St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-09-19
THE COUNTY FAIR.
Lots of People Attend who Were not
Afraid of the Weather.

Afraid of the Weather.
Fully 10000 people attended the
county fair which was held on Wednes-
day and Thursday of last week, and
though it rained all day Tuesday and
there was no sunshine the other two
days the crowd came and seemed well
pleased with the show and its various
attractions. The premium list which is
published in full elsewhere gives pretty
good idea of the exhibits. Though there
were not as many as usual some of the
departments were unusually strong.
The department of oxen and steers
grow less every year. A. B. Stark, Geo.
c. Cary and J. E. Warren of Kirby, Ed
ward Fulford of Passumpsic, S. E.
Bonett Of West Concord, E. H. Gray OF
Lyndon and D. D. Gray of South Wheel
ock and B. K. Graves of Waterford were
the only exhibitors and they shared the
premiums as elsewhere given.
George c. Cary's herd of Shorthorns
were the most admired of any live stock
on the grounds. He showed nearly rs
head of cattle, including a cow that he
bought for $725. They were all regis
tered stock from Lookout farm, North
Danville. Most of the stock was pur-
chased of W. D. Flatt of Hamilton, On
tario, one of the greatest breeders Of
Shorthorns in America. The last carload
OF stock did not arrive until the second
day of the fair and they were exhibited
on the track on Wednesday afternoon.
A three-year.old bull that weighed 1900
pounds attracted much attention. 1t
was unquestionably the best exhibit of
Shorthorns ever seen on the grounds.
During the fair Mr.. Cary sold a carload
Of the best stock to Homer Fisher OF
Fort Fairfield, Me-, who came here to
see the exhibit.
The herd of Holsteins shown by B. K.
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old bull, five cows, two heifers, three
yearlings, three calves and two bullcalves.
T. H. Lyster showed bull and yearl-
ing and George Cary had two yearling
heifers. E. & T. Fairbanks had their fine
herd OF Jerseys, including a bull, three
COWS, three heifers, five yearlings, five
heifer calves, two-year-old bull and a
bull calf The Hoveys had yearling
bull and U. G. Goss a cow in this de-
partment. In the Ayrshires there were
only two entries and these were bulls
entered by W. O. Greeley of Waterford
and U. G. Goss of the Centre. There
were 33 entries in grades and the pre-
MUM list gives the result of the awards.
There were SO entries in non-standard
horses and some sharp competition for
first prizes. S. J. Burbank took the first
prize of So for stations and Gen. Grout S
matched pair drew the first prize. The
first premium for gents drivers was cap
tured by M. F. Young of Littleion. ].
w. Smith of McIndoes led on the number
of entries in standard horse and captured
several premiums. In this division Mr.
Yonng's matched pair took the palm and
Emmett Hill of West Concord had the
best mare and colt and second best stall
lion. There were "a entries in the divi
sion of mares and colts, which is con
siderably less than some years and is in
dicative of a horse famine in the near
future unless the farmers raise more
horses.
In the sheep the principal exhibitors
were {. c. Walter, of Kirby, M. L. and
H. c. Hovey, of East St. Johnsbury, and
B. K. Graves. In this division there wa:
quite falling off from previous years
both in the number of entries and in the
varieties shown. The exhibit of swine
grows in Importance every year and thl
season three well-known breeds wer
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poultry department showed alarge mum
ber of entries, as usual and the premium
list in this division will interest al
poultry fanciers.
Several of the large exhibitors of vegt
tables are seen no more at the fair, bu
their places are filled by other farmer
and the vegetable exhibit still fills or
end of Floral hall. There were nearl
$50 entries in this division. A. c. PierC
of North Danville had GA entries, r. & |
Badger, of South Danville, 38 entries, v
) S. Hastings "a entries and ]. R. Ward,
East St. Johnsbury, nine. In mechanics
wares there was large exhibit of ca
riages by Bundy & Weeks, the Barnt
Wagon Co., B. F. Weeks, and c.
Boynton. AS shown by the premiul
list the premiums were well divide
among these four exhibitors. F. S. Jacl
man had an exhibit of mechanical worI
:, L. Z. Stiles, OF the Centre, showed
plow and B. F. Butler, of the Centr