Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-09-26
uINDHAM COUNTY FAIR.


The fine weather ON Thursday, the second
doy Of the County Fair ensured a good at
tendance. The main features of the day were
the address by Prof. Cressy, the races and
fine award of premiums. The professors adj
dress was upon topics in which he is most at
home namely, those involving the education
of farmers in veterinary science. He dwelt
principally on the manifold diseases and
weaknesses prevalent among cattle and horses,
the means at hand for their understanding,
prevention and cure, the appropriations that
have been made for such education, and the
vital need of it if agriculture is to be made q
science and profitable business. The most
interesting point of the address was the de-
scription of the nature and causes of the nov
el cattle diseases which have lately broken
ont in Connecticut and in Rupert in this
State The scientific name of that in Connec-
ticut popularity called "bone ALL" he said,
meant 'predisposition to disease of the
bone" 1t attacks all bones, but is particular
IL marked in the stiAe joints, corresponding
to the human knee, and the hip joints. In
the former, which is the main seat of the dis
ease, it absorbs or eats out the external semi
lunar or floating cartilage, causing the legs
to bend outward, and the compact tissue of
the ends of the bone to be worn through by
alrition, so that the spongy portion may be
plainly seen within and the bones will creak
in walking like rusty door In the hip Joint
the ligament is absorbed so that the whirl-
bone is often dislocated out of its socket
While this disease occurs in isolated casese all
over the country, it seems to be endemic in
the Pennington valley, Connecticut 1t al
ways occurs where the cattle have been fed
largely on shorts, and the barnyard manure
alone has been applied to the soil, without
any mineral enrichment. No immediate
remedies are known for it, but a sure preven-
tive and a restorative for the system where
the joint is not totally destroyed is the feed
ing of bone meal and the full grain instead of
bran alone. and in the application of mineral
fertilizers, like plaster of paris, superphos-
phate ashes and potash salts The disease,
he said, occurs mainly among Jersey and AL
derney cattle.
running foot race which took place on
the track for purse of 81 was won by the
same youth who won in the walking match on
Wednesday. The prizes were declared as
follows LIST j. p. Morse, Townshend So :;
ID J. b. Morse, williamsville, So 3D. John
Cadighan, Townshend, 81 18th, Pat Con-
way, 81. Distance, one-half mile time 2:15.
There were seven entries for the three
minute class horse trot The first money,
So, was taken by G. p. Whitney's horse the
second 81, by L. w. Blodget's. Time, 1902,
BOZ g.
There were three entries in the free-to-all-
the-county race, and the result was A. N.
Kingsley, South Vernon, W. g., LIST prize, S25 !;
S. w. JONES' West Brattleboro, b. g., I'd
prize, $15. Time, 2;5l, 251, 2:45.
The annual election of officers of the soce
tyresulted as follows President, p H. Rutter
Townshend; Vice Presidents, VIM. Robert
son, Putney W. F. Richardson, Brattleboro f;
Lewis Vale Londonderry; Chauncey Smith,
Wilmington; Managers, S d. Conant, Graf
ton; Willard Dodge, Dummerston; D. E.
Rudd, Windham II. NJ. Frost, Rockingham :;
c. b. Whitney, Marlboro; G.. H. Wilbur,
Wardsboro; H. H. Holbrook, Townshend /;
Geo. B. johnson, Newfanc; II. H. Kimball,
Westminster W. G. Cushing, Jamica La
ban Jones, Dover s. B. Higgins, Brookline
A. A. Wyman, Athens II. G. Bacon Putney
F. Il. Smith, Wilmington o. Thayer, Gull
ford; j. q. Davis, Brattleboro H. b. Ballou,
Nottingham.