The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-09-14


play of canned goods, such rs preserves,
jelly, etc.
In needle and fancy crochet work
there are some very fine samples on
exhibition, which we have not the space
to particularizc.
Meyer IN the history of the Blue Earth
County Agricultural Society has the
display of stock anywhere near equaled
the present. Owing to the fact that We
80 to press in the midst of the Fair, we
are only able To give II list of the stock
that was hurrlcdly noted down yestcr-
day.
Mr.. T.. N. Boynton, of the Garden
City stock farm, has herd of 81 Short
Horns entered, ofwlIch we mention the
following:
cambria Duke" Short Horn bull,
weight 2,40O. This animal was sired
10y Wild Eyed Duke, and he by the
celebrated 2nd Duke of Hilihurst.
Comet" bull 20 months old sired
by Cambria Duke; dam, Lizzie Dale.
''Burney l5th," sired 10y Duke Of
Clark 3rd; dam, Lizzie Dale.
surprise Sth," sire Hillhurst; dam,
Surprise 4lh.
"LIZzle Dale, of Garden City," sire,
Baron Luan End, dam, Lizzie Dale.
"Bell Flower" seven months old.
Sire, Cambria Duke; dam, Lizzie Duke
of Garden City.
"Gipsie," two year old hciier. Sire,
Cambria Duke; dam, Elite.
Florence" two year old hciier. Sire,
Cambria Duke; dam, Burncy 18th.
"Flor;.,' ycarling hciier. Sire, Cam.
bria Duke: dam. Lizzie Dale of Garden
City.
Active bull calf seven months old.
Sire, Cambria Duke; dam, Burney.
In addition to these thorouohhreds,
Mr.. Boynton has grade hcifers two
years old, IL grade cow, and 4 grade
heller calves.
Mr.. G.. NJ. Green, of Shelby, proprie
tor of the Green Valley stock farm, has
three head of his celebrated Pollcd
Angus stock entered.
"Waterside Emma tnrcc.year- old
COW; sired by Black Standard, and bred
10y JAS. Smith Of Scotland.
martha OF Rougemont," fine COW
with four months old calf by her side.
Sired by Jury and bred by G. Whitfield.
"l.ieier," Il bull year old, sired by
Morayshire and bred by John Stewart
Messrs. &. ii. and G. +. Piper, also
have some of these fine imported black
cattle on exhibition, as follows:
NAOMI of Rougemont." Sired by
Judge and bred by q. Whitfield
"Gertrudc," a yearling heiier. Sired
by Basuto, and blcd by Whitfield.
Julius md" a One-year-old bull.
Sired by Julius and bred by Macpher-
son Grant, of Scotland.
VIM. OsgOod, ofGarden City, exhibits
fine Thoroughbred Short Horn bull.
Quimby Larkin has his large Holstein
COW on show; also bull and heifer calf
same breed.
ID. Hauk, of Rapidan, shows his Dur
ham Stock which he recently purchased
at the Iowa State Fair. They are pro.
nounccd fine.
c. ThurstOn, of Garden City, shows
three fine Jerseys.
Harry Shanbut has his celebrated
Polled-Angus bull on exhibition, and
he is Il beauty.
There is other thoroughbred stock
which we are unable to mention, not
beng able to interview the owners.
In horses the display Is immense,
and it is utterly impossible for us to
here particularlze only the finest Of
those entered.
Mr.. c. NJ. Green, of Shelby, has his
fine stallion "Gracy Martin entered.
The horse is an imported Perchcron Nor
man 3 years old and weighs 1880
pounds. Stands fully II hands high.
Mr.. nj. L. Fall manager of the Nelson
farm in Rapidan has a fine Stallion, q
Percheron Norman. Stands l6k hands
high and weighs 600 pounds.
Jesse Mack, Of Willow Creek, has two
fine half.blood Norman colts, that for
beauty are hard to beat.
Mr.. w. j. AtchcrsOn & Son, Medic,
exhibit PercherOn Norman Stallion,
imported. He stands 81 hands high,
and weighs 1850 pounds.
Lewis Scverson, of Medic, has Per
cherson Norman Stallion, 3 years old.
Stands II hands high, and weighs | $50
pounds
A. +. Anderson, of Sterling, has 2
ycar-eid Norman and Clyde Colt, and
he is as pretty as picture. He was
bred by Mr.. Anderson.
G. Piper, aud John Thompson of Gar
den City, d.. M. Marston of Rapidan,
j. w. Oily and f. c. Nickerson of
Garden City, all show some beautiful
half.blood Norman horses, get of the
Shaubut horse.
The Nelson farm turns out ten or a
dozen fine half-blOod horses and colts.
Peter Mertesdorf, of Vernon, Justly
prides himself on having as fine half
blood Norman as there is on the grounds.
f. Smith of Garden City, and A. NJ.
Kindall, of same place, have each some
fine half blood horses, and many other
who are entitled to notice, but space
prevents.
DIR. Curryer has nice showing of
colts, the get of Security, and they are
worthy of notice.
81. Ray of Rush Lake has =
blood Norman horse. Stands 1917
hands high, and weighs 400.
w. Wells, of Lake Crystal has fine
French Stallion, and for beauty it is
among the best on the grounds.
The show of swine is not large, but
there are some fine ones on exhibition.
Mr.. f. Tyler of Garden City, has an i'm.
ported PolandChina pig which he
purchased for $500.
A few nice sheep are shown.
B. Garret g. Co. have on exhibition
the Purinton feed Steamer, an article
of great use To farmers.
The carriage interests are well repre-
sented by A. M. Smith and ii. p. Jcn-
son, who have some splendid vehicles
on exhibition.