The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-17

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The sweepstakes on boars and sows
in this class we're won by the Bilt-
more Farms, North Carolina.
POLAND CHINA GLASS.
In the Poland China class, j. j..
Snyder, of Paris, Ont, won seven
first prizes and two second prizes.
Wiseley & Wiseley, Oakwood, o.,
won one first prize and six second
prizes.
CHESTER WHITE CLAss
In the Chester White GLASS P. g j.
j. Hardin, Lima, o., won four first
prizes and four second prizes.
Joseph Hilton, West Chester, Pa,
won three first prizes.
E. B. Ashbridge, West Chester,
Pa, won one first prize and n sec
ond prize.
In this class the sweepstakes for
SOW was won by P. & J. J. Hardin.
SMALL YORKSHIRE GLASS.
F. B. Stewart, of Espyville Station,
Pa, won first and second prizes
throughout the entire GLASS.
LARGE YORKSHIRE GLASS.
The competition was one of the
best in this class ever seen, D. G.
Flatt & Son, Millgrove, Ont, win
ming five first prizes and two second
prizes, and Brithour & Saunders, of
Burford, Ont, winning three first
prizes and five second prizes.
F. B. Stewart, of Espyville Station,
Pa, won one second prize.
Sweepstakes for boar was won by
D. G. Flatt & Son, and sweepstakes
for SOW was won by Brithour &
Saunders.
The awards for other breeds will
hardly interest Progressive Farmer
readers.
OTHER NOTES FROM THE AGRICULTURAL
EXHIBIT.
The preserving of green corn for
future use at the model stable is now
about to commence. This is done by
the wholesale canning process that
preserves cattle feed on very much
the same principle that the house
wife preserves corn, peas, beans and
other vegetables in sealed glass jars
for winter use. The can in this case
is the silo into which chopped green
corn, stalks and all, are forced by q
blower. The best winter feed for
dairy COWS is no doubt a good en-
silage that is put up in this n
Conservatism colored by prejudice
has held this modern improvement
in allegiance for a good many years,
but increased profits and better
health and condition of the animals
SO fed, have completely won out
until opposition on the score of vine
gar and the bugbear fermentation"
is no longer heard. Last years en-
silage was used at the model dairy
until about the middle of this month
and the last load was apparently as
good or better than the first and the
herders were evidently sorry when
it was all gone.
Assistant superintendent Van
Alstyne was evidently in a j~ocular
mood as he returned from the Swine
Exhibit to his Office this morning.
Mr.. Van Alstyne is a dairy and cat
tie man, but he evidently appreciated
the pig as a side issue, at least. On
this occasion he was humming to
himself,
Chow doth the little busy pig
Improve each shining hour,
By gathering sausage all the day
From every opening flower.
When the shades of evening fall,
He HES him to his sty
And sings his pretty evening hymn,
Root, pig or die"
When asked what he knew about
pigs, he INDUCED in a sociological
monologue on the manner in which
the aristocratio pigs wore a turned
up nose while the inquisitive ones
had long straight noses, that they
all carried personal perfumes about
with them, only some have more
than their share and as to size, they
vary considerably, some he thought
he could put in his coat pocket and
surreptitiously struggle out of the
grounds, while others weighed as
much as LOO pounds. Further
soliloquy was here interrupted by a
delegation from New Jersey demand
ing to see the cow "Mary Marshall"
When any one wants to see n of
Mr.. Van Alstyne's pets, the swine