Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-22
Vermont State Fair.
CATTIl

town. Next are pair of ycarling steers,
equally handsome, weighing $500 pounds,
hown by II. e. Jones of Barre.
L. S. 'Drew's fine herd of Ayrshires,
fourteen in number-one bull, three cows
and two heifers in milk were especially |
worthy of note. A. X. and G. n. Drury |
of Greensboro follow with five head, of
which the bull Sir Gibbie, three yeas old,
stands first. His sire and dam are both |
imported. Allen Sowle of Fairfield shows |
u handsome two years old heifer, his only |
exhibit. A. Fisher. st. Adams, shows
nine head. Marmion, three years old, a
handsome animal, heads the herd. The
COW, Maid, six years old, shows signs of
deep milking. 1, T. Paris .of Fairfax
comes next in line of Ayrshires, with
eleven head. We have noted Mr.. Paris
stock at the fairs for many years, and we
think it shows Improvement. The COW,
Carrie, made fifteen pounds, twelve
ounces of butter in seven days from pas
ture feed alone in June, 1879. The drouth
has been too severe to. encourage trials
this year. Next in line come the
DEvoNs.
J. w. Willard, East Montpelier, shows
a bull three years old, and George Davis,
too well known over the state to need
further mention. Edwin Hungerford, Bur-
lington, shows sixteen head of Devons.
including four oxen. Mr.. Hungerford has
rs handsome herd as we have ever seen,
and should in our opinion take the head
prize. He has very handsome bull five
years old, two COWS, and of the stock
singly, as collectively, we can only say, it
is fine. Mr. Hungerford also showed a
pair of very nicely trained steers, which
would climb stairs, see-saw, etc. The
Devons make most docile and tractable
cattle. Edwin House, ,Waitsfeld. showed
full herd, and was awarded the gold
medal fol! best herd. Mr.. Houses stock
came in part from the noted stock of Ex-
Gov. Hyde of Connecticut, though we
liked some of Mr.. Hungerford's stock quite
as well.
JERSEYS.
E. P. Darling of Gilmore shows good
bull six years old, raised by E. D. Bron-
son, from good milking stock, and of
larger size than usual in this breed. His
bull took the first premium for bull three
years old. Timothy Davis, East Mont
pelier, shows yearling bull of excellent
points, except rather heavy head and
horn. c. A. Bartlett Plainfeld, shows a
brown and black yoarling bull from the
herd of Z. e. 7. Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury :;
E. r. Town, Waterbury, a yearling bull,
from the stock of Hou Il w. Butler, New
York, who introduce the stock into La
noble county; II. w. Davis, Alburgh, a
clean, handsome, three years old bull; I.
d. Beckley. Barre, one two years old,
good size and rich color II. w. Keyes
has four head-two cows, Il bull five years
old and a yearling heifer. One, Sum
mer" imported, of a handsome dun color,
is a promising animal. The COW Ne
rissa," four years old, imported is to our
mind the best COW in the herd, " Magog,"
five years old, also imported, is Il good
animal. Mr.. Keyes has the start for an
excellent herd. Moulton Brothers, Ran
dolph, show seven head, of which Lass
Edith, %, one year old, and Couch s Lilly
are perhaps the most noted Edith, I'd
was bought by them at the Kellogg sale
and for which was paid $4,000. Her
mother, Edith, was purchased at the same
sale by Mr.. Valentine for $4,000
COUGHS Lilly was bought at private sale
and $500 90 was paid for her, and in oul
Judgment she is the best animal in the
herd. They show three other COWS, al
fine and two calves. We shall give
more extended notice of Messrs. Moulton'
stock later.
J. A. SWEET, farmer on Ex-Gov. Smith
farm in St. Adams, shows selections from
the governors famous stock First come
the handsome Guernsey bull, Cloth o
Cold" three years old. One gentleman
of our acquaintance passing, remarked
that this was the handsomest bull b
ever saw of any breed. He was importe
two years ago, with COW four years oil
and yearing heifer. This spring h
imported four head more-two COWS an
two two years old heifers. Gov. Smitl
has been unfortunate in losing the COW o
the first importation andione of the heifer
of the last.
The Guernseys, while a distinct type
are similar in their milk yield and butte
product to the Jerseys; and while perhap
not yielding a larger quantity of eithel
as their color-the waxy appearance {
the horns and rich yellow skin about tn
eyes-would lead one to expect.
Florence of Guernsey comes mex
and we think is one of the best ANNA
we ever saw. She is large and hard
looking, with a roomy barrel, shown
good feeding capacity and breathing room
large udder and remarkably clear, wax
horns. She took the first premium on I'll
island last year. The two years oil
heifer, L" La Modesto" is large, and prom
ises to be larger than the COW just nance
She is wedge shaped, being much tt
heaviest behind. On the whole, we al
much pleased with the Guernsey cattle.
Gov. Smith also shows twelve head
MISREPRESENTATION from his excellel
herd, of which they are fair specimen
The bull, Ksber," imported last yea
has done we'll and is an excellent animf
All the governors stock was entered
exhibition only. w. d. Bronson of Har
wick shows fifteen head, mostly YOU
stock, all of which arc sold to parties
Iowa, and stop at thu fair on their WI
west. Mr.. Bronson's stock is Just fro
the pasture, and those in milk show t
effects of drouth. They are thin in files
and are excellent mixers, though to the
who look for rounded outlines they wor