Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-09-25

| llstef, marsnnelu, cNnlDlteu u peck ol sOurapple
fine ones; also seventeen apples grown on
tree three-fourths Of an inch in diameter Deni
son Dewey, Montpelier exhibited n basket o
handsome Emperor apples; and A. N Pear
son, Berlin, peck Of sour apples-beautcs;
C. Little, Wiamstown, showed peck of lat,
fall apples apparently very good
Erastus Keith, Barre, made a creditable display
Of potatoes and bcets, and c. H. Bcckley OF tn,
same town did the same with carrots, wheat and
| barley Charles ~ Barber Barre, exhibited win
ter wheat, hcrdsgrass and barley, and Austin
Peck, Barre, peck OF Lost Nation wheat-a yield
Of sixty-three bushels from three L. A. Persons
Fast Montpelier exhibited peck Of Lost Nation
wheat, and sample Of flour made from the
same; Il. l.. Luce showed some excellent bread
made from this flour.
POULTRY.
The poultry show was as largeas usual Charlie.
Lawrence, Berlin, exhibited trio of lovely -
Muscovy ducks. George c. Willard Barre had
eight coops on show, including handsome Guinea
fowls Plymouth Rocks, game fowls, Leghorns
Native geese and Pekin ducllings d. W. Sowles'
large collection of eleven coops was on exhibition,
and the splendid specimens shown ELECTED much
admiration from the crowds inspecting them Her.
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Partridge Cochin species. W. c. White and n.
C. Tabor made good exhibits of Plymouth Rocks
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~ 'N" P,V''' " oo VI o'''e' q"a'i'y thah
rs S'r'' "''V, !" fr'"s''l was perhaps the same
O'ii" Nun''"ins' r"is' nion'peler, exhlpted a
".isi "nu so'en-Se"r-oiu co"
'"''''''' "'u nave "one ois
~ '"s ''''''i i,'' w. N "r"y' r@'St MONT
po''e' '''' ,''9 '''ie moiu VI 0o"''uoWnS on inc
"nN "''o 0Nn'o''o' ia' COW H. II Mar
-" "''' " ''"o wing VI ""'i"uhs' lhcluulhg an
'"'-olu Jun anu soi'u' wei ouilt COW
""''" 'ooh n's' premium "t the state iair-and
ei'eu H. Anulew Murray large ouil' weigh
'"s '"o '"o"s''nu iour huhureu ana siNty-lour
O"uu'' was p'oSen' anu o''''eu out niuch au'hlra-
''or 'o'n d" soou Iuuses' hr' Murray also eX-
''D''ou .Wo one-Se'r-o'u heiierS-hhe animals
'nuoeu ''i's scn'ieln'h c'ltie are well known TO
on o"l i'liS' anu never I'lI 10 win ap-
pro'"', Inc H. H. 1oS'yn heru oil Durhams, from
"'tSne'', Me'e 'he RECIPIENTS oi huch attention
i"e o"i, VI snis ner" If TWO years oiu' weighs
''N''o' '''''i''i'u po"nuS anu Is IL hoole ahilhali
WV lhiS VI NtttliuB stttIS NtTt Us sOllu looking
"S WE ever saw- large lor ther age; hand-
so'ie ''i Vi 'nree-ye'r-o'u steers SHOWN oy Mr.
'osiSn 'ip 'ne oea'n III tnree thousand one nun
''' anu 'on po"nuS' we .HihN Tue ca'tie snow
"S "noie Is iluch enhanced In value by the pres
o"ce Vi sucn splenu'd herds rs thls oil MT Joslyn,
anu "e"ie s'au THAI o"herS Oh herus throughout
'"e county I'he as lhuch interest IN exhibiting
'hcln
mere was goou showing oil Jerseys and
AiuerEeys-the exhibitors III TINS department be-
ing joel Herscy OF Williamstown, with good
eleVeh-year-oId Alderney COW and Jersey heifer;
N nu'hc''ro ol Barre WITH TWO grade calves; l.
~ Lt'lc oi NHli'ilstoWh' with two-year-old
Jersey oull Jason 'ehordso "llliamstown' with
iour nhe he"u oi ohe-yeai-old grade heliers; f.
o'u vi paIre' WIN soou t"o-ye'r-od grade
'u'ei So soo' 'l'"' tne co'hinlttee thouSht her
worthy Oh the nr't premium r. D. Beckley oil
p'rre' wiz" neat 'it'.e pu'l Glli seven months
o'u 'l.'nuo N''rN ol barre with Sood-looking
ou'i |''' - A. anu L. H. p"rt'e't ol rlaihheidi
"''H wo-year-oiu Jersey pull wI'lch Is sad by
7Vou Juuses ~ Do o"e VI t'o pest IN 'ne sU..e-a
''.'' "o",o i'.'o"' N"a'"e N""nu'er oi MONT
p''io'' "''l nus sehuine Jersey cow ana a hahu-
some year,ins hener oi Tue same blood. n Z.
i"oor oN'np'tcu MS nVe-year-oid COW '"old-dust,
anu cieIeh o'ner he''u OF the Jersey ana grade
Jersey o'ood' u l. Saolh, Montpelier exhibited
u me yearllhs Jersey Dhlli ana r. u. iinntley oil
harShnelu showed three very neat-looklng calves,
part 'ersey' ana iour-year-olu Jersey cow
" imam r"'"e'' o' narle' hau me Jersey COW
VI VI sno"' ''iee ye"'S o'u' ~ H. neckiey ana !.
~ N'''n'', VI p''ie, 'i''e eAceiieh' uispiays oi
''o'"' '"u i''N,ns ie'Nins "on'le"er'
,' ''s"'-! o"i-o.u 0o"' AionHo
'o'""S' '"''' oNi'o''eu ''rse sriue
'',sos COW,
'i','' ", ~ " w. - low" "eru Vi pu'c'' STOCK,
',o"' oouo"is' n,''e very eAoeiieht snow Oh
'"e'''sel,es' "e''s thirteen III huhoer-al looking
'",'.'s' s"o"'Ns '''"' ''iey nave rece''eu tho
"''o"'i'" anu 0'io VI ."eii o"ners ine
pe'"''',''S VI 'n'S oreeu' "nich uiners SO huch
''o' o'','s' 10 t"e,r ooior "' WIN rarely an eH-
ueP"on, ooins oitcN enus WIN WHITE peIt around
'"e ,'','u'o' ""''" p"r''is may account ior 'heir
ieoei'ins NJ n'uch ".'ehuoh ana attracting so
''"S Po'P'o' i"oS h"'o solIle quan'ies Whlch
"' Wy P'',,'"S' lucy oo'lpihe oeei
"i,u ''''n' ""Nius 'ne oes' oi ualry sVocK giving
" "'so "o" vi MIX oi goou quaHty' ana are very
7'"''' "'u l''e' "t' soou ieeuers' ihey grow 10
''''su siAo anu u'He on ia' very readily Inc
'.eeiS are very easily ""'cheu' ana make the best
Vi "oih'ns oAen' eSpecialiy inc grades As
".",o ''eS "'e 0o"'',is ih'o ia'oi"oe ho'ice, ana
WIN III " 'e" years pe seen III every part oil our
Voun's'
In the way of Devons there was good show.
George b. Persons of Fast Montnelier evhibited
f,,. r.. ,, ra..i.. IL ~. -,
'our he'u, anu Eu"in House OF Waitsheld was
present with his handsome collection of this
species, numbering some ten or twelve head
a,,on,, ,ha,, a ,,,,- ,,oor ,,,d Iii A.
'"V" " Wv -',' ""'' VI V.'e nis' "rucr'
ana weighing hiteeh hundred ana thirty pounds.
George 7. Foster exhibited pair of trim two
vear-old steers finely matched and hondsou,o.
II n Mi, ana 10 - -''
H. ~ ""r'ini olio yohe Vi iour-year-old oxen L.
IT, iinntley OF Marshheld, hye-year-od oxen. f.
A. Cummins of East Montpelier and j NJ Brown
of N,ora.o,,n ,,odo a No., i..i -, -
~, So" e"'"i"s VI oNen
ueorge paNis oi f3ist Montpelier showed two
year-old heier aud some good looking oxen.
Exhibits i'm brood mares and colts ,vere ,,ado Ia,
Q III. c.,sI 100 ''''N0 ''
a o. plss VI 'tH"isi WHO shoWeu TWO soou mares,