The Daily Gazette Davenport, Iowa Wednesday Morning Sept 24, 1862 (Part 1) NINTH ANNUAL FAIR Of the Scott County Agricultural Society Greatest Collection of Stock ever shown in this State. Second Day. Yesterday opened clear and bright as on Monday, promising another fine day. The morning was improved to brig up a large number of entries I the different departments, the places allotted to each filling up rapidly. Towards noon the sky became overcast, and in the afternoon the rain commenced to fall and continued most of the remainder of the day. This of, course, had a serious effect on the attendance, which was nevertheless good under the circumstances. The entries yesterday were very heavy, more so than on the previous day, and a great amount of stock was added to the already splendid collection. A number of horses were brought in yesterday. Among the animals on exhibition are a pair of iron grays, owned by Mr. J. Dimick, of Rock Island, entered as matched carriage horses. A team of Black Hawks, from Illinois, one from Henry county, the other from Whiteside, 5 and 6 years old, respectively, are in for the same premium. Cattle.-Mr. John Whitsett, of Mercer Co., Ill., brought in yesterday 16 head of Durhams, all good and well appearing animals. Stephen Bauden, of this city, has a two-year old bull, short horn. Iowa Chieftain, a very fine animal. J. N. Washbon, Cedar co., has eight head of Devons; a good collection of that excellent breed of cattle. Mr. Washbon has done a great deal in the way of improving stock, having been among the first to import the best breeds into the county. A gentleman from Philadelphia, who is conversant in such matters, stated yesterday that he has never seen, at any fair in the East, a better show of cattle than those now on exhibition on our fair grounds. Sheep.-Mr. Whitsett shows 8 head of Durham Southdown sheep, from Mercer Co., Ill. Mr. Washbon has 30 head of the same breed. These Southdowns are all fine stock. Swine.-James McEwen has a splendid Chester White boar and sow. Poultry.-In poultry there is a good collection, though not a very large variety.-Judge Grant has 12 coops of game fowls. Mr. Ira M. Gifford has 1 coop of game fowls, and 1 of bantams. Miss Naomi Thoington has a coop of white bantams. R. Stevenson, T. Brown, and R. Rambo, have each a coop of game fowls. Flowers.-Mrs. Grumich and Mr. Westfall have very large collections of flowers, some of them very rare and beautiful.-Messrs. W. P. Campbell and John Evans have also small lots of flowers. Fruit.-In fruit, the show is not as large as last year. We miss a number of those who were here then, although we see some new faces, too. Mr. John Evans shows 42 varieties of apples, 10 of pears, 7 of grapes, besides elderberries, barberries, currants, crab apples, monthly raspberries, which bear every month till frost comes, &c. S. S. Blackman has 62 kinds of apples. Mr. E. K. Rugg, of Iowa city has 5 kinds of grapes, and samples of mammoth strawberries and gooseberries, &c in alcohol. Alexander Grant has about 25 varieties of apples and 2 of pears. Thos. Hibbard, 1 of pears. G. B. Hawley has 43 varieties of apples, 4 of grapes, 2 of pears, 2 of Siberian crabs, plums and Missouri currants. This is Mr. Hawley's first exhibition; he will have this year 300 bushels of apples from his orchard. David Miller, of Princeton, has 32 kinds of apples, from an orchard 3 or 4 years old. He has 600 trees yielding 40 or 50 bushels. Mr. Enoch Meed has 69 kinds of apples, 2 of Siberian crab-apples. His orchard is about 20 years old. Mr. D. B. Shaw has 47 kinds of apples. (Continued.) ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann ACC Scott Co, IAGenWeb Project List Adm: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES *Rathmann