Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-09-27
state Fair.

Tho FlirS Of the present day seem hope
lcsslv given over TO Josh Billings'> "agri
cultural hos> trot, and most OF the horses
shown or raised now are bred mainly for
speed, and the State Fair was no eNcep-
ton to the general rule. The largest how
Of horses and 4 good one, too, was made
bv Mouton Brothers, of West Randolph.
where they have a large Stock farm devot-
ed mainly to raising horses OF fast blood. :
and they had present some dozen or fifteen
head OF good and promising stock, recciv-
inc the >ocittvS first special premium, -
gold medal; also eight other premiums on
their stock.
+. w. Champion took the second. a >il-
Yer medal l.. :. Drew and Drew X Bliss,
of Burlington had some good horses. and
f. d. Hines of brandon. took the first on
stations ; and > Years old. Altogether
the show WAS very creditable one. though
the lover oI horses will regret the absence
; of the tough. spirited little MorganS which
once made Vermont famous. and the me:t-
gre show of draft or heavy horses for gen
eral use The substitution on the farm of
good work horses in the place of oxen
might be made with profit by many farm
ers in Vermont and The attention of Fairs
and breeders should be turned in this di-
: rectIon.
On agricultural implements there was a
fair and very good show. of which the
Ames Piow Co. of Boston took the lead,
taking the first premium for the largest
display OF plowS. there was quite an
Observation-Disclosures low Co., with the
> Centennial. Everett x Small. with the
. Uolbrook Worcester X ktzer, the Roch-
ester. COL IIolbrook with the Common
II = AZ 4, y, :,
to be good plows for the land and purposes
Q for which they were designed. 4 coupl,
o Of firms from Morrisyillc showed plows
9 with patent devices for landing" pillow.
. which may be simply described rs an ar
rangcment for shifting the clcviSc from
% side to side; one automatically. the Other
q bv hand. for which they claim advantages
One having the automatic shifler appeare,
20 have too much to it to be servIcablc
% which opinion WAS strengthened by OBJ
Q serving that one of them had got out OF
NJ working order in coming to the Fair; the
&. % one having the hand shifter appeared les:
10 likely to DO So. but in the absence of
full trial in work we should not thinl
!" either device of great value.
!" Altogether the display seemed to inGi
10 Gaze an increased interest in plows ant
blowing, which lying rs the matter doe
no ut the base and foundation of all clean
{" thorough farming is of the first importance
No lnd has been too much neglected.
:" The Society had furnished no place fo
90 tie trial of plows, but Mr.. Crosby. TIL
State Agent of the Changers, had given tn
DC matter his attention and secured a lot jus
/" out side the society's grounds, for 4 trial
% Most of the plows on show We're calcu
lated for sward plows, and here was
!" field of buckw heat stubblc with Il, sol
{" sticky is wax, for the trial, and of course
things didn't work. On the last day h
% ?" had bv persistent effort secured apiece o
>" sward equally convenient, and on this sew
% cral plows went in Here the soil W.,
90 equally sticky, being Gas those acqualnte
81 with it s;tid) too dry, and all cast-iro
% pows would load up at once with dirt AM
~ urn and clean furrow little better than
% stick of wood, and polished steel pillow
60 even sticking and loading very badly, s
% the trial Of plows was Il failure, except t
20 show again and more clearly that no on
~ plow can be fitted for all kinds of worl
and all kinds of SOFIA lesson some of on
co. {" farmers and pillow makers would do we
90 to heed.
90 Too much praise can hardly he give
30 Mr.. Closby for his work in this matter, q
go "" it was entirely Gratuilous and for the III
90 t-lcSt Of the farmer.
" In harrows there is little to say one Har
dali pulverizing harrow being all we motto
) cd, and, in the absence of any trial, ca
:, give no opinion of its merits.
81 \ roller with seed sower combine
> seemed 4 practical arrangement
90 Walter a. Wood had on exhibition