Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-09-20

of wool for two or three years past. There
are about one hundred and dity animals en-
bracing the massive fieeced Cotswolds, the
oily Merinoes, and the muttony South Downs.
The principal contributors are d. f. APP
pleton, of Ipswich, Mass, Henry M. Arms,
j. J. Faint and Jerome Holden, of Vermont,
and John b. Sanborn, of Concord. The show
of sheep are we think superior to the exhibit
ton last year.
There are some very hoggish looking quad
rupeds in the swine pens, including the Ches-
tiers, the Columbias the Berkshires and the
Essexs, the Chinas, and the Poland Chinas,
with all sorts of crosses. We didn't count
them, but guess there are one hundred or
more. Dr. Cutter has the heaviest Show.
POULTRY.
The poultry show is very good, though gen.
orally at this time of the year birds are moul-
ting SO as to make them dislike to be looked
| at.
| MORE ABOUT CATTLE.
| The whole number of neat cattle on exhibit
ton is slightly above 400 head The Ayr
shires we find, on further examination, pre-
ponderate over the Shorthorns, there being
rather more than 100 of the former and about
10 of the latter. The Jerseys (Which includes
Guernseys and Alderneys) tell up to about the
same number of Devons, there are only about
so, excluding those entered as working oxen
There are some 80 head of Herefords, and
nearly as many Holstein, including Hostien
grades OF natives and grades, there are
some ten or twelve pens. We notice one, and
only one, of the Kerry stock.
BUTTER AND CHEESE.
portion of the butter boxes were packed
in ice and the butter was thereby kept in a
condition little better than before it came to
| the Fair. There was not great show of the
article. The cheeses were mainly from fac
tories, and were as good as the manufacturers
knew how to make them. There were fine
samples from the factory of Thomas Dins-
more, of Alstead, N. H., who owns one of the
two cheese making institutions in the State.
HONEY MAKERS AND THEIR WORK.
There were beehives alive with honey
makers, and no very stinted supply of honey
boxes well stored Maple syrup too, was ex-
hibited.
| THE KANSAS SHOW.
In imitation of last years exhibition in
Manchester, larger show was made from
Kansas the present year. Our Eastern friends
who would like more Eastern people, ''fixed
up the choicest samples of their products
and sent them on to Lowell, hoping to induce
the soil-workers of New England to leave
| their hard and unremunerating farms and emf
CRATE beyond the mississippi" Let the boys
go, if they will, and girls too, but it is not
best to go too fast.
STOVES AND HARDWARE.
The finest show of stoves, furnaces, ranges,
and all the apparatus for cookery was made
mainly by Lowell people, who thereby did a
good thing for themselves and the public.
SEWING MACHINES.
Wasn't there busy work and very nice work,
too, in the long array of sewing machines
If selection could not be made from the
great variety, it would be no use looking fur
Their.
MANUFACTURES.
There was large and beautiful display in
this department, including all varieties of cor
poration goods, to the countless samples of
household fabrication. So, too, with
NEEpLEwoRK.
| The specimens were numerous and excel
| lent, and added greatly to the interest of the
exhibition. 1t will be remembered that this
department was deficient last year, for reasons
that to Manchester people were sufficient to
need no apology.
MISCELLANEOUS.
There were few contributions to the fine
arts. and some curiosities, but nothing that we
noticed worthy of special mention now
There will from time to time be suggested
machine, a production of the farm or shop, OIL
an animal that will call out a thought by way
of comparison, and induce us to condemn OF
commend. When this will serve the public
for whom we work, we shall be likely t
make it servceable; with this we close on,
review of the various classes.
!, The best part of the Exhibition, l saw
| tl,., md tho al,
that make New England respected The,
were there, not SO much to compete for prizes
as to learn from each other, that they may il
] future prove to the world why the farmin,
interest is the basis of wealth, and worthy
] the support of all. Those who toll with thei
hands, are the men who make this prosper
Gus nation in time of peace, and defend us il
8 time of war. Let such have encouragement
from home capital, then our young men will
feel that they can grow in wealth and position
in tilling the soil.
We omit the premium list furnished by ou
correspondent, as we have already pubishe,
it'll
GENERAL COMMENTS.
The Fair has been success, with mos
favorable weather. large attendance, goo,
order and general satisfaction. The arrange
ments made by the Lowell people were in tn,
highest degree worthy of commentator
They were on a magnificent scale, systematic
convenient and complete. We are sure tn,
many visitors to Lowell during the week fully
appreciate the efforts of the citizens.
The great day, SO far as ceremony. attend
ance and excitement were concerned, wa
Friday, the Sth when the citizens of Lowell
held holiday. The schools were closed, tn,
mill wheels stopped, and business generally
suspended. grand procession was formed
an Grafton delivered by DR.. LoriHg, dinner
with accompanying ceremonies, enjoyed, q
balloon ascension attempted, and regatta
witnessed by thousands. The Eighth Annual
Fair of the New England Agricultural So.
ciety, is a noble triumph of the force OF Agri.
culture. 1t puts all previous exhibitions in
the shade. By universal consent it is pro
nounced the finest, most imposing, and mos,
instructive of any similar exposition ever wit.
messed in New England For this glorious
result the farmers have only to thank them
selves. They have from the first manifested
determination to assert a proud position
among the industries of the age. They have
resolved to establish once for ALL their re n