FRANKLIN COUNTY SOCIETY. 



This Societj, numbering 400 members, held its Annual Show at 

 Farmington, Oct. 3d, 4th and 5th. No report of the Exhibition 

 has been received. 



Some of the premiums awarded were as follows : 



For best Devon bull, to Leonard T. Vosmus, of Now Sharon, 

 for 'Androscoggin,' bred by A. C. Mitchell. Auburn, calved 

 May 1857, by Caledonia, (379 Devon Herd Book, Vol. 3.) out of 

 ' Beauty,' Beauty by ' Winchester' out of Beauty, bred by Messrs. 

 Hurlburt, of Winchester, Conn., — valued at ^300. 



For second best, to Stephen P. Littlefield, of Wilton. 



To the same, for best Devon cow, bred by Frederick Smith, Vt. 



For best short horn bull, to Thomas Allen, of Wilton, for ' Athol 

 Duke,' bred by D. B. Eight, Duchess Co., New York, 1857. 



For second best, to Almon Brown, for one sired by ' Bay State,' 

 out of 'Lady Bay State,' bred by Wardsworth. 



For best bull calf, to Thomas Allen. 



For second do., do., to Philip Norcross. 



For best Short horn cow, to Alexander Hillman, of Farmington. 



For second best, to Thomas Allen. 



For best Short horn heifer, to Alexander Hillman of Farminirton. 



For second best, to Almon Brown, of Wilton. 



For best fine wool buck, to Elijah Norton, of Farmington, — bred 

 in Enfield, N. H.; fleece weighed 11 lbs. washed wool. 



For second best, to the same. 



For best South Down buck, to C. K. Adams, of Wilton — bred 

 from stock imported by Daniel Webster. 



Middle wool sheep — breed not stated — shown by Henry Clark 

 and H. Adams, of Wilton. Also Cotswolds, and others, by L. H. 

 Greenwood, James Allen, and others. 



For best boar, (Chester) to David Ingham, Farmington. 



For best breeding sow, to Z. H. Greenwood, of Farmington — bred 

 by Thos. Wood, Penningtonville, Pa. 



