Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-11
apparently much the best ever seen

apparently much the best ever seen
In Maine.
-Four herds gave the Judge. w.
Arthur Simpson Of Lyndonville, VT,
plenty of opportunity for the exer-
else OF Judgment in making his de-
cisions but he was there with the
goods and delivered them.
Jefferson Farms is the Oldest ana
the best, probably because II mas
more of q herd to draw from but r,
w. Glenck Of Belfast was close be-
hind and will be troublesome COM
petitor in the future.
Grandview Farm of Strong was
lust back from a trip to Vermont
where 1t has cleaned up at the
principal and goes from here to
Massachusetts and New Hampshire
for two weeks before returning for
the big show at Pennington. The
blacks OF Miss Ida Lancaster OF
Corinna needed just little more OF
conditioning to compete with these
others.
The beef Shorthorns Of Harold
Whitman Of Buckf1eld were pretty
nearly irwin here which made up the
real beef breeds.
Milking Shorthorns shown by
Hobbs Of Acton, Gilbert. OF greene
and Berry Of Litchfeld found the
first named as usual in the LEAD;
Holsteins were not large class
nothing like Bangor and better than
Wateryille. Ayrshires were from
Andrews Of Exeter Read OF DIX
mont and Fields of Greene. Guern-
, seys were not as good as had hoped
/ to see.
their same good cattle as at Bangor
and Waterville, Berry OF Mon
mouth too, and Skolfeld Of Bruins
wick.
F. A. Hunt Of Winthrop brought
down four head and won three hrst
| prizes and a second and was in COM
petition with himself in the class
where the red came to him. He was
we'll pleased when his year old bun
| Valiants Hero, went through to the
| grand championship after being nrst
yearling and Junior champion.
There was large number OF
JERSEYS present and as usual those
! that have been in the business long
est were the best fortified for win
ming. The new herds shown were
from C. r. King, South Paris, Mr..
| Bradford of Turner, cows which
have won metals for high class
dairy work, and Miss Alice Sylvester
| of Greene who has exhibited some
] formerly.
! Clovercrest Farm of Charleston
and c. E. & A. ]. Luce of Farming
| ton were the other exhibitors and
won the larger proportions of the
cash prizes and ribbons. Several de-
cisions made by Prof. McNutt at
Bangor were different here and
Prof. McNutt has a country wide
| reputation.
| Sheep were shown about the same
as at Waterville and by the same
parties most Of whom did q little
| better than at that town, Stratton
, Stock Farm of Winslow and Sunset
Ridge Farm of the Messrs Ellis of
Fairfield brought a lot Of honors to
old kennebec.
| There were but six pairs OF oxen
| and steers at Waterville this year,
| three pairs being from F. o. Berry
| &, Son of Litchfield and three pairs
by Edgar Wyman of Benton. There
was a nice pair of steer calves IN
| this lot that We're we'll matched. All
| Of the steers were Of Hereford blood
as Is usually the case.
! T. G. Burleigh of Vassalboro
brought up seven head of pure bred
| Herefords but has not said whether
| he expects to show again in u or
not.
Not all eastern Maine farmers
| looked over the Central Maine Fair
at Waterville, but such as did found
| favorable weather and good
| quality of stock. There were fewer
cattle and more sheep and quite an
aggregation of swine. There were
| fewer race horses Of course than at
| Bangor for the Aroostook horses had
gone home and Ellsworth drew a
| few, hardly of the calibre that could
compete successfully but the steeds
| that Gorham drew were such as
would have fitted in very well at
Waterville.
There was a lot of fault found
| with the scaling down Of stock
premiums among exhibitors and the
suggestion that no second prizes
| were to be paid where the comp
etition was confined to but one herd
| or flock evoked a storm of protest
| from the stockmen there fore
gathered.
With four days, yes FIVE. counting
| the automobile races with fair
weather there should be no question
as to a fair amount of money for the
stock department next year for if
such may not be the case it would
seem that there was no really logical
reason for the continuance of the
! fair.
Waterville. is centrally located in
| the heart of the real agricultural
section of Maine where much of the
best stock is to be found
1t was at the request of Maine
breeders that the cattle and sheep
from other states were barred from
exhibiting thus lowering the stand
ard from by far the best of the
State Fairs to the lowest. The mod
est request of Massachusetts
breeder to be allowed to show four
head of cattle of a beef breed was
as l understand it. turned down.
Good purses are necessitated to
secure good horses and without good
racing most fair managers feel they
realize what would happen.
The management at Waterville is
young, capable and progressive but
it must dig up a little more money
for stock premiums and show their
interest in neat stock in order to
keep the people along with them.
It takes everything to make a Fair.
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