The Portland daily press., 1872-10-16

anu Increased IN NUMBER 1Or INC IcSoiu ID iei'
particularly at home, and indirectly tends &c
increase emulation among towns and raise the
reputation of a county, The gathering referred
to was the fourth annual exhibition of the
farmers of Falmouth and took place at the old
town house at West Falmouth. 1t was an old
fashioned cattle show and exhibition, where
neat stock had its proper place, and fancy
needlework was not allowed to crowd out the
products of the dairy, and the skill OF the house.
wife; though the farmers girls showed many
tokens of their love for the tasteful and ele-
giant.
The show of cattle took place in a field in
front of the town house, and though the ground
was not all that could be desired, the display of
neat stock was remarkably good, while poultry
and pigs received a fair share of attention.
Horses did not predominant; it was not intend
ed that this show should degenerate into an ag-
ricultural horse trot, but that nobler impulse
prompted the efforts of the people. The horses
shown, however, were quite good, as class,
and some individual specimens would have re-
ceived notice at any show. Among the neat
cattle nearly all the approved breeds were rep
resented; the Durhams and Hereford blood pre-
dominated but there were some fine full-blood
and grade Jerseys, Dutch and Devons, with
some handsome natives. There was over one
hundred head on the ground and we have never
seen anywhere handsomer collection.
Poultry was quite abundant, and of the
choicest kinds. OF sheep there was none, and
but two entries of swine; the Berkshires. The
awards given below will convey an idea of the
different departments.
The exhibition of the dairy, fruit, vegetables
and household manufactures was in the hall,
which was crowded to excess all day. Of but
ter and cheese the entries were many and of
remarkably good quality. The farmers of Fal-
mouth showed their skill as orchardists in APP
pies, pears and peaches, that would have done
credit to county fair Grapes, cranberries
and smaller fruits abounded, while the vege-
table display was almost marvellous.
The officers of the Society are A. f. Winslow,
President; j. B. Fillebrown, Secretary; Chas.
Winslow, Marshal; Joseph Colley, Assistant
Marshal; Capt. Watts, Superintendent of the
grounds and Mr.. - Leighton, Superintendent
of the Hall. At ten o'clock the Committees
were assigned to their duties, and for two hours
they were strictly attended to. At IL o'clock
dinner was served in large tent. 1t was a
splendid repast, bountiful, finely cooked and
elegantly served The ladies are entitled to
great praise for this feature of the day. After
dinner the unfinished work of the Committees
was completed and the reports were returned
to head quarters. We give the official awards
of the live stock department, taken from the
books:
Neat Stock.-Beef cattle, first premium to
Lorenzo Leighton. Oxen, six year olds, LIST pre-
MUM to Granville Hall; I'd premium to F. F.
Hall; Sd premium to j. /. Whitehouse; five
year olds, LIST premium to F. F. Hall; ID pre-
MUM to c. w. Winslow; Sd premium to L. |
Leighton; four year ODDS, LIST premium to Lo-
renzo Mountfort; I'd premium to Chas: knight;
olds, LIST prem to Richard Mountfort; I'd pre-
MUM to A. +. Winsow; Sd premium to Q. w. |
Winslow; two year olds 1st premium to A. f. |
Winslow; I'd premium to L. w. Hicks; Sd pre-
MUM to j. j. Merrill; draft oxen, LIST premium |
to Stephen Huston; I'd premium to VIM. An
thorne; Sd premium to L. Leighton.
CO,os.-1st premium to Lorenzo MOuntfort, |
best herd; Samuel Bell, herd mich cows; I'd,
L. Mountfort; Samuel Bell, best mich cow;
Lorenzo Mountfort, I'd do; B. F. Hall, Sd best |
milch; b. F. Hall, best stock COW; A. w.
Winslow, ID do; c. w. Winslow, best stock
heifer years old; Robert Huston, best butter
COW; Alfred Merrill, I'd best do; B. f. Hall, Sd
best do; Edmund Frye, best 2-year old bull;
Curtis Coley, I'd best do; Granville Hall, year
ling bull grade; A. f. Winslow, best yearling |
bull full-blooded Hereford; Andrew J. Knight,
best Jersey do 1-year old; d. w. Ward, best
Jersey bull calf; b. f. Hall, best 3-year old
hefer; A. F. Winslow, I'd best do; E. HI. Star
bird, Sd best do: Alfred Merrill, best 2-year old
heifer; d. w. Ward, I'd best do; Moses G.
Blake, Sd best; A. F. Winslow, best grade
Whitney, Sd best; c. W. Winslow, best heifer |
calf; Josiah Allen I'd best; Curtis Colley, Sd |
best; Robert Huston, best Jersey calf; Moses |
G. Blake, best TT aimed heifer.
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Glendy Moody, I'd do; r. Huston, best 5-year
old thoroughbred stallion, Scythian; A: NJ. Hall,
best 5-year old stallion; James H. Whitney, best
Patchen colt; Glendy Moody, best gelding colt;
Alfred Merrill, best yearling colt; James h.
Whitney, best 2-year old gelding; Andrew M.
Hail. best 3-year old stallion: Samuel Bell best
4-year old mare; Robert Huston, best family
horse; Fenwick Merrill, I'd best; III. S. Roberts
Sd do; A. F. Winslow, best stepping horse:
SUine Robert Huston, best Berkshire boar,
SOW and four pigs.
Fouls-Partridge Cochin fowl, LIST premium,
r. Huston I'd do for White Brahmas TO do.
turkeys, LIST premium, Moody Leighton; fowls,
LIST premium, ": =. Mlnslow; white Leghorns'
MUM, for different varieties to s; l. Merrill
and e. A. Noyes; I'd do to E. Hodsdon; Brah-
ma fowls, LIST premium to A. o. Field.
For premiums in other departments are
indebted to the Secretary, Mr.. Fillebrown, by
whose assistance the reporter was enabled to
collect them on the ground and III the hall, the
formal reports not havings been completed at
tho time he left the place.
Corn-Sweet corn, premiums in the order
named, to A. F. Winslow and F. o. Pride; rice
corn, to s. M. SWEET and L. W. Hicks; parch-
ing corn, s. Huston, j., and III yellow corn,
latter gentleman raised 100 bushels of ears to
the acre. A premium was given to Geo. s.
Latham, aged 8 years, for a trace of pop corn
raised by him. Table beets, premiums to Capt
Alvin Hall and Amos Leighton; mangel wur-
eel do, to Daniel Wilson. Potatoes, to j. l..
Whtehouse for Early Rose; Robert Dyer for
Chenangoes; Mrs. John Williams for Garnets;
L. Hodgdon for Peerless English turnips, to
Alvin Hall and J. A. P. Merrill; ruta bagas, c.
w. Winslow. Carrots, to Alvin Hall and j.
W. Merrill. Parsnips to Alvin Hall. Pump
kins, p. e. GRAHAM and Il. Huston. The last
named gentleman raised seven weighing 40
pounds, from one seed. Cabbages, G. w.
Moulton and d. W. Hicks. Caulifowers L.
w Hicks. Cxcumbers, B. A. Moody and Al
bert Winslow. Beans, s. Huston, Jr., for six
varieties. Peas, same gentleman, for two vari-
cites. Cracked corn, meal and table salt, Fall
mouth Mills Squashes, G. w. Mouton, AL
bert Winslow and Fenwick Merrill, the last for
ten Hubbards from one vine. Mr.. Moulton ex-
bibited an Egyptian beet 81 inches in circum-
ference Martynias, e; W. Moulton. Water
ton, Mrs Josiah Allen and Mrs. Alfred Merrill.
Cheese, Mrs. P. S. Stoker and Mrs. j. A. p
Merrill, 1.-TWO premiums
Apples-A. f. Winslow and Granville Hall
each exhibited % varieties, and received premi-
ums. There was also many other fine contri-
buttons, among them 60 apples which filled a
bushel basket, but the name of the contributor
we have lost. Pears, D. w. Ward and Edw. p
Merrill Grapes, D. w. Ward. N. B. Wilson,
D. U. Young and Edmund Frye. Peaches,
a basket of fine fruit, grown by Mrs. Samuel
Knight Cranberries, g. w. Pilsbury, S. NJ.
SWEET and S. Huston, Jr. Canned fruit, Mrs.
j. L. Whitehouse.
Household manufactures and fancy needle
work.-Tidy, Mrs. Fillebrown, IS years old
Towering shrubs, Mrs o. T. Dana; sofa pill.
lows, Mrs o. F. Dana and Mary Leila File
brown, years old; Ivy, Mrs. Joanna York; bou-
quets do; fine case of hair work, Mrs. G. w.
Pilsbury; worsted work. two premiums to Geor
gle Blethen; pen manshp, F. E. Bowie; toy
house, Florence Knight; mems boots, g. w
PiIsbury; ladies' do, Columbus Knight; ladies
boots and shoes, Sam'l Bell; braided rug
by Mrs. L. A. Lock. Fancy rugs, Mrs. ElleI
Nj. Rand and Mrs. Cults Colley; patchwork
; quilt, Mrs j. G. Colley; shell quilts, Mrs
Ralph Sennett and Mrs d. HI. Anterior; bias
: ket fruit, Mrs. John Williams; door mats, Mrs
, Alonzo Knight; quilt Mrs. G. w. Brown; fan
t cy card cross and autumn leaves, Mrs. A. /
9 Winslow; mittens and stockings, Mrs. Il. j
Latham, Mrs r. Sennett and Mrs. Curtis Col
n ley; tidy, Mrs. A. f. Winslow; patchwork quilt
d Mrs. G. c. Leighton; drawn rug, Sarah Cali
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