Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26
SCARE HURTS FAIR
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serve much credit Tor handling the {
situation as we'll as they did.
The entire grounds had been put into ;
shape and never presented. a more
attractive appearance. paint had been !
freely used and all the buildings looked
we'll. There are no such
well-kept grounds in the entire state
as those at Roaring Brook park.
The showing of cattle has never
been excelled since the fair first start
ed here nearly fifty years ago. The
showing of::Herefords from the Marston
Stock farm at Oxford, N. H., herd
of eleven, was alone we'll worth visit
ing the fair for. This Hereford farm
is the largest in New England and
contains sone of the, finest blooded
stock in all America. They had no
competitors at the fair here, but it
would shave taken some wonderful
STOCK to have prevented them from
taking the eight blue ribbons awarded
them Mr.. Morrison expIodes the
theories that this stock is too high
priced for the average farmer, and
shows conclusively how the better the
stock the better off the farmer be-
comes. Originally he owned other
grades of stock, starting his Hereford
herd with two old COWS. One COW,
'Pink," from this herd has dropped
four calves which have brought 81. 400,
and good bull sells from $500 to
$1,000. 1t looks like economy when
you can actually get these prices for
this stock for our farmers to make
/ through study of this matter.
Simpson Brothers of Lyndon showed
unexpectedly good herd of Durhams.
of blue ribbons. This exhibit attracted
a great deal Of attention from all the
farmers and is considered the very
best exhibit of Durhams ever shown
in northern Vermont. Simpson Broth
ers had one addition to their herd
while here. a heifer calf being dropped
Friday morning.
Chas. Root Of Craftsbury had fine
showing of Jersey stock, and there
really is no more beautiful animal to
be found than full-blood registered
, Jersey and no better butter makers
, All this stock was registered full
, bloods and there certainly were some
remarkably fine looking COWS an(
: young stock among the herd.
There were several showings o.
: registered Holsteins. All of the cattl.
f were good animals and made parti
r which is by many considered the hes
o Among the horses shown was tn
e splendid imported Belgian stallion
: "Cbristophe" and with him wer
shown sixteen pens of mares with colt
: all his offspring. certainly one of tn
e largest if not the largest showing eve
v made at any fair. The other Tod
e stallion. domestic Belgian Brock, i
also very fine looking animal.
The showing of sheep and swine wa
not above the usual number, althoug
= there were some good specimen
Il among both these classes, and Their
was also some very good young stoc]
shown.
The poultry show this season wa
another big feature and some excep
n tionally good birds were shown, bot
IT by local parties and from out of town
e Each season this department has grow
!; until it has become one of the mos
10 interesting of the exhibits.
~ Floral hall had an unusually larg
= number of exhibits and every foot O
J.; available floor space was taken, Will
the number of exhibitors was never a
large nor the exhibits more varied.
u The new departure of the forestr
IL exhibit by the state was eagerl
IL sought and afforded much information
u to our farmers on the values of timbe
l. and timberlands and the necessity O
~ starting and maintaining new forests
: especially pine. The management O
s this department tells US that he neve
e sold as many trees at fair as her
IS on Wednesday. The u v M. exhibi
showed among other things the prope
fertilizing chemicals for home-mixe
fertilizers and their especial adapta
, tons.
e piano exhibits, millinery, jewelry
}. sweaters and practically everything
e sold in the state.
7. = The midway" never extended a
:, far down the line as at this fair, an
:. really the fakirs are an integral par
!. of any good fair. We go to be foole
g and we are never disappointed. Thi
e year if you bought only dimes WORT
e of stuff at every place, including tn
g eating houses and fakirs, you woul
b find that you had spent over 81 il
r. making the trip as there were owe
- forty stands on the grounds wher
}. they were eager to explain the merit
of the game, or the delectability O
their viands.
l. The departments of fancy work
art. novelties etc., had over 700 ex
hibits, the largest but one since thi
department came into existence
e n Of much interest to farmers was tn
g Orleans Agricultural association ex
hibit, which was in a special tent nea
e the dining hall. and attracted tn
s attention of all our farmers Mr.
q Deuel., the county expert, with tn
e assistance of Agent Simpson of Gale
l. donia county and c.. w. Richmond
S secretary treasurer, showed the farme
y some of the savings to be made j
IS tie use of home-mixed fertilizers. a,
e also exhibited corn, oats and gras
ee grown by the meal Of chemicals. A
It actual saving of ten dollars per to-
was made by giving the same amour
I. of actual plant food as demonstrate
y by this home-mixing method, and tire
r dollars worth of chemicals were show
- to have changed land producing four
E fifths of ton of grass per acre +
Is two and one-tenth tons. An exhibit O
oats was shown where old worn ~,