.
To Hon. G. j. Gilman, for 5 Rutabaga tuI-
nips, weighing 80 lbs, from land dressed this
year with rock weed-former dressing not Civ
en-. A detailed statement requested from him. 4
FRUIT, HONEY &C. as
To Geo. Fl. Way, Gorham, for best ex-
hi 5ition Of fruit of all kinds 500
To Uriah A. Berry, Standish, I'd do. do.
do. 800
To Samuel F. Perley, Naples, for best
exhibition of apples 300
To w. T.'Hersey, Gorham, best gbushel Is
of apples 100
To Edward K. Whiting, Harrison, for -
best exhibition of pears 200
To Geo. Fl. Way, Gorham, I'd best do. 100
To w. H. Storer, Gorham, best cram
berries raised by cultivation 400
To Frederick Gilkey, Gorham, I'd best
do. gratuity 200
To J. A.Waterman, Gorham, best spec
linen grapes open culture ~ 100
To W. ii. Storer, Gorham, best specimen
plums fgsh 100
To Benz. Meserye, Standish best speci-
men maple sugar 'ala.assl ~ 200
To Mary A. Glynn, Gorham, 10 years g,fI
of age, for best loaf of bread io'' 200
To Mary =. Marrett, Standish, 13 yea rs "a
old, I'd best do. ie8 gsj la 100
BuErER AND CHEESE.
To Mrs S. B. Cloudman, for best 25 lbs al
butter 800
To Mrs. Samuel Libby, North Gorham, for
very excellent butter (not the requisite guam
tity to compete for premiuml gratuity of
"Flint's milch cows and Dairy Farming"