Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-10-09

success.
Worthy place in the catalogue OF saints is
the name of the man who invented cattle
shows, and devised way by which the filters
of the soil, their wives and daughters and sons
and sweethearts could meet and celebrate each
year this glorious autumnal festival, bring
ing with them the best products of the farm,
the garden, the loom and The workshop, in
generous emulation and rivalry for the high
ly priced premium of the home Agricultural
society. The
FARMERS GATHERINGS
afford hours of much needed recreation and
release from the cankering cares of daily toll,
while they store the mind with useful knowl-
edge to be brought out in the next seasons
operations, and open the eyes of the careful
observer to the fact that there others in the
wide world beyond those of his own immedi-
ate household, and that others beside himself
have toiled during the season, and have
brought up to this annual gathering some of
the choicest products of their skill and indus
try. Happy days are these of the golden au-
tumn tin Q, of the ingathering of the rich boun-
ties Of heaven, over which these happy people,
the "bone and sinew" of the land. rejoice with
glad hearts.
To come down to "hard pan the 43d an
nual exhibition of the
KENNEBEc County AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
was held on the convenient grounds ofthe So
ciety, at Readfeld corner, Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday of this week. The
friends of the society and the large number of
exhibitors were highly favored with what we
might call Estate Fair" weather. For sever
al days previous the manufactured articles
and various products were brought in and ar
ranged under the care and supervision of Sui
Ivan Kilbreth, Esq, President of the Society,
and Geo. A. Russell, Esq, Secretary. Kill
breth is a man who is happy at all times, new
er being disturbed by any adverse circum.
stances, and he and his coadjuators are never
more happy than when laboring for the in
terests of the old Kennebec Agricultural S0ci.
ETY.. Tuesday was the big
CATTLE Snow DAY
Of the occasion, and in this special feature the
old society has always and invariably surpas-
sed its sister societies throughout the State.
A friend who has attended several other coun-
ty fairs, informs US that he has never before
seen such an exhibition of neat stock at
county show, and they have been extremely
rare at State show. But this year, in this
specially, Kennebec excelled herself. The
other day we gave the number of working and
beef oxen that had been sold from the town of
Readfed alone; but still the cattle poured in
from every quarter of the wealthy old agri-
cultural county, until there were 4io head
on the ground. These formed grand
procession, stretching around the track, a
huge circle of beef and bone and muscle,
keeping step TO the music of Gee Broad!'
''Her Golding. "Hish, there old STAR Gee
Buck" The scene was witnessed with great
pleasure by large number of spectators.
Following Isl
LIST OF PRINCIPAL PREMIUMS
in this department:
CArrLE-Herds, 1st, G. 4 c. Underwood, Fay.
cite; I'd, Amos Wheeler, Winthrop; 3d. j. \. Put
Durhams and Grades, j. p. Putnam, Winthrop, 1T
on bulls and bull calves and cows same, "a ON
Frank J. Hewns. Manchester, bull; I'd, j. W. will
liams, Readfeld; Sd. c. Robbins, Mt; Vernon.
Mt. Vernon, I'd. Heiiers two years old, LIST, Cor
don; one year old and calves, LIST, /. Gordon.
re- Old sr w0, M W pe
Palmer, Readfeld. Town Teams lst to Fayette, I'd
to Readdeldl 80 to Mt. Vernon, 4th TO Wayne;
Black Cochins; ed, G. e. Hunton Buff Cochins.
Turkeys, LIST, S. g. Fogg, Readheld; I'd, q. c. Hun
ton. Gratuity to A. Parlin, WinthrSp, for pair i'm
ported Imperial Pekin Ducks.
In the class Of oxen, as worthy of special
mention, Charles IL. Berry OF North Mon
mouth, exhibited three pairs working oxen
Benz. Davis of Readfed, a very nice pair;
Master Frank Z. Fogg Of Readfeld, well
trained steer calves; j. NJ. Wing of Wayne,
pair cattle; X. M. Kent of Fayette, beef oxen;
James Jones of Fayette, beef oxen; Reuel
Packard of Readfeld, beef cattle; Jarius
Packard Of Mt. Vernon, pair oxen entered for
all qualities; o. F. Foss of Fayette, matched
and working oxen.
The principal entries in sheep were-A. g.
Underwood, Fayette, long-wool sheep and
buck; Geo. M. Lane, Readfeld corner, ewes:
w. B. Frost, Wayne, coarse ooled buck and
lot of pure-bred Cotswold ewes; I,hial Cor
don, Mt. Vernon fine-wooled buck.
OF swine, J. M. MITCHELL Winthrop, exhib-
tied one litter of pigs; j. NJ. Moore, Win
throp one breeding sow and litter of pigs j.
c. Wood, Winthrop, two breeding sows and
two litters of pigs.
Let us turn row and make an inspection of
the
EXHIBITION IN THE HALL.
The first thing that attracts attention on en-
tering, is the large and magnificent display Of
fruit, no State Fair yet held having exceled
in this particular. This perhaps was expect
ed from the blushing orchards that every
where greet the observer in driving to the
fair, and from the fact that kennebec is the
best apple-growing region in the State. AL
fred Smith Of Monmouth, is the liking bee"
in this branch, his fruit covering an entire
table, reaching a third of the way down the
hall. lie exhibits so varieties of apples, II
of pears, and of grapes. Among the other
fruit exhibitors, some making large displays,
are A. C.. Carr. Winthrop, Ii. p. Jersey,
Kent's Hill, with plate Of luscious peaches;
j. A. Holmes, East Readfeld; Mrs. j. Lam
bard; G. Marshall Weston of Belgrade, who
has 200 pear trees under cultivation, and ex-
hibits apples and Nickerson and Flemish
Beauty pears; j. L. Branerd, Winthrop;
Willis II. Wing, Manchester; Moses Whit
tier, Readfeld A. w. Brainerd, Readdeld;
C. S. Robbins, Winthrop; j. Colby Dudley,
Readfeld S. Kilbreth, Manchester, and
others.
Large cheese are exhibited from the factory
of the Winthrop Dairying Association, and
also from private diaries, while the long rows
of jars of golden butter showed that gilt edg-
ed Kennetec butter is still in demand, and
that the supply is likely to hold out. How
nice it looked, and oh how sweet it tasted!
ESQ we imagined). Geo. M. Fillebrown shows
rhubarb wine in a bottle, with the stopple out;
the committee on examination seemed to be
att ad IN hat art of ha tohIa N which