St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-09-19
THE COUNTY FAIR.
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W. II. Neil OF Meredith, n. H., has % in
his herd.
c. B, Stevens of North Danville has
three head of Ayrshires and the Hol.
stems include one entry by Henry E.
Wilson, several entries by Leonard
Penuimau, and herd of II from George
c. Cary,s farm. In the latter's exhibit
is an imported COW from Holland, and
an imported bull calf.
]. c. Gray, superintendent in this de-
partment, is authority for the statement
that there are more horses entered in this
department than eyer before. The entries
in drivers. matched pairs and brood
mares with colts are especially large and
all attendants today at the tair will see
some fine stock being judged. There are
a lot of good trotting horses here besides
those entered for premiums and there are
Fl trotters entered at the st. Johns5ury
fair that were not showed at the Barton
fair. c. M. Darling OF Lyudonvile enters
Red Elm and c. H. Lee of Lyndonville,
shows fine matched pair of bays, and
one trotting horse, Russell Grafton,
entered in the 2.19 class. F. ]. Trefren
of Lyndon shows Count Axworthy,
by Axworthy, by Axtell, the $105,000
stallion and the first yr.old to trot in
the II class. Count Axworthy's dam
is by Lucy Wilton, by Wilton, the famous
sire of 2.10 trotters. E. H. Hoffman,
also of Lyndon, shows Billy Roberts,
by Mountaineer; 3-yr-old stallion by
Billy Roberts; 2.yr-old stallion; 2-yr-
old stallion by Lambert B.; two yearling
fllles and four brood mares with their
colts. Mabel Hall Walter, also OF Lyn-
don, enters a matched pair of dark
chestnut drivers by Billy Roberts and
brood mare and colt by the.same stallion.
Emmet Hill of Concord shows his stalli-
on Cardinal Wilkes; John Edney of Con-
cord, a 3-yr-old FLY by this stallion; Il.
E. Pease OF Concord, 3-yr-old gelding
by this stallion; Mr.. Williams of Water
ford, 3-yrold FLY by Cardinal Wilkes
and pair of matched drivers by Jesuit.
H. L. Doyle has finely bred family of
Morgans, c. E. Morse of Danville is here
again with pair OF drivers, Silas Bur.
bank has an entry deserving of blue
ribbon and there are many other credit.
able entries that we were unable to get
in our examination of the department
yesterday.
Wool and MnttOn.
The sheep are all right-a wonderful
showing of them B. B. Morrill, of Stan.
stead, Que, leads in this department,
exhibiting a head Of As. consisting of
Leicester sheep, Oxford Downs, Hamp-
shire Downs, Cotswolds, and Angora
goats. They are very pretty flock and
just as valuable as they are handsome.
Herbert Kilton OF East Montpelier
shows pretty flock of 20 shropshires,
and W. H. Neal OF Meredith also has
very good exhibit.
The pen containing the Angora Goats
received much attention, and they are
very pretty animals. Many goats are
being shipped into New England of late
from the northwest and this industry is
sure of success for as rule Angora goat
wool is worth three times that of sleeps |
wool.
The Swine Exhibit.
The swine exhibit is not as large as
last year-stil it is very fine show.
William Neal of Meredith, N. H., shows
seven large Chester whites, and two
filters of pigs of the same breed are at
tracing considerable attention.
F. R. Sanborn OF Bristol, N. H., and
F. r. Grace of Laconia, each have very
good exhibit OF Berkshires, Belted Ham
shires and Chester whites. One of the
latter number is perfect monster, and,
it is said, tips the scale at 600 pounds.
If the pens were filed up the swine
department would prove one of the most
interesting places on the grounds.
Poultry.
With over 400 entries in this depart.
ment it is easy to believe that this fair
easily surpasses all Others in the number
of exhibits. Over one-fourth of this
number are entered by Wood and Free
man of Fitchburg, Mass, Ira H. Grant
of Lyndonville has SIS entries, L. M.
Blodgett & Co. of West Burke 20, the
Daniels Poultry Company of St. Johns
bury 40, D. A. Langmaid, North Dan.
vile. 40, Fred Parsons OF st. Tohnsburv
%, E. Denault ofSherbrook As, and a
number OF entries Of about IL varieties
from many other exhibitors.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Secretary Braley made special effort
to increase the exhibits in this depart.
ment, and the farmers responded nobly
to the increased premiums. The upper
part Of Floral Hall is we'll filed with
exhibits, and there are so many entries
that some of the exhibits are attractivelv
arranged in the lower part of the build
ing. One of the largest exhibitors is A.
B. Pringle OF st. Johnsbury Centre,
whose exhibit is in the southern part OF
the hall. He is veteran in the raising
OF fruits and vegetables, and first prizes
are sure to be found in his collection,
which is both large and varied. 7. S,
Bandy, whose large exhibits from his
East Barnet farm have been much ad-
mlred in years past, only shows this year
a collection OF apples. There are Is
varieties in his collection, including the
best known fall and winter apples. A
collection of IS varieties of apples is also
shown by Charles ]. Bell, not the Gov.
ernor but another successful farmer, of
Hollis, N. II. M. c. Blodgett has |
creditable collection of vegetables, at the |
north entrance of the building, including
pumpkins, tomatoes, yellow pear toma,