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Letter to Editor
May 14, 1867
The Middlebury Register
Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont
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Smith & Adams write to the Addison County Agricultural Society in Middlebury, VT, on May 13, 1867, urging a premium for the stock horse with the best ten colts at the fall fair to better identify superior sires, funded by $10 entry fees due August 1.
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To the President and Board of Directors of the Addison County Agricultural Society:
Gents.—There is one subject which we think has been neglected by your Society: that is, in not offering a premium to the Stock Horse that can show five or ten of the best colts of any horse in the county. We see a good colt, but are not apt to find out in our minds what horse is the sire of it, and consequently are not prepared to decide, when we want the use of a horse, what horse to use.
Now to the owners of stock horses:—We propose that a purse be placed in the hands of the President and Directors of the Addison Co. Agricultural Society, who shall appoint a committee to award the premium to the owner of the horse which can show ten of the best colts by their dam's side, or ten colts of any age, at the Fair this fall. It will be a new feature at the fair, and if five or more will go in for it, it will probably bring out some fifty or more colts that will be worth looking at. We propose that the entrance fee be fixed at Ten Dollars, the entrys to be made by the 1st of August, and the fee deposited with the Treasurer of the Society by that time, after which the subscribers can decide upon the number of colts and their age.
Very respectfully,
Your ob't. Servants,
SMITH & ADAMS
Middlebury, May 13, 1867.
Gents.—There is one subject which we think has been neglected by your Society: that is, in not offering a premium to the Stock Horse that can show five or ten of the best colts of any horse in the county. We see a good colt, but are not apt to find out in our minds what horse is the sire of it, and consequently are not prepared to decide, when we want the use of a horse, what horse to use.
Now to the owners of stock horses:—We propose that a purse be placed in the hands of the President and Directors of the Addison Co. Agricultural Society, who shall appoint a committee to award the premium to the owner of the horse which can show ten of the best colts by their dam's side, or ten colts of any age, at the Fair this fall. It will be a new feature at the fair, and if five or more will go in for it, it will probably bring out some fifty or more colts that will be worth looking at. We propose that the entrance fee be fixed at Ten Dollars, the entrys to be made by the 1st of August, and the fee deposited with the Treasurer of the Society by that time, after which the subscribers can decide upon the number of colts and their age.
Very respectfully,
Your ob't. Servants,
SMITH & ADAMS
Middlebury, May 13, 1867.
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Informative
What themes does it cover?
Agriculture
What keywords are associated?
Stock Horse
Premium
Colts
Agricultural Society
Addison County
Fair
Breeding
What entities or persons were involved?
Smith & Adams
President And Board Of Directors Of The Addison County Agricultural Society
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Smith & Adams
Recipient
President And Board Of Directors Of The Addison County Agricultural Society
Main Argument
proposes that the society offer a premium, funded by $10 entrance fees from owners, for the stock horse producing the ten best colts to be shown at the fall fair, to identify superior sires and encourage breeding.
Notable Details
Neglect Of Premiums For Stock Horses
New Feature At The Fair
Entries By August 1, 1867
Committee To Award Premium