St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-09-14
THE COUNTY FAIR.
FINE wEA TIER AND BIG CROWDS
The Forty Sixth Annual Fair a Big Sne-
cess-Enfries Ahead of Last Year in
Nearly Every Department.-Fast Time
in the Races.

The Forty Sixth Annual Fair Big Sne-
cess.--Entries Ahead of Last Year IN
Nearly Every DepartmeHf.-FaSt Time
in the Races.
The 46th annual fair is being held
amidst delightful weather and big
crowd is in attendance. The entries
in all departments are fully up to the
average and the quality improves
every year. Secretary Johnson has
worked day and night, and his asso-
ciates have put in lots of work, and
they now see the results of their
labors.
The entries in this department are
far ahead Of last year, and recall the
good old times when the exhibit of
oxen was one OF the greatest attrac-
tions of the fair. Passumpsic is the
only town showing fat oxen, Presi-
dent Parks, Thomas Mason and W.
c. Hill each entering a pair. Six
!, yokes of working oxen are shown,
two pairs of them being from the
Fairbanks farm. E. P. Allen, c. l..
Dawson and Hazen Hyde show
draft oxen, and Mr.. Hyde also has a
: yoke of working oxen. A. A. Miles,
: R. W. Remick and H. L. Hyde have
| three-year.olds. There are FIVE entries
: for steers and four steer calves, B. K.
Graves having three entries and
Charles Clement one. ]. E. Simpson
: of Lyndon is the only competitor in
two-year-olds.
Chase & Hovey exhibited pair Of
J; four-year-old draft Durhams that
$ won in the hauling contest. Master
t Charles Clement of "Goss Hollow
: had a pair Of Durham steer calves
that he handled very cleverly.
y Shorthorns.
J. E. Simpson of Lyndon is about
q the only exhibitor of Shorthorns, ane
l. has some fine cattle. He has entered
small herd consisting of bull calf
y two COWS, heifet and two calves
W Chase and Hovey of St. Johnsbur,
l. enter bull.
X RoIsfeins.
lie The large covered shed at tn
n lower end of the grounds is devoted
e. entirely to the exhibit of Holsteil
Iee thoroughbreds and grades. B. K
le Graves makes the largest exhibit
having 16 head of cattle. This in
u cludes full-blooded four year old bul
,s ,s and bull calf. Ingalls, Brothers o
Iv Sheffield now own John Coucher'
ID famous herd and show five head @
1e thoroughbreds. The yearling bu
u and IA weeks old heifer are sure priz
@ winners. J. R. Galbraith has full
blooded two year old bull and sever
al grades. H. B. Ward entered
d, bull and cow, both thoroughbred:
S. Mr.. Ward and A. F. Morse of Pa.
IN sumpsc have several grades.
70 Devons.
O.. c. L. and c. B. Stevens are the OF
ly exhibitors of Devons, having ef
n. tered two thoroughbred cows. N
+, Ayrshires or Herefords are shown.
Jerseys.
More of these famous butter pre-
:: ducing cattle are shown than all tt
u. rest of the cattle put together. Bul
" are entered by E. N. Tilden and T.
Wiley. E. & T. Fairbanks ha,
three COWS from their large herd, 7
- B. Wiley two, and George M. Ora
W one. The Fairbanks Company ais
Is have four yearling heifers and sewers
NJ calves. Cloud Harvey of West Ba
rs net has two handsome heifers and
:, calf Besides bull, Mr.. Tilden he
r entered a yearling bull. heifer an
a calf. F. H. Shepherd, H. Burban
ex- and w. S. Hastings have single e.
TO TO tries of Jerseys.
~ Dairy Cows.
nd In this division the premiums a
mt awarded to the COWS making Il
lty most butter by actual test made G
IN, the grounds by the judges. The r
suit will be announced in ne,
on d: weeks CALIFORNIAN. George n
III ~ Gray has entered four cows from h
he he herd of Jerseys. T. B. Wiley ar
,at 6. H. Stevens will contest the ho
i've ors with Mr.. Gray.
he Grades.
by The display of Grades is unusual
Tue large and includes mostly Ora,
,ed Jerseys and Holsteins. Mention HI
i'm inn previously been made of the He
be stems. Among the other Grade e
rn- hibtors are George M. Gray, 6.
ep- Stevens, J. E. Simpson, Villa
eat Bodgett, H. Burbank, c. L. and
our B. Stevens, j. D. Could Charl
the 'ls Oakley of North Danvile and Cha
'0N and Hovey.
Horses.
Notwithstanding the enlarged 6
nod tions for the horses Suf