Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-09-17

Middlebury. "a head; A. E. Fuller, Pom
fret, 81 head; ]. II. Hazen, West Hart
ford, IS head; ]. T. Stickney, Shoreham'
% head; T. Stickney & Son, East Shore
ham, % head, which comprises the dis
play in this class.
CoTSwoLDS
came next in line, and w. c. Danforth OF
Barnard comes first with 20 head; II. II.
Martin, East Montpelier, has "a head; R.
G. Hill, Elmore, % head; o. c. Wilder,
Waitsfeld, q head; G. w. Flagg, Brain
tree, %; Z. C. Everest, Vergennes, 10;
Peter Robinson, La Cole, p. O., 81; Chas.
Robinson, La Collie, p. O., &c; Julius
Woodwork, La Cole, P. O., %; Charles
Winterbottom, Shclburn. VT, %.
sOUTHDowNs.
j. ID. Wheat, Putncy, had &c head; C.
X. Gray, East Montpelier, II; A. o. & j.
Bemis, Lyndon, 30; II. d. Moore, Moore's
Station. p O., IS; II. o. Smith, Pomfret,
20 head.
The show of sheep was very fine; such
sheepmen as Perkins and Campbell say
ing it was the best ever seen in New
England. Not only was it good in num-
bers, but excellent in quality. 1t is notice.
able that the combing and middle woods
are largely in the majority where but :;
few years ago they were so rare as to be
almost n curiosity
SWINE.
The show is small. Smith Harding has
y Poland Chinas, part of the same
show made at Worcester; G. X. GRAY,
East Montpelier, 16 head of the same
breed.
Besides these, there are 30 head OF
Chester Whites, but no cards or any one
to tell to whom they belong, and this en-
braces the show of swine.
POULTRY.
The display of poultry was good, there
being from Is to 100 coops.
Chas. Morse, Plainfeld, had 10 GOODS
filled with turkeys, ducks and hens, and a
house with two foxes to catch the poultry.
we suppose.
Geo. Davis, East Montpelier, showed
his famous light Brahmas and Cochins.
d. Sowles, Barre, had turkeys, ducks
and hens-about 20 coops.
Geo. M. Scribner, Montpelier, had 2
coops with Bantams. In one was a Ban.
tam hen with chicks not bigger than spar
rows, and great Partridge Cochin as big
as a turkey. The contrast was ludicrous
He looked us if he might have swallowed
the whole brood like so many grasshop
pers.
The show was good, but not remarkabl,
in any particular.
NOVELTIES.
Patent Ray Loop, Il. A. Mclaughlin
agent.
bU 1 tEh AND CHEESE. 80,
The exhibit is good, there being 'tb,
following entries in butter:
State premium, % entries.
2.-Ferguson Creamery, Is entries.
3.-IIiggins' Eureka salt premium, /!
entries.
4.-Coofev process, 9 entries.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND MA.
CHINERY.
The st. Adams Foundry have theil
large tent on the slope above floral hall
and it has in it the ODDS patent hors,
powers, threshers, drag and circular saw.
ing machines. The Improvements EN-.
bodied in these machines and the excel
lenay of their workmanship are Justly
winning popularity, as is attested by the
award of the first premium and silver
medal at the New England fair at Wor.
cester last week.
A little back and to the right is the
Champion moving machine. Above
their tent stands their banner" 38,OGC
Champion reapcrs and mowers sold this
year. We have used one of the New
Champion mowers three seasons, and like
it the best of any machine we ever saw.
Still further to the right are the Waite,
A. Wood mowers, and the familiar an(
genial countenance of Agent Scott, who
speaks well of the merits of this lone
known and justly popular machine.
Next attracting our attention is new
machine-a Lang's Potato Digger" Ir
appearance it is quite like common A
cultivator, except that at the front is q
cross beam about three feet long, at each
end of which is wheel and one in the
middle at the rear end; series of teeth
forward and outward at the bottom. The
first five teeth are diggers, while the re.
naming ten separate the potatoes, leaving
them between the rows.
Everett & Small, Boston, show the La
Dow wheel harrow and "matchless swivel
plows." The merits of wheel or disc
harrows arc being more and more appre-
ciated. A new thing at our state fair is
the Gorham combined seeder and broad.
cast sower. 1t has long hopper for the
grain, which is taken up by small cups
and dropped upon scatterer and evenly
deposited upon the ground. A series Of
teeth behind cover the seed. A good
farmer of our acquaintance uses it aud
says it is a good thing.
Mr.. Lufkin has three of his plows, on
which he has an improvement that looks
practical, to shift the cutter into line and
throw the handles on one side so the
holder can walk in the furrow. The Hie-
ganum manufacturing company show the
"Charter Oak" plows, root cutters, a
corn shelter and a small baud cider mill.
The Warrior mower company, Little
Falls, N. Y, show the Warrior mower
the Randall pulverizing harrow and a
riding corn hoe. The last is frame hold.
ing three of the discs on each side: i,
requires two horses and looks like DOING