Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-10-09

TAT well kept kline. The Durhsms seem 20
Dc favorites in this section. for general
farm Use. sui the Jerseys Tor village and
batter cows. The Durhams grow large
and make good working or orel oattle, ss
vel a. fair dai.v stock. Quite a quantity
% stock from the White Mountain Stock
Farm has come into this section, during
The past frW years. Ctpt. Rpss OF West
Paris has Que 90 Jaigc Burbank's grade
Ayersh.F,s; she Is fftren siXternths Ayr
shire. and valuable animal j. q. Rowe
~ Oxford has same Iiolstrin cattle from
The same farm Jaige Burbank has a bull
which ,tsmps gp,n every calf got by hin,
a white belt or blanket, which extends
around the middle OF IL body. Mr.. Rowe's
stock i % this strain. We saw on Judge
Eurbank's farm. grade Jvrsirs, AyrShlres
and purhsms bearing this mark A. well as
The thoroughbred stock.
Here ! a partial list OF the stock enter
cred. a. furnished by W. A. Pidsin 20 the
lewiston JDurHdl.
CATTLE
or matched Oxen, teams were entered
by - l. Paine, Paris, II w Whitman, )
II < n \ Millett, r J pottle, Norway Jno
| Il Robinson, " l. stanton, oxford. Steers
matched, Ellis Whitman, Buckneli; Am.
circus Bouu,y, = n 4 II A Millett, William
Hall. + T Pike. Isaac + whitcomb, Nor
way; q " Maxim. & K Penley, Caleb Full
/ Ter. A J Pculry, L g Luring, ID y True,
I iona Andrews, L r Richardson, Paris; J
/ Il Robinson, W l. stanton, oxford; w W
Mitchell. south Woodstock. Jersey Cows
/ are exhibited nv WIN Hall, J Whitehouse,
I Norway: : X Ellis, Paris. Jersey bull, \
+ L Jackson Norway. Grade Jersey bull aud
/ calf SR Ellis. South Paris A + Jackson,
b NORWAY. had thoroughbred Durham COW.
| " /. stanton, of oxford, grade Durham
I steers. John + Farwell OF Bethel, had 4
grade Durham bull, & months old. Ooly
au,. herd was entered, that of y w Millett,
I Norway, with which there WAS = grade
| Darhsm bull. The OOSs said we'd better
/ tax. a cart. hut tDli IA IN We wollj have
/ Z, take a >lrd. SAWS Caleb Fuller, who had
ONE twelve miles through the cold aud
>naX To show bi> champion steers. Since
/ At Vrar the steers have increased in
/ weight. - that now, at three years old
/ t,,y rift fr,t inches aud weigh > 5ij
/ I,~. They arr a handsome pair OF cattle.
r ! B.uu-tt. OF Norway, d al Bull, two
wears old, Durham AMI Hvr,ford-l tue
/ fellow. q " Cole, Paris, had pair Oi
I -u,d ,uokiu- tNiu hereford OX-u, years
,ii. sui Luther Stone exhibited palS OF
Grade puruauS. , years Old, measuring {,
. - feet r Ttcnmb, Norway, had pair
I of wear old rcd Durhsm>, tnAt measured
Is fr,t. and pair Of grade HcreiOrds
I yeats old same size. lie ianClvd the Dur
nam, most Tor farm stock, vet admitted
that The OF Hereford ~ay little the best
luit animal Of the four. Frank Fenley. of
Paris. exhibited pair OF seven feet grade
"A, rvfords. 4 years old. j b Robinson, OF
/ OXFORD, had .ht noble oxen on the ground
one pair grade Durhams and HerefOrds,
3 years old, measuring seven feet; one pair
4 DurhAms zai HeTefOrds, years old and a
fn,. pair OF TWO year old wallace Mitch
ell. Woodstock, had pair OF two years
old grade Durhams, measuring feet and
/ inches, that were beauties. A l. Jackson
of Norway, had yearling Jersey bull. de-
/ .ceaded from Dom Pedro, owned by Chas
4 Cro.ay a.so : thoroughbred calf ID Il
I Woodbury. exhibited thoro.g dbTed Dur
ham bull. bred by Elijah Wadsworth oi
Livrrmore. Herbert K. Hammond, Paris,
Exhibited 4 tue thoroughbred Durham,
/, year, old. George W Maxim, Paris, has a
nair VI rel Durham steers, years old, six
I c.. -four, also tWG he!fers aud years
old. sired by the Du.l owned IN s,ebgCl %
Prof Whitney. The yesrling vas i've feet
seven iu eirth. They came from cow 10
wears oh. that has never given less than
uuarts o. mix any day since her hrst calf.
king z Buck. Buck5eid, bas herd OF l.
cattle, headed by a thoroughbred Durham
hull: in the herd are thoroughbred cows
and ) calves. y w Millett, Norway, had
TWO herds, embracing 20 cattle; one was
grade Durhams, the other grade Hereiords.
In The herd Of Durhams i noble pair OF
oxen. = pair Of tvO year olds, and one OF
yrarlings, with Durham 6g.I. ~ tie
herd was a twO-yeaT-Olt, grade Durham
and Jersey. that Mr. Millett thinks will
make al excellent dairy COW. lie thinks
he Durham stock j. best adapted - farm
~, IN this region, a. they make larger cat
tie L RichardsoG, 80 E-ris, has hoe
pair Of grade DCThams, years Oid, Sc. eu
feet and an inch 10 girth pair OF grade .
I wear OLD puThAuiS, six feet aud two Inches
I suA q lul blood calf Orrin Brown, Nor.
INs,. Lass toll blood Durham, Years old,
seven feet and tEO inches ia .lrth. Alyiu
Ross. West Paris, exhibits = H0lsteln co.
that gives d. quarts % milk morning and
lsIstL She i n promising looking snimAl
IA has also q heifvf, grade Ayrshire j
Whitrhou.e, OF Norway, had promising
Grade jersey bull l. Holmes, Paris. 8
I sr.de Hereford calf; Is A GOrhsm, Norway
trade Jerscy bull aud calf; A ) Thayer o.
Pa-ts. grade Durham bull; Thomas Witt
Norway, thorough bred Jersey bull John s
Brown, Paris, grade Hereford calf; Eber
Chapman. Gilead. pair OF year old work
ing oxen: ; NJ King, Paris, bull. COW
aud yesrlng OF Maine Jersey stock; l. L
IMsXim, Sumner, thoroughbred Durham
pull and COW, with grade cows aud heifers
making q fine herd. L L Bennett, Norway
mad a grade Durham anu Hereford bull
An Intelligent farmer says, That's tn,
blood FOR this region, In my opinion. Tn,
Durhams are large, the Herefords hardy
and good feeders, and they make q gooc
mix
SHEEP AND SWINE.
The show of sheep was unusually good
both ia numbers and quality. EE Everett
Dad pen that drew msny observers In II
vas TeXel buck 220 pounds In weight
that shesred this year 20 pounds OF wool
There were two ewes, that weigh $50 anC
40 pounds, and sheared this year 8 pounds
OF wool each. The stock is from the Fer
guson stock, Dixmont. Ransom Ripley
Paris, had a Il OK of u sheep SH& H.
Muiett, OF Norway, exhibited an excellent
flock. Il lot of May lambs, weighing SO lbs
each. Columbus Richardson, OF Norway
had thoroughbred merino buck, aud 4
cots wold, both splendid animals; also !
flock of lsmbs. c + Millett, Norway, hse
full blood meriuo. and cots void buck.
+ Jackson Of Norway, flock OF l6 lambs
with bucks.
julius Fuller, Oxford, had promising
pair of white Chester swine with 9 pigs, .