Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-10-08


largely represented. d. Buchanan,
Bean Bros. and Phillips Bros. each
exhibited very fine bulls, some of
them from the Cleveland herds. d.
D. W. Porter and some others show
ed this stock. Whatever can be said
of other breeds, the short horns are
good beefers and good mixers. The
Jerseys occupied more stalls than
any of the blooded stock, and receiv-
ed much attention. Notwithstand-
ing the objections raised against this
breed, it is patent to all that it has
gained greatly in popularity and
numbers within the last ten years.
Registered Jerseys propably never
sold better than they do now, and
many dairymen are proving that Jer-
sey COWS or grade Jerseys are very
profitable animals for their use. DR..
r. B. Skinner, who began in the Jer-
sey business on small scale some
years ago, has so increased his herd
as to make a very fine exhibition.
This time he showed the finest bull of
the breed ever seen on this ground,
four COWS and several younger ami
mails, all registered. From these
COWS he recently sold three calves
for $50 each. Salmon Nye of Gov
entry, among other things, took over
fine bull and several calves which
won premiums. S. S. Tinkham and
Geo. d. Bickford exhibited good
bulls. Justin Cook had some good
stock of this breed. The Devon
stock, this year, was an important
feature in the exhibition, and if it all
could have been shown together it
would have been an attraction. n.
G.. Ufford of Barton, a few years
since, started in on this breed, and
has now large number of full bloods
and grades. He occupied several
pens with his animals and they re-
ceived much attention and praise.
Among others who showed this stock
were j. S. Smith, very fine year
ling bull, c.. B. Leland, ditto, j. r.
Cutting, Geo. I. Clark and G.. E.
Rowell. Some of the handsomest
cattle on the ground were grade Dew
ons. The Ayershires were from the
Drury herd of Greensboro, except
one bull from D. Buchanan's stock
in Albany. Mr.. Drury exhibited
nine animals. He has shown these
animals at Lamoille, Crledonia and
Orleans fairs, winning good premi-
ums at each. They are pure blood
ed stock and make good, large, prof
table dairy COWS.
While each breed of thoroughbred
animals has it's peculiar value, and
the natives and grades are eclipsed
at fairs, it must not be forgotten il
Vermont, that there is value in the
old breed, and that it is well adapted
to all of the purposes of the horned
stock. In almost every neighbor
hood there are native COWS, remark
: able for their butter producing ca
pacities, whose stock would be o
great value if it could be retained
These better animals are equal t,
thoroughbreds, and if more pain
could be taken to improve native ant
, good grade stock, better class o
animals would take the place of tn
Il present stock of the county. A goo
{ animal of any breed is of far create
'' value than the average estimate. Thi
Il stock was not so grouped that W
could examine it fully. Milo Owe
y helped the fair by a good lot of ne
% tives. J. A. Joslyn, o. H. Merrill
> Almon Gray and several others show
y ed merltorious bulls, COWS and youn
/ stock of this class. We mention
pretty pair of calves, grade Herr
fords, owned by A. Trip. H. ]
Cook had very fine bull calf. !
J. F. Huxley had 61a months old ca
L. which weighed 500 pounds. J. ]
s. Cooks grade Jersey COWS exhlbite
1T have made 240 pounds of butter
g. year. Almon Gray showed graz
w two-year-old heifer which is makir
!. on grass about ten pounds of butt
d, a week. Space forbids q furth
be mention in this line.
j. SHEEP.
IS, The show of sheep was not as lar!
On as heretofore, but not meagre. T.
vn Cotswolds were chiefly owned
y, Kimball Bros. and Phillips Bro
ad The Messrs. Kimball have so
ne their stock short during the past We
rs and exhibited less than formerl
e. Their large buck, with sever
of younger bucks and sheep, all fl
Ie- animals, composed their show
s., sheep. Phillips Bros. have recent
B. purchased a very fine buck of R.
.ss Hill of Elmore, which came fro
ee- Canada, and had sire which weio
IRE ed over 400 pounds when three yea
an old. This buck weighs over t.
re- hundred and is as handsome as D
nd ture. He was not entered as he b
I'm but recently come into the count
ar L. NJ. Darling had large fine bu
ct of the Southdown order. j. S. SIN
rd, has faith in ShropshiredoWns and
Id. buck spoke very well for this bre,
lpp Duncan Buchanan had a large bu
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