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Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, .mechanics and tne Use In I Art's dS^S-KI 1 RICHMOND, NOV. 15,1856. .Holloway 6c Oo., Publishers'^ ' Vol.V. i ,...*■»•■ 22. Fifth Annual Fair of the Indiana State Agricultural Society. .*■:,-■ CATTLE. Compared with last year/the exhibition of cattle in some respects is not so good. Among the bulls, we do not find' Gold Dttst, of Putnam; Belmont, of Fayette, and Prince of Wales,* of Putnam. But Balco, of Wayne; Lord Albsrt Turley, of Hendricks; Fancy Boy, and others, uphold the reputation of the bulls. In addition, wo have several promising young ones, among 1 which may be especially named King of Trumps, ah imported bull, owned by George Davidson, of Wayne county; Sir Ido, exhibited by V. Lingenfelter, of Hendricks county; Perfection by James Allen of Putnam, a calf from Fancy Boy. ..-" " .■.:":.'•■."- "' */"; Among older bulls not exhibited here before, are Tom Dillard, from Gold Dust; Niagara, from Miami county, Ohio; Commodore, from Hendricks, county; Gold Finder, Jr., from Owen county, Kentucky—by Dr. Gale; Thomas, from .Decatur county, owned by 0. P. C. Evans, and imported by tbe Scioto Importing Company There are many fine cows and heifers, and some yearlings of high promise. The calves are not numerously represented, but among them is a heifer, Strawberry—not yet a year old, owned by Solomon Meredith, of Wayne county, and recently purchased by him from R. G. Corwin, of Ohio, which was calved by Mr. Corwin's Strawberry' and sired by his bull New Year's Day. ' We understand that this calf cost two thousand dollars, a high price, but it gives promise. ": Among'the cows shown are some by Mr. Linginfelter, by Meredith, by Joseph Allen, and by Mr. Matlock. The number exhibited by the largest owners, are as follows: Matlock, of Hendricks, 20 head. Meredith, of Wayne, 15 •• Linginfelter, of Hendricks, 13 ■■ Davidson, of Wayne, 11 -' Joseph Allen, of Putnam, 4 " Dr. Gales & Brothers, Owen co. Ky. 5 " Charles Lowder, Hendricks, 4 " Baker & Wolverton, Decatur, 4 '' Of fatted cattle, the exhibition presents . some gross specimens" Davidson comes up as usual with the fatness of Old Wayne.— We laid thc tape on his barren heifer, 5 years old, and found her girth, behind > the; shoulders, to be, 7. feet IL.inches; around.jthe. paunch 8 fe"et 9inches; across the hips 2 feet 6inches. _ ■■; < Mr. Tweed, of Marion, shows a Durham steer, raised in Kentucky, that stands 16 1-2 hands high;, girts 9 feet, is 2 feet 7 inches across the hips, and weighs 3000 pounds, at 5 years of age. There aire several others, of lesser note, but show how superior is the fattening quality of the Durham. , •;; . ' ; In workingoxen there is scarcely anything. We regret this, because: few more useful animals on the farm can* be found, than a well broken yoke. .Why this, is, we cannot tell, because there are good working cattle in the State. We ought to give them,more prominence in our Exhibitions. ' -,- ■ *.'. j We notized 11 Devons,.but could find np owner. Again we repeat, that the difficulty which besets the reporter is too great to be overcome, in gathering information, when no cards or notices, are posted up on the stalls, to show the owner's name and residence, the' age, and breed or breeds of his stock. • Why is it, that exhibitors and breeders will come here, and so act, that not even the reporter can find them or the character of his stock, and go away in' consequence, unknown to visitor and the people of the State? MANUFACTURERS' HALL, The department devoted to domestic manufactures is well filled, and , strong, competition exists in many of the articles. In knit stocks and flannels, jeans aud kerseys, the variety is large and the entries numerous. Mary Ann Glover, Orange county; Fanny Brennaman, Marion county; Mrs. A. Black, Hancock county, show some domestic, products in the shape of flannel and other woven goods, that * do their manufacturers much credit^ -, . . .1 ■:■■.' **.'" ■'- The cotton .diaper and tow linen fabrics shown by Miss Alice Williams, Muneie, and Mrs. N. A. Coleman, Johnson county, are foremost in quality in the domestic products of the loom. A sample of linen thread, by Mrs. Wm. Hull. Marion county, is very fine, smooth and strong. .'•.** : .*•':■■ ;: In carpets the competition is not as large as we have seen before, but the articles, some of them especially, arc of decidedly superiot merit. One article we noticed wove in flow-' ers and figures as nicely as any products of factories where carpet weaving is made a feature. In our note taking, we have forgot-
Object Description
Title | Indiana farmer, 1856, v. 05, no. 22 (Nov. 15) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA0522 |
Date of Original | 1856 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | United States - Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or not-for-profit purposes. |
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Title | Page 337 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or non-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Digitization Information | Orignal scanned at 300 ppi on a Bookeye 3 scanner using internal software. Display images generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
Transcript | Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, .mechanics and tne Use In I Art's dS^S-KI 1 RICHMOND, NOV. 15,1856. .Holloway 6c Oo., Publishers'^ ' Vol.V. i ,...*■»•■ 22. Fifth Annual Fair of the Indiana State Agricultural Society. .*■:,-■ CATTLE. Compared with last year/the exhibition of cattle in some respects is not so good. Among the bulls, we do not find' Gold Dttst, of Putnam; Belmont, of Fayette, and Prince of Wales,* of Putnam. But Balco, of Wayne; Lord Albsrt Turley, of Hendricks; Fancy Boy, and others, uphold the reputation of the bulls. In addition, wo have several promising young ones, among 1 which may be especially named King of Trumps, ah imported bull, owned by George Davidson, of Wayne county; Sir Ido, exhibited by V. Lingenfelter, of Hendricks county; Perfection by James Allen of Putnam, a calf from Fancy Boy. ..-" " .■.:":.'•■."- "' */"; Among older bulls not exhibited here before, are Tom Dillard, from Gold Dust; Niagara, from Miami county, Ohio; Commodore, from Hendricks, county; Gold Finder, Jr., from Owen county, Kentucky—by Dr. Gale; Thomas, from .Decatur county, owned by 0. P. C. Evans, and imported by tbe Scioto Importing Company There are many fine cows and heifers, and some yearlings of high promise. The calves are not numerously represented, but among them is a heifer, Strawberry—not yet a year old, owned by Solomon Meredith, of Wayne county, and recently purchased by him from R. G. Corwin, of Ohio, which was calved by Mr. Corwin's Strawberry' and sired by his bull New Year's Day. ' We understand that this calf cost two thousand dollars, a high price, but it gives promise. ": Among'the cows shown are some by Mr. Linginfelter, by Meredith, by Joseph Allen, and by Mr. Matlock. The number exhibited by the largest owners, are as follows: Matlock, of Hendricks, 20 head. Meredith, of Wayne, 15 •• Linginfelter, of Hendricks, 13 ■■ Davidson, of Wayne, 11 -' Joseph Allen, of Putnam, 4 " Dr. Gales & Brothers, Owen co. Ky. 5 " Charles Lowder, Hendricks, 4 " Baker & Wolverton, Decatur, 4 '' Of fatted cattle, the exhibition presents . some gross specimens" Davidson comes up as usual with the fatness of Old Wayne.— We laid thc tape on his barren heifer, 5 years old, and found her girth, behind > the; shoulders, to be, 7. feet IL.inches; around.jthe. paunch 8 fe"et 9inches; across the hips 2 feet 6inches. _ ■■; < Mr. Tweed, of Marion, shows a Durham steer, raised in Kentucky, that stands 16 1-2 hands high;, girts 9 feet, is 2 feet 7 inches across the hips, and weighs 3000 pounds, at 5 years of age. There aire several others, of lesser note, but show how superior is the fattening quality of the Durham. , •;; . ' ; In workingoxen there is scarcely anything. We regret this, because: few more useful animals on the farm can* be found, than a well broken yoke. .Why this, is, we cannot tell, because there are good working cattle in the State. We ought to give them,more prominence in our Exhibitions. ' -,- ■ *.'. j We notized 11 Devons,.but could find np owner. Again we repeat, that the difficulty which besets the reporter is too great to be overcome, in gathering information, when no cards or notices, are posted up on the stalls, to show the owner's name and residence, the' age, and breed or breeds of his stock. • Why is it, that exhibitors and breeders will come here, and so act, that not even the reporter can find them or the character of his stock, and go away in' consequence, unknown to visitor and the people of the State? MANUFACTURERS' HALL, The department devoted to domestic manufactures is well filled, and , strong, competition exists in many of the articles. In knit stocks and flannels, jeans aud kerseys, the variety is large and the entries numerous. Mary Ann Glover, Orange county; Fanny Brennaman, Marion county; Mrs. A. Black, Hancock county, show some domestic, products in the shape of flannel and other woven goods, that * do their manufacturers much credit^ -, . . .1 ■:■■.' **.'" ■'- The cotton .diaper and tow linen fabrics shown by Miss Alice Williams, Muneie, and Mrs. N. A. Coleman, Johnson county, are foremost in quality in the domestic products of the loom. A sample of linen thread, by Mrs. Wm. Hull. Marion county, is very fine, smooth and strong. .'•.** : .*•':■■ ;: In carpets the competition is not as large as we have seen before, but the articles, some of them especially, arc of decidedly superiot merit. One article we noticed wove in flow-' ers and figures as nicely as any products of factories where carpet weaving is made a feature. In our note taking, we have forgot- |
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