The daily gazette., 1879-10-04
FIFTH EDITION.
TUE PENINSULA ram.


AFTER THE ExIIiBITruN-A FEW RAN.
DON NOiEs THAT WE'RE MISSED he
FORE.
Special Corresponds nee ofthe GAZETTE.
MIDDLErowN, Oct. D. Although the
do'ngs OF the sixth annual exhibition of
the Peninsula Pomolog cal and Agti,ul
tural Association, which closed here yes.
teria", have been fully chroniclcd In the
GAZETTE and the matt rs Inc dent upon
the Gloss Of the fair occupied much space,
every thing about It that would interest
the people has not been published and
very likely never will he. IL was the
greatest thing Middle,own ever saw aud
lar surpassed the former fairs held here.
As u Agrieultui al Fa,-, the exhib tion
was grand and completr success in
every detail. 1t seemed that the great
a traction OF horse racing aud that SOFT
Of thing, that las been such a leading
I aline at nearly all the Agriculture
Fairs OF to-day, Was not considered so
carefully by the management, and that
th ir whole effort was centred on making
u what It's name indicated, d,-an exhibi,
tlon OF the product Of the farm, and of
things relating the reto. The racing was
good, notwiths aiding that no very spe-
cial move was made In that di. c,ion,
but ~ . result Of q g main ohject of the
MAJ ayers, the exhibition ex, elled. ,..
AS l said in . recent letter to the GA
ZETTE, In which ! dc, cribed u e fair, TIE
exhibit Of stock was the best ever seen
on th Peninsula. II q erson were to
10 k through It carefully and note what
II c"'1prised, he could not help feeling
convinced that bl0oded and graded I've
stock raising Ia Delsware ami 90 the
Eastern Shore Of Aars land was rechv-
Ing the attention IL d served and vas
being carried on u = much greatere x
tent than ever before.
Indeed, this branch Of agricultural
pursuits has been too much ing locted
by Ou- farmers, and tbis encouraging
exhibit OF tine live stock shows That
they are entering In 70 with qn'0 srs'.
One OF the plai nest evidences OF this was
the display made Geo. W. Lock wood of
Warwick, Cecil SOun'y, Nd. A bout
ave or six years age Mr.. Lockwood be,
gan TO ntettain the idea OF raising
thoroughbred sheep. He entered Into Il
with earncstnoss. and he had every f.
cility to aid him In carrying out his pro
ject, Success beyond expectation
crowned his effort and to day Mr..
Lockw has . reputation q - eheep
raiser that exsands far beyond the north
.rn Eastern Shore c1un'ies Of New
Castle and Kent in Delaware. He had q
display of sheen ~ the fair that farAex,
ces ded any thing Ella, In that lae ana
iuin. 4 spe sOf Sou nd v 8 were vei >
nne. ,..-
The sheep departmen',h no wever shows
that Mr.. LOckwOO is mot the on,v one
that IL doing much for this line of stock
raising Mr.. Homework OF Newark had
a good display aud INQUIRY iniO tht
matter revealed that OF late he has large
Iy Engaged in tbe Introduction of full
bred sheep into the State. he has ship
ped largely from Ken'u;ky and Ohio
and has been careful To bring only ths
hnest kinds.
There was favorable .how also mad,
am1ig the cattle. Messrs Long aiit
Echeuhotfrr had about 40 head Q
the finest blooded cattle ever seen Il
Delaw are. They were ckiefiv of tn
short horn variety, and attracted mucl
atten ion. 1t IN likely that from ths ex
hihit the iutrOdu' thu OF thor ughbre,
cattle into our State will receive mucl
more encouragement and be- much NOR
largely earned on. Between Mr. l.. II
Long, In whose name the exhibit wa
made and Mr.. Wn. Dean, of New
ark, blooded stock raising In Delaware
IL likely to become a great thing. Nj
Dean, by The way. has been making ~
tens,ve efforts Ia this line, and has chic
ly d-at in A lderneys.
To such an extent has he been opera
ting that Judge Wooden, of Sussex csur
ty, has justly said thai "Mr. Dean be
done more for stock than all other, me
combined" Mr.. Dean did not exhib
ut the Fair b cause he thought the mar
ayers Disseminated In favor. Of -otht
kinds Of cattle in offering them pr
miums.
The machinery has not beenful,y IN,
ticed in the daily reports of the FaI
The principal exhibitor was tie U
born Reaping and Moving Macbir
Company, OF Aburn, New York. IL
chief article In their display was Il
reaping and binding machine, that IN |
operation was very complete. Wiliial
Mccormick, who Is known the Peninsl
II over as tie agent, was the exhibito
J. A. Wilson so occupied much spa
and Rad good exhibit. The "Gra
ger" and bunker" plows by the New
ark Grange Store, attracted much atte
tion. William Dean says they will {
as good as the "Syracuse" or ..0liv
chilled" and Only cost half 90 much
The prospects of the fair, as view,
from q standpoint after it is cOmplet,
for the year, are really fiattering. Son
, were feal full that the State Fair at ID
; yer was going to crush It out Of exist anc
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