Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-09-11

ne r\llDlU Oh SlOCk Is tNttllclll, anu III
cattle the largest ever made in the State.
Machinery Hall, excellent in design and
intention, but most unfortunate in loca-
ton for its purpose, is now transformed
into an excellent sheep shed, and the old
sheep barn made Il firSt-CaSS cattle barn.
This with other additions give about one
hundred additional cattle pens, which are
all filled, with some lying around loose
Cattle.
The show of cattle is very large, and as
fine as it is large First in line are the
Short Horns, and of these the first are in
two pens owned by f. O. Reynolds of South
Burlington, COW and two heifer calves
One, a bright red animal is extremely
handsome and of good blood, being Of the
Rosabella family, with six crosses of Ouch
ess blood. \ larger roam and white one
is good, but to our mind not equal to the
red one. The herd of e. L. Reynolds,
Burlington, sixteen inch number comes
ueXt at the head of (which stands Earl
of Beaconsiield deep red, slightly marked
with white, and weighing something over
/ 1900 pounds. Two COWS show good milk
ing indications. There are also fat cows.
two two year old heifers, two yearling het-
ers, three hefer and three bull calves.
| These animals have the blood of Knight
! leys Duchess, Rosahella, and Jubilee OK
/ 1Oru. VI. -. W dlltI, ~. [AllIdllS lptN =
| shows a large roam COW, two year
ling heifers, two heifer and one
bull calves, all merituriOus stock
and very fine two ycar-old bull, the
best in the line--handsome i'll form aud
color and handling like II Kid glove w.
Il. IOOmis of Georgia shows Il fine three
year-old bull, sired by Baron Mansfield
and IA half brother to Mr. Walters bull,
named before, and we think Mr.. Waller
has Il mOrtg gage on the first prize for bulls
in his class.
Holsteins.
This breed, 50 rapidly growing in popu-
lar favor, makes the largest and best dis
play, we believe, ever made in New Eng
, land Shedd and Van Sicklen lead oil
with Is head; = yearling bulls, cows, |
three -year-old and two-year- old
heifers, 3 heiter and 3 bull calves.
, The two bulls Netherland Victor and
, Banjo 4th are fine specimens OF the blood
and the herd contains some of the best
, animals from some of the choicest herds
= of this country, and having the
blood of the Aaggie and Hollander fami
: lies. The Aaggie heifers are beauties
Two of the two -year~olds gave in May, il
t the barn on dry feed, 45 and 46 lbs. OF
t milk per day.
Next comes the Cream Hill Farm hero
, from Shoreman, owned by II. b. Ham
mond of New York, and comprising six
D teen animals. At the head of the hero
f stands Indian Chief bred by Kit Kuperus
\ Marssum Friesland. His dam, Zwart,
f has a milk record of 20 pounds per day
. and butter record of 3Sl pounds il
O fourteen days and 800 pounds in go days
Il Another COW Dekol has the remarkable re
cord of 50 pounds of milk per day and IS,
: pounds in ten days, while her dam has thu
!. still greater one of 81 pounds in one day
d Another COW Mietje was the winner of tn,
@ first prize and gold medal over all Nortl
: Holland in the fair at Schlagen. Another
) a heifer two years old, has the very re
|. markable record of % pounds of milk il
4 one day and lS}3 pounds of butterin sever
days, the latter test made on dry feed il
n February. He has three cows, two .
year-old and three yearling heifers an,
Il six calves, with one three and one l-yeal
old bulls.
# II. w. Keyes, Newbury, shows agair
l. his magnificent old bull Banjo, weighin
:. 2i0O pounds, three cows, two 2-year-ol,
:, heifers, fine as silk, four yearlng heifer,
Il one Il fine inbred Aaggie-a bun calf |
re months old, weighing about 800 pound,
D. Some of Mr.. keyes 5 cows have teste
Il well, Abba having given 2l2S pounds G
f. milk in thirty-One days II pounds in on
day, and Is pounds ounces of butter i
- seven days.
y, silhouette, 5-year-old cow, has give
Of O. pounds of milk per day and made l5
pounds of butter in seven days. Besid
m these was Il car load from Putney owne
m by Frederick l., Houghton not then III
of loaded and some others.
# Fred l.. Ioughton, Houghton farm, Pu
r. ney, shows seventeen bulls, eleven yea
Y +; ings and six calves. These bulls are brt
4; in some of the best blood ever brought
RI this country, notably that of WALT
Scott" of which Mr.. Wales, secretary
of grand dam QBetsie) in Holland for Il