Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-09-28


of South Woodstock, !. II. Hazen
of Hartford and ID. n, Roberts of
North Pomfrct were large exhibit
orS, the former taking first prcmi-
ums on American mermo two-year-
old buck, frsts on three buck lambs
and two year old ewes, d. n.
Roberts drew iirsts on one year old
ewes and on eve lambs.
Coarse woods miXcd-C. lCady.
Barnard, took irsts on bucks one
year old or more and on buck lambs.
ii. Newton, West Hartford, cap
turcd first on one year old buck. On
ewes three years old and eve lambs
he took firsts, and first ON ewes two
years old, +. {. Burke, Hartand,
drew first ON one year old ewes.
Fine wool and miXcd.-E. A..
Emery, Pomfret, drew frsts on one
and two year old ewes; II. l..
Townsend first ON eve lambs. and
{. ] Markham first on black Shrop-
shire ewes.
SWINE.
The show of swine was exception
ally good and the pens were all
filled, the Chester Whites occupying
a good deal Of the space, Premium
winners were:
Best SOW VI old, and 3 3-mos pigs, c
Barnard list; Chester County White boar,
mos, NJ Lewis; boar VI old, II Clark
1st; little pigs, brood SOW 3 yrs, boar VI,
ID & Spauldng list, } p Lewis ID: Chester
Co boar Kendall LIST, SOW and pigs, NJ
Mills, list, p c Kendall 81; mixed brood SOW
and mixed pigs, A G Hott LIST; mixed boar,
+ G Atwood lst. o
POULTRY.
The display in the poultry build
ing, as regards quality, was one of
the best ever seen on the grounds,
and the number of coops, too, en-
phasizcd the need of more space than
is at present allotted to poultry breed
crs. l., 7. Tcnncy of Royalton was
the largest exhibitor, his coops TAX
several first premiums. W. E.
Mack, f, {, Brown Of Qucchcc, the
Billings farm, Vaughan and Mack,
were among the notable exhibitors.
y partial list Of premiums awarded
follows.
Glass Wv T. Mack, first and second on
Buff LeghornS: l. p Tcnncy, South Royal
ton, first ON Rod Pyle Game and q $ Han
burgS five tiIsts and one second on hantams,
first on lIoudans, Indian Game, Duckwngs.
first and second on S S Hamburgs and first
on Silver Polish, Cayuga ducks. W c Blk
Polish; Vaughan and Mack, LIST and ID on
VIII Wyandottos Rush Vaughan, lst and I'd
on Blk Java; Miss Billings, lst and ID on
Buff Cochins: Miss Billings, "a ON W c
Blk Polish
Glass 2-Pigcons r A Mcmillan. pair of
pigeons LIST, l. NJ Fairbanks, Turbot pigeons
lst.
Mixed Chicks-L Raymond, lst and ID:
Guincas, Clara Lewis, LIST; mixed Bantams,
A Hoitt, LIST and 3D. Muscovcy ducks, T.
Spear lst Nariugansett Turks, and pr turks,
W Mack lst.
FRUIT, VEGETABLES, BUTTER,
CHEESE, SUGAR.
Considering the fact that this is an
"oif year" for fruit, the Showng was
Il most credltable one, nearly every
variety of luscious products of or
chard and vine being represented,
r. D. Ransom's display of apples,
pears, etc, was particularly tempt
ing; he carried off Il good number
of premiums. Other exhibitors, all
worthy of mention, We're D. y.
Roberts, L. II. Slayton, l.. n. Sum
bury, Z. 6, Ruggles, II, L. ellison.
6. y. Slocum's attractive display
Of vegetables from llrghvicw farm
occupied Il conspicuous place in the
which was fairly well
filled. Monster pumpkins were
thick as flies, a. NJ. Whitney, S.
K. Gilbert, and Ernest NIcCIay being
among the exhibitors. Squashes
were shown by NJ. ]. Lewis, b.
Richmond and others, and good dis
PLAYS were made by
A VI c Baker, + S Gilbert, Harvey
J Il Curtis, the Billings farm, II |
II Johnson, Henry Carpenter, 7 l. Fletcher. |
Potatoc, were shown by Edwin Allen J l.
Atwood, G II Hopkins, John ID Dix. Grain |
exhibitors among othcrs were A Il lIoadley |
md T l. Fletcher with winter rye, VI J
Holt, II l. Townsend, Chas Cleveland. |
Frank Y Darling, o + Hemcnway. Harold .
), Dana showed Japanese pumpkins.
II. W. Walker and T., c, Shaw
we're the principal exhibitors of
maple sugar, taking first and second
premiums.
FARM PRODUCTS FOR BOYS.
The display of farm products by
'oys was an interesting one, the
how made by John J, Doton OF
'omtrct drawing the first premium,
lcnry J. Ward Barnard, second and
Willie II. Shurtlcfl, Bridgewater,