Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-10-07

larger and better than ever before IL
, the County-showing that our Farm
ers and others are taking more and
more pains to improve their stock
Each year shows marked progress in
this respect. There were some fine
, graded horses on the Grounds last
week; but the main display was rath.
er in cattle and hogs. Messrs. iona.
than Jones, s. X. Bellamy, and y. H.
|. and A. NJ. Strahan, each exhibited q
fine thoroughbred Durham bull; and
the former also q thoroughbred Dur
ham cow and calf.
But the hogs were the particular
feature-a long line of pens being
filled with excellent animals. Mr.. M.
Y. Kline had his big Chester Whites
in regular van on wheels, like a
menagerie. Mr.. Howard Cunning
ham exhibited excellent specimens of
the Poland, China, Chester White,
Berkshire and mixed breeds. One of
them, a Poland China SOW ten months
old, took the Sweepstakes premium.
Mr.. - Clark, we believe, took the
Sweepstakes on best male hog. Mr..
s. X. Bellamy had very fine Chester
White; and Capt. 8. s. Pierce tip-top
pure Berkshire SOW and pair of pigs,
which took a first premium. Numer-
GUS other excellent animals were also
on the Grounds; but we cannot name
all of them.
| AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, &C.
Our Mechanics on this side of the
river did not turn out so we'll as they
should; and the display in this line
was not large. Messrs. Larkin Wright
and M. HI. Post exhibited two fine
buggies, made by Mr.. Houck, ofPella.
Messrs. Bucrkens & Co., of Pella, had
one or two very nice wagons on exhi-
bition; and we believe there were one
or two others of foreign make. There
was kitchen-closet, made at Monroe,
under an Eastern patent, which at
tracted much attention from the ladies.
A new corn-sheller and cider-mill
combined, and cider-press, from
Pella, were exhibited by Mr.. Comp
ton. There were also some other Ag-
ricultural implements on the Grounds,
but we did not observe any of home
manufacture.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mr.. Conwell, of Knoxville, had his
Paragon Beehive out there; and we
noticed also his eo-wheeled veloci-
pede, and walking-cane of tin, made
by him. There was nice pair of
wooden shoes, from Pella-but the
mud of Friday left little chance for
them or the velocipede to show them
selves.
On the whole, as we were informed,
the Fair this year was the best this
County has ever had. There were
about $50 entries made in all. That
part of the County north of the river,
outside of Pella, was not we'll repre-
scented, on account of the state of the
river; but on Thursday there was
quite large attendance of people; and
the crowd would have been very much
greater if people could only have
known that it would rain on Friday.
The Society had offered about $14O0 in
Premiums; and the receipts, we be-
lieve, were not in proportion. We
can but hope that next year the time
and weather may be more favorable.
At the State Fair we observed that
each Entry card showed the name and
residence of the exhibitor. Knowing
the objections urged against this, still
we cannot but think it more satisfac-
tory way than the custom followed
here, of leaving the name and address
of.
And finally, as it was impossible for
us to be out at the Grounds all the
time, and as political matters must
necessarily claim the most of our linn
tied room this week, we must ask
pardon If we have here accidentally
made errors in description and unin-
tentionally passed over some things
that ought to have been mentioned.
Attic next Fair let all our readers try
to be out in force to see for themselves.