NORTH KNOX SOCIETY. 



NORTH KNOX SOCIETY. 



By William Gleason, Secretary. 



The Eighth Annual Exhibition of this Society was held at 

 McLain's Mills in Appleton, on the 3d, 4th and 5th of October. 



Entries were made as follows : field crops, 23 ; dairy, 15 ; horses 

 and colts, 41 ; beef, 3 ; sheep, swine and poultry, 20 ; cows and 

 heifers, 22 ; town teams, 3 ; matched oxen and steers, 5 yoke ; 

 fruit, 35 ; steers, 13 ; cabinet work, 6 ; household manufactures, 

 92 ; flowers, 23 ; preserves, jellies and honey, 36 ; bulls, It ; herds, 

 4 ; agricultural implements, 5 ; roots and vegetables, 42. 



Field crops, as represented by samples, were good. John Pier- 

 pont reports 6I5 bushels wheat on 300 rods ; L. Keating, corn, 28 

 bushels, 78 rods ; Charles Titus, T bushels beans, 40 rods ; and 

 others whose crops were probably equal. Some very fine horses 

 and colts were on exhibition. D. A. Payson, G. S. Pendleton, 

 E. A. Payson, and N. Gould were exhibitors. Dr. "Clough of 

 Liberty, had a two years old colt on exhibition weighing 1,330 

 pounds. 



Some very fine butter and cheese was presented. Mrs. Na- 

 thaniel Alford obtained first premium on sage cheese, also on 

 butter; Mr. F. A. Gushee on cheese. 



In sheep, etc., there was a lively contest, some excellent 

 animals being presented. The department of cows and heifers 

 was well represented but not as numerously as would be desir- 

 able. Butter and cheese consumers need not despair. All is 

 well. 



Of town teams, only two were present, and those were sufficient 

 to cause the knights of the goad stick to give an approving smile. 

 Some fine pairs of matched oxen and steers were presented, and 

 although the cattle were fat, the number was lean. In fruits, we 

 do not think that the department has been so well represented 

 since the fair at Warren, in 1870. The plan adopted by the pres- 

 ent board of trustees will serve to bring forward new kinds to add 

 to the list of fruit. 



Bulls — some splendid animals. We noticed two two-years old 

 grade Durharas, by Leander Eastman, and J. T. Creighton ; two 

 grade calves, J. T. Creighton and Silas Hawes. 



Agricultural implements entries small. Eagle Mower, by II. 

 M. Cole, a cultivator by II. Glidden ; hand rakes by H. N. Titus ; 

 all good articles. The Advance Mower, which was put on exhibi- 



