St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-09-28
TWO COUNTY FAIRS.
The South Ryeeate Show and the North
Caledonia Fair.

Thursday was the day for show
ing cattle at the South Ryegate fair
and this rich dairying section show
ed some fine Jerseys. w. ]. Nelson
had herd of 10 full-blooded Jerseys
and yearling bull, and A. H. Glib
son herd of IL Jerseys, including
heifers of all ages and yearling
bull. J. P. Miller had the largest
head of Jerseys on the grounds, in
Guiding six mich cows, two two
year-old heifers, three yearling heifers,
two heifer calves, one two-year-old
bull and yearling bull. All the
cattle of Mr.. Gibson and Mr.. Miller
were dehorned. The best bull on
the grounds, and one of the finest in
the state, was thoroughbred
Guernsey owned by Judge M. R.
Gray. 1t was a big four-year-old
and weighed 1900 pounds. o. D.
Felch entered two-year-old heifer
and a bull calf; Jefferson Renfrew
two grade COWS and a yearling
heifer, F. r. McColl some mich COWS.
n. A. Park had herd of grade
Jerseys and H. J. Park entered a
mich COW. two-year-old heifer and
a two-year-old bull, and some calves,
all grades.
There was a small exhibit of
sheep. Mrs. c. J.. Nelson entered
three Shropshire ewes and some buck
lambs; J. w. Nelson had three eve
lambs and o. J. Gibson buck. The
exhibit of swine included boar
entered by A. D. Felch, a four-year-
old SOW with pigs entered by w. T.
McLam and sow with pigs belong
ing to ]. w. Nelson.
IN FLORAL HALL.
Entering the big tent from the
north the first department was the
butter. The creameries have alb
sorbed much of the butter that was
formerly made in this section by the
farmers, but the butter shown would
command high price in the city
markets. Print butter was shown
by J. P. Miller, w. N. Gil6llan and
Charlie Somers; tub butter by A..
Renfrew and box butter by w. 7.
) McLam. The East Ryegate Cream
cry and the Jersey Hill Creamery at
5 Ryegate Corner showed by attrac-
tive samples what these creameries
/ could do.
] Near the butter was the sugar and
: honey exhibit. James Davidson had
2 a tub of sugar and 6. Morrison, c.
e T. Miller and w. w. Crown pals OF
A dry sugar. Maple honey was shown
} by G. Morrison, George Cochran
: and Nelson A. Park. Frank H
t Bigelow had some bees honey and
e also extracted honey. James David
j son entered sugar cakes and dry
a sugar.
, There was fine display of vege
tables and big pumpkins were seer
e on all sides. James Davidson, A
: Renfrew, J. B. Nelson and J. E
y Crown all had big pumpkins, Mr.
l. Crown showing a California variety
d lanes Davidson also had an immense
e Hubbard squash. Potatoes were
d shown by George Taisy, Georg'
n Cochran, A. Renfrew, S. Chamber
t lain. w. T. McLam, G. Morrison, M
l. w. Crown, o. H. Renfrew, Mrs. Lydia
J. Brown and Nelson A. Park. Mrs
}, Betsey Powers, aged 81, entered fv'
q varieties of potatoes raised from tn
l. potato ball. Charles Varnum and J
E. Crown had general exhibit. Ii
it the former was some ensilage corr
|e nearly II feet high and Mr.. Crow
had some fine specimens of Hungarian
lie grass, oats and herdsgrass and tw'
lie big turnips. Lyman BLANCHARD
n entered onions, and John Gates cab
" bages.
y These were the fruit entries
lie Duchess apples, Geo. Cochran; pears
Mrs. McColl, six varieties of apples
st John Gale; Flemish Beauty am
1t Bartlett pears, w. T. McLam
lie grapes, J. {. Morrison; Peach an
n Duchess apples, T. w. Smith; crar
p berries, A. M. Gibson.
in The boys department was cor
siderably ahead of last year. Their
le were % entries in vegetables and tn
er list showed who the enterprisin
young farmers were Pumpkins
OF BERTHE Gardiner; four beats, Nelso
10 Cochran; two pumpkins, Rober
c. Townsend; cucumbers, summe
in squash and gourds, Berry Brothers
to beats and turnips, Harry Ramsey
Hubbard squash, Perley Brock po
st corn and beans, Harry w. Grown
IL seed corn and carrots, Frank /
IS, Powers; turnips, Gibson Bros
" eight varieties vegetables, Gibso
IS, Bros. same, Gil6llan Bros fol
he varieties, Farquharson Bros
he squashes and pumpkins, sam,
i'll squashes and cabbages, Glilla
Bros. beets, Bailey Gil6llan; ;turnip
T. ]. Gibson. These boys all enter,
potatoes: Berry Bros, Gil6llan Bros
n J. N. Stewart, Walter J. Brock, Tr
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