Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-09-13

| ham. The horses were hitched to
! stone drags on the race track and the
| drags were then loaded down with
several tons of stones and the weight
would be increased till each pair had
shown their pulling qualities. The
first prize was awarded to Fred Par
! Inns blacks, the second to pair be-
longing to Fred Davis, and the third
! to a pair of smaller horses belonging
| to Beede Dunham.
CATTLE.
The new rule which the committee
made this year on grade stock may
have kept some cattle out but the rule
seems to be good one as it will keep
out the undesirable stock, while, in
nearly every case, stock which is real
ly meritorious is entered. The COM
mittee do not wish to stop people
bringing their stock if it is something
that the public desire, but they do
not think it fair for man with regis
tered cattle to be obliged to exhibit
them in competition where the blood
will not count at all. The Jersey cat
tie were in preponderance at the fair,
and they were very good looking
lot. There were some fine looking
ones from the J.E. Cook estate. They
had five full blooded Jersey COWS, two
yearling heifers and one heifer calf.
This was very fine looking lot and
would make good appearance shown
anywhere. DIR. R. B. Skinner showed
some of his fine herd, including his
large bull. This bull is fine looking
animal. He showed one COW and
some good looking young stock. The
doctor has a fine herd of high blooded
cattle, COWS from which good lot of
butter can be made and they will
make good showing anywhere; they
are fine clean looking lot. A. F.
French showed nice bright looking
yearling heifer, which looked as if
she would make fine mixer. F. ID.
Williamson showed a fine Jersey cow
which is a good mixer and a profta-
BILE COW to have. Herman Prescott
exhibited good looking Jersey bull
calf w. n. Potter exhibited some
good looking grade Jerseys, some of
his young stock being very fine prom
ising animals. j. FL. Cook exhibited
in the grade line as did G. FL. Wood
ward, who had a good lot of young
cattle. VIM. and A. J. Leland were
also numbered among the exhibitors
in the grade line. Edward BLY, exhib-
tied registered devon cattle which
were good looking lot. He also had
pair of steers which were very we'll
matched. Mr.. Bly, had seventeen
head in all and they were good look
ing lot. Henry Dodge exhibited some
registered Devon cattle and made a
very good showing. CIV. Comfy had
an exhibition of grade Devons and
Durhams. He also showed a fine
looking grade Holstein COW. G. H.
Young showed registered Guernsey
bull, this is new thing here and there
were no premiums prepared for this
breed. E. r. Cook exhibited some
good looking young Jersey stock.
The stock looked bright and as if they
would make good cattle. Geo. Ell.
Hinton showed some good looking
Holsteins. @. Cutler made an excel
lent showing with his grade Of Jer-
seys, both old and young. There was
hardly anything exhibited except
Jerseys, Devons, and Holsteins.
Charles Hibbard showed a pair of
trained calves. They were but eight
months old but would handle we'll;
they were Durhams, pure white, and
there was but three pounds difference
in their weight. There were but very
few oxen on the field, there being but
two pair which we noted. John Bor-
land showed fine pair of black oxen,
they were fat and sleek and were
good looking pair. w. G. Hawkins |
exhibited pair of large working OK
en-, weighing some over 8, 400, with
less than five pouds difference in |
their weight. VIM. and A. J. Leland |
showed some steers and judah Brooks |
showed good matched pair. There |
we're several other pairs but we were |
unable to find the names of the own
ers.
There was quite a large exhibition
of sheep and they were very good
ones, too. The Phillips Bros. had
large showing in Cotswolds; their |
sheep were very large and the wool |
long and good. G. A. Hinton showed /
some very fine grade Leicesters and
some good Southdowns; Will Rowen /
made fine showing with his Shrop-
shiredowns. Mr.. RoweI has some |