The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-14
ATHOL CATTLE SHOW
Bates and Guild Both
Address the
Farmers.
.EULOGIzE THE AGRICULTURISTS.
Neither Made Serious Ref
erence to Poll
tics.
.EULOGIzE THE AGRICULTURISTS

Athol Sept. 1S-The Worcester
Northwest Agricultural Society was
favored with an ideal cattle show day
for the opening of its SD annual fair,
but the exhibits in most Of the depart
ments were lacking. A stroll through
the hall showed fully as many empty
spaces as those that were occupied,
the principal features in the hall being
the fancy work department and the
display of the Athol grange, which was
the only grange within the limits of
the society.
In the stockyards there We're about
100 head of cattle, the principal exhi-
bitors in this department being P. S.
Gale, Petersham with 49 head, chiefly
Guernseys; E. D. Cole, Barre Plains
36 head, mostly Holsteins; George H.
Bowker, Barre, 20 head of Swiss and
Dutch belted, and D. F. Bigelow, Pet
ersham % Jerseys. There were four
exhibitors of sheep, and eight of swine
The dogs, which occupied a large tent
with the poultry outnumbered the
sheep, while there were about 1875
coops of poultry, including the ducks
geese and turkeys.
The events of the forenoon were a
plowing match, trials of draught
horses, working oxen and steers, and
an exhibition of mares and colts. The
blowing match resulted as follows:
Pairs of horses, first, j. F. Lamb, Tenn
pleton; second, George H. Cragin, Ath-
oil; oxen, first, Fred Y. Oliver, Athol;
second and third, ]. w. Wildes, Peters
ham; fourth, c. H. Moulton, Athol;
draught horses, first and third, A. f
Lamb; second, George H. Cragin.
The cnSIatU ,1iprrar rs-oc Nv
nearly 400. President A. F. Tyler intro
duced Hon. John L. Bates, who made
purely agricultural speech, referring
to the products exhibited at the agricul-
turai fairs as showing the character OF
the men that have produced them. He
cited the great activity in the steel and
iron industries of the country as evi.
dence of the great prosperity which is
existing, which is also shared by the
great agricultural interests, all of the
great staple products showing a great
increase in value during the last three
years He was followed by Gen. Curtis
Guild, Jr., who also spoke chiefly along
the agricultural line, and defended the
politicians against the slurs that havc
been thrown at them, not only in the
present, but in past times, and eulo.
Sized the militia of the old common.
wealth. The future of Massachusetts
agriculture, he said, is not in wheat ant
oats, but in the berry patch the celery
bed, the green corn field and the poultry
yard. Other speakers were Hon. ]. w
StockWell, secretary of the state boart
OF agriculture, who spoke of the great
work done by the state board durins
the half century of it's existence. anG
challenged comparison with that of any
other state of the country. Hon. E. w
Wood of Newton, the delegate from the
state board, also spoke briefly.
During the afternoon there were trials
upon the track of matched carriage
horses, carriage and family horses, gen.
tlemen's driving horses, and four-nlin.
ute Class. Premiums in these cases were
awarded as follows: Matched carriage
horses 1st, A. ]. Raymond Athol; I'd
Luther Crawford, New Braintree: "a
William d. Archibald, Petersham. Car.
rlage and family horses: list, Luther
crawford; I'd, j. A. Dennis Hardwick,
so, e. A. Battle, Athol. Gentlemen
drlVlng horses: list, Henry Southland
Athol; I'd, Daniel Boderick, Petersham
90, Lewis T. Billings, Athol; 4th, HENRY
W. Rowe, Phillipston. Four-minute
class, for horses trotting nearest to -four
minutes: LIST, Win. Drury. Athol. time
3.59; I'd, Luther Crawford, 3.5S1b; Sd. J.
A. Dennis, 1854; 4th, Moses Ruggies
3.5S.
Tho most serious casualty of the day
was that resulting to d. Mahoney. who
having laid down behind the target of
shooting gallery, received a bullet IN
the calf of his leg, which necessitaked
the services of a doctor