Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-01
The Orange County Fair.

lhe orange county Fair.
We spent Wednesday at Bradford. in
the rain, to examine this usually good
shows and it was good this year. and in
the matter of umbrellas we never saw
better. 1t came ON raining at about Q
O'Clock, and kept up steady drizzle with
more or less force all day, which was
enough to wash the enthusiasm out of al
most any agricultural society; but for all
this there were good many people on
the grounds. In
CATTLE
we noted some handsome Jerseys shown
by II. w. Keyes, Newbury, who had two
cows imported last year. They were
notably smaller than many of our Ver-
homegrown animals. lie also showed
the Dutch and Shorthorns.
W. r. Chamberlain. Bradford, had
some good Shorthorns.
DIR. Smith of East Corinth had two
good cows.
Here only this season, have we found
the Merinos in the majority; but this part
of Orange county has for years given
much attention to this class of sheep, and
it is still kept up.
In working oxen there were sixty-five
entries, and in horses the show was said
to be the best ever made in this vicinity
of good horses.
MECHANICS HALL.
VIM. G. Foss, Wells River, makes a
good show of tools and machnls. First
in Importance, perhaps, is the Ods' horse
power, thresher and saving machines. He
also shows the Randall pulverizing har-
row, the "Oneonta Clipper" an iron re-
versible plow. This pillow has simple
device for shifting the cutter into line with
the point, Il self-catching arrangement for
the mould board, which also shifts the
handles so the holder may walk in the-fur-
row; Belcher & Taylor, Chicopeo Falls,
makers, who also make the self.sharpen-
ing feed cutter, which looks like an effect
i've machine.
John o. Hale, the general agent for the
Fairbanks, shows two platform and three
smaller varieties of their celebrated scales
II. II. Miller e. Co., Lyndon, show q
tub machine, which may be run by hant
or power, and makes tubs from sever
slaves. The machine is compact, effective
and cheap, and turns out as handsome
work as we ever saw. They also show
an air-tight butter tub. designed to keel
butter through the season, and they war
rant this to do it.
j. w. Bingham & Co., South Danvlle
show a sulky revolving rake. This i:
known rs the Warden rake. With thi
the driver rides and has full control owe
the rake, and ii is claimed that the draf
is not increased over the walking rake
They also show superior hand rakes made
from selected stock and material.
G.. B. Fessenden, Wells River. genera
agent, shows the Farmers Favorite emer
grinder. This is small wheel of soil,
emery, turned by gearing propelle
rapidly by foot treadle, and is espec
tally useful in grinding moving ma
chine knives, and has an extra wheel 70
5 doing all family grinding.
There was II good show of carriages
; and the Kemp manure spreader and pu
verizer was at work on the lot joining tn
grounds
FLORAL HALL
was well filled, the show of frnit, flower
,, and vegetables being excellent in eac
r department; and they were well noticed
too, for the crowd seemed to have likin
for show under cover.
In fancy goods the chow wac oquoll
good, but we had no time to make speci;
note of individual exhibits.
) FRUIT.
,, S. p. Avery, Bradford, shows seventy
five varieties Of apples, handsome spec
., mems, and seven varieties of grapes.
Mr.. Stephenson shows forty-eight Va
rieties of apples-a handsome collection
f A. w. Eastman, Topsham, shows thirt
, varieties of apples, three of pears and tw
of plums. OF pears the Flemish beauty
: the favorite, and the Lombard of tn
pums. Mr. Eastman gives his attentio
&, largely to the propagation of native Vel
! mont apples. The Lincoln II native {
Topsham, is very handsome apple, {
: large size and good keeper. OF ii
p. quality we could not Judge. The Bee,
e a Seeding from Newbury, is also q fin
;, apple and Il late keepcr-good till July.