Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-10-04

farmer. Bean Bros. made the only
show of clean blood Herefords, put
ting in seven fine animals. The
Horades and natives" got better
premium this year than heretofore.
j. F. Skinner showed large number
of grade Jerseys. J. E. Cook put in
some of his good Jersey cows, which
are among the best mixers in this
vicinity. E. F. Huxley, Bean Bros.
]. S. Hagar, D. j. Dwinell helped up
this department considerably.
OXEN.
Glover carried off the palm on oxen
exhibiting ten yokes, most of them
good ones, though none of them
were heavy. Among the best in this
lot were the Freeman Bean, the Bean |
Bros, the William Wylie and the
John Teller cattle. G. l.. Baker,
president of the Agricultural Society,
showed splendid pair of four-year-
Odds, which weighed 1850 pounds.
M. G. Corley of Albany exhibited
a perfectly matched pair that would
be hard to beat anywhere, size con-
sidered. E. BLY, of Charleston show
ed handsome pair of four-year-olds
weighing $500 pounds. w. L. Wig
ons of Barton beat his town. Men
ton ought to be made of pairs owned
by B. T. Stevens of Glover. Only
two strings were made, as follows:
Glover, pairs owned by F. Bean,
Bean Bros, William Wylie, John
Teller and the Town. Barton string
was made up of pairs belonging to
Jesse Virgins, o. D. Rowell, Ed.
Cook. John Leland and Almon
GRAY. William Cameron showed a
very pretty pair of Devon three
year-olds; Sammy Bean exhibited a
nice pair of trained calves, and ID.
D. Beede good pair.
SHEEP.
The rain and some change IN the
Il sheep premiums made the number Oh
g sheep less than usual, but the show,
= as far as it went, was good. The
}. Phillips Bros. were present with thell
q Cotswolds, and had one buck which
l. weighed 225 pounds, 5 ewes an6
"a. several lambs. The Boys are making
Ill quite a speciality in this line of ami
e mails, and have sold several to lead
+ ing breeders. Kimball Bros. hav
> usually showed fine lot OF TIL
Il breed. but had smaller lot thi
~ year. They were good however
~ R. W. Buchanan showed lot Q
large Shropshiredowns including ewes
ne lambs and bucks, and G L. Bake
IL had a fine Shropshiredown buck
Jig William Cameron some large bucks
~ G.. E. Rowell made good exhibit
'V ewes. L. M. Darling had nice bucf
~ E. P. Peckham got some premium
~ on bucks, L. S. Nye made GOO
exhibition of sheep.
gh- s,,,,>p
0ie is. Hagar and w. G.. Brow
l'' showed two lmge sows with as pre-
ty itters of pigs as one would WI
wv 10 see. There were other anlma
"S' with bristles on them. Mr.. She
Poo burne showed a Mr.. and two la
'o coats with several kids that we
'e' quite a center of attraction. L
So' odor of the animals was certainly
AZ strong indication of thoroughbr
stock.
AK POULTRY.
the We have seldom seen a better sh
nails of poultry, ranging all the way
tween fox Beagle puppies to the la
over est sized geese. E. F. Hink
the showed some very fine bronze
that KEYS; ]. w. Sherburn some spl
W OF did geese and there were pre-
'ses, chicks in Bantams, Plymouth Roc
1any Hamburgs and Leghorns. We S
car gest that the exhibitors prepare
keel ter coops IN which to show their
elei dies, etc.
III OF BUTTER, CHEESE, SUGAR.
The There was a good exhibition
rlven butter, and it was a difficult ma
Loore TO decide which was best. +.
II OF Bemis, G.. w. Phillips, and L. La
5ean. showed good specimens of trunk
pair ter. A. G. Chase,F. Reynolds, E
Hips, Bros, J. G. Oliver and A.
sman Farland and others contested fol
horse butter premiums. The show of
ather red sugar indicated that the Orl
of the county people are learning to pu
sugar in this desirable form-an
field they are not very well posted in.
sug- suggest that hereafter few
ounty Jumps be left in the article, as re
lty OF ers and committee men do not pre-
as OF themselves with spoons. There
horses few fine specimens Of bees he
mag FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
)artles In these lines there was ne
lg fine large a show as there should
Ion on been, but the display of al
i own showed that the new varieties,
Fair some of the old seedlings are
exhl- we'll. w. d. Tyler of lrast
binary headed the table and the list
lsbury. numerous varieties of excellen
d pay. and winter fruit. His spec
he most were gathered without special
e have ing and showed handsomely al
ing the E. F. Hinkley, o. d. Rowell,
d bring Oliver, M. II. Mason and {
that is made good showing of
an ef- Homer Bradley came to the
ut these on seed grain and vegetables
nd hope showed a variety in both