Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-13
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REAOfIElO FAIR
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hos there been such a large or good ex-
bihition of cattle as was seen at the
,ouuds today. The person who
thinks the Maine farmers are not rails
;,,r cattle are very much mistaken
rho farmers in this section of the
s,otc are certainly raising cattle and
,ood cattle at that. One feature which
was greatly appreciated by the exhibit
Tors and the sightseers was the group
,ng Of the cattle by breeds. The cattle
hove always been mixed together at
aroyious fairs but now they are kept
sonarate. Dr. George NJ. Twitchell of
augusta was the superintendent of
this exhibit and he kept things moving
according to programme and arranged
tho different exhibits in quick order.
Gle brothers of Fayette, had a fine
exhibition of Herefords. They had
four-year-old grade streets. two bulls.
one a yearling which was imported
from Ohio, and calf. They also show
ed four full bloodcd COWS two 3-year-
old heifers and two thoroughbred twin
calves. They exhibit was an excellent
one and attracted a lot of attention
from those interested in stock.
]. Il. Taylor of Mount Vernon. had
two Grade Hereford oxen and two A.
year-od Durham oxen.
Il. II. Jacobs Of Mount Vernon, a 3
ycar-old Durham Hereford COW and a
pair of year-old Hereford steers.
NJ. II. Hubbard of Fayctte Corner,
had a large and fine exhibit of cattle.
Among the cattle exhibited were a
year-old grade Hereford hefer. a full
blooded Hereford COW. a grade Here
ford COW. fine looking full blooded
Guernsey 2-year-old bull. 9-months-
old full blooded Guernsey bull calf and
a grade heifer calf.
e. A. Robinson of Mount Vernon,
had the largest exhibit of cattle on the
grounds and they were certainly very
fine. He had grade Herefords which
attracted as much attention as any
other exhibit on the grounds on any
description. His main team was COM
posed of Il yOkes of oxen and steers,
of all ages. and to see his big team as
it came onto the grounds did the hearts
of the old farmers good. 1t is seldom
that such a large or good team is seen
nowadays.
H. L. Carson of Mount Vernon, show
ed a very pretty yoke of Hereford
steers.
G. Underwood & Son of Fayette.
made one of the best exhibits on tn
grounds They had a 6-year-old Here
ford bull and six COWS and heifers "
the same strain. The cows We're: one
full blooded Hereford COW. two 2-year-
old heifers, two yearlings and one hei-
fer calf. The exhibit also included reg
istered Jersey COW, 7-year-old. .
year-old, a 3-year-old and a 2-year-old
heifer, n heifer calf and a bull calf.
The grade Jersey exhibit was a 7-year-
old COW and 3-year-old heifer
Chas f. Fogg of Readfield, was
among the large exhibitors and his
herd was among the faVorites of the
farmers. He had six working Here
ford oxen, thoroughbred Hereford
bull. two thoroughbred Hereford cows,
two 2-year-old thoroughbred Hereford
heifers. a thoroughbred Hereford calf,
two grade Hereford cows and a grade
Hereford steer calf.
Black Bros of Readfield. occupied a
number of pens in the enclosure and
had a fine exhibition of Jersey and
Hereford stock. Among their cattle
were a 6-wceks- thoroughbred Jer-
sew calf. a yoke of fullblooded calves, a
2-year-old hefer grade Jersey, full
bloded Jersey yearling COW, fullblood
2-year-old COW. and four grade Jerseys
yearlinc cows in milk.
]. @. Butman of Readfield. shows q
herd of nine fullblooded cows which
have been much admired.
The herd of James Smith of Win
throp, were very pretty. In the herd
were yearling grade Jerseys, 2-year-old
grade Jerseys and two grade cows.
Besides these he had a butter herd con
ssting of six COWS and heifers and =
year-od registered Jersey.
j. D. Hunton of Readfield, has Il nice
exhibit of good grade Jerseys. from
to ) years old.
The exhibit of George Jacobs is unique
and attracted a lot of attention for his
four pens were occupied by cows with
out a sign of a horn. They are not the
regular hornless cattle but when young
preparation was rubbed on their
heads which prevented the horns from
growing. The herd consisted Of q
grade Jerseys
l.. f. Dollof of Belgrade. has shown
a 2-year-old Jersey bull which is a
dandy.
John Henderson of Readfield, has at
the grounds eight Of his butter herd OF
Is high grade Jerseys. They are al
pnmerted by the visitors
NJ. f. NorcrOss of Winthrop. has TWO
Jersey heifer calves. two heifer year
fngs and four cows which We're closely
inspected by many for they were ms
ones
George Crane of Winthrop, shows
four cows and J. L. Davis of Rcadfeid
has a heifer yearling and helfer can
Elliott J. Beal of Readfield. has u
good exhibit which is lead by the Jer-
sey registered bull No 1898. He has
grade Hereford COW and a fine pair OF
oxen.
In the Readfield town team were YOKE
owned by d. y. Elliott, Charles ste
vens Emonds Williams. David Alstln
W. S. Q. Elicit. Reuben Russell. A II
Jones. l.. NJ. Jones. T. Fl. Gordon. A. u
Watson. ]. +. Mayhem, Z. III. Thomas
Il. Il. Smith.
The Mount Vernon town team nae
oxen from the barns Of Miles Williams
Peter Dunn, H. r. Jacobs. l.. Is
Wright, Edward Robinson. Erwin Cor