News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-27
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The eleventh annual agricultural |
exhibition, under the auspices of the
Lamoille Valley Fair Ground Associ-
alton, terminated successfully We'd |
nesdav night. Forbidding weather
prevailed all day Tuesday, rain fall
ing most of the time, and yet the at
tendance was fair, and the exhibit OF
stock, if not quite as large as last
wear, was sufficiently so to be proud
of. We believe those who have at
tended the State and other county eX
hibits will agree with us that this
county can truthfully boast of as fine
and we'll bred cattle and horse stock
as can be found elsewhere in the State.
In quality, at least, we believe that
Lamoille stands in the front rank. In
obedience to the request Of many ask
ING that if possible we give the pre-
MUM list this week, we have con-
cluded to abridge our general report
that the premium list may appear,
though we do this reluctantly, as we
should be pleased to mention every
exhibit, but our space at this time of
the week will not allow both. At
this hour we are unable to state the
entire receipts, but we are informed
by II. a Slayton, Superintendent of
tickets, that the gate receipts alone
amounted to S1,O29.43, over 1000
tickets being sold, which will insure
the payment at least Of all expenses
and we will hope leave a snug little
lump besides.
The show of oxen and steers was
very fine. Of the four year olds the
pair owned by William Lamson were
the finest cattle, as all admitted, on
the ground. They were dark red and
weighed 300. A. Darling showed
pair weighing 800, and j. NJ. Camp
bell a pair at 2840. George w.
Blake also exhibited a good pair in
this class. OF oxen over four years
old Levi Small entered the heaviest
pair, they weighing 5000. Good ones
were also shown by Capt. Frank
kenfeld, n. Mcfarland, n. ". New
city, A. Edgerton, A. & NJ. A. Par
ker and others. OF the two year
old steers those owned by G. A.
Rand attracted the most attention,
and were highly complimented by all
who saw them, their weight being
2550. In this class W. NJ. Small
showed two pair, A. Edgerton and
A. & M. A. Parker each a pair.
weights not given. Excellent three
year olds were shown by c.. Camp
bell, George Foss and II: Dodge. Of
Jersey stock, II. J. Fisher made the
largest show, he having eight head.
L. Z. woodwork, n. whitney, A.
Durkee, G. W. Blake, A. A. Kendall
and G. W. DotY also showed some
good stock.
In Ayrshires G. n. Drury made .
fine show of ten head. D. G.. nardv
and L. A. Smalley each had good
grade COWS in this class.
In Devons G. W. Doty took the
lead, be having ten head Of pure bred
stock. W. H. Bayley, of Hardwick,
had two fine COWS, A. 3. Smith, 3
handsome two year old bull and two
grade COWS and q heifer. w. NJ. Small
showed some fine stock in this class,
j. II. Sinclair, of Johnson, q grade
calf that was little beauty. E. A.
Smalley, L. S. Bundy, N. whitney
and d. Il. Sherwin also showed
some good stock. From &. r.
Pages stock of Short horns there
were seven head. A. Dodge showed s
head, including grades. Noticeable
were a heifer and calf, the mother
being u months old. I'm. III. Small
two fine grade heifers and J. nj
Campbell two handsome bull calves.
one a grade. Offancy matched steer
calves there were three nice pairs
shown by c. L. Shaw, Enos mill and
! n -TnbbaIl- Chnw's vof@hod 1n95.
! j. Is. Cook, of Greensboro, showed
- pens of fine wool ewes, lambs
and bucks. One of these bucks sheared
% pounds last spring. f. A. Smalley
two Finewool bucks and A. X,
Spaulding one pen SOuthdown. A. l.
hubbard one pen and buck fine wool.
II. ID. Buck one Shropshire buck and
II. ID. Bryant one COtswOol.
We are unable at this time to give
a general report of the entries at the
Floral nall. or of the horse exhibit
bition, both of which were, however,
fully up 10 the customary display.
The MOrrisville Comet Band were
present and furnished acceptable mu-
sic during both days. Following is
the premium list;