Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1874-10-10

u. Niuhey, fieFihOht, kOOu tOut
yrs. old, and John ID. Martin, Pier
mont,
pens were all filed. The best show
of Durhams was made by NJ. H.
Chamberlin n Son of Bradford, on
the ground 10 head Of the best ant
mails to he found in this section. j,
Johnson ~ Son also had 3 pens OF
excellent animals, j. Swasey, Or
ford and N. S. Bailey, Haverhill,
showed good bulls. and b. Celley,
Fairlee, 3 pens of superior animals,
N. n. Kimball of West Fairlee, was
the only exhibitor of DevOns. He
has IA fine herd. The Jerseys made
q good showing, Stearns Il Williams
Bradford, exhibited the best bull
in this class. j. Il. Sawyer, j. 9,
Stcarns, j, w, Bliss. ID. X. An
dross and j. II. Peters of Bradford,
had fine animals in this class, as did
N. N. Kimbsll, West Fairlee, b. Q.
Metcalf, PiermOnt, and II. w. Bal.
ley, Newbury. There were also
some very fine grade animals. w.
q. & ID. Carleton, Newbury, and
Henry Bowers of ThettOrd, had
very large and excellent bulls. Vi
the show was small. j. johnson &
Son showed some good Berkshire
and ID. X. Cummings, n good Ches
ter Boar. The exhibition Of
SHEEP
has seldom been eXcelled. excepting
in the class of Spa nish Marines. OF
these, j. II. Peters was the only
He has a very excellent
flock, but there was no competition.
We do not remember to have seen
in the State a better show of coarse
woods. In the class of Liecesters.
N. N. Kimball of West Fairlee, j.
Il j. Edwards of Newbury, and
Charles Magoon of Orange, were the
principal exhibitors. Geo. w.
G hamberlin, Newbury, Matthew AL.
len, Topsham, and Thomas rhurber
of Washington, exhibited South.
downs. q. Sleeper, CorinUh, Ii. G..
Kibbee, Bradford. Mrs. II. E. Blaine
Of Piermont, 9. Morgan, Orange,
and Thomas Thurber Of Washing
ton, showed Cotswolds. There
we're also ten exhibitors of grade
sheep.
OF POULTRY.
The show was meagre. B. I1ibbArd
If Piermont showed some fine speci
mems of bronze turkeys, and w.
J. johnson exhibited some fine
Bramahs.
MECHANICS HALL.
In this department was included
agricultural implements, mechanic
.rts, grains, vegetables, dairy prod
lets, &c. The show OF vegetables
vas very much larger than usual,
md of unusual excellence. Albert
Bailey of Bradford, A. M. Child of
West Fairlee, w. +. Norcross of
q. NJ. Mum, l. j. Metcalf
If Newbury, e. f. Corliss, B. f.
Jhamberlin, s. Fl. Underhill, A. w.
Howard, Ira Howard, of Bradford,
=. j. Doe of Newbury, (who exhib-
ted the improved Hubbard squash
's) and VIM. Temple and "A. B.
Rogers Of the same town, were
lmong the largest exhibitors. or
DAIRY PRODUCTS
here was a show most tempClng.-
Wright Chamberlin Newbury had
wo fine cheese and 2 tubs of butter;
Jas. Allen Topsham 2 tubs of but.
er; e. w. Robbie Bradford, Frank
Piermont, Mrs. Arad Kent
Mrs. II. e. Blaine, Pier.
mont, A. B. Rogers Newbury, j.
Folsom, VIM. Dickey Bradford, O.
3. Rogers Newbury, M. Il. Cham
,erlin & Son Bradford, all had some
inc specimens in this line, and it
would require the report of the
Judges to determine who was entitl-
ID to claim the first place on the list.
+. j. Doe Of Newbury showed
ONE very excellent seed corn II
owed, which ripend Sept. 10th,
md VIM. Dickey of Bradford had
ONE specimens of the Odessa wheat
which is claimed to be great i'm
on ordinary varieties
only about one-half the
mount of seed and yielding him at
he rate of 80 bushels per acre.
I. G. Reyes of Newbury exhibited
pecimens of the hulless oats, which
lttracted attention from their nov
lily.
The show of carriages was quite
and probably included a
arger number of manufacture
han can be found in the limits of
ny other county in the State. H.
'ibley & Sons of West Fairlee, Il.
'age and j. L. Burgess of East
)orinth, w. ii. Batchelder of Hav-
rhill, were among those who exhib-
ted superior workmanship, style
nd finish in this department. j.
smith of Newbury had tue Buckeye
lower; j. ii. Peters of Bradford
he Bay State horse rake; Geo. f.
)bamberlin Newbury, the Walter
\. Wood mowers; A. b. Roger Of
'ewbury, horse hoe and cultivatOr.
he show ofagricultural implements
'as very meagre indeed. We did
OF see single article in this line
f home manufacture although we
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