The Newtown bee., 1893-08-25
The Coming Fairs. WHAT NEW MILFORD HAS TO OFFER.

Prominent among the attractions of the near future is the 18th annual fair of the New Milford agricultural association, which will take place at New Milford on the 12th, 18th and 14th of September, 1893. The premiums offered for exhibits in the agricultural, industrial, mechani- cal and other departments are numerous and very liberal. The management are making every effort to make the fair attractive and interesting to their patrons and we venture the propheticai remark that it will be success, financial ly and otherwise. An institution like the New Milford fair is of inestimable value to the farming population of the adjoining section. Farmers vie with each other in endeavoring to grow the largest sample of this or that vegetable or fruit. This competition has healthy and lasting effect for it causes farmers to experiment, to watch closely the causes that leads to this or that effect, and thus farming is brought to a higher state of perfection than it would ever attain without the inducements held out by the fair for them to do their best. There will be five departments, viz :: ical, live stock and miscellaneous, the latter including all articles not contained in either of the four foregoing ones. These departments embrace 50 classes and they embrace about everything likely to be entered by anyone. The live stock department covers the field pretty thoroughly, including working oxen in Devon and Durham grade, mixed and native oxen, draught oxen, trained steers, blooded stock in Devon, Durham, Jersey, Ayrshire, and Holstein; graded stock in Durham, Devon, Jersey, Ayr shire and Holstein grade; fat cattle :; unbroken cattle. Horses; draft and trotting bred stallions, mares and colts, trotting bred mares and colts and family horses. There will be '!fun producer" in active operation every day of the fair. This is the peg race; only bridle, reins and traces must be used. To those of our readers who intend to exhibit horses and cattle for premiums we would say that the hour for removal of the same, on the first and second days of the exhibition will be o'clock D. m. and any animal removed from the ground before such time will not be en- titled to a premium, though awarded, unless such removal is by permission of the superintendent. Particular attention will be paid to the purity of the blood of all animals competing for premiums pleasing feature of the fair is that no intoxicating liquors of any kind, ale, lager beer, wine or cider, will be allowed on the grounds. The officers of the grounds will exercise the utmost care to secure the safety of all property belonging to visitors or exhibitors after it's arrival on the grounds, but the associ- ation will not be responsible for any loss or damage that may occur. The program for the week is very complete and interesting. Tuesday, exhibition of cattle, sheep and swine, immediately after which trotting will commence. Wednesday, exhibition of horses, colts. brood mares, colts, stallions and family horses, after which trotting will con- mence. Thursday will be devoted largely to trotting. If you want to have good time, if you want to enjoy yourself, if you want to get big return for your money. if you want entertain ment at once pleasing and instructive, go, by all means go,to the New Milford fair