Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-08-19
MEMPHREMAGOG FAIR.

The agriculturalffair came Off last
week at Newport as advertised and
on the whole was a success. Wednes-
day was pleasant and quite large
number of entries of stock, cattle,
horses and sheep were made, some
very excellent stock being exhibited.
B. B. Morrill, of Stanstead had forty
nine sheep, Southdowns and Oxford
downs, which showed up we'll, among
them fine buck which won second
premium. L. A. Davidson of Holland
also had good show of Oxforddowns
on a three year old! buck. Edison
Tracy showed splendid Merino buck,
which attracted a good.deal of, atten-
ton from the farmers all lover the
county. OF the icattle on Exhibition,
A. r. Hall of Holland showed some
fine registed Ayrshires, among which
was a three years old bull which
weighed abont 1250Elbs. These were
very handsome cattle and admired by
the crowds that visited the cattle pens.
mention two one-year- old heifers, a
one-year- old and a twoyear- old bull
and three calves exhibited by Everett
Driver of West Charleston, all of
which were first class. E p. Ball of
Rock Island exhibited a fine herd of
Jerseys fromI the Lee farm. They
were all registered and were fine ami
mails. He had one fine Guernsey COW
and received premiums on the follow
ing animals. e First on a two-year- old
bull, 1st on yearling bull, End on older
bull, Sd on COWS three years old and
upwards and 1st and Sd on twe-year-
old heifers. G. G. Bean of Coventry
showed ten registered Jerseys. He re-
ceived 1st premium on three year
old bull which weighed nearly eight
cen hundred pounds. This was prob
ably the best animal of the kind on
the ground. E. Bly, of Charleston ex-
hibited a herd of Fifteen registered
Devons. 1t wasyhard to believe that
the calves were not yearlings and the
yearlings not two-year- -olds. These
animals were credit. to the fair and
the owner, who received many com
pliments from the farmers.
There were three exhibitors of
registered Holsteins namely, G. H.
Hinton of Westmore, who showed
five head, and Bert Hadlock of Troy
with seven head and Everett Driver
of Charleston as before mentioned.
Among these were some first class
animals which secured several premi
ums. Roeder andi Keen of Derby
showed fine grade Ayrshire bull.
L. n. Collier of Newport showed
five head of fine, registered Durhams
three three-year- old steers, one two
year old heifer, and one wo-year- old
bull which weighed 1 800 pounds. All
of these were splendid cattle and
showed that Mr.. Collier is keeping up
his reputation among the first farmers
in the county in raising fine stock.
One of the best registered Jersey bulls
exhibited on the ground was owned
by Smith Gallup of Charleston. Fred
and Henry Burton of Lennoxville, P.
O., exhibited twenty head of regis
tered Devons and eleven animals of
other kinds, some thoroughbred and
some grades. 1t is hard for Vermont
ers to contend with Canadian farmers
in stock raising, and Messrs. Burton
may justly feel proud of their exhibit
on Newport fair ground. Lovers of
good cattle thronged their sheds and
showed their pleasure by many words
of praise. P. 81. Wilson of Compton.
P.Q., made a fine exhibit of beef cattle.
some Aberdeens and some Herefords.
These cattle are raised specially for
beef, and some of the bulls at three
years old weigh 250O pounds and not
infrequently a COW weighs 2100 pounds.
Il. II. Blake of Derby exhibited some
fine grade Devons. On the whole
there was very good display of cattle
both from Orleans county and from
across the line. The display of swine
was small but first-class in quality.
In floral hall there was fine display
of both the ornamental and useful
articles though the exhibit was not
large. We noticed some excellent
.oilpaintings. We mention "Pharaoh's