Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-11

positively of them. but they seem TO US 10
promise well for the dairy.
AYRsHIREs. First on the line came the
herd of Bella ]. Stone, Esq, Of Westhoro,
Mass, with herd of thirty head. which
is led by "Prince Charlie" which took
the first prize, and is fine animal, and
shows good stock in his descendants. Mr..
Stone received LIST and Sd on yearlings.
beside other prizes. Obadiah Brown OF
Providence took LIST and sweepstakes on
two wears old bulls. John Dimon. POM
fret, Conn, eleven head; b. +. and II. A.
Harrington of Worcester, fourteen head:
S. NJ. and ID. Wells of Weatherstield.
Conn, had ten head and took six prizes,
which shows that they raise something be-
sides onions in Weathers6eld. They
showed the COW "Mysie," which gave
eight thousand pounds of milk in SIX
months, and from which they had sold
eighteen quarts of milk per day here on
he grounds; Herbert Merriam, Weston,
Me-, eight head, and took LIST on COW and
the same on three years old heifer. which
came in March goth, and in April gave
one thousand one hundred and forty-three
pounds of milk.
SHoRTHoRNs.--Benj Sumner of
Woodstock, Conn, had good herd oil
fifteen head, and took the most LIST prizes.
William S. Slater. Webster, Mass, showed
twenty head, and fine herd it was too
E. NJ. Holman, West Millbury, Mass, six
head; c. B. Patten, South Walpole, a bull
bred in Kentucky. four years old, and
weighing two thousand four hundred and
forly-two pounds-a beautiful animal; Ly-
man Draper, Brookfield, seven head; Petel
w. Aver, Freedom, Me-, six mead, took
five premiums
Ex-Gov. Hyde of Stafford, Conn.,, show
ed his fine herd of North Devon cattle
beside which NIB Reed, Princeton, Mass.
and Isaac Woodbury. of Salem Depot, N
H., had herds which we believe embraced
the entire show of Devons. These AMI
mails were fine specimens of the breed
which is too we'll known to need descrlp
| ton.
James T. Leach of Bridgcwater had &
small herd of Swiss cattle, which are quite
peculiar in color-a sort of light mouse
neither brown or gray. The first animals
of this breed we ever saw were at the Or
ange county fair at Bradford last fall, ant
| we liltu gave plttLN lull ucoCiiPtioh "
them. We asked Mr.. Leach what hi
claimed for the Swiss COWS. He replied
" flrst-class for milk, butter and beef" anc
perhaps a breed may combine all incom
patible traits, but we don't believe it yet
l. N. Keyes and d. G. Aldrich of Worces
ter showed herds of the same breed, ant
grades.
OF working cattle and steers the show
was small but very good, and was notice
able for the numbers of twins, all but tive
or three entries being "twins." The trial
of working oxen showed good training
and good keeping; while trained steer
performed some curious tricks, whicl
showed where much time and patience
must have been spent.
made very good, though small show
coming mostly from Vermont. OF meri
nos there were three entries only-A. E
Fuller of Pomiret, o. and E. S. Hall O
East Randolph and S. II. Hazen of Hart
ford, who divided the premiums pretl,
fairly, Mr.. Fuller rather leading in the frs
prizes.
OF Cotswolds G. S. Hill of Elmore, VT
led the list, and took seventy-five dollars il
premiums.
Henry e Smith of Pomfrct, Vt, show
ed the best Soulhdowns.
Swine made fair show-some thirty o
forty pens-and of these the Berkshire
and Poland Chinas were most numerous
One Berkshire twenty-five months OLE
weighed nine hundred twenty five pounds
The blowing match on Thursday morn
ing was of much interest, there BEN.
sixty entries, of which forty were of oxel
and the others horses. The superintendent
told us that oxen were rapidly going on
of use for farn teams and horses takin;
their places. The work done was gencr
ally of excellent character, and was al
done with swivel perhaps no others wer
allowed to compete, as the superintendent
said the swivel plows were rapidly comm,
into use on their level lands, AS more han
DIV and leaving the lands in better shap
and without dead burrows. We are unabl
to give the premiums, as they were no
announced at the time of our leaving tn
grounds.
AGRICULTURAL TOOLS
and machinery had the large tent befor
mentioned. AT the right of the entranc
the Richardson Manufacturing Co. had A
extensive display of New Model Buckley
mowers and harvesters which have for s
many years held place in the front ran
as an efficient and durable machine-on
which will stand the racket and do GOO
work. They have added this year til
new model mower, and dropper sellin