New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-18
ANNUAL FAIRS.
NETWORK STATE FAIR.

AMI
ELMIRA, Thursday, Sept. 16.-Finer weather
could not be desired by the hopeful Board Of Man
ayers. mellow summer SUD, with the dimmest hint in
the air Of oncomng rosts and fading leaves floods the
broad plain With Its radiance Twelve busy clerks at
the opening Of long shed 40 the right OF the gateway
busy all day changing the hard earned greeDbacks
which brown hands lay before them The second day OF
the far about twenty thousand such contracts were con-
Quoted across those rough little counters and to-day the
crowd h II anything larger. These are the yeomen OF
Western NewYork the most thrifty, sagacious inteli
gent and civilized body of workers that till the soil in
any cline. They bring their wives and children with
them and make gala day Of 1t as best they can. The
structures that first attract the attention Of the endless
platoon 1t files through the gate are the hall Of do
nestle products and the floral hall But tho farmer
who comes to learn something, as well as to be
amused, turns to the right and follows down line OF
owroofed Sheds psusing in admiration and sometimes
in smazement for there the prize cattle Some wear
a blue ribbon-that means first premium some red
second premium and some pale colored hllet-third
premium Some Of the Presidents OF the Society say
that while other fairsat Buffalo Rochester and Utica
have shown CATTLE they have never seen In the
State better collection Of booded stock than TINS before
us We have here fair specimen Of what NewYork can
do; and these COWS bulls stations calves, yearlings
and twoyear.olds though they may be matched from
herds unrepresented. cannot be beaten.
At the head OF shorthorn exhibitors We ind Ezra
Cornell OF Ihcs with Is animals On the best yearllng
and for the best cow over three years. rs and second
prize on two.year old heifers, and second prize for
yearing heller and heifer calf His COW Lucia from
calf has taken first prizes and the blue ribbon indicates
that she has met successful rival TINS year what
enormous width the hips, what frame, what pro
grained touch Beside her Ia Lncy Curd very wonneru
been prisetaSer She had been in common pasture
the 1thca hills yet quart OF water would stand IN
that great furrow over her spine
In the next stall is Kirkavlngon XII stylish name
for splendid creature Twice the owner has refused
and acme Of the Bates blood in this country We must
linger moment this bullcalf for he wears plue
read in the entrybook: Baron Booth roam cayed oct
TO- 1868 by Crobar, $751; dam Maria Booth by Duke OF
find among many saiwart fellows Of most heroic pro
pOto1' one Man ae n PnS Yan tTs
6755, calyed April 1865; by Clifton 6icO dam Lily III;
BY Ao g." There may be p BETTER snoe Mr.
Sheldon sold his finest TO Mr. Alexander Of Kentucky
is IN to his sa
choice OF the Booth. Durham blood from Englahd.
I'M a record now aSd would be- useless
for the ordinary breeder to go further than hs amman
deep, rich uniform color, as handsome as the pnrest
Devon yet the impression his SKIN leaves is OF mellow.
s choicest and the
steak Alongside this regal beast ten fifteen others
g. Lord Hiram milk white giant, Baron OF Geneva-flne
animals all OF them inferior by two points only
trained eye. and about which the most competent OF
judges may differ Before We leave this range OF stalls
extreme popularity OF the Durham stock among the
most noted breeders of the state Years ago when New
York was beef producing State before such roads as
Erie and Central linked US TO the great Prairie states
this preference was commendable and wise. But IS ~
noyf Does NewYork now want great bOny cattle Dred
for the shambes much as she wants breed that VIII
give the greatest return OF milk for the food consumed
The short horn will urge that COW that naturally
takes on flesh may managed TO be great mixer,
but be 1t may believe the coming COW for the
the exhibitors Brodie 4 Son, d. Hungerford and
woco campbell Mr. aanssTST T sai% Me
shared and easyfed mixers Bessie, now Is years old
It s 80 suar. for a.
very rarely egualed In the chronicles OF the dairy
Wocott q Campbell make large show, many OF their
animals being recent lmportations The best Ayrshire
bull was exhibited by Brodie Son. The premiums Tor
SHtv s Messrs Hungerford and wolcott & Camp
bell The animals shown by Messrs. W. g. q. showed
rather more pampering and grooming IDelr horns
had in some instances been most elegantly sand papered
aside from these proofs OF psdonaDe PRIDE nobody
Leslie Their bull Bruce also took first premium
They tho most extensive AYRSHIRE breeders IN the
United stateshaying hundred head In their pastures
state Fair and 1t indicates that for dairy purposes tns
admirable stock is gaining the reputation which ue-
serves The best summary OF the question OF dairy
breeds was made by prominent AYRSHIRE man from On an
average three Ayrshires eat as much as two purhas
and three Durhams give 10 more milk thah Two
Ayrshres" ~, A., vi.
The devon is not growing in favor with New-fork
herdsmen. Messrs. Palmer, W. Cole, ana r; IT, AThold
are the only Devon exhibitors on the grounds DIVIDING
the premiums equally They show some nne pure
bIooded specmens unequsled Deyons are, for bril-,
any Of color and bn se 1S o. ' SOz has the first
premium bull the best COW over three years 0iu pest
old heller and the best twoyearold Messrs
GonId Berham aud Pompely the other exhibitors.
and divide with Mr. CroLer the second ana thIu pLes
tno Ou Eoi a, Sarraganset Park In color aud the
marks OF excellent milking stock he has Few II any suPe
W. mas. r. the sheep folds Here we find John d. Wing
with n Cotswolds. He sweeps all the premiums III that
class aud II would be hard to mud In America OF ABROAD
more beautiful or more admirable woobealing animals
than these adorned with blue ribbons vi laike plunp
bodies zone of them weighs 800 poundsl fleece IKE snow
tbcv are the handsomest long wooded sheep on the
ground and fine the society ever showed IN con
rast with them may look at the animals OF lntantsnGo
and Panar breed shown by Mr.. Chamberln, Mr.. Bren.
ham Mr.. Stone and Mr.. Martin What wrinkles WHAT
AGO mis- nnsghtiy looking buck worth his weight IA
silver The decline of price for fine and the demand Ior
Gambling wool has changed all this But IL IL only tue
swing of pendulum These bucks, SO famous Tor weight
OF fleece will presently be IN demand again IN
bred chiefly for wool Mr. Cham0ern takes an the prizes
I'm Iecesters and Lncolns Juran Winnie ana Messrs VOL
colt and Campbell the chief exhibitors Mr Lynch
hch there is good exhibition but the contrast and
the contest between the extremes OF hneness ana on
length as illustrated by the merno and the Cotswolds,
engages the attention OF the majority and We near many
wise conclusions and sage prophecies ,- 49,.
In swine the show Is quite large Joseph Harris taxes
the prizes on small breed not dressing over $50 pounds
His stock is the Essex In large hogs dressing over 9O
4 son for one year old A. l.. Thomas on pigs, Brode
Son Oh breeding SOW, Clark clane and Mr. caVanaKh
u m U poatry the show was uncOmmonly fine Many
birds were brought for show merely as they could not De
entered for premiums The NewIork Poultry Society
has come forward bodily and made exhibition nearly
equal TO the show the Empire Rink last spring Inc
CHEF exhibitors Messrs warner ana GaVt oeers vi
that Society Mr.. Salisbury aud Mr. Wendell
THE FAIR CLosED-TuE AGGREGATE RECEIPTS.
ELMIRA, Sept. 1.-THE total receipts at the
fair were 600 The weather pleasant all the week
IL ia raining hard tonight but all the goods are on the
grounds GOV Hoffman and staf arrived here hls morn
ing and visited the fair grounds III company WIN fros
,aana nd
fol- Albany this evening
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