Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-10-06
LOOKING ON

III. oxford County Agricultural so-
ciety u cue ~ the most sncvessful or
gsnlSstisn. of the Kind In the state,
WHITTIER viewed from the standpoint ~
results going out from its work ar the
rsi.lng ~ means to work with.
Dor many years the attendance al it,
exhibitions sni the resulting r~clpt.
hs,. tcen among the largrst of any of
the county societies In the state. \ day
wss spent az their exhibition Last week
With the view of gaining further knowl-
edge ~ ~. work and how II Il carried
on.
I. The socic,y Z. we'll oflccrcd and
carrie. on u. work la q straightforward
basines.-likc manner, aud for the object
In hand Instead 10 private Interests.
= The people % the county msnlfc.,
an active Interest In H.. annual exhibit
tions.
=. n Aas ry,oss ssosgA o. eort.
This last fact Ia an Important matter.
No society can for long time make it,
exhibition. successful vithout having a
broad held to draw from. TIL. IL a fact
we'll established. Til. society has With
Ia IT, limits some of the hcst stock ~ the
different classes Ia b. found In the state.
The society only needs to draw this out
to give the visitor. something Instructive
and interesting to sec. During the past
year the society has erected the largest
and most complete grand stand to -
found on any county fair grounds In the
state. II Ia thrre hundred fcct long,
siil seat thrcc thousand people, ani cost
something Z over thrc. thousand dollars.
~ d. A - h. IL l.
4 day of preparation. Cattle aud other
stock coming from a distance ar. driven
In aud assigned to quarter. and the work
10 entries !. largely completed. The
.-,ond day l. a general exhibition day
With everything early In iis place, IN.
stock % al kind. on hand. snd the peo-
pie are thsrr to sec u. There are M
msmh~r.hip or family tickets 20 admls-
.ion and all farr alike. The daV ~ our
yisli thcr, werr upwards ~ 900 admls-
.idh tickets taken AZ the gatcs, and the
last dAy the r~cclp,s wcrv nearly AZ
large.
The exhibition wa. good Que through
out. although the stock exhibit in con-
mon With other localities suffered some
shai from ~. late depression IN cattle,
and ~. consequent shrinksgr In mum
h.rs. There w.r-, hosrNrr, long strings
"a fine oxen ther-, ani many g"osl steers.
Oxford County stlll hold. largely to the
Durham hlood for this class ~ stock,
comparatively fcS ot ~. white FACE
stock being sscn among them. None of
the showing ~ this Kind 10 stack u kept
for mere fancy, bat all came FROM the
sofklng teams 20 the farms. All srr-
In good condition. Ani Sh-n N" price
go.. az tn . paving hgurr. the county
will have some bs.i a. cell.
The desperation 10 the Holmes Here
ford has r-ducssi the shsw 20 stock Ia
this class, bat there l. some ~ " siill
lsft ih-r- In other hands, and a. gooi as
!. a. D. found IN the state.
IN dairy stock the llolsirlns arr not in
large num,s~rs, though NJ. Bfvits aud
Nf. Sasysf'. stock ar gcod samples II
the hrvcd. o. Jerseys the locality leads
the state. within easy rrsch ar %"
hsF,is % Nr. :. n. Locke, West l'afis
!. y. Howland. Mountain Nics ~tocs
Fsrn, Paris; :. ". King. south fsrls,
sni N l.. lIorn-. Norway. MI - the"
rNr-pting Mf. ls-ck~ wcrv rvPr~."nt"i
a ihc fair. aud they arr ~ tlI. t~si hlo"'i
% thr hrv-i. n sas royal guod shns
q ths hr~,l We arv unh~.itstiugly II
ths opinian, thu, Mr. Horne has the bet
,gvi -, l.smbcrt bull Ia the state. VI.
llas lan,l's h~ri ~as drafted out 20 a..
herd 20 n l.. l'ierc.. made az ~ The
besi stnlk that money coai bay.
Ttr horss siork shosn as numerous
sni 20 high quality. The trvttlng at
tracts-i murh Interest. The uss grand
.tani i.,lng hli~,i to H. fall sesting caPac-
ry.
Ths hall exhibit was full IN ns fruit
ani vegetables, ani aitrciiyc in us
isdi~.' HANDY wutk The fruit collection
"a. large abi the samples hn.. In The
Sesvtahl-s thsFe sss too much ~ ~"
moastruus, raih-r than th,t which ~.
T..rfr,t and attractiyc.--M,iue Farmer.