Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-09-17

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Waterford, only six Of them grades, til
rest being thoroughbreds. The Nc
lntires are among the best known AM
most prosperous farmers of the county
| W. D. Clark of South Paris had tw'
grade Holsteins, yearling heifer which
was generally taken for two-year-old
and large heifer calf.
From Mountain View Farm, Soutl
Paris, j. F. Rowland proprietor, ther'
were shown thoroughbred Jerse!
yearliug bull, Goldie's Fox of w., which
took the blue ribbon, grade Jersey Gov
and a grade heifer.
A. D. Cummings of Oxford showed
seven head of Holsteins, thoroughbred
and grades, and could give you the mill
and butter records of their ancestors &c
a pound.
B. Tucker & Son of Norway showed ;
herd OF Holsteins, about twenty in num-
Der, and all thoroughbreds. Mr.. Tuck
or, though he has passed the fourscort
mark, was in charge of the herd in per
son, and is active for a man of hi
years.
From the farm of DR.. Alfred King al
South Paris there were exhibited about
twenty head of Jerseys and Guernseys
thoroughbreds.
W. II. & G. 81. Dunn of Norway show.
ed herd of fifteen or twenty Ayrshire
cows and heifers, thoroughbreds, the
herd headed by 2-year-old bull.
Thayer Brothers, Paris, showed a
Durham bull and three grade cows.
The only Dutch Belted cattle on the
grounds were from the farm of the late
C. R. Penley of South Paris. There
were about dozen of them, and with
their distinctive and striking marking,
they attract attention anywhere.
Herbert Thurston of Norway showed
grade Durham heifer.
Arthur r. Boswell of Norway showed
a Jersey heifer years old.
Vernal Edwards of South Paris, a grade
Jersey heifer, 2 years old.
William C. Stearns Of West Paris
showed six or eight head of thorough
bred Devons. Mr.. Stearns has about the
only herd of this breed in the vicinity.
He also had grade Jersey yearling
heifer, and yoke of grade Hereford
steers.
Herman Morse of Buckfisld showed
three thoroughbred Ayrshires, year.
ling bull, COW and heifer, and two
grade heifers.
W. A. Hersey of North Norway show
ed four thoroughbred Ayrshires, year
ling bull, COW and heifers, and one grade
heifer.
HIS Goodwin of North Newry showed
thirteen Herefords, thoroughbred COWS
and heifers, and steers.
c. X. King of South Paris showed a
thoroughbred Ayrshire bull one year
old, and number of grade Ayrshire,
grade Jersey and grade Devon cows aud
heifers, and pair of grade Devon steers.
Professor Campbell of the University
of Maine was the expert who judged the
thoroughbred cattle.
THE PAIRED CATTLE.
To make any detailed mention of the
host of oxen and steers on exhibition
would require more space than there Is
available. There is one thing reasona.
bly, certain, and that is that there was
never bigger and better show of them
on these grounds. AS several remarked,
"Paris never had smoother string OF
oxen, or of 3.year-olds," and the same
general principle will apply to the show
of oxen and steers as whole. The day
of the patient, plodding OK is by no
means past in this section.
WOOL GROWERS.
Harold E. Whitman of Buckfield
showed four pens of sheep, either
thoroughbred Hampshires or high
grades.
DR.. Alfred King of South Paris show
ed number of pure-bred sheep.
Sheep and lambs were also shown by
some of the well-known sheep raisers,
V. e. Dunn of Norway, and A. NJ.
Stone of West Paris.
Exhibitors of swine were D. L. Brett,
Oxford, VIM. F. Young, Norway, Scott
Merrill, Norway, Fred A. Cooper, South
Paris, j. w. S. Colby, South Paris,
Walter T. Knightly, South Paris, James
C. Cleveland, Norway, Charles Allen
Young, South Paris, John E. Everett,
South Paris, DR.. Alfred King, South
Paris, P. r. Crockett, South Paris, G. r.
Millett, Norway.
The Belted Hampshire swine shown by
Mr.. Colby and Mr.. Knightly OF South
Paris are noticeable for their uniform
marking, black with white belt about
the shoulders, and are claimed by their
breeders to be an exceptionally profit
able strain.
HENS AND THINGS.
Some four or five hundred birds were
exhibited by the poultry fanciers of OK.
ford County in the space under the
grand stand, and the air was charged
with talk of breeds and strains, combs
and feathers.
Exhibitors in greater or less amount
in the poultry department ware d. r
and A. Il. Fuller, South Paris, Ralph
Linscott, j.. Fl. Linscott, South Paris, G,
Guy Buck, South Paris, D. Fl. Bean,
South Paris, William q. McDaniels, Nor
way, Harry Lovejoy, Norway, Master s.
j. Cummings, Norway, James G. Cleve-
land, Norway, Frank Lovejoy, Norway
Il. R. Bennett, Norway, w. N. Judkins
South Paris, Henry Stone. West Paris,
G. Edgar Dunn, Norway, W. G. Thayer,
South Paris, Mrs. E. A. Bradford, Yves,
Minot, Harry l.. Twitohell, South Paris,
Mrs. w. D. Clark, South Paris, A. NJ
Stone, West Paris, Percy A. Millett
South Paris, j. Robinson, Oxford, Mrs
F. P. Morrill,, Norway, Newell Powers
South Paris, Frank A. Taylor, Soutt
Paris, LaForest Thomas, South Paris
George D. Swift, Norway, Mrs. Z. e
Spofford, South Paris, DR.. E. A. Wight
Bolster's Mills, 81. C. Berry, Norway. E
C. Wardwell, Oxford, Leon Kilgore, Nor
way, Edwin G. Thompson, Norway
Sands & Babineau, South Paris, John Ii
Murdoch, Norway, Fred Allen, Norway
Arthur Tuttle, South Paris, Archie
Swift, Norway, Waiter q. Stevens, Nor
way, Mrs. George Austin, Norway
Arthur Buswell, Norway, A. W. Gerry
Norway, Rev. Chester G. Miller, Soutl
Paris, J. B. Field, South Paris, Mrs. Jen
ME Penley, South Paris.
A thing Of note In this department wa
the unusual number of ducks and gees,
exhibited, there being no less thai
eighteen pairs of ducks of various strain
and nearly dozen pairs Of geese. Tur
keys were not so plenty.
IMPLEMENTS.
In q large tent near the front OF In
grounds, A. w. Walker & Son Of Sout
Paris made a large exhibit OF some Q
the various kinds of agricultural imple
ments which they sell, even list 9
. which would have been bewilderiDg t
the farmer of generation ago. Thes
things make farming different pursui