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THE GENESEE FARlfER. 



prize which it received. Of yearling bulls there 

 ••was but one shown— a very fine one, " Lord Mayor 

 of Oxford," owned by Elihu GIripfin, of Clinton 

 -Corners, Duchess county. The red bull calf, owned 

 iy T. L. Eaeison, of St. Lawrence county, and 

 which took the first prize, is a very fine animal of 

 great promise; as is also the red calf of GKOUfrE 

 Butts, of Manlius, which took the second prize. 

 The competition was very close. 



Of Shorthorn cows, three years old and np- 

 •wards, there was a very fine ring. "Blooming 

 Heather," bred by Samuel Thorne, and owned by 

 George 11. Brown, of Washington Hollow, Duch- 

 ess county, took the first prize, and Mr. Cornell's 

 "Lilly Languish" the second. The red cow, 

 •' Cyprus," owned by E. Griffin, and which was 

 awarded the third prize, is also worthy of mention. 

 The heifer calves shown by E. Cornell, of Ithaca, 

 and George Butts, of Manlius, were two as good 

 calves as were ever exiiibited at our State Fair. 



Of Herefords the show was not large, but the 

 animals were of a superior quality. Mr. E. Corn- 

 ing, Jr., of Albany, carried off all the prizes. 



Aniong-the Devons were some excellent animals, 

 bat none that need be specially alluded to. 



The Ayrsiiires were well represented. This 

 excellent milking breed is steadily gaining a foot- 

 hold in the dairy districts of the State. The cows 

 shown by Messrs. Brodie, Campbell & Co., aro 

 models of beauty. 



Of Alderneys the show was in no way remark- 

 able, either in numbers or quality. 

 sheep. 



"We have heard much of the prevalenco'of the 

 "iiheep fever," and had expected a large show, but 

 in this we were disappointed. All the various 

 Merino breeds were this year included in one class, 

 and some of the breeders of Spanish sheep com- 

 plained that it was not fair to make them compete 

 ■with the Silesian, which is a larger breed of sheep. 

 Be this as it may, the Spanish sheep were but 

 meagerly represented. Of Silesian, Mr. W. Cham- 

 berlain, of Red Hook, N. Y., showed forty-two 

 head, and carried off nearly all the prizes. We 

 have 80 frequently alluded to these sheep that it is 

 winecessary to say more than that they fully main- 

 tain the high character so generally accorded to 

 them,, We noticed one pen of Spanish Merino 

 ewes shown by Cuesteb Baker, of Lafayette, On- 

 ondaga county, N. Y., which were very handsome. 

 Of Grade Mkrinoes there was a good display, 

 principally from the flock of Mr. Chamberlain. 

 They were from the ordinary Merino sheep of the 



country crossed with a Silesian buck, and cer- 

 tainly possessed many excellent qualities. 



Of Southdown sheep tlie show was not large, 

 but there were some excellent specimens exhibited 

 by Jacob Lokillard, of Fordhum, and E. Cornell, 

 of Ithac.i. 



The Shropshire-Down ram exhibited by Mr. 

 Lokillard was a remarkably fine sheep, and we 

 regret that Mr. L. was not a larger exhibitor. 



Of CoTSWOLUS and Leioesters there were some 

 noble-looking specimens. We class them together 

 because we can not but. believe that the modern 

 Leicesters owe much of their great size to the in- 

 fusion of Cotswold blood at a more or less remote 

 period. We deem this no objection to them. The 

 breed has undoubtedly become established, but it 

 would be well to give them some other name. The- 

 genuine pure bred Leicester is a much smallei 

 sheep than those shown in Canada and in this 

 State, and we believe in Scotland, under that name 



JuEiAN WiNNE, of Albany, sliowed some splen 

 did specimens of this breed, which attracted muci; 

 attention from their great size. Brodie, Camp- 

 bell & Co., as usual, were large exhibitors in thif 

 class, and carried off many of the prizes. James 

 F. Converse, of Woodville, Jefferson county 

 showed some very fair Cotswolds, and we wen 

 much pleased with some splendid Cotswold anc 

 Leicesters shown by Luther Lawyer, of Percl 

 Riv£r, Jefferson county. 



PIGS. 



The show of swine was confined almost exclu 

 sively to the large breeds. Where are the SuffoU 

 and Essex breeders? It can not be that the larg- 

 breeds have driven them out of the State! 



The Yorkshires and Cheshires were well repre: 

 sen ted. In fact, we have rarely seen a finer shov- 

 of these large breeds of pigs. John F. Conversb 

 of Ellisburg, Jefferson county, exhibited a Yorki 

 shire boar that is the best we have seen for somi 

 time— long, square-bodied, entirely white, with 

 good head and remarkably-fine upright ears. Sev 

 eral of the Yorkshires shown were narrow on th 

 shoulders. The Cheshire hogs first attracted ou, 

 attention at the State Fair at Watertown in 186]! 

 Tliis breed seems to be confined almost entirely t' 

 Jefferson county. One of the pigs attracted muc 

 attention at the State Fair at Watertown in 18G: 

 on account of his great size. He was then sixtee 

 months old, and was said to weigh 700 pound 

 He was owned by T. T. Cavanagh. Mr. C. ej 

 hibits a Img this year (we presume the same om 

 that weighs 1,100 pounds. He la 6 feet 10 incht 



