Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-04
WITH THE CATTLE Finest Stock in the County Included Among the Entries.

Always an exhibition of interest to l farmers and non farmers alike at any
 iair IS that of the cattle and the ex- l hibition at the New London County
 Fair is no exception as was shown by 1 the large crowd of sightseers that visited the exhibitions along the
 southern and eastern fences at the l tatr grounds on the opening day l Close to g. hundred and fifty head
 of the finest stock in the county are
 shown at the fair and include many
 breeds such as Jerseys. Guernseys, AXrshires and other thorou ghbred | stock. Many breeds of livestock which were shown last year are on the grounds this season with even better | records than a year previous. many fairs in the state.
 Among the most prominent of the exhibits are those of c. s. Briggs of Lebanon. James B. Palmer of Lisbon,
 James p. Lathrop and John D. Avery hibits are several pens of swine, in- cluding Berkshires, Yorkshires and o. | C.'s and are shown by. George G. of Silver Beach Spring Farm. The exhibit of c. S. Briggs includes IS head of thoroughbred stock, and Jersey bull. Sally's Peter Torment who weighs about a thousand pounds and is one of the finest of the breed. There is one yearling bull. Gertie's Gold Boy who attracts much attention, being a fine looking specimen of the. stock sAl- so in the exhibit Of 26 head are two calves. three three-year-o -olds, two two year-olds, two yearlings and & young, herd.
 George A. Kahn. who for the past twenty-one years has exhibited at the blooded Ayrshires which includes many prize winners and pedigree cat .le. There are several calves on ex- hibition in the herd.
 The exbihifinp of ha Farm, John D. Avery of North Ston- ington, proprietor. Is one worthy of
 mention as 1t has Is head of registered Ayrshires and four bulls which weigh
 J. B. Palmer of, Round Hill farm as usual has his exhibition of cattle and steers and is one that never fails to attract attention. In this exhibit are many registered cows and many which have passed most successful tests. Also Mir. Palmer exhibits seven penS of swine among which are two sows with filters of eight and nine pigs. ski are of pure Berkshire stock and are certainly neat looking animals. Tn this exhibit are several filters of pigs of varying ages.
 thoroughbred Berkshires on exhibi- tfon and here are to be seen the finest in the state in the Berkshire line. MT. Grant makes speciality of Berl1shires uuQ cACu year HIS AtOCk SHOWS the results of his endeavors.
 An old exhibitor. B. N. OBrien. of Mohegan. has his herd of 40 head on the grounds and included in this herd is one of the finest Ayrshire bulls to be seen in the state.
 The sheep exhibited at the fair this 1 year were of high order but the mum. Der was . great deal less than in l years previous.
 Among the other live stock at the i fair were several fine appearing an l gora goats of a good strain. |
 One of the exhibits which attracted ] much attention was that of . two year-old deer which was shown by \ Jake Bokon of Raymond Hill. The | buck had we'll developed antlers and | was caught on Raymond Hill when ! only a few weeks old. Mir. Bolsoff all l so exhibits a large Holstein bull.
 There was an exhibition of several | ponies which came in for their share of attention. as did the herd of steers and the several fine specimen of oxen which were shown by the different ex- 
 James E. Lathrop. an old exhibitor, showed some hne Jersey stock which one young herd and several COWS of record stock.