Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-10-22


male bovine, calf" one second pre-
mium of 81 for second best ditto ,
one first premium Of IS Tor b es, pair
matched three-year old steers. and one
first premium Of 910 tor the best COW
Of any age or blood.
Perhaps description Of The c4ttls
would be of interest; if 50. and vou
think it worth a place in yoar columns.
'rset ser up"
The calves were sming Calves and
Weighed togeather7l0l5s The 3-yeac
olds weighed 2680Ibs, and upon being
weighed separately, were found to
weigh precisely 1340Ibs apiece. The
calves and stcers are descendants Of ~
imported AYRSHIRE Bull called '|1Ioa-
itor, . owned by s. L. Mason,
TIE COW, for this county, is some-
thing extra. Mr.. Witter bought her o?
"a German named Leonhardt l5y:ng
here, three years ago, when he (Ms
W,) first came here; Mr. ~ paving
$40 for her No orc knows what
stock she sprung from, and she only
conjecture IS, from her excessive lom-
hness, and general c-Jops5acss, she
must be st least distantiy related to the
Jerseys" Mr w was induced to
keep 4 daily record ofthe milk she yield
ed for one week and the amount Of
butter made from the same The
trial was made during some Of our
warmest weather and Mr ". was
without very good Accommodations for
keeping the milk I think he
told me that he had no cellar,
and kept the milk in a shed attached
to his house The aggregate Of the
milk the COW yielded that wa-k was
SIS pounds ounces, FROM which was
made II pounds 10 ounces Of good
yellow butter: none Of al, white
cAee%y looking saulf brought to mar
ket 1t is claimed that this is the
best record for butter that oar state
has furnished. The COW was bought
before she left the fair grounds by john
Dores. President of the Agricultural
Society for $50.
l did not see any display Of vcge-
tables from Wood County; but Tor
stock Lincon township, and consequent
ly Wood County, certainly takes tie
lead this year.
The display Of vese >ables, poultry,
and stock Of various kinds, from Clark
County was very fine. Of ,eattlei |
saw sUme as fine ''DeyGns' az can bg
produced. The"Ayreshicfs were well
represented, but Durhans, ~oulG
hardly pass muster IN a coast,y ~here
DtuhaHs IRE raised Two ur three
very fine varieties Of sheep were exhiD-
tied, but the poultry. :li Of ,vnlcl ls.
longed to Mr.. Dore embraced -onc oT
the finest specimens Of the finest varic-
ty of fowls lever saw. The display
fruit was good but not extensive conse-
quently of but few varieties. Canned
fruits, needle-worki flowers &c. ad-
ded very largely to the really very
creditable display at the fair, and if
the management Of the society remajncs
unchanged, ] predics a much better
display next year than there was this.
The rain prevented the fair from being
a complete success, both the first and
last days Of the fair being rainy and
dsagreeable.
But as [ want to ssy something
about the town of Lincoln ani its pros
poets, l will close on the Pair business.
Settlers are moving in now aul then,
buying and clearing land for homes.
The majority are settling east Of Vel
low River. Messrs. Nas0n & Ipgle
have built a steam saw mil, which IS
now running and VIII cut about 20, 900
feet Of lumber in II hours. But one
accident or any misfortune has yet hap,
pened. One of the hands in trying to
scrape an acquaintance with the edg-
er, had one Of his hands pretty badly
mutilated, losing some Of his fingers, 1
believe
Wishing you and yours prosperity,
[ will close.
Yours Truly.
'CIRCUMBENDIBUss
THE other day as q De5roiter was
riding on the Pontiac road, he came
across an old lady seated il buggy,
which had been halted within q few
Yards of the Grand TrunIz Railroad