Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-10-18
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East surr,.
The Second Annual Fair OF the East
>urry Farmers Club, was held on the 18th
and l2ih 81 October. Having neglected a
complimentary TO '.Old Prob, " he gave
Us a two days rain storm. which detracted
materially from the receipts. yet did not
lessen the interest manifested IN the sue
ccs> Of the exhibition. 4 larger number
OF entries were made in all the more i'm
portant divisions than at the previous fair
especially was there a marked increase and
Improvement 10 the entries OF stock farm
products. plants. pictures, and household
fabrics.
The show OF horses was confined mainly
20 colts. Those most admired. were ex-
hibiied by Matthew Clough, Daniel Besl,
James Lord. ). W. Flood, and G. W,
Hutchings. Mr.. Coughs colt, . months
old, weighs 1910 lbs. The young stock
was chiefly OF Jersey grades. Mr.. Dodd,
Of Trenton, exhibited two thoroughbred
Short Horn bulls. His Fifth Duke OF
Greendale' cannot be excelled and won
the blue ribbon. c. Edgar Smith is for.
tuDate In his tenant Mr.. Dodd is The
right man in the right place. OF the other
stock. deseryin. special notice. were some
choice, pure bred. South Down sheep,
shown by Mr. WATSON. His selections are
IRON the celebrated Thorne stock, Utica
y. \. There was good show Of gobblers.
er0tcers and cacklerS. The eli lief exhibitors
In the poultry department, were Hollis
Black. Mrs. c. Moon, Howard Lord. Isaac
Lord Mrs. ). Moon. and Lewis Bellatty.
The most attractive dairy stock was ex-
hibited by Nahum Joy. la the abundance
and excellent quality OF the farm and
garden products shown, it would be diff
cult TO tell who did best. The display far
exceeded that of the New England Fair
Golden corn, S, u, and Borrowed, fully
rpened-and for varieties. King Philip.
Brown, Pop, Flint, Dwarf, Sweet. and
, Stowelrs Evergreen. Mr.. WATSON exhib-
tied two new varieties of pumpkins. the
yellow Mammoth" and the Randolph =
! the latter grows TO all enormous size.
! The display of crsnberries was exceed.
/ ingly fine, which attests the daDtsbility
OF this section to this kind OF fruit grow
| ing. The chief exhibitors were 5. W
| Flood, Mrs. ). WATSON. Mrs. +. Treworgy,
G. W. Hutchings, VI. B. Lord. and others.
The floral department was q most at :
tractive feature. Among the articles OF
beauty and utility. was On oil painting, q
Christmas Scene la . black walnu:
frame, cOmpo ed OF 1900 pieces, made by
G. ii. WATSON.
For outside shows. to please the crowd -
were. trotting, turkey striking" walking
overture pole" and catching q CREASED
pig. The pig, after giving the boys . good
run sId lots of fun, was caught by Hale
! EssiBgton.
| In short the fair was Q success as an ex-
hibition, and shows that even with limited
capital. industry. economy. energy. and
plenty Of pluck. are sure to win. and that
these are the needs Of successful farming.
Premiums awarded at The Farmers Fair
held at Centre Hall, surry. Thursday Oct. IL,
1877.
stock.-Best 4 years Steers, W. s. Greene
ID, Gerom- Young.
Best 8 years, Asa Greene; ID, Benz. Flood.
2years, Asa 8. Greene.
year, Gerome Young.
Steer Calves, Asa Green.
2years Heiser, Benz. Flood; year. Benz
Flood.
Sheep, Andrew HsAeli.
Breeding Stallion, Jas. 7. Kimbsll.
2years Colt, John A. Greene.
Field Crops-Best Indian Corn, Asa Greene
ID, Geo. Treworgy; Sweet Corn, Geo. Trew-
orgy.
Pop Corn, o. N. Fowler; ID, D. s. Means
Wheat, Asa Greene; ID, E. II. Torrey.
Yeiioyseyed Beans, Z. H. Torrey; Pole
beans, John ToTyen
yexetsbles4best Eariy hose. John rorrey
I'd Geo. Treworgy; Garnet Chill. Q. N. Fow.
lerr; Bresee's Prolific, o. n. Fowler; ID, Ass
g. Morgan; Lssest Potato, John Torey.