Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-09-18
FRANKLIN COUNTY FAle.

"hu inst uhys, but Thursday n storm of rain
sci In and continued all the afternoon. In
attendance, in number of entries. and in ne
financial results, the fair was n success. Tho
show OF horses, cattle aud sheep was quite
large In numbers and superb in quality.
There was deficiency in swine, fowls, farm
implements. fruit, and in Floral Hall, that
ought TO be remedod next year.
cattle.
Among the Durhams WV notice hond he
longing TO II. Hopkins, Jr.. of Montgomery
II. f. Kingsley, Of Montgomery. has year
ling hcifcr; Head & Kingsley 9 head; q. q.
Head, I; aud w. B. Frnk, Highgate. l..
Mr.. Hopkins stock was from the herd of
Winslow Il Sons, Putney, and among them
we notice bull calf months old, as near
perfect rs could well bc imagined, and
heller calf which perhaps has not an equal
in the state.
Ayrshres: j. II. Stuhlebean, Sheldon,
has II four-ycar- old bull; Is. Fisk, Sheldon.
8 hcadi H. 4. Mead Sheldon, head; II. j.
Sake, Sheldon, head; b. Whitney, Frank
lin' . he'hi II. Il. Whitney, heller calf; L.
ID. Roberts, COW; S. r. Cilley, Fairfax. year
ling bull; A. Fisher, st. Adams, . head !;
Curtis Wheeler and |. 4. Paris, Fairfax,
make the best show of Ayrshires. Mr..
Wheeler has cows, . yearling heifers,
two-year-old heifcr, and . calves; and MIR.
Paris 10 head.
DevOns: W. II. McAllistcr, of Enos-
burgh, exhibits . cows, two-year-old heif.
crs aud one-year-old bull. The character.
istics OF this herd arc SO well known ns TO
require little mention. Their uniformity of
build and color onlitlc them 10 the rank of
pure bred animals of long standing. The
COWS exhibited We're raised by Henry Gid
dings, OF Fairfax, and are fine animals, deem
mixers and give "a large yield Of butter.
L. /. Smell, Enosburgh. two-ycar-old bull, u
very fine animal. Henry Giddings, Fairfax,
had bull calf.
lhe show of Jerseys was by far the largest
and best ever given in the county, % head
being on exhibition. +. X. Frost, Of High
gate, the two-year-old bull Titus Oaks, bred
by James Swain, of Massachusetts, 1 one
year-old COW, one-ycdr-old heller and ?
heifer calves. The heiIers and one calf
were bred by w. l.. and W. Rutherford of
Waddington, n. Y.
John Fish, of Sheldon, exhibits three
year-oh bull and one COW, both good ami
mails. The bull has been exhibited before.
The COW appears TO be an excellent dairy
animal.
w. T. Noble, OF Berkshire. had | one
yoar-old bull and one hciler. The bull was
bred by MIR. lIoglc, Of llogc farm. Stan
bridge, T. q. This bull is directly from
Imported stock. The hcIler was bred by
Dr. Bouielle, of Maine, and promises to
make n good COW.
We notice one threc-years-old bull, ex-
hibitcd by A. Richards, of Fnuklin; by
Z. A. Champion, of Swanton, and by T.
Hubbeli OF Enosburgh. These are all good
animals, and show what is being done by
way of improvement with this breed.
Mrs. +. l.. llibbard Of East Franklin, ex-
hibited 8 head three-years-old COW. 9
two-years-old cows, | two-ycars -old bull,
one-year-old heifer, and , calves. The 3
cows and bull were purchased last year by
the late Capt. +. l.. Hubbard, as the COM
M encement of herd.
NJ &. Dorman, of Swanton, showed his
three-years-old bull Gen. Stark, bred by
Henry Wellington, Boston, Mass. This an
imal is of good size and substance and has
proved himself sure stock-getter.
ii. =. Billiard, of Swanton, exhibited n
bull calf bred by the same gentleman, and a
very fine animal.
Il. ID. Roberts, OF Fairfax. had 4 head, | |
COW, one-year-old heller and calves. q.
ii. Farnswnrtl sf Fairfax, had on the
ground one four-yoars-Old bull, and II.
Glddings, also Of Fairfax, two calves.
Grades: a. Il. Gates had Il two-years-old |
heller, +. II. Cleaveland a COW and a calf;
ID. 5. Cleavoland, COW and five heller calves;
I. y. Cramton, cows; f. G.. Hume II fine |
yearlins heifcri +. J. Wilder, Sheldon. | |
COW; j. w. Bcaltie, DR., COW and
2 hciicrs G.. G.. Head, Mont |
gomcry, young bull and hoifcr; w. Z.
Noble, Berkshire. has Jersey grade heifcr
calves; A. &, Grant, Sheldon, bull calf: j
ii. Hubbard, Franklin, ycarling hoilers;
Benz. A. Beattlc, ycarling bull and s calves;
j. +. Wilder Sheldon, bulls; NJ. &. Dor
man, Swantou, IL head
Natives ID. $. Cleavcland, Franklin,
and G. A. Cramton, Swanton, have cows
each f. j. Wilder, Sheldon, / COW; J. w.
Boattie. Jr.. Swanton, cows and 3 two
ycars-Olds; j. w. Beattic, Franklin, COW.
The show Of oxen was small, hardly worth
mentioning, there being only or pairs on
the ground.
In the class of fat cattle wo notice only ?
animals entered.
breeding mares and colts: 4. +. Smell,
Enosburgh, |; Peter LABEL, /; G. S. Wait,
|; D. w. Beattic,l; A. j. Barr, two-years-
old colts A. Richards, /; p. C. Cook, 1;
ID. Sunderland, two-years-old colt, one.
year-old colt, mare and colt; II. L. Mead.
Sheldon, l; S. Carman, llishgllc, two
years-Old colt; Louis Bocnsh, /; b. w.
Northrop, Fairfield, mare and colt, year
ling colt. % entries Of driving horses, and
~ pairs matched driving horses.
Stallions j. Morse. Bakersfield, | stall
lion ten years old; I. &. Kimball. Jr.,
l,nosburgh Falls, four years old; DIV.
llighgatc Center, I five years
oldi a. j. Beebe, SwantOn. | four years
old; Israel Market, |; II. j. Newton, Geor-
gia, three years old; ID. Coburn, Berk-
''''' '"''O SuhS olu W. u ONltt, ~. |
Adams, | stallion; &. l.. Stimets, IIighgate
Center, stallion-Cemet; j. l.. Golden,
stallion; David Sunderland, l
stallion.
Sweepstakes horses; ID. V. Sunderland,
stallion and colts; A. l.. Writer'S Georgia,
stallion and colts.
The show of horses was fully AS large as J
n other years, and was unanimously pro-
bounced excellent. 1
Sheep.
There rs larger display of sheep than us
nal. Vermont is justly proud of her sheen,
md may that pride never grow less.
Cotswolds: Sid. p. Gates, of Franklin.
exhibits two pens of five each. comnrisiug