New Britain herald., 1916-09-15

 'eocolteu the goverHor ,o the stanu. The executive party consisted ot GoV- ernor Marcus II. Holcomb; Adjutant General George M. Cole, Surgeon Gen eral Phineas II. IngalIs, Commissary General William C. Cheney, Rear Ad- 1n1ral w. s. CoWles. Major General John M. Brooks, Major Samuel Rus sell of Middletown, E. Kent Hubbard, Judge Isaac Wolfe, F. c. Bushnell, James w. Howarth and Byron Mor- gan of Middletown, N. Y.. and Major William H. Lyons of Meriden.
 Governors Address.
 Governor Holcomb was introduced by Colonel Jarvis, President of the Agricultural society, and he spoke briefly to the assembled crowd. His address in substance follows:
 Friends: l want to congratulate you first upon the weather. I came over here year ago and I think l lost forty-five pounds because of the weather. Now I am invited to address you on the subject of agri- culture. My experience in agricul- ture was limited to milking seven or eight cows fortyfive years ago and 1 have not had anything to do with agriculture since; so l shall not at tempt to address this audience on this subject. I want to congratulate you upon this fair. which has become more and more of a success as years have gone on. l came across a few statistics relating to agriculture in Connecticut in 1S45. You will be astounded to see the changes that have occurred in this state since that time." The governor referred to the time about 1850, when New Britain was a parish of Berlin, with a pOpu- lation of 3,417, and later, when it was set off and to it's growth at the pres ent time with an estimated popula- ton of 55,000. He referred to jOtting down a few statistics which he used in comparison. "New Britain,'' he said, lis typical. progressive town, and affords a wonderful market for Berlin and all the outside toWns''
 The governor pointed out the value of the Connecticut Agricultural col lege and the increasing and attrac- tive methods of teaching agriculture and the increased intelligence with which farming is carried on today. Today, he said. the farmers find @ ready market at their very doors com pared with years ago. "In conclusion" said the governor, 1T congratulate you upon the fair and it's success. It is the biggest and most successful agri- cultural fair in Connecticut. I can prove this by the statement of Colonel Jarvis, who told me so on the way down and no one can dispute 1t. I hope the fair will go on and become more and moro attractive to it's young men. The reason that I did not wish to become governor two years ago was because l wanted to go back to the old Litchfield farm, but now that I am nominated I wish to postpone the trip to the old farm for two years more."
 Grand Parade of Cattle.
 One of the big features of the fair the parade of working cattle, for which the Berlin exhibition is famous, was held yesterday The parade was headed by the Connecticut Agricul- tural College exhibit led by Dragon Junior. a coal black tWo-year-o Percheron The animal weighs about 1,7OO pounds and is a magnificent specimen of horselesh. Then came Continental the college prize Here 1 ford bull, with his herd. There were l nearly 100 yokes of working cattle in l the parade. Nathan Beardsley of Roxbury with a pair of Devon bulls driven tandem led this division and then came 20 yoke of Devon cattle belonging to the Beardsley outfit.
 Others represented in the parade were: Payne Brothers of Portland with 20 pair and Bevans & Purple from East Hampton with 24 yokes.
 Late in the afternoon F. s. Me Mahon paraded his string of cham pion Holsteins before the judges stand. This herd was headed by grand champion, Judge Henreveld Ormsby. The judge has peppery disposition and the attendants took no chances with his bullship, having the huge beast in close leash.
 Fruit Awards.
 Awards in the fruit department are announced as follows:
 A. B. Howard & Son, Belchertown,
 Mass.
 Apples-Largest collection, first; ten varieties, second; six varieties third Baldwin, second; Ben Davis, second; Chenango, first; Fall Pippin, first; Fameuse, first; Johnathan, sec ond; Maiden's Blush, second; Me- Intosh, red, first; Oldenburg, first; Peck's Pleasant second; Red Astra- chan first; Rhode Island Greening, second; Rome Beauty, second; Sutton, first; Sweet Rough, first; Seek-no- Further, second; Spitzenburg, second; Wealthy first; Bailey Sweet first; De- Iicious, first; Golden Pippin, second; King David, second; Lawber, second; Jiye1anH Raspberry first: Red June second.
 Pears-Col1ection, first; Vicar of Wakefield, first; Bouesock, first; Clairgeau, first; Clapps Favorite sec ond; Flemish Beauty, second; Keiffer, I G1.St I .QlliSe Ron