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5 5'TTHE STATE FAIR.It is Growing in Interest.CrwJS fr*n all Parts of tU Cnolrr Ccilering !Ii«.The entriev are Abnit lt;uiuplete.They Embrace llie Largest Variety E*er Plnct'tl on E .IIIbillon In IlilaSlate*Tlio DilFfirnni Dspartmonta arc Fall Overflowing.The llml'il Dlilay of Hiork liver Meeu In tfilx Wccllou.As the vast number of articles and slock, which have been placed on exhibition at the Fair Grounds assumes their proper places, the magnitude of the fair becomes apparent It is so vast, so magnificent that a description of it is impossible. It must bo seen to bo appreciated. In this article wo shall make brief mention only of the live stock. noBsirs.It is seldom a person has the op portunitj of witnessing such a largehorn* on exhibition. Farmer* and stock-miscre should not full (lt; sec thenv. Mr. V. Barber, of Decatur, has a fine lot of Aklerny or Jersey cattle. They are not so largi- a* some of Urn others, but arc very lino looking cattle. T. F. Row, of Avon; A. B. Hostetler, of Ml. Crtrri.lt; Geo K. Brown, of Elgin, and John Stewart of Kano county, have flnehcrdtof cattle of difleronl l.rcod*. Altogether the el vow of homes and cit-lle is hy far the htrgroi ami Ik-v. ever before wen in this city.nousThe I tog department is probably the most complete or any department of the great exhibition. There nro in the neighborhood of .%V) pens fitted for the accommodation of swine alone, and when it is remembered that many of lho pons are occupied by two, thrco. four, five, and oven six animals, tliCritumbor of porcino* on exhibition may bo realized. Those are thcro in almost, countless nnin-bets, hogs of every nge, of every bleed and all sizes, from ibe diminutive little porker to Clio lordly monarch who tips the beam at over 800 pounds. The predominating breeds •re the Berkshire and Poland China, although the other prominent strains aro well represented.Following ie a nearly complete list of the exhibitors in this detriment, together with tbc character of their entries:A line exhibit is that of II Cthirly-fivo hogs on exhibition— Poland China and Black Itusain crosses, and nlso puro Poland Chinns.J udd Bros., Verona, Illinois, exhibit about two dozen Borkshires.Grimes and Gipo have ton Poland Chinas on exhibition.N N Jones, Norwood, Illinois, has eight Berkshire*.Luko Tceplo, of Belvidore, shows a lino collection of Chester Whites.11 C Stall, Frankfort, has a lot of Po'aud Chinas.The Suffolk brood is represented in lho exhibit of Gillot Bros., of Spencer, Iowa, who have twenty head on the grounds.All in all, wo think it snfc to say that bo remarkable a collection of swine—romarkable aliko iu number and in tlio execllonco of the breeds represented—has never before boon seen in the State of Illinois.Ill dirocting attention to the advertisement of Mr. Jore Pnttison respecting his Prairie Plow Jointer, wo do so with much pleasure, as it is highly spoken of by all who have used it. Its success is almost unprecedented, as fanners proclaim it the very thing they have long needed. Then, again, the iuannfaot«ir-or, Mr. Joro Pnttison, the pioneer manufacturer ol the Northwest, is a nnui whose statements in business
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Freeport Bulletin
Freeport, Illinois, US
Wed, Sep 19, 1877
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