Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-26
NUMBER SO.
One of the Best Yet.
Sixty-third Fair of the Oxford County
Agricultural Society.
All the Stalls Filled with Fine Oxford County CatteThree
Seconds Clipped from Track Record.-A Great Show.

Andrews, Norway. Their awards were:
Babies l5 months and under: Bessie
Louis Greeley, SO; Marjory A. Edwards,
So; Nina Webber, "a; Clarence Dyer,
50; Robert Maxim Hicks, 50; Carroll r.
DeCoster, 81.
Babies Is months to 2 years: Bruce
Hosmer, So; Vera Flagg, s.; Doris
Coolidge, "a: Ruth E. Marston, So;
Helen F. Downing, 50; Odile King, 81.
SOME OF THE CATTLE.
Of the nearly five hundred head of cat
tie on the grounds it would be impossible
to make individual mention, nor is it
practicable to give particulars regarding
even each exhibitor and his herd. Some
notes of the stock shown must suffice.
From Holmes Farm, Oxford, l.. S.
Holmes proprietor, were shown ten or
twelve head of registered Hereford
stock, of the kind which has made this
farm famous.
r. n. Stetson, West Sumner, showed a
bull three years old and four heifers of
various ages, all registered Herefords.
Ii. +. IL III. ID. Hammond, Paris,
showed handsome matched pair Of
white-faced oxen.
No fair in this part of the state would
be complete without the Hartford string,
with Moses Young as cOmmander-in-
chief. When it was reported that Moses
Young had entered a pair of horses in
drawing match at the state fair, and won
with them, people who knew him could
hardly believe it. In fact, it wasn't
necessary to believe it. He won the
match with oxen and never owned pair
of horses in his life. But he owns oxen
all right, and he lives in the town Of
oxen, Hartford. The Hartford string
was all ready to start Monday morning,
but the start was postponed till Tuesday
morning at 6 o'clock. They pulled into
the fair grounds at o'clock that after
noon, tired, muddy, but cheerful. 1t
was goodly string of Al head of cattle,
and included nine yoke of oxen and
steers belonging to Moses Young, six
yoke and a bull belonging to o. E.
Turner, four yoke to B. F. Glover, two
yoke to Eben Andrews, one yoke to
P. A. Davenport, and one yoke to c. II.
Young. The distance they travelled is a
little less than twenty miles.
C. A. Pride, Norway, was on hand
with herd of about twenty, thorough
bred and grade Holsteins, and nobody
would deny that they were handsome
lot of cattle.
U. S. G. Abbott, Norway, good yoke
of 3 year-old white-faced steers, pair
of yearlings, and heifer calf.
Arthur Robbins, Norway, showed fif-
teen head of grade Herefords, cows,
heifers and steers.
A pair of pretty yearling steers were
shown by c. NJ. Cannon, Norway.
S. II. Millett, Norway, showed twenty
one head, including thoroughbred
Hereford bull, the rest being grades.
ID. w. Goodwin, Norway, pair of
yearling white-faces, and pretty pair of
calves.
Twenty head of Holsteins and eight
Ayrshires were shown by Benjamin
Tucker of Norway. A good proportion
of them are thoroughbreds.
w. w. Maxim, Paris, showed grade
Durham and Hereford heifer, 2 years
old and weighs 900 pounds.
S. M. King of Kingleside Farm, Paris,
was at the fair with twenty-five head of
his famous Jerseys, all registered or will
be. He has just returned from the
circuit of the fairs at Bangor, Concord
and Nashua, bringing home handsome
bunch of ribbons with good proportion
of blues, together with the stuff which
goes with them.
A. j. & F. l.. Millett, Norway, seven
thoroughbred and grade cows and
heifers.
IS. & J. II. Millett, Norway, eleven
cows and heifers, two of them thorough
breds, and the rest grades.
Carroll K. King, Paris, a thorough
bred Ayrshire bull and number of
Ayrshire and Jersey cows and heifers.
NJ. A. Swan, West Paris, pair of
pretty grade Holstein steers.
w. ii. Il G.. II. Dunn, Norway, a herd
of nineteen Ayrshires, thoroughbred
bull and thoroughbred and grade cows
and heifers.
Grade Jersey cows were shown by
Lyman S. Merrill and Henry j. Merrill,
South Paris.
w. H. Blake, South Paris, grade
Durham cow.
John II. Martin, South Paris, grade
Holstein milch cow.
Grant C. Royal, Paris, three grade
Ayrshire and Holstein cows and heifers.
ID. l.. Brett, Otisfeld, eight or ten
head of Holstens.
Thayer Bros, Paris, four grade Dur
ham heifers.
Scott o. Colby, Paris, grade Durham
cow and a registered Holstein bull calf
This calf was dropped the oath of April,
and weighs $50. He is from the Togus
herd.
c. r. Penley, South Paris, eighteen
head of cows and heifers, mostly Hol-
stein grades. A grade Dutch belted
heifer calf was the mascot of this herd.
SHEEP AND SWINE.
The show of swine was small, less than
usual. On the other hand the show of
sheep was the largest that has been seen
for several years, and included some of
the most valuable stock ever exhibited
here.
II. W. Record exhibited a flock of
twenty-eight Hampshire Down sheep.
His flock is founded on imported regist-
cred stock.
c. F. Stanton, South Paris, showed
VI ShcCp
c. A. Richardson. Greenwood, flock
of ten sheep, and flock Of twelve lambs.
Z. NJ. Everett, Norway Lake, flock
of sixteen sheep, and flock of twelve
lambs.
A. F. jackson, Norway, flock of twelve
lambs, and flock of eight lambs.
V. Z. Dunn, Norway, flock of fifteen
sheep and flock of eight lambs.
F. W. Noyes, Norway, flock of ten
sheep.
Bucks were shown by II. w. Record,
C. A. Richardson, A. F. jackson, E. NJ.
Everett, F. w. Buck, E. c. Wardwell.
A. D. Littlehale, North Paris, grade
buck, and flock of sheep and lambs.
A Chester boar and sow and pigs were
shown by V. Z. Dunn, Norway, and a
Berkshire boar and sow and pigs by
Charles II. Brett, Oxford.
w. T. Knightly, South Paris, York
shire SOW and nine pigs.
F. L. Keene, Oxford, showed big
Chester boar.
LABoR-sAvING IMPLEMENTS.
The array of machines designed to
make the farmers work easier and more
effective is something which would have
caused the agriculturist's eyes to stand
out with astonishment couple of dec.
ades ago. Indeed, though the array
drew hardly the number of interested
farmers that might be expected, it was
in its magnitude this year something
that has never before been equaled al