Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-20

lie books Tor entries We're closed NteICf-
day and the completed list of the entries stand
as follows Cattle lS4: horses, l2j sheep,
Is swine 5 mechanical department. AS ::
floral hall. So: poultry, to. This makes the
total numbers OF entries in all the depart
ments 90.
The cattle are all very good, \. W Girls
void, formerly Boston lawyer and now Il
LAWYER in New York and a farmer in Yer
mont has one of the best collections of Dur
ham stock. There are some Dutch cattle on
exhibition which were bought last year from
the herd of W. w Chencrv, of Belmont.
They attract considerable attention from
their color-black and white-and the fine
ness of their hair. The Alderncvs are pref
tv we'll represented, and there is a good dis
play Of fat and working oxen.
In the sheep department. Albert Bruce, Of
Hubbardston, shows a Spanish Merno buck
tween $1,000 and $1,000. lie is three
years old now, and was regarded worth
$4,000 when he yearling. The second
fleece sheared from him weighed nearly thir-
ty pounds Most Of the sheep on exhibition
are Merinoes, though there are Il few very
good lOng-wooled sheep
Among the curious things on exhibition
are violin and bow which were made by
Corporal George VI. Colt of the "A Vermont
regiment, in Virginia. with no tools hut a
pocket knife, a chiscl made from an old file,
a piece of broken bottle and It bit of sand
paper. The corporal evidently had more
mechanical genius than he had tools to work
with W ID. Munson, Of Williston shows a
clock which, he claims as his first attempt at
clock making 1t is fashioned something
like the old eight day clocks that used to
stand in farmers kitchens. and will run
twelve DAYS without winding. 1t is furnished
with a calendar which will show the day OF
the week, month and year for one thousand
years.
of fruits and vegetables and butter and
cheese there is a very meagrc exhibition,
scarcely fractional part ofwhat is generally
seen at the county fairs. \ single plate OF
peaches comprises the show of that fruit. and
pears, apples, grapes and plums take up but
little space.
DIsCi s>IoN IRON HORSES.
There was meeting at half past seven
o'clock Tuesday evening. in the Town Hall
for the purpose of discussing the question
:. w hat is the most profitable breed of horses
for Vermont, and how shall they be bred and
trained -
Mr. l.. T. Tucker Of South Royalton, COM
menced the discussion by stating the great
Importance to every farmer and stock breeder
in the State of securing just such information
as was contemplated in the question pro
posed. He supposed that fully one-ffth of
the whole money value of live stock in Yer
mont was invested in horses Of the horses
raised in Vermont, not more than one fourth
of them are used in the State, the remaining
three-fourths being sold for use out of the
State He regarded the roadster as the best
breed of horses to be bred and raised in YER
mont, and also the most profitable. The
Middle and Western States can produce bet
ter draft horses than Vermont can, but the
soil and the water of these billy regions are
just what are needed to produce fleet and
wiry horses for travel on the road. Mr..
Tucker was of the opinion that what may be
called the Vermont breed of horses are the
best horses to be raised in the State. He
deprecated the custom of selling the best
stations and brood mares and keeping the
poorest ones. The very best mares and stal
lions should be kept for breeding, for if the
practice of selling the best and keeping the
poorest is continued the State will certainly
lose her prestige in the horse market.
He regarded any breed of horse less than
fifteen and half hands high, and weighing
less than one thousand pounds as below the
present market stand, and therefore unfit to
be raised. If people raise horses that do
not comesnp TO this standard they will have
to search after customers. It was true that
the Morgan breed Of horses did not colne up
to this standard, but that did not prove that
increased height and weight would not be an
advantage. Attention must also be paid in
breeding TO style and speed. Within the