Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-21


and finest shows on the grounds OF grade cattle,
Durham predominating. Two pairs OF trained
steer calves, pair OF trained yearlng steers,
beauties all, and splendid pair Of working oxen,
were noticeable features In their large exhibit.
A large pair Of two-years old milk-white steers
was conspicuous in their exhibit. L. W. Knapp,
Middlescx, had a nice pair Of yearling steers.
MISCELLANEOUS
Peter Wheeler, Marshfed, exhibited splendid
Hostein bull an imported animal, three-y
weight eleven hundred pounds, full blooded
hefer calf three months old, and bull calf seven
eghths blood two and onehalf months old. II.
W. Keyes, Newbury, had a two-years-old bull
from imported stock, three two-years-od imported
heifers and three calves all extra nice Holstein
stock J. C. Sherburn, Pomfret, exhibited a fine
three-years-old Guernsey bull and nine months
old heifer calf, the only representatives Of this
breed OF cattle A. X. and g. N. Drury, Green's
boro exhibited four-years-old Ayrshire bull, n
splendid animal, heifer and a bull calf, all OF
which, by virtue of their superior excellence as
well as by the absence OF competition, had the
front rank in the favorable Judgment of the
entered later In the course OF the fair his Ayrshire
bulli tnt WdittI ctotti yttIs
DID, weighing twenty-one hundred and seventy
pounds. John Willard, Jr, East Montpelier
exhibited three native milch cows, superior mixers
and stock raisers. A grade calf from one of these
cows sold for $40 the day it was dropped. BERTHE
S. Cove, Berlin, showed a yearling heifer which
he drives like horse, but does not expect thereby
to supplant the latter animal as a beast for drv-
ing. Clark p. Whitney, Westminster, exhibited
splendid pair of matched oxen. j. p Nichols
Townshend, pair Of working oxen for test
weight four thousand pounds, and a betting man
would stake his bottom dollar on them in a fair
trial NJ. B. Jenkins, Williamstown, had an
extra nice pair Of three years-old steers James
+. Riddall, Tunbridge, fine pair three-years-old
cattle Charles Woodwork, Royalton, beauti-
fu pair twin calves five months old; A. d. Arms,
East Montpelier, a fine pair of working oxen for
trial.
SHEEP SHOW.
F. D. Barton of vergennes exhibited thirty, L..
P Clark Of Addison twenty-six, o. and f. s.
Hall OF East Randolph twenty-eight, and Dean
and Jennings Of West Cornwall twenty three
Merinos, and II black strealsings or numerous
wrinkles is an evidence OF purity Of blood and
mertorious qualities, these sheep would take the
very highest rank in the Merino family. By good
judges they were all considered to be exception
ally fine specimens OF their race, and no one but
an expert in sheep raising would have the pre-
sumption to say which of these nocks should have
the red and which the blue award.
io"n Vi "on.po"oi eN"'o''eu ,oui'oo"
9"opne Oo"n'' q" nno epe'nnen'' p"' '.',u",'s
~. Vi "'e o"o ,"inos anu .n'eo o"oA i"inoS'
~ n' "'ay Vi East hion'peier snoweu TWO
,ou'" Do"n rams ono one-yea, ou' 'no o'ner
'niee-yeaiS oiu, ~n'cn 'ookeu as II 'ney were aoe
pe,pee""se tne name anu i'"o VI .heir oieeu'
anu H. " ''"''n VI ion'o' eAnio'.eu hi'een
o"e' anu year o'u ouoA Vi 'n's 'a'A ''Saseu'
p"ch-ies species, All eAcei'en. animals
"eo' W. riagg oi nraih'ree exhioi.eu hock oi
| '"eh'y h'o Co's"oius Among which were Two
two-years old rams as large as Jersey heifers Of
'i"' age iheSe an'u'a's yieiu heece oi ni'een
pou"u'' anu 'ne s'oi"ee weight vi heeees III MI
"es e"io "V0H "oo'' e,.'on pounuS'
M i'n'ns' ''oash '"o"ins s'i'a'ier nuiioer'
o"o p"'' cav" vi one anu 'wo'years oiu raihs'-
was NO. in 'ne essential point Oh quan'y penind
n'S nra'n'ree compe'i.or'
on tue "hoie, 'he sheep-show seemed 10 make
up In the superior excellence OF the exhibits what
1t lacked In numbers
THE SWINE
NJ. NJ. Cory of Middlesex exhibited a white
Russian SOW, the fond mother Of nineteen pigs
Sales and misfortunes since the day Of their birth
| August 13, had reduced the number to the thir
teen on exhibition. pair Of these juvenile
rooters was sold to a party in Ogdensburgh fol
S150 90. Frank p. Willard, East Montpelier
showed White Chester SOW with seven pigs, ant
two other specimens of this breed. c. X. Gray o
| East Montpelier exhibited Poland China SOW
with seven pigs and three other specimens. L
X. Perkins exhibited boar under one year, ant
j. W. Leonard of Barre White Chester SOW will
nine pigs, Berkshire sow with five pigs and othe
specimens of both breeds.
POULTRY SHOW.
Some twenty exhibitors from various parts o.
the state, more than half Of whom, however. wer,
from Washington county. showed about three
hundred specimens of all kinds of feathered
brutes that sauawk. crow or cackle. These mad,
their section of the grounds known to visitors il
every kew from the shrill falsetto of the TIMES
bantam down through every note in the lons
scale of poultry yocalizatiop. There were fame,
fowls for ornament and common "ornerv ;
birds to be eaten or to wear ont their lives in egg
layinp or chickep-rearinp. inst like other bipeds
aristocratjc old cocks. proud of their blue blood
geese that looked like strangers in stranpe land
turkevs of approved breeds evervtbinp in fac
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