The Newtown bee., 1908-10-09
Greenfield Hill.
A FINE EXHIBIT.

A FINE EXHIBIT.
 Among the exhibitors of agricultural machinery at the Greenfield Hill Country fair was that of Boothe Broth CTS of Stratford, who was the first ex- hibitor to reach the grounds and they outdid their previous efforts in their fine display of their line of goods. Their decorations were also original, tasty and were noticed by all who at- tended the fair. They certainly have the true fair spirit when it once is aroused and their effort and resources seem without limit. Their exhibit composed long line of high grade tools and machines and we understand they did good business while on the grounds making several sales and es- tablishing branch agencies. They showed the wonderful Cambridge blows for both flat land and side hill style. The latter mounted upon decorated pedestal at the entrance of their exten- sive display and it was the place in which there was much interest and about which nearly every one had some word of praise. The blow was not for sale and could not be bought but was given away as first prize in the original contest which was open to any one who visited the fair. One had to .only guess the number of seeds in a pump kin which was in charge of one of the attendants, sign his name and address on ticket furnished for the purpose and deposit it in ballot box and then the work was done. The do- ing of that simple guessing provoked more fun. wit, rivalry, testing, com ments and hilarity, to say nothing of the crowds it interested than any fax CTS since Adams time, B. c. What will Boothe Brothers do next? Our curiosity is already aroused for we ex- pect to be fooled were we to expect any particular event. In their exhibit they also showed novel and much praised new tool, combined harrow and roller, pronounced by the fore most gardener and prominent farm CT as a durable tool and many talked of purchasing for the next season. There was the Acme harrow made by Nash of New Jersey and for which Boothe Brothers are County agents. This harrow was shown the new styles, flexible and rigid frame with regular teeth and also equipped with spring teeth. Next in line were several of Clark's Cutaway harrows, among them the regular 12-16 inch disc, two lever reversible harrows and the much laud- ed double lever action going disc har- row, with pointed pole, this being the only disc harrow on the market that we have ever seen which will cultivate the earth every inch of it and not leave it in ridges but level like mead ow. There is decided growing de- mand for the little known harrow and Messrs Boothe Brothers tell us that their sales of it have doubled in the last year. There were the McCor- mick mower and tedder for which Boothe Brothers are very active sales men representing the line exclusively in their vicinity and best o1 all they actually do carry and keep in stock a complete assortment of all the parts and farmer has but to tt lephone his want and same can be had in few hours, feature well worth serious ly considering when purchasing new mower. They claim their stock ot parts is several times larger and more complete than that of any local agency in this state. The tedder was of the six fork type. equipped with new style steel wheels with staggered spoke anf combination shaft and pole. These ted
 ders are a necessity to.a farmer wht has but little hay to harvest as it is {
 more even caring of the crop ant better prices therefore obtained wher sold in the market. There were alst the Imperial potato digger and Iror Age goods. Another article of grea interest among the array of tools is thu New Winner blow truck which wal shown attached to a Cambridge blow
 all ready for use and it certainly pos
 sesses several useful features and th' general opinion of practical farmers seemed to be it was a winner. Booth'
 Brothers, the three days of the fair
 sold nearly all their exhibit. Theil entire exhibit was very artisticall! arranged and in new and never be
 fore taken stand opposite the machin
 cry hall and so situated as to hav'
 three exposed sides next to the prin
 cipal thoroughfare. The entire exhib
 it was surrounded by railing of whit
 birch painted in circles and drapet
 with bunting. The top of each of thu
 40 posts supported large flag. ant from 40-foot pole in the center O
 their exhibit floated grand Old Glory
 while at the entrance were evergreen
 combined with the colors. The numbe of seeds in the pumpkin the public hal been guessing on. was 492. The near
 est guess was 491 and it was made b,
 Charles L. Beach and he won the plow