Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-10-14
THE JACKSONVILLE FATR.

NOT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE,
AND EVERYBODY HAS A GOOD TIME
For once the North River Agricultural Socie.
ty hit on the wrong day for their annual fair.
Though warm and pleasant weather has fol.
lowed, Wednesday of this week, the day of
the socety's ninth annual exhibition, was cold
and bleak, with threatening Of rain-iust
such day, in fact, as would make farmers
and housewives hesitate about stautinQ for
the fair with a load of exhibits. For this
cause and not from disaffection or lack of
interest, Wednesdays show, especially in the
floral hall department. was not 80 large as in
previous years.
In the stock department the cattle. sheep
and horses were all of excellent quality and
well worth seeing OF oxen and steers there
were some 40 or 80 pairs. Good Judges
picked out p Halls 5-year-old oxen as being
equal to anything shown in their class. Ii.
W, Barber had good pair of 4-year-olds
Weighing 2S35, pair of 2.year-ods weighing
POO, pair of 11-months.old steers weighing
1920 which 1t will be hard to beat in the
county, and pair of very closely matched
steers 10 months old, which weighed l4sO lbs.
Chas. Goodnow showed a grade bull, %
months old, weighing 1910, and Chas. Boyd
a handsome 3-year-old, out of the Whining
ton Roam Duke stock. There were only
three milch cows on the ground though we
are assured that Jacksonville farmers have
some as good dairy herds as any town can
show. The pens were well filled. Fred Chase
had pen of heifer, steer, and three calves,
grade Durhams, and all handsome animals.
Ezra and Halle Stetson showed two COWS and
steer, with a handsome cosset ticketed to
Miss Clara. A. A. Butterield's heifer and
fat COW showed that he has an eye to some-
thing besides law. Herbert Millington had
a good pen of yearling steers and pair of
leifers
The sheep exhibit, if not large in numbers,
was excellent in quality E. L. Fuller had
pen of 1G handsome Southdown lambs, and Z.
S. Allen a good pen Of sheep and 3 lambs
Some excellent horses we're shown. +. @.
Boyd had an excellent 2-year-old weighing
90 lbs, Geo. Stanley 4-year.old, weighing
92j, James TaintOr and Frank Taintor each
showed 3-year-old weighing respectively
$50 and 500, Chas. Dix one 2-year-old and
one 3-year-old and so on through the list
Several sales of cattle were made on the
ground during the day at good prices, show
ing the value of these town fairs as farm
ers exchange. Frank Griffin sold his Agar
old oxen for 5000 (weight $500; II. w.
Barber his 4-year. olds for S135 (wcight
2S35); L. S. Allen his 4-year.olds for
Sl67 weight 339O) Chandler Corse his B.
year Odds for $l35 (weight 2790).
In floral hall the fruit, roots and vegetables
made very good show OF the fancy work
the premium list tells the story in full
The address, delivered by NJ w. Davis,
ESQ, of Westminster, at o'clock p. NJ. was
plain, practical, sensible talk to the farm
ers At the outset Mr.. Davis urged that YER
mont farms and farm homes should be made
attractive to the boys, so that those who have
taste and capacity for farming may be kept
here-the others may go west. The great
need of the farmers of to-day, the speaker
said, is scientific farming-the doing of every
thing on the farm intelligently, methodically,
and in the best way. There is too much sur
face farming. Many acres now in cultivation
had better be left to grow up TO wood and
brush, and the farm work concentrated on the
balance. In soiling and silos Mr. Davis sees
hope for the future for Vermont farms Farm
leaks must be stopped. Manure must be
saved and made there must be more thor
ough tillage more care must be taken to
rafse only such stock as is worth raising too
much animal heat is lost in cold barns with
wide cracks which few nails aud strips of
board would stop; and the worst waste of
all, Mr.. Davis said, is the time spent sitting
about in stores and bar rooms when the wood
pile should be got up and the spare hours or
moments spent with good newspaper or
book. The present methods of public edu-
cation we're condemned as being such as do
not fit boys and girls for practical life, and
the farmers were urged to assert their rights
Qs a class, and see that the fault is corrected.
At the close of the address a vote of thanks
to the speaker was passed. A foot-race fol-
lowed, and this ended the days programme.
The people in attendance were estimated al
not less than 5000. Following is the
List Of Premiums.
TEAMS BY SECTIONS.
South part list, North part "a.
HORSES.
Brood Mares and Sucking Colts, Reuben Barnes
LIST, Charles Goodnow ed, Mrs II Gillett 80.
Saddle Horses, Luther Adams LIST, Merritt Blanch
Colts, ayrs DID, Jas Taintor LIST, chas Dix 2d
Frank Tantor Sd.
Colts YRS old, + Boyd LIST, Chas DIX 81.
Iearing colts, GoOdnow LIST, Allen 81.
Matched pair, 16 mos old, Fred Sawyer lst.
Carriage and work horses, II hilington ISL Gee
Stanley I'd.
Bulls, yrs old, c C Boyd LIST.
Nearng GOOdnow LIST.
Bull Calf. f Allen LIST, James Roberts 81.
Fat COW, A A Butterded LIST, pair fat CATTLE /
oxen yrs old, d Sawyer LIST, c Boyd 81. VI:
Old, Perry Hall LIST, X d Brown 2d, Gale Bros 80
4yrs old, F Griffin (wt 1890 list, Allen I'd
steers, yrs old. Corse list, Brown 20, ia
Shppee 81. 2 yrs old, II W Barber LIST, II Milling
ton "a, h F Smith 81, + Chase 4th. one year old
IL W barber list, oscar Chase 81 VIM Parker Sd.
Dairy Cows, oscar Chase LIST, stetson "a, Jacol
Chase 81.
Heifers, Fred Chase 1st, A Butterneld I'd.
Calves, II w Barber LIST.
SHEEP
Breeding pen ewes, E Allen LIST. Pen lambs
Bucks, Z Fuller list, H Mlngton I'd.
POULTRY.
Guinea Chicks, African Bantams, Fan-tail Doves
Red Leghorns, Muscovy Ducks, l NJ Joy LIST.
Guinea Pigs, Hoyt Barber LIST.
FRUITS.
Apples, Pound Sweets, Gillyaower, L w Fair
banks LIST. Twenty-ounce, f e starr LIST, y
Streeler I'd, + Fairbanks Sd. Baldwns, FAR
banks LIST. Best variety OF apples, NJ w Thayer LIST
Pumpkin Sweet, Halle stetson LIST. Greenlne
Plate Of Crab apples aud Grapes, Mrs W p Jones
Pears, Eames list. Flemish beauty,
Streeter LIST. Winter Jersey, New York winter
Ounces, p Eames list, Stetson I'd.
ROOTS AND GARDEN VEGETABLES.
Potatoes.-Early and late Rose, Lincoln Blue
S9G%TaaSe Excelsior Prolnf III FdI5bsSks.. oSee
Of the Valley, American Magnum Bonuln, Bliss
Triumph, c i sIreeter lst, and % on Late Rose
Seedlings, Georgie Allen LIST; Burbank Seedlings
W DIX Isl, W Fairbanks I'd; Early Vermont T.,
gene Brown list. Cabbage.-Mammoth Foller'
Drumhead. American, Red Drnmhead L w FAN
banks LIST, c w DIX ri. Beets.-Early Blood IN
MP Allen lst; Blood TgrniP, White sugar WI,
banks list; Turnip Beet, Ezra Stetson LIST; Earl
Iufnip, + K Brown; Long Blood Turnlp, Fran
TaintOf; Lanes Improved White sugar, Z w DlA
Squash.-Hubbard, Marmalade, MammOlh, Quee
CrOokneck, l. W Fairbanks LIST. Pumpklns.-E
Allen LIST, George All "a; pie pnInpklns' T.
Fairbanks LIST. Cucumbers, Mrs 5 Allen LIST, Ezr
Stetson 81; California eucumbers wv. IL pounds).
Spur LIST. OniOns.-Iellow DoWuers, l. W -
CarrOts.-Long German, Long orange l. w = ~
Long Horn Butter, Francis Fairbanks; Iurnlps;-
sweet German, White French, w + lst; SWedt
Ezra SteisOn list; Egg English Winter, Franci
Fairbanks. Beans.-I0G varieties, Flank Taintor
Small and Large White, Yellow Eye, + r
Crown. SunnOwer, Halle Stetson, LIST. Crah1e
Ties, c W Dix list. Peanuts, Willie Shepardsoh Is
MAPLE SYRUP AND HONEY.
Maple syrup, Warren Fessenden lst. Honey
Boyd LIST.
BUTTER AND CHEESE.
Butter NalD, Mrs l. " Fairbanks lst, NeW-mll
and sage cheese, Mrs W I blanchard list.
GRAIN.