The Somerset reporter., 1894-09-27
Our Show.

AT THE PARK.


up to that of ten or Il dozen years ago
when there WAS more money in fat oxen
and steers and when Hercfords abounded
rs no other breed of cattle ever did be-
fore, WHOM one man exhibited stock
enough to ill Il dozen sheds with prime
grade white faces, and another man IA
remarkably large herd of jerseys, yet the
exhibition was well worth seeing and
comprised some very fine animals from
Skowhegan, Madison, Starhs and other
towns.
The town teams of oxen did not fill
the numbers of pairs prescribed by the
rules and regulations, but Madison eX-
hiblted ten fine pairs and Skowhegan
eight. No other towns competed. War
rem Russell of the board of trustees, who
is one of the best Judges of oxen in
Maine got these teams strung, out in
line, side by side and they made dis
PLAY that did the eyes of lovers of fine
oxen good to look at.
There were also some splendid pairs of
grade Hereford steers on the ground of
all ages, also cows, heifers and calves in
abundance. The best of them appear in
the lists of premiums awarded, which
we record further on.
The sheep pens were well filed with
Shropshires, South Downs, Cotswools
and Merinos, mostly from Starls and
Arson, j. V. Fletcher and A. L. Hilton
being among the principal exhibitors.
These two towns figured more largely in
the two State fairs than all the other
towns in Maine ant. although the flocks
have been greatly depleted by the re-
verses the wool and sheep business has
experienced during two years past, there
still remain some fine locks there and
some splendid specimens of fine and
medium wool sheep, which will be heard
from when the business again gets
started on the up grade.
Monday, at the Park was presented a
lively scene with the entering of the stock
the display of cattle, sheep and swine,
the examination of stock by committees
aud the free circulation of visitors
and exhibitors upon the spacious
grounds and also by the exercise of the
fast horses upon the track preparatory to
the events of the following days.
Among the entries we make mention
of the following
S. y. Blanchard, Madison, pair steers,
years; w. NJ. Rowell, Madison, pair
oxen; Ed. Allen, Skowhegan, pair fat
oXen Geo. Russell, Skowhegan, pair
matched oxen; a. w. Snow, Fairfield,
pair oxen; IL. A. Archer, Skowhegan,
Holstein heifer, grade Jersey COW; A.
McIntire, Skowhegan, pair oxen, Jersey
cows, short horn COW; p. :. Fletcher.
Skowhegan, full blood Jersey COW. 9
years; NJ. c. Deane, Madison, Holstein
heifer and Jersey COW; Frank Mitchell,
skoWhegan, Jersey hefer, year, pair
Jersey heifers, 2 years; C.. p. White
more, 81 owhegan. grade Hereford oxen
Nathan Fowler, Skowhegan, pair match
ed steers, = years, grade Hereford G..
W. Emerson, Madison, Grade Durham
bull l5-months-old Joshua Burns. Madi-
son, grade Durham bull, i-months old
grade Holstein bull, 2-years; o. Harris.
oxen, 5-years; John Weston, Skowhe-
gan, grade Hereford oxen, 7-years /. r.
Emerson, Madison, two grade Jersey
heifers; j. w. Packard, Skowhegan, one
Jersey COW, two grade Jersey COWS,
Guernsey hefers. 2-years, grade Jersey
heifer, 2-years; George ii. Weston,
Skowhegan. Guernsey bull, 3-years; a.
Il. Perkins, Skowhegan, pair matched
steers, 2-years; W. A. Pitts, Skowhcgan,
Jersey bull, Jersey heifer; George e.
Foster, Cornville, Guernsey bull, 1-year,
Guernsey heifer. 3-years; b. =. Barker,
Athens, pair fat oxen; b. z. J. Weston.
Skowhegan, three pairs oxen, one pair
steers. j. V. Fletcher, Starks, pair
oxen, short horn heifer, short horn cow,
eight merino sheep, 3 bucks, three ewes,
2-years, three eve lambs; F. +. Clark
Arson, 3-year old steers, pair draft oxen !;
a. f. Hilton, Starks. short horn COW, 4
years, two short horn heifers, 3-years,
short horn COW. years, short horn
heifer, 2-years; Bert Hilton, Starks,
two Hereford cows, 6-years, Hereford
heifer thoroughbred Hereford heifer, =
years, two grade Hereford heifers. l.
year; F. I. French, Madison, Hereford
grade COW, Hereford grade bull calf,
grade Hereford pair steers, l-year, pair
Holstein grade steers, 3years old X. o.
Hight, Skowhegan, had One heifer and
sne COW.
Frank Thompson, Skowhegan, fine
flock eve lambs; Chas. French, Scion,
Southdown lambs, Southdown buck, 2
years, Southdown ewes; A. +. Hilton,
Starks, grade Southdown eve, grade
SouthdOwn lambs, grade Southdown
buck; Bert Hilton, Starks, eve sheep.
flock eve lambs, Shropshire buck; A.
Crowell, Skowhegan, sheep, flock lambs
and Pennsylvania bucks.
Bradbury Brothers, Skowhegan, litter
OF Yorkshire pigs. In the poultry de-
partment, the exhibit of white Leghorn,
single and double comb poultry of w.
r. Gage of Skowhegan, is especially
noticeable. Miss Mary Russell of Madi-
son, had on exhibition, goslings, and
English geese. A. Crowell, Skowhegan.
hens and chicks Edgar Murphy, Show
hogan, bantam chick and bantam fowls;
E. II. Toby, Norridgewock, guinea hens
b. $. Flagg, Skowhegan, game bantam
chicks and fowls, Plymouth Rock chicks,
Black Minorer fowls, Silver Wyandotte
fowls, Silver Wyandotte chicks, Golden
Wyandottes and Buff Cochin fowls.
Awards were made Tuesday and
Wednesday in the different grades of
cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and horses
as follows:
Glass l-'rhorougbred Shorthorn, COW,
j. v Fletcher, |; r. o. Hight, 2; Two