Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-31

/ Frank Gilbert of Pennington car
ried away first honors in many entries
! in the barred Plymouth Rock class.
He had large exhibit, and that his
birds are good ones was shown by the
number of firsts they took. He got
sonnet srong competition from A. j.
Remission of Carmel, who gave Mr..
/ Gilbert hard fight for honors. Mr..
Keniston's exhibit of buff Plymouths,
or buff Rocks, as seems to be the
OFFICIAL and learned term for them,
was, also especially good, the birds
winning number of prizes. Burleigh
A. Jones. who sent his exhibits from
his farms in Lakeport. n. H., was the
. leader among the exhibitors of blue
and barred Rocks. His birds seemed
! to be the favorites with the judges.
and we'll they might be. for they were
good birds, both from an aesthetic
and a practical point of view. NJ. D.
! Hutchinson of Waterville and Will
! liam NJ. Malcolm of South Berwick
split honors for silver penciled Rocks.
J Mr.. Gilbert'S single comb blue Orp-
ingtons We're among the best of this
breed exhibited, and drew most of the
prizes. Arthur j. Corbett of Farm
ington led among the exhibitors of
single comb black Orpingtons, and
B. A. Jones of LakepoIt. n. H, in ad-
dition to his prizes from other breeds,
was one of the foremost in taking
prizes with single comb buff Orpihg-
! tons. Olin Sawyer of Pennington
took a great many prizes for various
entries of silver Wyandottes. Ida
Fletcher of Oakland was by far the
best exhibitor of white Wyandottes,
which are beautiful birds. c. l. Davis
, of Waterville, the superintendent OF
the department showed his fitness for
the position when his single comb
: Rhode Island Reds ran away with
practically every prize in the class.
! In addition to the WE'LL known arts
/ tocrats of the hen world named above,
there We're some other interesting Wis
itorS to the fair. who We're for the
time living in the poultry tent. Some
of them have never been here before
There is one sedate appearing old
bird well feathered out as to body
. but with a long, wrinkly and exceed
ingly naked neck. Navy a feather APP
pears on that neck 1t is a wonder
that the bird doesn't die of a sore
throat. but she appears to be thriv-
ing. She is a German naked neck, ex-
hibited by p. a. Jones of Lakeport. n
II. Also there is a bird, they say
which seems to be a mass of down or
cotton. or mild weed seeds. They
are Klondille fluffs, also the property
of B. E. Jones.
| There are some beautiful pigeons
on exhibition of all varieties from
the fantail to the homer. They are
very attractive birds, and merit the
| attention they have received from
the children NJ l. Manson of Oak
land had Tuesday afternoon won all
prizes in the department. although
the judges had not then finished
their verdicts.
/ In the Cattle Sheds
| The cattle department is easily
one of the best features of this
years fair Those in charge have
worked hard to get men to send
their beasts to the fair, and their eff
forts have been we'll rewarded. The
, by those who ought , know to be
the best Hereford display in New
England. Practically every Here
! ford breeder in this region is rep
resented in this class by one or M ore
entries. These Herefords' are solid
looking animals. The Guernsey and
, Ayrshire herds on exhibition are fine
, cattle, but there is prevalent feelings
that in consideration % the number
of these animals raised n ahe State
the herds are far too small. 1t IS
! Hoped that next year the breeders of
these cattle will have a larger dis
play.
The Connecticut agricultural col
lege has a fine display of Herefords
! HOlSteinS and Polled Angus cattle
I They are the only cattle from any
state college which, are on exhibit
ton. The management of the cattle
department spoke most enthusiast
cally and gratefully of the many
friends from out of the state who
have contributed SO much to the
success of the fair as regards cattle
They mentioned especially Frederick
f. Brewster of New Haven, Conn.,
and Professor H. l.. Garrigus of the
Connecticut Agricultural college
saying of the last man that he is
without doubt the strongest force in
New England for the betterment OF
agriculture in these states. The su-
perintendent of the department
Harry ID. Eaton, spoke very highly
of the young men who had come tC
the fair to show their cattle. He
said that in many cases they were
the sons of fathers who had bred
cattle before them.
Judges at Work
I AS yet, the judges have not made
their decisions on any cattle other
than the Herefords. Prize whining
in. this class was somewhat divid-
ed, although the Stetson brothers OF
Wuterville took a large part of the
money. Their graded herd, young
herd and calf herd were fine cattle
7, They We're the only ones entered in
this class and the first two herds
were awarded second prize. while
the last herd to both first and sec
ond. +. L. Walker and c. w. Walk
er of Canton took firsts in the three
Il year-old bull contest and the senior
bull calf contest respectively. Their
animals were Agricola Legis and
King Valdessa Finderve respectively
In many other competitions, the
stetson brothers were consistent
winners.
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