The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-10-13
HARFORD'S HOLIDAY.
An Excellent ExhibitiOn-GOOd At.
tendanee-Thursd Immense
Crowd.


The twentieth annual exhibition of
the Hartford County Agricultural So
city commenced ON the grounds of the
Society, on Tuesday, and, as far as
the number and variety of exhibits
are concerned, is fully up to the stand
ard of past seasons. The weather
on the opening day was beautiful and
the morning was chiefly passed in per-
fecting and displaying the exhibits.
A noticeable feature of the fair is
the entire absence of the usual side
shows, and the very limited supply OF
fakirs, whose stentorian cries seem to
be part and parcel of such exhibit
TONS
The first thing to attract attention
upon entering the enclosure is the ex-
hibition of wire fencing. The Key
stone Suspension Fence Company and
the Locked Wire Fence Company of
Hagerstown, are the exhibitors. Lawn
and field fences and gates are con-
structed upon the ground and the
durability, desirability and cheapnes:.
of this fence of the future" fully ex-
planned by the respective agents.
The display of carriages, although
not embracing as large a number of
vehicles as in past years, in elegance
and solidity of manufacture and
beauty of adornment, will compete
with any like exhibit in the State.
The Enterprise Company, of Bel Air,
have under the superintendent of
the genial John Smith handsome
vehicle, which has been christened
''the Bel Air trap" and is destined to
become a popular conveyance. They
also exhibit two finely finished Brew
ster top buggies and an attractive
dayton wagon. Mr.. James H. Har-
kins, the proprietor of the well-known
Aberdeen carriage works, exhibits five
Brewster buggies, phaeton and two
fine surries; and w. E. Burns, of Havre
de Grace, has several nice vehicles.
These are all of Hartford county make
and fully develop the gratifying fact
that in this line of business our coun-
ty is equal to any part of Maryland.
Mr.. William o. Grafton, of Forest
Hill, has display of buggies and a
fine cable buck board manufactured
by the Columbus Co.
T1,o R,1t;,pora Larr, Gnny,1u Com.
pany have as usual an exhibition of
farm machinery which cannot but at
tract the attention of the tillers of the
soil. Wagons, plows, harrows, potato
diggers, walking and riding cultiva-
tors, chop mills, col n shelters and carts
go to make an attractive display of
useful machines, solid in construc-
tion and containing the latest labor
saving improvements.
The department. allotted to poultry
presents more varied and attractive
stock than usual. The coops are well
filled with fine specimens which are
worthy of the attention of farciers of
chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks and
guinea fowls make the building re-
sound with their cries and demand the
constant service of their attendants.
Among the prominent exhibitors in
this line are A. G. Oliver, w. s. For
wood, DR.. George w. Davis, III. NJ.
Thomas, Mrs. W. H. Harlan, Edwin
Haviland, Misses Margaret Rosan and
Alice Lee, Parker Lee, Leonard Staley,
Douglas Gilbert and Walter Young.
The varieties of chickens represented
include Langshans, Brahmas, Cochin,
Leghorn, Plymouth Rock, Hamburg,
Game and the pugilistic and defiant
Bantams.
The cattle department as usual is
one of the most prominent features of
the fair. The long row of stalls is well
filed with animals of the choicest
breeds, registered and unregistered,
and a constant stream of interested
visitors can be found passing them.
A heard of ten Brown Swiss cattle,
owned by Samuel Blunt, of Montgom
cry county, proves the centre of at.
traction to many, while the magnifi-
cent herds of Holsteins and Jerseys
belonging to the Messrs. Mccormick
deserve the many encomiums passed
upon them. Mr.. Alexander NJ. Full
ford and Dr. W. S. Archer have fine
specimens of the popular and highly
appreciated Jersey stock, and Messrs.
William Smithson and W. ID. Lee ex-
hibit fine yokes of oxen. The cattle
pens are worthy of a visit and demon
strate the perfection to which the
stock of Hartford county is being
brought. The pens reserved for hogs
and sheep are not as well filled as they
have been in other years, but the ami
mails on exhibition merit attention.
Messrs. James w. McAbee, Samuel
Blunt and John NJ. Blake have on
hand several pens of Berkshire and
Mccormick Bros. some Poland China
hogs. In the sheep department Nc
Cormick Bros. and W. D. Bartleson
exhibit Oxford Downs and Grades
Madison Porter, w. d. Bartleson, Bell
Bros, W. NJ Whiteford and Larue
Porter, South Downs, and James Lam
ders, John Moores and William Mum
nikhuysen Shropshires.
On the lower floor of the main build
ing, the display far exceeds that OF
any previous year. The friendly
rivalry of the Wilma and Fallston
Farmers Clubs exhibits to an exceed
ingly gratifying degree, the products
of Hartford county. The collection Of
fruits, cereals, vegetables, seeds, nuts
and grasses, is magnificent one and
includes everything indigenous te
Hartford SOIL Even the signs bearing
the names of the respective organiza
tions are worthy of mention. The
letters composing the title of the Whine
club are made of pasteboard, eact
ono of which iS covered with a differ