St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-09-10

The ShrOpShr1eS were represented
chiefly by L. B. Harris and T. N. Vail
both of Lyndon Centre. Mr.. Harris
exhibited IA head, including two
bucks, six lambs and six ewes. E. P.
Allen of st. Johnsbury Centre entered
a two-year-old buck. E. H. Hallett
also entered a buck of the same age.
B. K. Graves of St. Johnsbury East
entered a f~ve-year-old buck. 7. n.
Vail, Lyndon Centre, entered -, one
buck, five lambs, and six ewes.
There were no entries in the fine
wool and Horned Dorset varieties.
Among the exhibitors of grades are
A. Church, Hazen Hyde, Passumpsic;
NJ. l.. Hovey, St. Johnsbury East;
E.. H. Hallett, H. B. Ward, North
Danville; ]. D. Gould, Passumpsic;
r. Spaulding, J. H. Walbridge, West
Concord.
The exhibit of swine was not large
but all entries were of a high charac-
ter. Among the exhibitors were E.
H. Hallett of this place, one entry;
E. P. Allen of St. Johnsbury Center,
eight entries; William Clement of
Danville, one entry; B. K. Graves
East St. Johnsbury, one entry; H. R.
White, St. Johnsbury, n entry;
Cloud Harvey, West Barnet, one
entry.
The exhibit Of poultry this year
was the largest in the history Of the
fair. w. L. SWEET had the largest
number of entries, 80 in all; B. K.
Graves of St. Johnsbury East came
next having %; H. Underwood &
Son, 10; H. c. Wilson, 16; H. B..
Daniels, 10; A. A. Miles, 10; B. F.
Weeks, 9; T. H. Underwood. 7; John
Church, Danville, 7; E. Meacham, 6;
c. L. & c. B. Stevens, 6; R. Spauld-
ing & Son, 4; J. Guyer, c. Harvey
and others had smaller entries. In
these entries were all the popular
strains of poultry and many of the
fancy breeds.
Vegetables.
The exhibition of fruits and vege-
tables is a large one and the number
of exhibitors correspondingly large.
Among the latter were R. w. Laird,
J. S.. Bandy, S. T. Brooks, l.. G..
Smith, A. L. ellis, Harvey's Hollow;
ON. Drew, Danville; J. Brown, Lyn-
don; ]. S. Bradley, East Barnet; H.
& J. c. Underwood, H. N. Roberts,
St. Johnsbury Centre; Frank B.
Badger, North Danville; H. R. White,
E. H. Hallett, w. H. Barker, George
w. Ward, William Cassidy, Ryegate;
NJ. V. B. Moves, North Danville; G..
A. Whitcomb, Danville; H. E. & D.
Q. Woodruff, J. H. Wilson, Passump-
sic; B. F. Bradley, North Danville;
R. P. Harvey, Passumpsic; John Ma
son, Passumpsic; R. S%paulding &
Co., J. Judkins, East Barnet, and
George Bailey.
The mammoth pumpkins of Mr..
Laird attracted considerable atten-
ton, as did also his exhibits of celery
and beets. The display of DR.. Brooks
and Mr.. Bandy were close rivals and
made the judges position a hard one.
The exhibits of fall and winter apples
by A. l.. ellis and o. N. Drew were
also good, and the plums entered by
the latter were very tempting. The
turnips entered by E. H. Hallett are
worthy of mention. All the exhibits
were good and they bespeak great
fertility still in old Vermont's hill
sides.
Machinery.
7. c. Moore had a fine line of agri-
cultural implements and farm mach
inery, including a moving machine,
horse rake, hay tedder, plows, har-
rows and Planet Junior goods.
B. F. Weeks had an exhibit of a
Concord wagon and a top buggy,
and they were both good ones.
B. F. Rollins had one of his Union
horse powers, and over feed separator
and a split pulley of his own make.
The Vermont Farm Machine Co.,
had a large exhibit of diary and
sugar utensils.
o. Y. Hooker & Son entered two
of the famous Buckeye mowers for
which they are agents.
The Barden Creamery Company
had one of their creamers on exhibit
ton. This separator has had good
sale in this vicinity.
Miller & Ryan had six carriages of
different STYLES and they made a fine