The Somerset reporter., 1900-09-27
Cattle Show and Fair.
The Somerset Central Ag'l So
ciety holds a Grand Exhibit at
SkOwhegan.


The prospects of fine exhibition, one
of the best ever held in Fairview park,
were exceeding bright, Thursday, but
the rain of Thursday night and Friday
morning put damper on these pros
poets for the time being.
Friday morning the officers of the
Somerset Central Agricultural society
aud Ms many members as could be got
together on a short notice met at the
office of Danforth q Gould and took the
question of TODD or not to-do under
consideration. The result of this con-
sultation was vote that the fair billed
for Friday and Saturday should be held
Saturday and Monday. If Saturday
should prove stormy then the exhibition
should be held Monday and Tuesday.
Friday afternoon was reasonably
pleasant and gave exhibitors opportuni-
ty to get their stock on the ground and
thei. produce, fruit, manufactured arti-
Giles, ETC., ready for display and they
made good use of their extension of
time so that on Saturday morning things
were in good shape for the operations
of the first day and an excellent show
ing of stock was made. The examna-
ton of cattle, sheep, swine and poultry,
was the order of the day including oxen
and steers and the drawing of oxen.
The exhibition of pair of buffaloes
and pair of elks from Merrymeeting
Park. secured at large expense by the
management, was one of the side at
fractions not included in the original bill
of particulars, but highly appreciated.
The only way it was practicable to get
these animals on the ground, Friday,
was to transport them across country
from Pennington by team and this was
done with two pairs of heavy horses on
wagons by F. |. Estes. Because of the
wet weather of Thursday night and FRI
day it was quite heavy unpleasant
piece of work but Mr.. Estes accomplish
ed it in good time.
A casual survey of the stock sheds,
Saturday morning, showed that they
were nearly all full of choice stock of
various standard breeds and grades.
Among these we notice some of the
larger herds, and choice animals.
o. W. Creation of Starks entered one
pair of very fine grade Hereford steers.
They were one year old in May last,
perfectly matched for color and build
and weighed 22l0 lbs.
John Weston of Skowhegan exhibited
fine animals, heifers, l bull, Durham
grade and one pair of grade Hereford
oxen girting feet 8. These oxen he
had worked on his farm all summer.
The herd of Jerseys consisting of Is
cows, hefers and calves, owned by Miss
Julia l.. Coburn and kept on her milk
farm in Skowhegan managed by Joseph
Steward, was one of the best herds on
the ground.
Francis Lowe of Skowhegan exhibited
the best team of draft oxen in the park,
six oxen that he has kept to work at lum-
bering operations and on his farm. On
an average they girt it. 5 inches and
weigh 300 to pair.
B. B. Perkins of Skowhegan had the
largest and finest looking herd on the
ground consisting of Is Herefords led
by his prize bull Lord Minton."
A. E. Jewett of Skowhegan exhibited
grade Herefords and one Holstein.
Tuttle Brothers had a fine large Hol-
stein bull and COW and calf. They
also exhibited 2 pens of Hampshire
Down sheep.
A. Crowell exhibited a pen of South
Down ewes.
II. A. Archer had grade Jersey cows.
Calvin Cleveland and Charles Cleve-
land exhibited 3 grade Holsteins.
John Whttemore and Willis Blanch-
ard and Mrs. Mary A. Russell exhibited
a fine pair of oxen, each.
Eben Dean of Madison exhibited some
fine Hereford cows.
There were four entries of swine.
Barney McCollar of Skowhegan bad
three pens Of White Chesters, including
boar, shoats, SOW and pigs, Mrs. Mary A.
Russell of Madison had a pen of the
same breed and Charles A. Marston and
Paul Rouillard pen each of Berkshires.
Among exhibitors in the hall were :
Sheldon II. Beals, fruit and winter
apples, white beans and yellow eyed
beans; B. s. Flagg, pop corn and yellow
corn, onions; Roscoe Bigelow, yellow
corn. beans; S. N. Blanchard, beans :;
S. w. Gould, yellow corn John Weston,
pumpkins; Cyrus Newton, yellow corn !;
George Brown, pop corn; James Emer-
son, pop corn, sweet corn, pumpkins,
beets, turnips; Mrs. M. A. Russell,
yellow corn, tomatoes, onions, two
varieties; Bert Nichols, pop corn and
beans; S. H. Atwood, collection of vege-
tables; S. L. Crowell, potatoes, four
varieties, cranberries; Frank Mitchell,
potatoes; Calvin Cleveland, squash, two
varieties; Charles Cleveland, squash,
suufower; Willis Leavitt, melons; Mrs.
II. F. Kimball, watermelon and canta-
loupes, assorted tomatoes; Geo. H.
Pishon, squash; Eugene Swain, squash j;
A. f. Durrell, citrons; H. A. Archer,
tomatoes Chas. Gaylord, winter apples,
nine varieties A. p. Turner, exhibit of
fruit, plums, pears, potatoes, melons;
Lewis Beal, winter apples; C. A. Mars
ton, exhibit of fruit, winter and fall
apples and pears; Mrs. S. Fl. Atwood,
plants, six varieties, bouquet, patch