Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-09-26

pulling 9,o35 pounds.
SHEEP.
The exhibit Of sheep was little
below the average in numbers, but
in other respects equalling that OF
former years, the fine woods making
especially good showing. OF the full
blood American merinos ] II Hazcn
of West Hartford had IA head, and
d w Roberts Of Pomfret the same
number, ewes and lambs.-
E A Emery of Polnfret, two pens,
and T w Bassett, Bridgewater, z
pens, showed fine wool mixed
Chester Cady, Barnard, had -four
pens of Cotswolds. Exhibitors OF
Shropshires, among Others were
Francis S Atwood, NJ J Lewis,
Moses King, II L Townsend.
Southdowns from the Billings
flock were shown and J Foster
Rhodes had four pens of the same
br ced.
SWINE.
For the first time in the history of
the Far the pens contained num-
Der of registered swine and the ex-
hibit throughout was not only the
best but one of the largest, l39 head,
ever on the grounds. Winners of
premiums were Elton \ Smith, his
"Cloudland far n" sending some of
the famous Berkshires, and taking
frsts on breeding sow and litter Of
pigs. Among the exhibitors of
choice prize winning stock were
Guy Smith, Norman Case, J Ray
mond, JIG Derosia, G w Marsh, F
E Pratt. M J Lewis, J Foster
Rhodes, D G Spaulding, w r Gle,
l. ] Slayton, A G Hoitt and others.
POULTRY.
The poultry display crowded the
building, though it has been ell
larged since last year. Among the
largest exhibitors were l. P Tenney
of South Royalton with 81 coops
containing 81 varieties OF fowl, and
B E DAVIS of Bethel who showed 81
different breeds. The exhibit was
fine one, and as in other depart
ments, there is steady improve
ment each year. Every variety of
farm fowl was shown, and the dis
play was made more interesting by
an unusually large number of beauti-
full pigeons-homers, pouters, fam
tailed, tumblers, and of every tam
tastlc feathering.
Among other notable exhibits
were Buff Cochins, shown by Miss
Billings. which took first and second
premiums, and some of the same
famous birds were shown by Miss
Bessie Rhodes; White Crested Black
Poland, by Miss Lille Billings,
which also carried off first.
l. + Tenney captured a large
number of fists with his birds and
among other winners were +
Perry, l. ] Slavton, + c Brown. B
E Davis, II II Newton, II Blood,
a Massachusetts exhibitor of buff
leghorns, NJ ] Houghton, A G
Holt, BERTHE iioitt.
Rabbits also founl Il hone in the
poultry building, Henry Whitcon'h,
Gay Fogg, Alylcs ap | ..mna Wild
er and Lyman Iillson, Richard
Southgate, Donald K,lner, being
among the exhibitors.
Outside was small bench show
OF dogs, Beagle puppies, shown by
Rush Vaughan, Scotch collles, by
f Perry and George Marsh, bull ter
riers, by Seth Warren. A pair OF
white woodchucks, which are very
rare, owned by NJ + Burke of Pom
fret, kept the CANNES company.
VEGETABLE HALL.
The feature of this years show
was the exhibit by the boys, which
was stimulated by the Society's pre-
miums for the best variety of garden
vegetables raised by young farmers
of fifteen years or less, and the dis
play was by far the best ever seen.
The boys seemed to have been UNI
usually anxious to show what they
could do and the result of their ct
forts was very gratifying, adding
much to the interest of those looking
fol things agricultural. John d.
Doton of Pomfret, only twelve years
old, walked away with the first pre-
MUM, with d varieties, his large
collection being a fine show of itself.
The others were hut little behind
him, NJ. Fl. Finnegan of Pomfret,
IL years old, taking second premium
with SO varieties. Joseph H. Ward
of Barnard, another farmer of IL
years, came third with q varieties,
Samuel Hatch of Barnard, fourth,
with 81 varieties, Walter Shurtleff
of Bridgewater, fifth, with 20 varie-