Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-10-01

owned in the near vicinity were at
home drawing meagre grain. The show
of thoroughbreds in the various
breeds was small. There was only
one string of cattle put together.
These were yokes belonging to F.
d. Williamson, O. A. White, c. B.
Leland, L. j. Leland and j. @.
Gray. G. B. Leland had a fine pair of
fat cattle which weighed $500; 0. A
Whites pair weighed 3400; j. @.
Gray had a fine pair of four-year-
olds, f. F. Hinckley of Glover show
ed q nice pair of oxen, also Sumner
Warner of Sheffield, B. C. Boden,
+. D. Williamson, S. d. Hobson
& Sons, A. A. Williams. r. F.
Wheeler, David Baker,ssA. J. Leland
and others showed steers. Sam Bean
and F. d. Williams had each pair
of good trained calves.
In Durham stock G.. I'll. Joslyn had
large bull, two good COWS and 9th
er stock. Mr. Williams and Mr.. Bo-
den also exhibited this stock. G. j..
Gross showed two pretty Durham
heifers.
The Jerseys were not quite up to
the usual exhibit. Dr.R.B. Skinner s
herd has been reduced of late by sales,
and he showed but nine animals,
mostly young. His cattle are all
registered and are bought from noted
herds. j. E. Cook, who has an ex-
cellent herd of Jersey COWS, put in a
few animals. We wonder that the
farmers in this vicinity did not fill up
the cattle stalls more largely. The
Devons had good representatives.
from the the herd of W. w. Dow,
who showed eight animals. A. c..
Chase also put in several first-class
Devons, including a fine bull. There
were no full blood Herefords and
Ayershires.
S. D. Hobson & Sons of Brighton,
who are doing considerable at stock
raising, as well as numbering and
farming, helped the fair very much
in the horse and cattle departments.
They have been raising up herd Of
Holsteins, and took over to this fair
a fine, large registered bull and sew
eral young animals, thoroughbred
and grades. Frank Wheelock show
ed calf of this blood, seven months
old, that weighed $50 pounds, which
was by all means the finest calf ever
shown on this ground of his age.
Miller Bros. also exhibited some
stock of this kind. This breed of
cattle is we'll liked by those who de-
sire quick growth and heavy animals.
The milk is better for cheese than
for butter. Those who grow good
cattle which come under the head of
s'grades and natives,'' seem disposed
to let the show in this line 60 some
what by default. We wish it were
otherwise. These animals embrace
much the larger per cent of all that
are grown, and must always be the
reliable cattle of every town for
business purposes.
The show of sheep was very cred
liable, and embraced all of the breeds
grown in this section, including many
grades and natives. III. M. Salmon
showed ten Cotswolds, ranging all
the way from 250 pound buck to
lambs. They are from the Phillips
Bros. and the Hill focks and are
very excellent animals. Sam. B.
Nelson filled up three or four pens
with fine Leicesters. L. M. Darling
has the field pretty much on South
downs, and showed several of his
best bucks and sheep. The Shrop-
shiredowns were present in quite
large numbers and showed well.
Among the largest exhibitors were
R. W. Buchanan, J. S. Smith, E. F.
Hinckley and VIM. B. Stiles. H.
w. Barrows, J. G.. Gray, G. B. Le-
land and W. B. Stiles competed fol-
the prize money on grades and ma
tives.
E. A. Norton showed a SOW and
litter of pigs that did credit tc
Lige's judgment in selecting breeds
as we'll as his swill pail. They were
good ones. Mrs. May and A. J
Leland showed good filters of pigs
and there were fat pigs and Other
sorts of pigs, including a full BLOOD
White Chester, owned by E. E
Black.
POULTRY.
The show of poultry included some
of the best breeds of hens, and some
very fine biddies. A. n. Bedell, whC
is doing quite business in the poul
try line at Newport, showed fou
coops with cochins, leghorns ant
brahmas. A. M. Hartman, also
hen fancier, put IN Plymouth rocks
wyandottes, brahmas and pair O
| ducks w. E. Sherburn had ban
tams, polish chicks, geese, etc. Al
mon Gray made a good exhibit i
the hen line; E. F. Hinckley showe'
bronze turkeys. Geo. F. Reed show
ed some of his hounds alongside tn
poultry.
BUTTER, CHEESE AND SUGAR.
The butter, cheese and sugar dc
partment was not as we'll filled as
ought to have been. j. c. Olive
put in several of his best cheese. "