Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-05-19

j. H. Wright, col 570S5I s. $50 800
Ira Smith, so 500ls $50 $50
NorE BY THE PsrNTER.-Two columns of produce
tons in the table above, are omitted for want of
space, and are as follows Tobacc0-M. W. Davis,
5000 pounds; Z, W. lord, G6O0 John Phelps. $500;
Ira Wiley Zoo Ira sSirs 2?5o U ~ Rch9rd
n. W. oaks, 200.
Your committee in visiting the homes
of their brother farmers-(winter homes
their barns-haye been highly grattifed
to find so high standard of neatness
prevalent, the floors, stables and stalls of
the barns, but ewexhi6ited slovenliness.
The condition of stock was good and
many of them extra. A fine yearling
colt sired by Dazzle" belonging to w.
R. Kimball and one belonging to D. A.
DeWolf, very promising; a Durham
heifer two years old of S. NJ. Nutting,
two Jersey cows of w. r, Kimball, one
grade Durham COW of Dea. McNiel, the
latter from recommendatio cannot be-
beat in town yearling bull of H. P.
Farr, large aud nice; four grade Dur
ham steers belonging to N. G. Pierce
large and fine, fine matched steers of
Clark Whitney, one pair of yearlings
and one pair of three-year-old steers Of
G. G Peck; thirty-fiye fine eve sheep of
Lemuel Spaulding, good flock belong
ing to II. P. Farr and eleven extra ones,
of S. NJ. Nutting.
The raising of poultry is becoming
important. w. R. Kimball has a fine
lot of fancy full-bloods, to wit: White
and Red Leghorns, Silver Spangled
Hamburgs, Black Spanish, &c. George
Pierce has somepure-bloods, the REQ Leg.
horns, Silver Spangled Hamburgs, Co
chin China and some beautiful, large,
full-blooded Bramahs of fine shape which
cannot be excelled Then the Growing,
such growing it reminds us of Moham-
med's cockerel, which crowed cloud and
long it was heard by the whole creation
except men and fairies, but this rooster
beats Mohammed's, for it can be heard
by men; lot of Bramahs belonging to
Frank Spaulding, giants in size. Tur-
keys of George Sabin, George Pierce
and Frank Spaulding, weighing from IA
to 80 pounds.
Some fine stall-fed sheep of o H. Black,
NJ. W. Davis and d. A. DeWolf; also
some cattle fed by D. A. Dewolf, E. Lord
M. w. Davis, Ezra Stoddar6, John
Phelps, A. Watkins and d. G. Wright
that were fine. We found but few store
sheep, one fine flock belonging to Mr..
Kimball Cobb, here we would not for
get the fine Durham cows Of Mr.. Cobb's
and their progeny, which showed tho.
rough breeding. Some very good
sheep of John Phelps, F. Arnold
also, (and grade Jersey heifers) some
sheep of N. Fisher, o. L. Fisher,
E. Brigham and d. G. Wright we're wor-
thy of notice. Nelson Johnson's stock
is well cared for. D. G. Wright has the
best two-years-old steers, Nelson w. Oaks
had some fat sheep. Perez Clark has
1873 hens, feeds ] bushel corn per day,
meat, bones and shells all they will eat,
has kept that up all winter except when
warm, they average 80 dozen eggs per
week. John J.. Leech raised % bushels
of wheat on three-fourths of an acre, of
best quality. Among the prominent
barns of notice was, S. NJ. Nutting, o.
L. Fisher, FL. P. Farr, John Y. FAIR, J.
c. Richardson and o. H. Black, and We
would particularly call the attention of
the public to skill and taste exhibited in
the arrangement of the horse stable of
5. NJ. Nutting. Also to the location.
convenience and skill brought out in the
barn of the Messrs Fishers. And while
our minds vibrate back into the past and
forward into the future, looking here for
the humble house of our fathers, and then
for the stately farm house of modern
architecture, measuring the change and
progress of things, our minds at once ask
what Of the increase or decrease of the
products of our farms, while they have
been sold in the market from fifty to one
hundred per cent advance within the last
ten yearsf And to demonstrate the true
status, we will give a few instances, to
wit: The old Stickney farm, formerly
so called now owned by H. P Farr, j.
&c. Richardson and n. G. Pierce, No. of