Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-09-22

very good.
or cattle there was great number, many
very fine animals, and nearly all good.
OfAyrshires there were the well-known and
choice herds of L. s. Drew of Burlington
and [. 7. Paris Of Fairfax, also choice
herd owned by w. f. Kay, Philipsburg, P.
Q. Curtis Wheeler Of Fairfax had four head
and L. A jackson of Milton, ten, all good
cattle.
Among Shorthorns, were the herds of
Il. @. Fisher of Cabot Heman Hopkins Of
Montgomery G. s. Reynolds of Burlington,
either of which any breeder might be proud
to own. Showing lesser numbers of fine
animals were W. +. Kay, A. A. Moore,
East Berkshire; O. X. Gray, East Mont.
pelier; ex.Gov. Smith st. Albahs j. E.
Ellis, Westminster Il. G. Hill, Elmore
Peter Robinson, Lacole, p O.; NJ. A. Bal
lard, Stockbridge, and others.
Jerseys were well represented by the
herds Of Gov. Smith Royal Carter RAN
dolph; Joseph Battele, Ripton, aud smaller
numbers by Peter Robinson, Lacole, p. Q. f;
D. NJ. Tinkham, Promfret; L. d. Roberts,
Fairfax; e. r. Frost, East Highgate L. A.
Pierce, Fairfax, and others.
Geo. Davis, East Montpelier monopoized
the show Of Devons with six head of fine
cattle.
Brigham & Van Sicklen, Burlington
showed yoke Of matched yearling steers
and yoke of matched two-year.olds,
Devons, that were rich sight. Joseph Bal
lard, Georgia, had yoke of matched Short
horn thrce-year-od steers weighing 4,166
lbs, that could not well be beaten, and G.
w. Brownell's fve-year-old fat oxen from
WillistOu, tipped the beam at 1885 lbs.
There were many other oxen, steers aud
grade CATTLE of which we have no notes.
The Collection of sheep
was large and very creditable to the state
Among the Merinos was noticed the we'll
known and very choice Aocks Of A. L. Per.
kins and L. A. Fuller, both of Pomfret j..
Q. Stickney, Whiting j. T. Stickney, Shore
ham; II. G. Burwell, Bridport l.. p. Clark,
Addison and h. j. Jones, Cornwall.
The Southdowns were shown by G. X.
Gray, East Montpelier; w. +. Kay, Canada !;
and II. o. Smith, Pomlret.
Il. G. Hill, Elmore, made very fine dis.
play of Cotswolds, as did Peter Robinson,
Lacole; II. G. Kibbe, Brookfeld II. c..
Flagg, Brantree ; Henry W. Davis, Alburgh
Springs and G. p. Conger, Georgia.
The swine were more numerous than for
several years, and very good indeed.
Not large show of Poultry for state
fair, but very good in quality. Conspicuous
among them were the Light Brahmas Of Geo.
Davis, East Montpelier, and Silver Spaugled
Hamburghs and Pekin Ducks of Eddie Fas.
sett of EnOsburgh.
Of farm crops there were scarcely any and
of fruits and vegetables but small assort-
ment. Butter and Cheese, good assortment
Of choice quality.
Farm Implements and Machinery were
plentiful. The Gray horse powers and
threshers so we'll known to the readers Of the
FARMER, also similar machines of the st.
Albans Foundry Co., and VIM. Sampson,
East Berkshire, were Of the endless chain
pattern, while Taylor Bros, Brasher's Falls,
N. Y, had light sweep power Of moderate
cost. The Amcs Plow Company had their
usual variety, lit would be easier to tell what
they had not than what they had) Walter
A. Wood, Hoosic Falls, showed a sweep
rake reaper, which must inevitably come into
use 10 Vermont, mower with reaper attach.
ment, and Wood mower. There were hall
dozen different mowers and as many sulkey
rakes. The Tiger Rake (strange name) ap.
pearcd to be good, strong one, easily op.
Grated, and the Cleaner has been proved to
be all Of that, at least. Swivel plows were
there in great variety, some Of them proved
good, and others ready and willing, but none
yet that suits our own eye like the Hol'
brook, Everett 4 Small showed, besides the
last named, the Bradley's Riverside Harrow
IA smoothing harrow or an upright tooth
harrow, Archer rake and Matthew's garden
drill and hand cultivator. Among dairy inn
plements were variety Of ehurns, n butter
worker with foot power, and several pans and
coolers. The Excelsior churn is something
like the Oscillating churn. There were sew
eral exhibitors Of carriages, among them Ar
thur Brown of Rutland, who showed thu
Marston Wheels, having the most perfec
hub that can be made. Lessons paten
axle, shown by Il. Wilder, Swanton Center
attracted much attention on account OF the
facility of removing the wheel without turn
a nut and the perfect exclusion of dust anC
grit.
There was fine display of manufactured
goods, organs, furniture, stoves, and fancy ar
ticles, which neither time nor space will per
NIT us to even mention.
The annual address by ex.Gov. Fredercl
Smith of New Hampshire, was delivered OIL
Thursday. Judged by the closing sentence
which we heard, it was very good sampl
Of agricultural fair oratory.
Though the fair was counted success
yet when one thinks what fairs nigh
be if the farmers themselves would general
take an active part in making their full an
valuable exhibits of all products of the farm
he can but sigh for the good time coming i
the dim future.
A New Englander in Shenandoah, la
where "the soil will last a century withou
enriching," where sowing planting, and Gu