Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-09-25

sHuWa tHdk NitH tne eXctpAon ot the class
of sheep and swine the display is below VII
it vas last year, in numbers. A eompariss
of these entries Of the secretaries books,
given below 10 interesting;
/ Entries. 1888. 1859.
Working oxen. IS pairs SO pai
| Working steers. 26 u
Bulls and steers, 81 head 81 hes
Cows. - 81 80 :.
Heifers, A 81 "
/ Heifer calves. I2
Sheep, 81 "a 100 "
Swine, IS % Is
( In the classes Of horses, which are n,
shown on the ground till tomorrow, the en-
tries are greatly excess of what they wer
nearly forty entries.
Town teams were examined by the con
mittees this forenoon, and in the afternoo
the trials of draft cattle and steers and drai
horses took place on the track, while commit
tees also made examinations on most of th
classes of neat cattle. The cash receipts tc
day have been considerably in excess 0
what they were for the opening day last yeal
Town Teams.
Three lorg strings of working oxen AMI
steers, made up handsome sight as the
were Strengthened on, on the show groun,
inside the track, and while not quite up t,
the general high character of teams of form
er years, prese ated a very 9 cd showing TO
old kennebec. and at time when the inter
est in oxen is not quite up TO what it ha
been in former years well keeps up the oil,
reputation of this Society for bringing ou
good oxen. Three teams were shown pre-
sentel from the following towns, viz Fay
ette in charge of A. +. Gle Mt. Vernon, c
V. Wells; Resdfeld, b. W. Hartman.
The Fayette team consisted of nineteer
yoke the Mount Vernon one strung out tt
thirty-two yoke and Readheld had ten yoke
only. Ia general the cattle were well match
ed, ard prese nted good appearance in size
form ard condition. There were few ord
nary pairs in the Mt Vernon team, to bt
expected in SO large number, but the two
and three wear olds were fine looking steers
The r. adfeld team consisted of solid bust
ness cattle, each psir Of which were fine
WORKER, large ard we'll put together. The
Fayette team was AN exceedingly good one
and embraced few pairs of very fancy cat
tie. The Mt. Vernon team reminded one OF
the old days when there were six or eight
town teams on the fair ground at these an
Bual shows, and when, strung out on the
track, they used to "meet AMI lap over as
one leading farmer expressed it. Nov, "
he says, lit doesn't pay to keep them only just
to do the farm work. There is no money in
growing steers as we used to do years ago .
And the exhibit in this class this year shows
the truth of his remark.
Notes Among the Cattle Stalls.
David Dudley. Mt. Vernon. one odd yrs.
old steer. girths 6 #. II in, weighs 1900
+. l.. Philbrick. Fsyette, Maine State Jersey,
3 yrs. old, Duke of Ellington. X. II. Phil
brick, Fayette, one pair VI old steers 6 it,
IL in. Elmer f. & C.. X. Gile, Fayette, Ten
yoke of steers: two pairs yr. olds. two
pairs yr. olds, three pairs 2 yr. olds. two
pairs yearlinys, one pair calves Frank j.
Ham. Belgrade, thoroughbred Sussex bull,
Sussex Lad yrs. old; also Su SIX heifer
yr. old. both from the herd of the late
Gov. Bodwell.
A long string of stalls are occupied with
the grand show of farm stock from the Lake
view Farm of Elwood A. Bailsy, Winthrop.
Centre, the entire exhibit comprising thirty
one head In this lot are one pair ) yr. olds
: #. 8 ill.,; three pairs yr. olds, average
girth #. in; three pairs 8 yr. OILS, aver
age girth #. 6 in. one pair yr. ODDS, 6 it.
10 in. bull, Grove Wilton, yrs. old, g.rth-
ing it. 6 in. and weighing 1900 lbs; two
yesring heifers and one yr. old These
are the heifers Lakeview Mary, a first prize
winner at the State Fair and Hopeful Mary !;
also Graceful Mary, yrs, a first prize
" inner at both the Eastern State and Maine
State Fairs. A herd of Ave cows comprises
the animals, Mollie 4th. Honest Mary. High
land MARY. Pearl 81 and Modest Mary.
These cows pre from to years old. The
h. aviest of them is Modest Mary, weighing
40 rs last June. ard girthng I fl in.
This herd received first prize for herd and
indi vi1usl animals at both State Fairs this
year. and last year the herd won the gold
medal at the Bay State Fair at Springfield.
Mas. One pair of Mt. Bsley's4 VI. olds,
sirihi fl I in. have taken the first for
matched cattle and for beef at Bangor and
Lev iston, and have won over Sl00 in prizes
this fali 4 pair of 3 yr olds and also
,,air of yr elds also took first at Lewiston
ard Bangor fer matched and beef steers
Mr.. Bail will take about twenty head of
cattle t. Boston for the Bay State Fair next
month. Including herd and also a town
t. am of steers. The animals are all thor
buRhbrAd Herefords, and the herd is one of
the best in New England. The annlsls on
the ground here are in charge of Mr.. Z. A.
Robinson. who will accompany this grand
exhibit of Kennebec llerefords to Boston.
Charles V. Wells, Mt Vernon. exhibits
ttoroushbred Hereford bull. yrs. old,
az q, A II record 26s5s. bred BY Gen
4 B. Sherherl of Skowhegau; by Sir
4 Arche l7ei2. out of Peatre ID. 1887, by
Sir Robert, an English sire of high reputa-
ton. Having had this animal in his herd
for two years Mr. Wells now offers him for
sale.
II. l.. webber, Mt. Vernon, yeariing
grade heifer. J. o. Harris, Mt. Vernon,
two grade Jersey cows; Otis L. Dunn, Mt
Vernon, grade Jersey heifer, two yrs old !;
f. J Gilman, Mt. Vernon. one pair matched
grade Hereford steers. Mrs NJ L. Rob-
bins Winthrop. exhibits herd of thirteen
animals, all Maine State Registry, with the
exception of two heifers. In this herd is
the bull. Robin Hood one year old, ard a
bull calf, the others being all cows and
lit ht-f wv ", - tv"e IN bt-tu n e
LAZY Alice and Maggie-both great butter
cows, the last named having a record of
2 lbs. 4 ozs. of butter per day. In the herd
are some fine looking young heifers. Edgar
E Robinson, Mt. Vernon, shows little
band of four thoroughbreds from the herd
of Burleigh & Bodweil. The animals are,
COW Fortunate. yrs. old; Venus. heifer
calf, mos. old; Ben Hur. 4 bull, yrs.
old and Goldis, year old heifer. The
animals named are all the produce of For
tunAte, and show excellent qualities. Ben
Hur is by the bull Rhode Island. No. 1e, ,626.
an imported bull. The COW Fortunate is by
the celebrated bull Hero. tl.6ls: Goldie is
by Golden Grove. %, ,026, and Venus il by
Careful "a. 6i93. The whole hand is a
very choice one. Daniel Dolen, 2esdfeId
thor ughhred Hereford heifer, Rarity ID,
one year old; L. Z. Huntou, Re adfsld
sraie Jersey heifer. year and ten months
OH E. E. 4 C. X Gle, Fsserte, have .
herd of ten head Of grade Hereforjs, com
pri.f-g four four year old steers, four three
yea olds, and six two year Old steers: fo1l
yssrlings, one pair calves, t~o three and
two two year old heifer.. -.----
Psckard 4 Sons. Rraifeli. have herd oi
good II. reseris, six in nurnher, AMI full
blooi Jersey bull In this le. 10 verj
rhfsHra xesr old heifsr Gilbert Jrndepvn.nsd