Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-09-18


a prosperous as well ms permanent institu.
ton. Having taken deep root in good soil,
the careful husbandmcn who have it in charge
now present it as dourishing and healthy
annual producing not only blossoms, but an
abundance Of fruit Its annual assemblage
is the week Of all the year most interesting
to the average Vcrmontcr, who, whatever
his profession or calling cannot reasonably
divorce himself from tender regard for the
leading industry and only real source of
wealth in the State which it represents 1t
is also the best representative assemblage
that ever convenes within the borders Of
Vermont, bringing together greater amount
Of brain and muscle power the two great
producers of entcrprisc--tban any other oc-
cason ever calls out Being selfelective, it
is not dwaricd in its powers or hampercd in
its efforts by the formula of caucus, and the
energy which is born of free thought aud un.
trammeled interests, finds it the very point
for its fullest development Thus it becomes
the best educational week Of the ycar-whore
skilled industry and the inventive mind are
the educators, aud the mass, whose interest it
is to learn, are the voluntary and attentive
pupils.
The twenty-second annual exhibition Of
this Society, at St. Johnsbury, last week, was
in all its details similar to that of many
others that have preceded it, As compared
with last year, it would be regarded, in sew
eral particulars, as an advance some Of the
departments being much better supplied with
articles for competitive exhibition, and the
show on the whole being more complete
The horse, as usual, took his position where
his own acetuess and the confidence of his
hackers would naturally place HMM
front The horse department was more than
usually full, and, without enumcrating here,
there were many fine animals, showing that
the State is regaining somewhat upon its ira
ditional but impaired reputation as producer
of good horses. An exhibition of animals
/ run lut iluIHt GAbNh III
added considerable interest to the show, but
there were some there who will never outgrow
their Morgan tastes and education, who
long to look once more upon the compact,
well-rounded and polished animals that
reached back to the old Green Mountain, +"
or their more 1.-THE cousins of the Black
II Hawk" line.
The stock pens did not present anything
beyond an average, the display Of both Jer-
seys aud Ayreshircs being quite limited.
The merits of the animals in these, as well as
in other classes can be best arrived at by
/, consulting the premium list. The town OF
4 Waterford seemed to outrank all others in fat
oxen and couely steers, the principal exhib-
/ itors being the Messrs Dawson.
Il But nothing comes to the surface so quick
u when it is wanted as sheep or retires 50
1suddenly from the field under reverse. 1t
i could readily be seen along the line of pens
,lwell filed with these animals how the current
is setting now, and the well known names Of
lold breeders Of their favorte kinds were seen
10 their familiar places once more. Col
lStowell, of Cornwall Messrs. Fuller, Bridge
land Perkins of Pomfret, are all well known
i breeders of the Merino branch of the sheep
family, and their well cared for favorites have
lost none Of their real or speculative attrac-
lions, although they are no longer "mon-
4 archs," as the abundance Of such long-wooled
competitors as were displayed by Messrs
/. Bemis and Hall. Of East Burke, higgins &
\ Sons, and r. & T. Fairbanks, of st. Johnsbury
4 the Walkers, of Hartland, r. G. Hill, Of
4 Elmore, with recent triumphal honors Of first
y premiuws from the New England Fair, and
many other names, fully attested, We dc
not claim to read with any prophetic wisdom
the signs Of the times, or the probabilities
as to the future proftableness of woo-pro
ducing in Vermont, but past observation
proves that specalites have not heretofore
been so remuuerative in the long run as d.
versifed investments in agricultural pursuits
The sheep-men who make the larger sums oil
money, are the few, who do not raise and sci
wool, but sheep; whilst the many, who ars
dependent upon the market value of the fleece
for their income, have all the uncertainties
!, ATTENDING wool venture which there are in the
4 dairy business, or any other branch of pro
iductve farming If we may add a mora
fright here don't ill all your pens with sheep
4 to the depletion Of other animals and indus
.3tries that are constantly, if slowly, adding to
'fthe wealth aud comfort of the wise farmer.
i The swine, that have thus far failed to
make themselves favorites at fairs, and are
/, DULY tolerated after they are dead,--and the
more appreciated the less there is known Of
their origin,-made but small and inferior
appearance, and the few fanciers could find nc
Isa,tioroughbreds among the specimens on
Isxhibition.
I The implement show was perhaps more
tcomplete than anything else upon the grounds
and was the most valuable, as the farmer finds
berp the next essential to good stock in car.
\ rydpg on to success his farm operations
I qhS sAmes Plow Company, of Massachusetts,
exhibited seventy-fve different articles, EN-.
'braeing tweuty-oue different patterns and
AGES of plows, including several of the Ses.
fsious & Knox hard steel plows, of which we
lgavcquite full description last year, and
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Istrqngth and durability, being finished to a
Ipolish, are the most desirable plows ever
4phccd upon the market. They are made
Itoth landslide and swivel, and took the first
;prcminm of $50 at the State Fair last year.
There were moving machines and horse rakes
linnumerable, and of every conceivable pat
tern, and all too good to be reckoned anything
but rst.class-Woods new iron mowers, for