Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-10-05
weighing seventeen pounds. Mr.. Rourk
imported this flock from the most celebrated
wool rrou,snr district &, Ohio

Alongside of Mr.. Rourk were ten head Of
Leicesters or Lincolns, belonging to Daven-
port, Rea Sc Co. This lot were handsome,
long, silky and snow-white 1leeces were
much admired.
In the next stall were a pair of Spanish
Merinos from A. B. Notewear's flock, i'm
ported this summer from Bell 81 Sons stock
farm, at Brighton, H., and they are fine
specimens of this breed.
Near the sheep were the hogs. There
were few competitors, MIR. I. Wilcox being
IN the lead. He had several very good
Berkshire sows and an excellent lot of pigs.
Mr.. Brock had on hand his fine, large Berk-
shire boar. Besides these there was a boar
of the Chester White persuasion, which con-
stitated the entire display of swine.
From the hog-pens we went to the stock
sheds, butyegret to say that we. found but
little stock. There were nine head Of short
horns. Ofthese, Mr.. Benedict, who resides
near the grounds. was the principal exhibit
or. He had three bulls and two cows-all
pure bloods with good pedigrees. Mr.. j.
A. Zeigler, of Meagher county, had his fine
thoroughbred on hand, but Mr.. Guthrie's
Thurlo Weed was a formidable contestant
for superiority. Mr.. Guthrie also had on
exhibition two COWS. His Empress of Ger
many, a barren cow, was by odds the latest
animal on the grounds. The old Aldeiney
bull, belonging to DR.. Brooks, of Heena,
who has been on hand at every fair for
years, was in his accustomed stall. The lit
tie Attorney herd, five in number, bdong-
ing to Len. Lewis, of Meagher county was
! the subject of general admiration.
The display of horses was much less than
we anticipated. The quality was well
enough, but there were few present. Mr..
Leonhardi and A. Myers, of Missouri Val
lev were on hand with some fine brood
mares and colts. They also had with them
their jacks, the only ones upon the Fair
grounds.
Mr.. John Edmonson, Of Missouri Valley,
| had along two likely colts-a one-yearold
and a two-year old. William Morrow, of
| Seven Mile, exhibited several head of good
mares with their colts. Robert Vaughn, of
Sun River, showed a good mare and a No. l
colt. A. Macomber, of Crow Creek, showed
a piebald .one-year-old. Jacob PoWeE, Of
Missouri Valley, shows a couple of stations.
There was also a stallion from the Pickly
Pear valley. MIR. B. r. Sherman, of Smith
River, entered q pair of mules and here
was one mule from Helena, which, We he
lieve, constituted the entire list IN e1libi-
ton, except the r%ace-horses and roar,ters.
Of the latter, Mountain Chief, of Deer
Lodge, and a four-yerr-old colt, ownd by
Capt. Higgins, of M~issoula, is all we nolced.
There were three thoroughbred stallios en-
tered for the races. Carriboo, ownd by
Williams /; Turner, by Pemherton; anSun-
dance, by Baker; together with q,ite a
number Of lesser lights, which conspred to
make the racing feature quite a Moderate
success. 5a
The poultry show was small. There
were two pair of geese shown by dilerent
parties. Two pair and one trio Of ttkeys
by different parties. A trio of White Leg
horns. A trio of Buff Cochins. A ito of
Shanghais. Two trios of Light Bra mas,
by different parties. The foregoing cnsti-
tuted all that wa to be seen in this deart-
ment, save a Maltese cat which was u1ver-
sally admired by the ladies. The longows
Of cages usually filled with fowls We're mp
ty and there was an cir of aesolatien 3out
the room
From the Poultry room we went Int the
Vegetable Department. Here the diplay
was not large. That is, we would be uder-
stood to soy. there were not many cnnhnti-