Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-10-11
CuSHNOC GRANGE FAIR.
Beautiful Weather and a Good Crowd
Attended Last Saturday.
fine Line Of Exhibits In All Ospartmsats-
Premiums o. Awarded.

the Arrangement Of the articles on exhibi,
ton in their pretty hail, they could moi
have selected a more favorable one dnrine
all the pleasant weeks of the autumn thar
tina, which las, Saturday gave--a mellow
October day with sky and sun as beautiful
as August and an atmosphere but little il
any more chilly than tina, of early Sep,em'
her. Such day was most insi,'
ing one in which to ride aad
many improved it by visiting that vel
known place, Browns Corner in Nassalbor,
where Cushnoc Grange yet has its hall
thanks to the sparing hand of the fire iien'
which has tried the second time to lay il IN
ashes, 4 splendid grange dinner awaited
those who reached the hall at the noon hour
q fter which the various committees At once
proceeded To their examination of the s'oet
on eahbition. Mr. W, :. Weeks exhibite,
half IA dozen thoroughbred and grade Jer'
seys from his well known herd, which will
take good rank with animals of their class
shown at any Maine fair this fall. -Four OF
the leading COWS are worthy of special men
ton. Cenny has milk record of SS13 pounds
in $50 days, from April to October q, her
milk showing 5,per cent. of butter fat, aud
equal to | H. . - ozs. per day number
of pounds of milk required to one of butter
10. Lille has record from March ! IL
Oct. /, PA DAYS of 213. lbs. of milk, Yield
ing one pound of butter per day, (havine
been dry eighteen days during this time,
1876 lbs. of milk being required for one OF
huttcr. Topsy gave in lsa days from April
to Oct. /, io22 pounds of milk, and yield
ed / h ezs., butter per day
milk showing per cent. of but
ter fat, and requiring l6 lbs of milk
to one of butter. Pug in PA days from
March lst to Oct. ist, yielding aol6 lhs
milk. having ~ per cent of butter fat on
AN average of eight tests, and yielding H.
; ? ounces of butter per day. thor
oughbrcd l.olstcin COW with grade cali
Was exhibited by Miss E;na Cain of Nu
sus,a, u deep milking COW now Yielding TIVE
pounds of butter per day-so her keep,'
Informed US.
There was a larger display of colts on
exhibition than the grange fair has ever
succeeded in bringing out cspeciall,,
in the class of sucking colts am
their dams Five OF THESE, a, least, were
tv Young Nelson ly Nelson, on, of mare'
of different breeding. These colts wer,
four To five months old, AMI were shown b,
Charles 4. Rollins, Frank c. lessor, e. +
Crowcll +. +. Wymaa AMI Elmer strong
The dams of thcss colts were by tushnoe
Coun, Jasper. Elmo Black Pilot and Other
sircs of Knox ani Morgan breeding. A
GOOD colt by Sawtelle's Wilkes was showt
hv /. Il. SMILEY, and another good one
out of western mare by Jusiai
Brown. John D'Arthenay exhibited hi'
stallion Young nelson. by Nelson
Jam E.lisr, hy rcaruaught .Ir., years old
Trusty Nelson, oAe year old, full brother t'
Young Nelson, and Royal Percy, . yearl
old. by Dictator Chief, dam Brenda b,
Nelson-the latter a well made up colt blael
in color. and promising much at maturity
c. T.. Crowel showed fine three-year-ol,
filly out of dam by Black Pilot. II. X
S,urgis exhibited a pair of very han lsom'
Percheon colts four years Old weighing io'
pounds each and being finely matched as Il
size color and general makeup. E.W Hank
of Augusta exhibited his well know
colt Starting, four years old. and the two
year-old standard bred filly. Venus, b.
Nelson's Wilkes-one of the han'lsomcs
colts of her age we have seen at any fai
the present fail, \ good four-year-old Fl
mo colt, was shown by 5. Strong.
The strength and beauty of the fair, how
ever, was in the hall, rather than in TIN
stock department, although if members o
the grange and farmefs in this part of Vas
salhoro would bring out their ca,tl'
sheep and horses, they would he able Il
make fair in these departments whicl
could not be surpassed for extent or meri
by any local fair IN Maine. In the hall fh'
exhibits were arranged with much goo,
taste and in order that the several depart
ments might show off to the best Vantage
Long tables extended the length Of the hal
on each side, and in the center were fou
tables placed crosswise of the hall
the centre table having two raised shelves
AZ the north end Of the hall opposite TO th
stage were raised tables devoted to flowers
on one sill of which were shelves Of canne'
fruit and on the other a table of children
work. t'pon the Stage were tables devote
to ladies work while upon the walls wer
suspended pictures, paintings and example
of fancy work TO set tho hall off in goo
shape vegetables and grains were az
signcl to the wall tables. an
fruit to the TALES in the body of th
hall, pears. plums and grapes being exhil
lteI upon Tue fdiS'H SHti'fs VI '' ''hh
table. And what magnificent display q
apples it was--a total of 220 plates of tn
finest grown. best selected AMI highest co
orcd apples we have seen at any fair thi
fall. The leading exhibitors we're Charlie
!. Perley, 90 varieties apples, Is o
pears, six Of grapes, two O
pinms. ]. NJ. Gross, IL plates of apples
Il. G. Barrows, ~ varieties of apples; Mr.,
Il. G.. Barrows, two plates of grapes an
one Of peaches grown by Miss Cyren
keene}: I. j. Robbins, iG varieties q
apples while other leading exhibitors 0
apples we're s. Strong, II. II. Sneil, A. n
Robinson, G. ". Croweli, o. +. Robbins
Ira +. Ellis. G.. l.. Weeks. James Emery
c. Hun. Of vassalboro, and -. A. Mile
and Edwin W. Whitney Of Augusta.
The tables devoted to vegetables wer
equally interesting to those so well loaie
down with elegant fruit. Al the right o
entering the hall Mr.. stephen a. Miller 0
Augusta made one of the finest displays 0
fiehl and garden crops ever shown at ioea
fair in Maine. Il comprised fifteen yarie
ties of beans. two of peas. two OF corn, on
Of mixed grain. eight varieties Of potatoes
carrots, beets, squash, pumpkins an
other garden crops all well grow
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