Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-10-03

I The public never expects anything
but thoroughly good show at the
Windsor county fair, and never yet
has it been disappointed, Year afte
year, with entire regularity, the
crowds turn out at Woodstock, and
always 90 home well pleased. The
only thing that ever puts damper on
is poor weather, and this year three as
fine days were youchsafed as ever fell
TO the lot of any outdoor event. The
occurrence OF other fairs the same
days did not seem to affect the old
Windsor county fair bit. There was
plenty to see and plenty OF people to
see it. Last year was record
breaker, but this year was just as
good. The receipts at the gate were
about s1400, indicating an attendance
TOR the fair of some 1000 to 5000
Wednesday was the big day, as il
always is when the weather is right,
bnt there was a good crowd Thursday.
Many Improvements have been made
on the grounds, it being the policy of
the management to use the fair profits
to the betterment of the property.
The floor OF the old Floral hall has
been fitted up for horses, and they
now have a nice place in which to be
seen. The horse show was below the
standard of former years, except in
colts and brood mares and colts. The |
premiums went as follows in this class
Brood mare, Billings farm /, w + !
! Davis ,. + 5 Putnam 3 colt 1901, |
I L Beach 1, G. X Crosby 2. f ST
| Putnam 8: stallion, A J Crosby 1, W /
+ Davis ? stallion years or over, |
i 5 Putnam 1, II NJ Totman 2 stallion |
? wears Ida Hatch George Whitcomb |
III: 3-year-old colt, NJ G Whipple l.,
Olive II Holbrook 2, J 5 Rowland 3
yearling colt, + S Putnam !, " +
Davis ,. + + Winslow 8 roadster,
L w Kidder l, w f Hubbard ,
matched, c + Woodruff !, NJ J Holt ,
single draft, Cotton Bros. pair draft,
T J White l and ?, + Woodruff 3.
In cattle, the king-pins of the show
were the Billings herd. the Cloudland
Farm Jerseys and G r LoeKwood's
unsurpassed herd of Jerseys. The
other bloods were shown in less
numbers. The cattle premiums were
Alfred Morgans best trained steers
and driver, o l. Cootey, Barnard, ?,
Herman Barrows, West Hartford, 3.
Lester Wheelock and Linn Barrows
second premiums as drivers.
Best yoke oxen, j A Fraser |, Royal
Dutton ?, ii ii Totman 3.
Town teams, $50, first was awarded
to Pomfret.
Six-year-old oxen. L II Dutton,
j A Fraser, John Raymond years
old. Elbridge Perry, Harris Seaver,
Henry Totman; years old, Fred Fay,
A W Taft. Sumner Sherburne; 3-yr-old
steers, NJ J Lewis, Owen Cootey, Henry
DeWolf; 2-year-old steers, j 7 Lewis,
Owen Cootey, VIII 0smer; yearling
steers, d G Spaulding, Henry Morgan.
Harris Seaver; steer calves, ID G
Spaulding, G W Harding, Isaiah
Benson.
Cow testing highest per cent fat,
Cloudland farm, NJ J Lewis and 3
best dairy herd. George r Lockwood, T,
NJ j Lewis, Mrs + l. Cobb; COW
producing largest amount butter fat,
q r Lockwood, NJ Lewis.
Durhams. two-year-old BULL Benson. {
who also took first premiums on bull !
calf. milch COW. yearling heiier and !
heller calf. Two and three year old
heifers. II I Dunbar.
Devons, A b Preston took first on j
bull. mitch COW. "a on 2-year-old
heifer. 2d and 4th on yearling heifer !
% on bull calf; b Z Taft LIST on and
3-vear-old hefers, Sd on yearling
heifer. Isl on bull calf, I'd on mich
cow. LIST on 2-year-old heller.
The sheep pens were well filled with !
as fine a lot of stock as Is often
shown, the mutton breeds predomi-
mating. Among the leading exhibitors i
were A Z Fuller with thoroughbred !
tine woods. Chester Cady, a Barnard
sheep raiser. with his cotswolds,
Isaiah Benson and Mrs. Ida Hatch. I
The swine exhibit was a fine one, /
l3S. The Cloudland farm
Berkshires made an excellent show,
taking an first prizes in their class. l
Among other large exhibitors were J. I
p. Lewis, Bridgewater, with - in one )
pen.
Machinery hall had a lighter show
than most OF the departments. although
there were some well-known exhibitors +
with up-to-date implements Tor the !
field, farm and dairy. n
The poultry department was nota-
bic for is good stock, though the en- ,
tries were not large. W. d. Foster
took several firsts. Maplefarm had a
fine display Of birds, and other we'll
known exhibitors were ID. g. Spauld- \
ing. A. W. Taft. +. + Winslow. W. u.
A. Z. Fuller and c. b. Hem \
In
The bows. as usual, outdid their older !
friends in their display Of garden
truck" The number and quality Of
the exhibits were good, these annual I
competitions being an excellent thing /
for the Young and ambitious farmers.
The premium winners were Alison I Z
Putney. Barnard. first; Kenneth II.
Atwood. Bridgewater. seeonl; Ray :
mond Robinson. Bridgewatef, third
Harland II. Atwood. Bridgewater, .
fourth; Leon +. Gilbert. Pomfret. fifth;
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