St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-09-13
THE COUNTY FAIR.
Fine Weather, a Large Crowd, and a
Successful Exhibition.

asked forthe county fair which closed
here today Thursday, and the at
tendance also has been excellent, be-
tween 5000 and 10000 people being
on the grounds the second day. The
exhibits in few of the departments
were not as extensive as in some
previous years, but a fine and full
display of horses, cattle, poultry and
vegetables was made, Floral Hall
being really the only place where
falling off in the quantity of exhibits
was noted.
The races and the balloon ascen-
sion attracted special attention.
The crowd was an orderly one, and
the details of the fair passed off in
good shape. Below wegive review
OF the exhibits.
Oxen and Steers.
There were So entries in this de-
partment, including some fine oxen
and steers from the best farms of
Waterford, Lyndon, Danville, Bar
net and St. Johnsbury. Few towns
had eight yoke. This has been a
desirable feature of this department
IN past years, and the directors had
hoped to restore town strings to
favor again by offering liberal pre-
rniums TO exhibitors. J. E. Simpson
and ]. E. Simpson Jr. of Lyndonville
led in this department, the former
entering five yoke of steers and the
latter three yoke H. c. Dawson,
c. L. Dawson, and w. c. Hill, all of
Waterford, made two entries each.
Waterford led in the number of ex-
hibitors, single entries being made
by r. ". Remick, Charles Ross, B.
K. Graves, S. J. Hastings and w.
Kinney. In the number of exhibit
ors St. Johnsbury was second and
stock was entered by G. n. Roberts
and E. NJ. Joyce of the Center, H. l..
Aver and E. P. Allen. Ora N. Drew
of North Danville had two entries,
H. B. Ward one, Thos. Mason of
Passumpsic two yoke of oxen, E. H.
Gray of Lyndon, yoke working oxen,
and Henry Wilmarth, also of Lyn-
don, yoke OF steers.
Beef Cattle.
]. f. Simpson of Lyndonville made
the only exhibit of Shorthorns and
was an easy winner of the premiums
in this division. His herd was head
ed by a yearling bull, and besides
this his stock consisted of a bull calf,
two well-formed COWS, one two-year-
old, two yearling heiters, and pret-
tv calf nine months old. No Here
fOrds were entered.
HoIsteins.
B. K. Graves of Kirby made fine
exhibit of registered stock, having 10
entries. Holsteins were also shown
by !. R. Galbraith of Passumpsic, H.
B. Ward of North Danville and A S.
Livingston.
Jerseys.
This breed Of COWS is still the fav-
orite for our farmers and there were
25 entries in this division. The
herds OF E. & T. Fairbanks & Co.,
and l. H. Hall of Lyndon Center
were the largest. The former made
twelve entries, and Mr.. Hall had Is
entries of stock bred by the Fair
banks Company. Other entries
bred from the Fairbanks stock were
made by Asa S. Livingston and Jo-
seph P. Fairbanks. Harvey Bur
bank of Barnet entered a bull and
FIVE heifers and calves, Judge Hast
: ings of Waterford had five entries,
Cloud Harvey OF West Barnet had
four heifers and two calves, and F.
H. Shepard of Waterford bull and
bull calf. Single entries were made
by A. M. Peck, DR.. 6. w. Ward, H
L O. n A
B. Howard, Arthur Ross of Lower
: Waterford and J. E. Simpson.
Grades.
There were the usually large num-
Der Of entries in this department and
grade Jerseys seemed to be the
favorites. B. K. Graves Of Water
ford was the largest exhibitor,
while this town was further repre-
sented by stock from the farms ot
Judge Hastings and NJ. c. Blodgett
North Danville had two large ex-
hbitors in o. n. Drew and H. B.
Ward. and J. c. Simpson of Lyndon
vile had six heiters and COWS. r.
, Galbraith and A. F. Moore of Pas
sumpsic each had several entries,
and the Barnet farmers showing
grades were Harvey Burbank, J. p.
Davis, and W. H. Bennett. Single
entries were made by George H
Stearns, w. S. Hastings, E. P. Allen
and E. NJ. Joyce of the Center.
, Nom Standard Horses
Every year sees an increase in the
horse exhibit and this year there
were nearly 100 entries in this de-
partment. E. H. Gray of Lyndon
showed a stallion and two brood
5 mares. R. J. Cole of Danville enter
ed a pair of roadsters and Jason Cole
entered two brood mares. l.. Myers
of Cabot entered a fine driver, but
owing to a misunderstanding did
t not compete for a premium. c. E.