Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-09-23
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NEW ENGLAND FAIR.
The New England fslr Was held al
worce.i.r. Mass, last week. The &c
curr.nc- ~ thl. fair on the same days
81 the exhibition AZ BANGOR, prevented
" from giving thl. exhibition the time
aud attention that hs relation to the
farm industrir. of our own state would
otherwlse .srm ta demand. IA II VAS,
our connection with the New England
Dalrymen's Association, and the exhl-
billion. comhlned a. compel our attend
anc. az least for few hour., aud la that
time We endea,orei o. grasp some ~
the striking feature. ~ the fair, aud of
course could do no NOR" than this.
The running ~ the exhibition vas en-
tirely Ia IN. hand. ~ the oiilccr. ~ the
Worcester County Agricultural society
-one of the strongest county orgsni-
tstlons ~ the Kind In New Englini-Dr.
I.oring. Col. Nccih,m and Aaron Young
appearing only a. figure heads and "gl,-
Ing character" to the Institution, Prrsl-
dent ioring of course doing the talking,
and a. usual doing IL faithfully aud well,
while the other. listened a. we'll A. bc
talked. Dr. l.orlng always had a high
appreciation ~ New England agricul-
turr, aud never was chlrgrahlc with
omltilng an opportunity - exiol II and
culogisc those engaged In u. We ough,
to have more such champions, Tor c.r-
tslnly the situation ~ill bear II, and the
work would do us all good.
The striking features of the great eS-
hlhltion we're;
I. m,gnlhccu, collection oi breed
Inc cattle. =,
:. \ grand display oi Horticultural
and farm products.
Z. 4 large ATTENDANCE ~ people, and
4. An Insurcrablc crowd ~ hkirs,
gamc.iers, hoNlcrs, pc'idlcr. aud sales
men.
In respect e. ihl. last count, justice
can harily b. done. panicmonlum was
literally let loo.c. They wcrr given
every conspicuous and convenient place,
where the visitors wanted Ia be they
we're under foot, la every open space
and ON every conspicuous corner, aud
every ,I.ltor trying to se- the show was
tumhlIng over them. pitching into them,
ani continually Obliged To- b. ga the
alert to try to dodge them. Literally
they occupied the fir.t places every
wherr, ,nd visitors werr left to take
what VA. left. HIss st risiiors rights
fAaf sagM o. - rssJ,scfe,l AZ fair. after
they have paid their fcc a. cnterf We
believe thev have, and can IN no sense
defend such abuses ~ their rights. "
t,eae nuisance. must bc admitted
the gates, lct thcm b. located
H..
not thsr, for such associations, and the
way left clear aud reasonably easy Tor
through the exhibition. u
I. not our pleasure to critlcise. but the
deccut rights ~ the people should be- de-
frndei.
The exhibition ~ breeding stock va.
extensive, ani was wholly conhncd Ia
the dairy hrr,si., unlc.. the shorthorn.
are rulc,l out ~ thi. class. Not single
animal of the strictly beef brc~is vas to
h. found. The iIolsiein. far Out-num.
bercd any other brc~i, and run up Into
the hundred. In ndmbcr, two 81 the
noted Massachusetts, hrcesiers showing
almost half q hundrrd each. =. J. Frye
~ Marlboro, aud 4. Robinson & Son of
iarrr Plains. Among them werc mag
nlhccnt representative. ~ the breed,
COW. weighing lsD, lb.., With mix rec
ord. aba,. \ hundred pounis. and
bull. weighing 1000 anil 400 pounds,
aud ~ Toyal blood. Ayrshircs we're
ney, la number, aud popular they arr.
The other dairy breeds, Devons, Jersey.
and susrnsey.. were about equally rrp-
rc..nicl. jersey. arr not shown In .o
large numbers q. formerly. Not that
lc.. ~ them are kept. hut there ]. no
boom on them at the present time.
There VI. a good showing of Guernsey.
and among them were many good anl-
mails. On the whole, there u little
doub, but these cattle arr trc.passlng on
jersey ground Ia some measure.
sheep werr not shown In very large
though quite a number ~ the
oil .howmsn were on hand. Dr. Bou-
tellc of thl. state, va. there with hts
Souihdowns. and hi. seven pen. bore
i've blue priI. card. aud one second.
The shropshire. are nov In dnft of
popular favor, sni prove by their look.
that they are cntltle'i io the place.
Many Of the specimen. ~ other breed.
were no credit Ia their owners.
The attendance was large throughout,
aud the treasury ~ the society must, a.
usual. have enough left Ia pay for anoth-
cr swell dinner At Noung's next winter,
on the occasion ~ the next farce of an
annual meeting Maine Farmer.