The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-10-17
From the Rutland IIorald.
New York state Fair.


with send such as | have been able to
make in the limited time l have had to
look over, or rather glance over so large
show.
The grounds would seem to be ample
for any show, still they have been much
crowded, both by articles exhibited, as
we'll as by the vast crowd of people, that
have thropged them yesterday and to-
day.
The executive officers Of the Society
have had so much experience in manag-
ing these large fairs that their arrange
ments exhibit their fitness as well as sag.
acity in the success of their efforts.
The exhibition of machinery is very
large and much of it is first met, spread
over number Of acres, on an entrance
to tho principal gates Of the grounds. l
had no time to take notes of any number
Of articles or implements in this line, but
will mention very few of the exhibitors
from memory:
A portable road or farm locomotive
from Rochester, England, gave evidence
Of its ability to move about the grounds
over all varieties of surface, and seemed
perfectly under the control of its engineer.
1t was shown by Messrs. Aveling g. Por-
ter, Rochester, England. While witness
ing its performances one could hardly
doubt but what the question of the feasa
bility Of using steam for much of the
farm work was about solved.
Very extensive shows of large variety
of farm implements and farm machinery
were made by Wheeler, Melick, Il Co.,
Albany, and Horace S. Emery Albany,
and very large show of grain drills,
mowers, reapers, horse rakes, plows har-
rows, etc., by others who are to nulner.
GUS to mention with justice in this arti
Gle, if l had notes of them.
A very large building was devoted to
machinery being run by steam power.
Two large buildings were devoted to
carriages and sleighs, and are well filed
by the contributors from the carriage
makers of this vicinity. In one Of these
is exhibited the old carriage and harness
Of Lafayette that present very novel
and remarkable appearance, but so well
have they been kept, and so thorough
was the workmanship that they seem to
promise to outlast some centuries the
deaeon's famous "one horse shay" of DR..
Holmes.
Four buildings were crowded with
stoves, many of them in full blast, cook
ing and heating. This class of the show
is very full and complete. But must
pass on to the stock department where |
spent more time, and have some notes of
interest, perhaps.
In short horns Messrs. Wolcott u
Campbell, New York Mills, were large
exhibitors and took many prizes. Their
younk stock was especially fine and took
nearly all the blue ribbons in their classes.
Their bull Royal Briton is noble ami
NAL, Of the Boothstrain, and bred by 7.
G. Booth Warlaley, England. They
have refused six thousand dollars for him.
Among their younger stock, Fairy Queen
is one Of the finest, and proved that she
could not be beat, at this exhibition at
least.
Geo. Butts, Manlins, n. Y, carried
Of both the first prizes on aged bulls and
COWS, with treble Gloster" and "Spring
Beauty" two noble animals. Other ex.
hibitors Of short horns are r. G. Coffin,
Collins Summit D. B. Haight, Dover
Plains VIM. Hurst, Huntsville j. w.
and H. Van Deveer, Cobleskill; Benja.
min Fellows, Clifton Williamson Simp-
NOD, jr., New Hudson Jacob j. De For
est, Duanesburg F. G. Mix, Schohaire !;
VIM. H. Slingerland, Albany; and Jas.
Wadsworth, Genese. Altogether mag
ni6cent show,
The number Of Devons have been ex.
oeeded, but there is a good show COM
prising some beautiful animals. Joseph
Hilton, New Scotland, takes the blue rib
bon on aged bulls and cows, with Prince
Of Wales, bred by the Queen Of England,
and Edith ID. Mr.. Hilton also takes the
6rst prize on heifers one year old and on
heifer calves; he has fine herd. Other
prize takers and exhibitors are Walter
Cole, Batavia (who exhibits largely in
this class, w. E. Arnold, diego Mar.
sbal b. Chamberlain, Cuba; George d.
Haines, Fultouham James M. Rockwell,
Butternuts and G. II. Jewell, Westville.
HEREFoRDs.
Erastus Corning, jr., Albany, is the
largest exhibitor in this class, and has
some fine specimens of this noble race Of
beef makers, taking large number Of
blue ribbons. His only competitor being
Justus Crandall Portlandville, who makes
an excellent show.
AYRsHIREs,
The show Of these the most profitable
Of mixers is large and very fine show
ing very conclusively the great and in
creasing interest they are justly gaining
in public estimation. As an evidence o.
this there are no less than six competitors
for the societys large gold medal on Ayr
shire herds, while there is but one for The
same on Shorthorns, two on Devons, two
on Herefords, and three on Jerseys, while
the number Of single animals cataloguet
in this class is 100, of Shorthorns, AZ, o
Devons 46, Of Herefords Is, of jersey
30, and Of Dutch cattle 5, exceeding b.
one.fourth any other breed, and more thai
double the lumber of either the Short
horns or Devons, the two leading breed
in numbers, only few years since, a
nearly all our principal shows. We hav
been Of the opinion for more than twent
years that this must inevitably be thei
standing whenever the profitable merit
of this breed became known.
Mr.. John l.. Glib, Quebec, p. O.,
an exhibitor of fine herd headed b
Mars the finest proportional and moi
beautiful bull of any breed l think eve
saw, and which carries the blue ribbo