Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-03

one we have visited the track is on an in.
tcrvnl, while the other portions of the
grounds are on a bluff above, the bank
leading to it forming natural "grand
stand" opposite 10 the judges stand, wher'
two thousand people can find ample pros
pect, while the top of the bank above woul
accommodate many more. The wealhr
was fine and The show good, though W,
NOTED some empty pens and some empty
space in the hall.
CATTLE.
Or cattle there was good display, es
pecially so in town teams, Bradford leadin.
in numbers, having twenty-one yokes
though bringing up the rear in the parade
Oxford required eleven Jokes to draw in
their town wagon, while Newbury found
nine yokes would do the Job for them
Topsham team, gay with banners, VIA.
Topsham steer team" with seven yokeS
and Cornth a steer team" of five Jokes,
good cattle, but we think horses are taking
the place of oxen very largely.
JERsEYs.-M. r. Quimby, West Fair
lee,shows very handsome eight-years-o
cow, and u yearlng heifer, choice animals
color squirrel gray, dark points and light
markings. lie also shows bull two years
old, solid form, good size and appearance,
and two heifer calves. Mr.. Quimby has the
start for fine herd.I
j. N. Peters, and B. G. Metcalf of
Piermont, have each one bull of this
breed.
j. G.. Stearns, for exhibition only, one
COW eight years old, showing extraordi-
nary milking points This COW took the
society's first premium MS calf, yearling,
two-years,old, and COW. Mr.. Stearns also
has fine three-years, old heifer, one two
Years-old, and Il calf, all five animals we
should think all of the same strain of blood
SHORTHoRNs. Luther Butler, Woods
vile, N. II one three years-old Shorthorr
bull, weighing 1880 lbs, this bull wa,
sold Mr. Butler by C. X Gray of East
Montpelier when yearling.
Mr., c. X. Gray of East Montpelier ha,
thirteen head Shorthorns, the breed des-
cribed at the Montpelier and Mortified
fairs Mr.. Gray has also his flock of
Southdown sheep which we noticed at the
State Fair, and Mr.. Gray's stock is rated
as frst-class. M R. Chambarlin shows
one fat COW, II fine animal of the Shorthorn
breed. w. W Worhley Corinth, three
yoars-old Devon bull, only representative
of the breed.
j. johnson a. Son had pen of native
or mixed young CATTLE" which in this case
seemed to mean grade Shorthorns, and
they were likely cattle too for grades.
NJ X. Chamberlain, Il fine grade Shor-
horn cow five years old, good stock COW,
and yearling heifer. Mr.. Chamberlain
also shows twelve head Of other animals
of The same blood, of which we liked the
yearling and two-years-old heifers the
best, though the old COW Bertha, for ex
hioition only, WIS II choice animal OF
Shorthorn>; N. & G. Bailey, Newbury II
good three years-old' bull Renfrew & Nor
ris, II two years-old bull; Edwd Under
hill, Piermont tIree-years bull
weight, 1850; Ira Low. yearIing bull.
good size and shape, and Handsomely
marked.
Chas. Chamberin, South Newbury.
shows Morgan mare and one yearling
and one sucking colt.
w. II. Childs, Fairlee, shows Morgan
mare twenty-five years old with colt two
months old by her side and good colt il
was too; Prescott Davis two-years-old
Morrill, colt very fine animal; J. II
Phelps. Orford,very good colt three and one
half months old; John Clark, West Ton
sham, male ten-years-old with DIT bv her
slde' and good three-years-ol Charles
A Eastman Newbury, yearing colt as
good as there was on the grounds.
N IL G. Bailey, Newbury, showed a
very stylish Hambletonian colt which COM
prises the most noticeable of the class.
SHEEP.
SoUTHDowNs.-Rober Forsyth, Top.
sham, pen of lambs and yearing ewes
pen two-years-old ewes; pen bucks, year
lings and lambs.
b. X. Gray, East Montpelier, has four
pens twenty heads in all, sheep and lambs
of this breed, of which the lambs and old
bucks were the best animals, according to
our idea.
Robert Forsyth of Topshlm had two
pens OF fair grades, and Thomas Thurber,
Washington, two pens of the same.
CoTSwoLDS.-H. w. Kmbal had two
two-years-old bucks-fail only pens of this
bread.
MERINos.-J. II. Peters had six pens. of
which the pen of bucks were very good.
These bucks had drawn the first premiums
and were on exhibition only. Mr. Peters
flock shows good blood, but not so GOOD
care and keeping as we usually see in the
Addison and Windsor county Aocks, and
on this point he could make an improve
ment to his advantage.
G. K. Gray, East Montpelier, has two
pens; j. E. & j. w. Stevens three pens
good sheep; j. w. Armstrong two pens of
bucks; Ed Underhill, Piermont, three
pens.
Evidently. considerable attention is paid
to Ih0 Merinos in the limits of the society
and the animals rhown are evidently well.
bred, but lack of good keeping makes them
show poorer than some flucks in other
parts Uf the stale.
SWINE.
Z. X, Gray, East Montpelier, SOW, seven
pigs and IL boar of the Pol md Cbinas. r
+. Has,lton, Oxford, two boars and three
pigs, same breed; w. II. Gilmore, pen of
SIX pigs; p S. Chamberlin, pig five and
one-half months old, good pig; all of the
China breed.
VIM Dickey, Chester, while boar five
months old j. A. M. Gardiner, SOW and five
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