Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-10-18
ST. JOENsBURY, FRIDAY OCTOBER 18, 1872.

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of the herd of Duncan Buchanan, Of Albany,
and especially Of his fine bull Gillespie,
which took premium last year at the state
fair, and the first at the Orleans County, the
same year This year Mr.. b. took first
prizes on both bull and COW in this class al
so a number Of others on cows and heifers.
No Devons we're entered, and but one
Hereford, we believe.
In the Shorthorn class, Mr.. Cleveland's
noble herd was conspicuous by its absence,
but those entered by Salmon Nye, of Coven-
try, Thos. Baker, of Barton, Messrs, Phillips
Of Glover, j. b. Cook, of Greensboro, M. NJ.
Kelsey, of Derby, and others, make up a
show Of the most creditable character.
Some very nice Jerseys and Jersey grades
were shown, among which we note Salmon
Nye's first premium COW, the Drs. SINNERS
heifer and calf, Mr.. Markres' fine yearliDg
bull, and heifer and calf of Duncan Bu-
chanan's.
The "natives and grades at this fair
were remarkable for the absence of pure ma
tives among them, and also for the proof they
furnish of how rapidly our native stock is
being graded up by the infusion Of good
blood. In a few years it will be almost im-
possible to find what was once known as a
" native" since nearly all the bulls now in
use have blooded ancestry, at least on one
side. The premiums on this stock were well
distributed among the different exhibitors.
In this class we find many of the best dairy
cows offered for premiums, and winners there
Of. The impression seems to prevail that for
the dairy the grades of the so-called dairy
breeds, Ayrshires Dutch and Jerseys, are
quite equal to the pure bloods.
Among the oxen and steers we noticed
Mr.. Hawkins, fne pair, spoken of in our re-
cent account of his farm, the nice pair brought
from Caledonia County by Mr.. Ufford, a
yoke Of Shorthon two-year-olds, girting six
feet and weighing 22OO, by D. j. Ware, of
Irasburgh fat oxen by Grin Cutler, Mr..
Nelson aud j. G. Hall of Barton, and the
Barton town team of ten yoke. Mr.. Cleve-
land, of Bloomington, NJ. Kennedy, Jr., Of
Troy, and l.. l.. Collier, of Derby, shew
good throe.year-old steers, and the trained
calves of Master Uiford were extremely cred
table to the skill and care of their young
owner.
The show of sheep at this fair was superb
or in numbers, and fuller representation of
all the breeds, to the state fair and it as
tonished us to find that one county could
make such splendid exhibition Of Merinos,
South Downs, Leicesters aud Cotswolds to-
gether as we found in the pens at Barton.
The principal exhibitors of Merinos were
VIM. Twombly, Warren Mitchell, j. b. Cook
and j. l.. Dodge Of Leicesters, Thos. An
derson, of Glover, j. S. Underhill, Charles
ton, and the Phillips brothers Of Glover; Of
Cotswolds, Salmon Nye, f. Perciva and the
Phillpses of South Downs, N. d. French,
of Glover, T. Baker, and Lewis Arnold Of
Salem Superior grades and fat sheep were
also shown, mostly by the same men. The
whole number of sheep on the ground ex-
ceeded $50.
Pigs are "under the weather." at this
time, spelling the sheep in that business
II. Cheney, of Westmore, had a good Ches'
ter boar, G.. T. Clark, of Albany, nice SOW
and pigs, as also had DR.. Kimball, of Gov
entry, with boar pig; which with another
b. p. by II. o. Whitchor, made up the bulk
of the show in this line.
Horses.
Horses generally come first in fair reports
but we are so little skilled in the horse bust
ness, uniformly getting cheated in horse
trade and showing our Ignorance when We
talk about them, that we shall have TO have
a special horse editor before we can max,
the FARMER very weighty authority oil
this subject Among the exhibitors whit
took premiums we may name Jack Kendall
of Newport, on farm and carriage horses, l.
T. Peabody and G. w. Pratt of the sam
town on mare, colt and stallion respectively
G.. II. Walworth, of Coventry, on trottin
stallion; w. G. Hawkins, Of Barton, O.
matched carriage horses; jos. Vance Of Al
bany, on same and on a remarkable breedin
mare and a number of colts; McClary, Of Al
bany, Mosman, of Barton, Baldwin, Jennos
and others of the same town, our frien
Haynes, of Albany on his nice flly that ais
took the second and ought to have had tn
first prize at the state fair, with others whol
we will not attempt to name. Those VIII
are judges say the horse show was extremel
good and well divided among the differeI
classes of animals.
Fruit,
, Northeastern Vermont is surely lookir
! up as a fruit growing country, thanks
Owen DOnuegan, Bartlett Byrant, Dr. Ho
! kius and a few other fanatics. There was
s very creditable display of apples, crat
$ grapes and melons. In the first N. f, Ba
d Moses Beadle and Il. G. Rowell took Il
: prizes. OF crabs, Balls show was very fin
c Beades excellent, and noticeable on accou
G of his new and very superior varieties, amo
It which arc some very edible sorts, one swC
Il which is beauty to look at, some that W
Is keep we'll, and one, the largest crab we ey
If saw, not less than two inches in diamet