VAN BUREN COUNTY. PAW PAW, JUNE 29, 1857, J. C. HOLMES, Esq., Sec'y Mich. State Agricultural Society: SIR-I send you a list of premiums awarded at our Sixth Annual Fair and Cattle Show, held at Paw Paw, Oct. 8th and 9th, 1856. A good display of articles were on exhibition, far exceeding that of the year previous. Our Society is in quite a flourishing conditition. The Annual Address was delivered by the Hon. Mr. BALCH, of Kalamazoo, which was a beautiful, practical and eloquent effort, and well adapted to the occasion. The Society then proceeded to the election of its officers for the ensuing year, which resulted as follows, to wit: President-Edwin Barnum. Secretary-O. H. P. Sheldon. Treasurer-E. Mather. Executive Committee-Henry Barnum, Loyal Crane, Jay R. Monroe, Daniel Gage, Amos S. Brown. Adjourned. O. H. P. SHELDON, Secretary. Our Fair for this year is to be held at Paw Paw, Oct. 6th and 7th. LIST OF PREMIUMS Awarded at the Sixth Annual Fair of the Van Buren County Agricultural Society, held at Paw Paw, October 8th and 9th, 1856: HORSES. BLOOD STALLIONS. Best stalhon, Morgan, 5 years old, Walter Durkee, $4.00 2d best stallion, Highlander, 8 years old, G. F. Harrington,.... $3 00 Best stallion, foreign, Elisha Landon,.. 4.00 $3.00 2. 00 3 00 2.00 2.00 66 M. Leighty,.. 1 50 -- 2d best " Peter Harwick,. Best horse colt 3 years old, M. Merriman,. 2d best 66 3 Best horse colt under 1 year old, Amos Deming,... .2d best 66 66 1 66 James Brooks,.. Best pair matched carriage horses 5 years old, A. T. Norton,.. 2.00 1 50 2.00 1 50 1 50 100 1 50 100 1.00 75 4. 00 Best pair matched horses for all work, 6 years old, Ismon & Man ning, 4 00 2d best pair matched horses for all work, R. M. Haynes, ...... Best pair matched horses, foreign, 5 and 6 years old, S. P. Cady, 4 00 2d best pair matched colts 2 years old, A. S. Downing,... Best single horse 7 years old, Ismon & Manning,....... 175 65 Mrs. A. Warner,. 1 25 3 00 "6 L. R. Anderson,.... 2.00 3.00 JOSEPH GILMAN, ELISHA DURKEE, FRANKLIN OWEN, Committee. CATTLE. CLASS I.-FULL BLOODS AND GRADES. Best Durham bull 5 years old, J. L.Van Ness, Best short horn bull 4 years old, Tuttle & Harrington, .... 2d " $3.00 3 00 Best Devon bull 3 years old, Harrington & Branch... ..... 2. 00 2 00 1 50 3 00 Best bull cross of Durham and Devon 1 year old, Wm. & N. Fox, 1 50 Best Devon cow 6 years old, Tuttle & Harrington, 3 00 Best working oxen, 6 years old, Mrs. C. Hawley, $3.00 Best fat cow, Leonard Maxhan, ... "domestic cow 9 years old, Samuel Hoppin, ... 2d best domestic cow 7 years old, N. M. Pugsley, Best heifer 2 years old, R. Mather,.... 2d best heifer 2 years old, Leman Carley,..... Best heifer 1 year old, M. L. Fitch, $2.00 2.00 100 125 88 1 00 50 75 50 50 DANIEL ABBOTT, BASWELL CURTIS, Judges. Best grade buck French merino, N. K. Pugsley,..... Best pen 3 grade ewes, Spanish, Samuel Hoppin, Best pen 2 grade ewes, Spanish, M. L. Fitch,. 66 Best buck, domestic, C. D. Grimes,.... แ $3.00 2.00 2.00 150 2. 00 1950 2.00 1 50 1.00 1 50 1.00 150 There were some good sheep on the ground, which were imperfectly entered, and which the judges did not see fit to act upon, to wit: one pen of one lamb, one of two, and one pen of four lambs, all the same number. H. BARNUM, N. M. PUGSLEY, Judges. |