Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-28
E-7m the 81 ADAMS Messenger
THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR
M1xSEAPoL1s. MIyS- !

49, 49, E@Nr-@ - ------s-1--~3 1870 -
exkibition At their State Fair. row being
hsld 1t the ST. Paul Fair Ground
Thai which would be likely to attract
the attention Of Vermont Farmer. first
CT all. Is the variety q farm machinery.
and this. though expensive. IS really
necessary here, for otherwise the farner's
work could not possibly be dSne IN It's
proper seAsoa- A large PrOportion of
the Mowers. Reapers. Flows &C.. are now
made N the Stzte. and in al tie ain i
70 Do tie noss work. With The least
manual labor- Even the Ei1E Is Ar
ranged with wheels On either side 0f the
frame. and seat for the driver. 50 that
al that IS needed Is boy 70 drive, and
1t Is claimed. ooe nan nay manage Two
or three well trained teams The farm
sr rides when he ploEs. rides Ehea he
soEs, rides when hs s1ltiTztss, and rides
Ehen be hzrysstz. and but = few days
since saw eight horses attached To the
power of = thrsshing machine. and the
driver stands N the center Of the poEes.
which turned him around with the team
This Machinery. and the grain q ezhi-
hilton. show 1t onee that raising grain
Is the leading business cf the farmers
1 only saw enc ehurn, and that was
Flyei's patent, made IN Vermont and
operated By hand
1 an not familiar with stuck. and
consequently ny opini0n w0uld be q
little value, but i an informed By tie
editor of Tie FGrn<y's Uzsoz that Al.
derueys. Jerseys. Ayrzhires and SAort
Horns are each well rsrrsse1ted; also
that there are sone very fne grades On
exhibition But few horses were taksr
cut Of the stalls for exhibition or drivina
Ehils was On the ground bit In ths
stalls saw sone fine animals Perch
erOns, breed from Normandy, are val
ued very highly far draft horses- 1 Al
tod that there are but few Morgzns II
the State. Stack Of AL kinds nay Be
raised here With profit. and would de1bt.
less be better than TO deTose 20 large :
portion Of ths land TO the euItivzsiaa a
wheat The large herd of Col W.
King Of this place. nost # which "a
sold At Chicago short tine since. En-
animal, % Duke II HiIhurxs. briBziu,
$4,000 At s1ction, dsueeztrates TN
beyond any doubt
The land department. sf the Lake So
peri0r and Mississippi 2 2 nade quit
Ene show Of sections q timber grow
On the line of the Rad. among Eaie
we're red cedar, hiekory. maple and Pin,
They als9 exhibited earIy ruse posasoe.
sweet eqru- grain, cab apples and grape.
and | nctieed Ons block II granite. o.
q sa1d store and Specimens Of slate
their department..
There we're many bags of wheat frg
various sections of the State, al goo
though The crop does not grade quite
kigh Is last year. More land has Dc.
under cultivation, but IN soae places d
entire ercp vas Destroyed By The ga
h9pPers-
Frun Sobles Ccunty. N tie sozthe
part 1.-THE Sszte. the Io.ation sf tie \
'ianal colooy. we're sent stalks q eol
wheat, potatoes. bans. &c, fVa Viii
The graszhoppe-s lad eaten every Z
1here we're also present specimens q /
grzssh0Pperz. sEeraging Httie over
inca IN length, and Rore e hroEu
cnlor than those seen IN Yeruout- II
tAis same Colony we're sent zquashes :.
ed IRON the seeoOd planting, weigh
frou l55 70 les pounds, and tie gen
nan IN charge assured Ne that If
first plants had not been eaten 1
eould have sent TO the lair so-s L
squszhes, but even nov they eauId Il
lsA any quantity such As these
The Specimens ef apples on erhibi
we're fair, but thsir culture % fsv
not teen very satisfactory. Mr.. I
neR h Smith, Of St Paul, firm
frgn Danny, VI. exhibited eigh-
varieties If grapes. al grown in
open All, and from his vineyard this
he has oEsr two tEoassnd tusbel'
sale, and cf : quality 10 eoanznd
highest prices He pzunes in The
lays down the stalks and eFs-s
earth
In the Floral Department were |
tifl collections Of faIizse Eo.,
plants from the forists Of Mime
aud S. Paul. and large esIlses
cut f0vers from Vick. Ct Roekss.e
7.
OF r1g aud quilts made froa u.
ed pieces, and Of afghzns. tides,
setz etc, there Was fair sksE, b
30 Inc IS have seen in Vernon
cause, | suppose. As yet there are
many grzndnotAsn 70 make then-
Or three cases Containing boquets d
es IN vzx. and Ooe ease Of hair
In which the mast beautiful 4
we're ErOught In foEerz, crosses, "
frOn miniature patterns for LADY,