Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-16
WINDSOR COUNTY FAIR.

This fair was held Sept. 20 and 30 and
Oct. l, at Woodstock Owing to press of
matter, and having SO many fairs to report,
we have been unable to print report of it
earlier.
The fair was q grand success in every re-
spect, being ahead Of any previous fair OF
the society.
OF cattle there were entered as follows
Cows 46, two-year-old heifers IA, yoarling
heifers 40, bulls of all ages 10, calves 80,
steers and working oxen 1O4 yokes. Total
369.
OF sheep, Merino, $50, Cotswold, AZ,
South Downs, 130, grade 40. Total, 376.
Horses, all classes, 2S0
Swine, &c.
Poultry-55 coops Of chicks, of turkeys,
4 of ducks, and seven Of geese, making a
total Of about 200 head.
In floral and mechanics aud miscellaneous
classes over 300, and vegetables without
number.
1t is noble record and worthy the best
days of this famed society.
The receipts were within few dollars as
large as last year, when they were unusually
large. We understand the aggregate to be-
as near as can be stated at this time, rising
$4,000. A considerable sum has been spent
this season in fitting up the grounds, but with
the amount in the treasury and the good
margin after paying premiums and expenses
OF the fair the society is all right. 1t has
weathered twenty-nine seasons and tho last
has been its best. Apparently it is good for
another quarter Of a century at least. There
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certainly deeper interest.
The first day hardly anything outside of
the usual preparations was done, except the
trot for the $50 purse offered to four and
ive.year-olds, owned in the county, that
never beat three minutes, which was won by
Lumber jim, owned by L. L. Woodward, in
three straight heats just before night
rain storm set in and it rained all night, but
cleared of in the morning, and the second
and third days the weather was good.
The forenoon of the second day was occu-
pied with plowing and the examination of
town teams and of horses, and the afternoon
was devoted to trotting, as was the most of
the day Thursday.
Among the principal exhibitors of cattle
were A. b. Burk. of Hartand, with 8 no.
horned cattle ; g. f. Lincoln, of Woodstock,
nine head of Dutch cattle, which were fine
specimens o. f. Barron, of Quechee, had
Jersey herd Of twelve superior animals.
Messrs. Barron e. Chase, OF Hartford, exhib-
tied together, and comprising some of the
animals included above, herd of 25 head of
Jerseys, making very fine show. Freder-
lex Billings, of Woodstock, exhibited his
Jersey herd of II head, many of them i'm
ported, and far ahead of anything of the
kind in New England. j. b. Chase, of
Hartford, had a herd of mixed cattle, in.
cluding | yearlings that cannot be equall-
ed by any one breeder in this county. II.
Lockwood & Sons had several COWS and
young cattle and FIVE yokes CT steers includ.
ing pair of yearlings weighing 1875
pounds Il. S. Wood, of North Pomfret
had grade Jersey COWS. There were 104
pairs Of oxen, including the trained yearlings.
In Sheep f. Billings, of Woodstock, stood
at the head with l04 superior South Downs.
A. Il. Fuller had % head of his fine Merino
flock, A. 4. Perkins exhibited 33 Merinos
Both Mr.. Fuller and Mr.. Perkins have
taken the best prizes at the State and New
England fairs. Ora Paul had eleven Meri-
nos +. z. Seaver twelve grades Chas II.
Kingsley % grades; Solomon Woodward
% South Downs, Cotswolds, and grades !;
Geo. II. Vaughan % grades Fred Fay IL
grades Henry o. Smith II South Downs,
and several smaller lots were on exhibition.
The exhibition Of poultry was beyond all
comparison the largest and best ever made in
New England at a fair of this kind.
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ed.
Of fruit and vegetables the show was bet
ter than ever before.
OF butter and cheese there were ten ex-
hibitors.
The following are the premiums on stock {:
Best stallion, 5 years old or upward, j NJ
Furman, Bethel, $40; 2d, G w Ayres, West
| Windsor. g.
Stallion years old, + S blanchard Hart
land, 8; 2d, q NJ Stevens, Ilartland, A.
Stallion years old, ID B Neal, Hart
ford, 3.
Stallion years old, j Russ, Sher-
burne, g
Breeding mare and foal T j White, Pom
fret, 4 2d, II j Luce. Barnard, 3.
Trottlng stallion, j NJ Furman, Bethel 10 /;
Cd, ID A Clifford, Woodstock, 5.
Trotting gelding, A w Thompson, Wood
stock, g; I'd, w e Danforth, 4.
Pair matched horses of all work, Solomon
| Woodward, Woodstock, 6.
Horse of all work. Charles Walker, Wood
stock, 4 2d, ID L Nye, Woodstock, 3; Sd, ii
G Holt, Hartland, ..
Gelding or mare years old and under &
w Harding, Pomlret, 81 I'd, o NJ Chedel,
Pomnet, ?; 3D., 0 c Boynton, Pomfret, |.
Gelding or mare years old, IL b Hutch
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Sd. A J Whitman, Bridgewater, |.
Gelding or mare years old, W f button,
Hartford, 3; ID, II A Seaver, Hartford, 2;
Sd, + p Seavor, POmfret, |.
Yearlng colt, Henry Holt, Q
Pair matched gedings or mares, Frank S
McKense, Woodstock, 6; Cd, VIM Dam
forth, 5.
Family horse and roadster yenrs old and
over, ii w Walker, Woodstock, 5 Celim L
French, Barnard, A.
Cattle,
Yoke working oxen. Charles Graves, Bar
nard s; 2d, Elbridgo Perry, Pomiret, 4; Sd,
& NJ Perry, Woodstock, B.
Yoke working oxen years old, JAS
Walker, Hartland, 8; 2d, Nelson Humphrey,
Harthnd, A; Sd, j G Parker, Queohee, 8,
Best yoke 4-years-old steers, o Hem
menway, Hartland, A; I'd, Solomon Wyman,
Woodstock, 3; 3d. M Paine, Pomfret. 1.
Yoke 3-years-old steers, VIM w Bagley,
Hartland, 3; Cd, ii A Wood, Barnard, 3;
Sd, Fred Fay, Pomfret, |.
Pair 2-years-old steers, ii Lockwood &
Son, Woodstock 3.
Pair yearling steers, w Washburn,
Woodstock, 81 Cd, IL Lockwood a. Son. ..
Pair steer calves, ii N Atwood, Wood
stock, 3; I'd, Geo Il Thompson, Wood
stock, 2.
Bull years old and upward, II A Bill
lings,W Windsor, 4 I'd, G Houghton, Wood
stock, 3.
Bull year old, II Dutton, Woodstock, Q;
Cd, j q s S Walker. Hartland, l.
Bull calf, ii N Atwood, Woodstock, .; 3D.
II L Townsend, Woodstock, |.
Mich COW, + S Wood, Pomfret, 4 I'd, ii
Parks, Woodstock, 3.
Three -years-od milch hcifer,E s Wood, g.
IIniEnI. D uanrs old Il 8 Nnnd- z. Od w Z