Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-09-23
The Live stock show.


The exhibition of cattle was fully equal
to that usually reported as seen at county
fairs. There were in all about 12j head
on exhibition. They represented the cat
tie from the neighboring farms, and were
the property Of genuine farmers and not of
those whose wealth enables them to farm
for pleasure and to buy fancy stock at
high prices. The average quality of the
stock shown was, moreover highly meri-
torious. About so head of oxen were
counted, only Il few of which were not
above an average in quality \ single fat
OK, shown by c. +. Tyler of Newfane,
weighed 2160. Three town teams of 10
yokes each were driven around the grounds,
preceded by the band. Two of the teams
were from Newfane and one from Towns
bend. There was more uniformity in the
size and quality of the oxen composing the
teams than is often seen in town teams.
The average weight of the cattle in the
lightest team was 3142 pounds, and the
heaviest team averaged 1892 pounds to
each pair. The intermediate team in
weight averaged 1880 pounds, and was
awarded the first premium. This team
was from Townshend. The Williamsville
team had five pairs, weighing over $500
pounds each. The heaviest pair that we
noticed belonged to Fred Morse of Will
Evansville, and they weighed 1910 pounds.
c. w. Morse had pair weighing 37lO.
II. II. Holbrook and Son had pair in
the Townshend team which weighed 36lO,
and the smallest pair in this team fell but
little short of 5000 pounds. There were
several yokes of fine oxen in the Newtane
team. a good pair of fat oxen were shown
by J. NJ. Moore. Several pairs of good
steers, two years old and three years old
were shown by Henry johnson and II. E.
Sparks of Newfane, Ernest White of
Brookline, and others. j. and f. Whitaker
of Newfane had a good pair of yearling
steers. b. G. Cushing, j. M. Miller and
others exhibited steer calves.
There were Holsteln, jersey, Durham
and grade bulls-about dozen of all kinds.
II. NJ. Kidder of Wardsboro exhibited a
heavy three-year-old HOlstein, and Sylyes-
ter Charter of Newfane a heavy Durham
bull. Mr.. Kidder's bull was registered
as were also five Holstein cows and heifers
which he exhibited. f. p. Osgood of
Brookline had a grade Durham bull, two
wears and 10 months old, weight 1850.
| II. NJ. Hall and j.. NJ. and s. Kenny of
| Newfane, ID. j. Hitchcock and Albert
Austin of BrOokline, John II. Ware of
| Townshend, G. p. Thayer, Mr. Whitaker,
and others also exhibited bulls. Grade
herds were shown by j. II. Ware and by
! f. p. Osgood. The former herd was com
posed of Jerseys and grade Jerseys, and
the latter of grade Durhams. Holsteins
were shown by F. d. Goodell of Putney,
! +. j. johnson, l.. w. Bush and A. \.
| Austin. Among other exhibitors of cows,
heifers and calves were E. c. Stiles, Leon
| Whitney, f. E. Wellman, |. A. Evans and
E. C. Benedict.
The exhibit of horses, especially of brood
mares and colts, was very good. In the
latter class there were % exhibitors, with
so or more animals on exhibition. Among
so many there must, of course, be many
meritoriOus exhibits for which no pre-
MUM could be awarded, and as we have
only a partial list of these we omit the
names of exhibitors in this class, except as
they appear i'm the premium list. There
were few stations on the grounds. One
was shown by NJ. NJ. Miller of BrattleborC
and one by w. j. White. Matched horses
were shown by Herbert Evans of Towns
bend, f. b. White of WardsborO and A
Austin of Brooklne; single horses by S
n. McOuaide of BrattlebOrO, j. ID. Whea
of Putney, b. b. Brigham and f. c. f
Knight of Townshend, f. c. Manly o
Dummerston and c. w. Stebbins of Brook
line A beautiful Shetland pony owned b!
L. c. Benedict attracted much attention
There was a large show of sheep. TIT
number of pens containing sheep-abOu
25-was greater than has been seen at an!
time at the BrattlebOro fair. There wa
not, however, so large a variety of breeds
as have been shown there. The principa
exhibitors of coarse wool sheep were j. NJ
Moore, c. E. Perry, II. NJ. Hall, f. f
Stratton of Newfone; E. p. Osgood, d. j
Hitchcock, VIM. NJ. Ware of Brooklin'
and f. II. Pierce of TOwnshend. j. NJ
Moore had pen of wrinkled merinos
Southdowns and grades were shown by w
T. Bruce, E. G. Stiles, Gertie Croker, j