Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-09-17

inches. E. Blake tried it, but could
not draw it; Beede Dunham tried one
| of his greys on the load, moving it a
| few inches.
CATTLE.
We were able to find some of the
exhibitors of cattle and mention such
as we saw:
The show of oxen at this fair, ,Wheth-
er from lack of animals in this Sec
ton or otherwise, we do not know, was
very meager and not a credit to the
fair or the locality Tt is probably a
time when there are comparatively
few cattle and steers in this dairying
section, farm work being done largely
by horses and low prices making the
raising Of cattle Improbable. w. G.
Hawkins, as usual, took the lead in
oxen, and showed a very fine pair,
large, fat and handsome; Milo Owen
showed a good pair, W. G. Brown, B.
M. r. Nelson and Willard Leland good
pairs of working CATTLE Carl Leland
showed a pretty pair of trained
calves; Edward Bly,, nice pair of
the Devon order; James Cameron,
William Merriam and others some
good steers. The Jerseys filed a long
line of stalls, among the largest ex-
hibiters being J. E. Cook, who showed
COWS and young stock. One of his
COWS has produced one pound of but
ter from 1873 pounds of milk; David
Orne showed a fine bull and other
stock; David Baker, the Keltons, E.
Ell. Merrill showed cattle, both regis
tered and grade. DR.. w. F. Gilman
showed a registered bull and four
COWS. The Devon line was pretty
strong this year through the herd of
Edward Bly,, the Lelands and some
others. Mr.. Bly, has purchased ami
mails from the Darling herd, the Uf-
ford herd and elsewhere, and has, per
haps, the best stock of the sort in the
county. Willard and Albert Leland,
Carl Leland and E. S. Nelson each
showed good grade Devons. A. W.
Estey showed a large Holstein bull
and two fine heifers. Mr.. Bebee show
ed the registered Ayershire owned by
Barron & Hamblet; Carl Leland
good grade Holstein.
SHEEP.
This side of the show was good.
Among the lots shown were the l.. B.
Harris Shropshires, fresh from the
New England fair, where they had
received large premiums; the Phillips
Bros Cotswolds, just home from
the state, fair, where they had won
the largest share Of the first preni
ums; the RoWell flock of Shropshires,
and grades; the E. B. True merinos,
and the Parker grade merinos; the c..
B. Leland and B. M R. Nelson focks,
with several other pens, whose own
ers we could not find.
SWINE.
A. A. Williams showed monster
boar W. and A. Leland two soWs
with good iitters Of pigs and large
boar; e. S. S.Nelson, fine SOW and pigs;
E. A. Dutton two good animals. The
country is safe in swine, we judge, if
the showing here is an Indication Of
what exists in this line of animals
POULTRY.
The poultry show was much better
and much larger than usual. The new
poultry house was filed and credit is
due E. II. Norris of Newport for his
success in putting this department in
creditable shape. Mr.. Norris showed
81 birds Of the Brown Leghorn and
Plymouth Rock patterns, some Of
them very fine. Fred Percival, Her
bert Leland and others made a good
showing in the line of hens, while the
exhibit of ducks, geese, guinea fowls,
ETC., was large. A. w. Estey showed
Cooley dogs, said to be fine.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
We could get only few names of
exhibitors in this part Of the hall.
There was usually good showing Of
apples, some parties having from
twenty to thirty varieties Mr.. Brown |
of Morgan, from nursery stock, had
large show and his fruit was very
good. Mr.. Kelton, Mr.. Cheney and |
several others had large variety of |
apples. There were some plums, to-
etc. In the grain and vege-
table line MIR. Lippens and his son,
market gardeners at West Derby, had |
the largest line and the show was
very fine, including almost everything
In the line which can be grown in this
section. They had some very fine
cabbages, cantaloupes, melons, pump
kins, squash and turnips. w. FL. Kel-
ton & Son showed twenty odd varie-