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

had some Shropshiredowns which
looked well. Geo. Hinton made an
exhibit; Geo. w. Conley had some
good grade Shropshiredowns and
some ewes of the Leicester grade; M.
F. Gay also had some grade Leices-
ters; Martin Dunkee showed some
Shropehiredowns which were very
good. There were some that we have
not mentioned as we could not get
the owners name.
SWINE.
There was not very great number
of hogs exhibited. VIM. and A. j.
Leland showed SOW with litter of
pigs only three days old, j. @. King
exhibited a boar brought from Illi-
nois; the breed is a costly one in that
state and it is claimed that the pigs
can be fattened very easily and quick
ly. j. w. Brennan had SOW with
pigs; the pigs we're but four weeks
old and were fine looking lot, there
being but a very little differance in.
their weight. Charles Twombly ex-
hibited what is probably the heaviest
hog in this county, it's weight being
over nine hundred pounds. This hog
took first prize at Stanstead fair.
POULTRY.
There was fair amount of poultry
on exhibition, although the number
of exhibitors were very few, quite
large part Of the exhibition in this
line being made by F. G. Brown of
Queche, and E. FL. Norris & Son of
Newport. Mr.. Brown showed some
White Plymouth Rocks which were
called very good. He also showed
some Brahama fowls and chicks and
some Brown Leghorn fowls and
chicks. E. Ell. Norris & Son had
large exhibition of Brown Leghorns
and chicks, Plymouth Rock hens and
chicks. sTheir exhibition of Ply
mouth Rocks were very large and
good. j. II. Cook showed some fine
looking Silver Wyandottes; Ursula
Randall showed some Minorca fowls,
and N. Hubbard exhibited some good
White Wyandotte chicks; Henry
Dudley had some White Plymouth
Books and White Wyandottes; w. N.
Potter showed some White Leghorn
chicks which were good ones. There
was a large exhibition of pigeons
made by R. III. Fletcher of Sher-
brooke; he showed numerous kinds
and they were very handsome. There
were some good looking guinea hens
there; we understand they were own
ed by Mrs. Randall. Some special
prizes were taken here by F. @.
Brown, E. FL. Norris & Son., n. Hu b.
bard, w. N. Potter, Mrs. Randall and
Mr.. Cook.
While in this building we spied
some of Geo. Reeds beagles. These
dogs have taken premiums in New
York and at all of the dog shows
within a radius of several hundred
miles. Mr.. Reed showed quite
number Of them and got some prizes.
He got first prize on his Scotch Col
lie; the second prize in this same
breed was awarded to A. j. Leland.
Amos Robinson got first prize on his
field Spaniels.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
The show in this line was small
though quite good. Among the ex-
hibitors were Warren Caswen, who
showed some good potatoes, E. S.
al eolr :, RI
hall; FL. Collins showed several varie
ties of potatoes and some beans, peas,
pumpkins, etc. w. w. Foster showed
some celery which was very fine, C.S.
Gibb showed several varieties of fine
fruit, r. w. Buchanan exhibited some
apples, o. D. Rowell brought in sew
eral kinds Of apples, F. H. and @. p.
Skinner showed some tomatoes and
there were other exhibitors whose
names we did not learn.
SUGAR, BUTTER, AND CHEESE.
The exhibitions in this line were
very good though not large. Among
Caswell, G. Fl. Hannant, E. S. Nelson,
FL. Collins, J. L. Dodge, A. S. Bah
cock, Loren Alden, L. John Borland,
w. W. Foster, G. E. Hawse, G.. w.
Phillips, E. FL. and @. P. Skinner, and
William Barclay. Some very good
looking butter was shown by the
Meadow Brook creamery, JIG. Oliver,
j. G. Turnbull, E.S. Nelson, HIS. Fisk,
III. H. Cook. r. H. and @. p. Skinner.
The exhibition in the cheese line was
very good; among the exhibitors
were Warren Caswell and CIV Clark.
The names of the others we did not