The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-09-29

yearling heifers and a bull calf The herd
was the Aogie," "Netherland" and"De Kol"
o'ood represented In II. and Is headed by
"Aogie Paul de Kol." One OF the cows 9 ave
800 cans of milk In six months last year, and
tne lover OF superior cattle could not help be.
Ing interested IN the rich yellow bags and
other signs OF high bret ding. SIX Of the cows
were entered 10 the dairy test and two In the
milk competition.
F. Il. Spaulding had herd Of pretty cattle,
including his Hoistein COW, minnie Moran
III which was entered for the butter test, q
yearnng' pun, two-year'old heller and
six.year-old calf. Mr. Spauldipg IL 1 believer
IN Holsteins, though he also has grade Jer-
seys on bis we'll kept farm. His Holsteins
are !ro the russell stock At Bellows Falls,
having some OF the richest blood of the breed
and .'Minnie Moran, 2f' was raised in Cor
| necticut.
Matthew McVeigh's prizs winner, q race :"
seven years old, which took first both last
year and the year before. was again enlisted
this year and was on exhibition Is an animal
sey, and Mr. McVeigh believes, naturally. naturally sf.
ter all bis winnings, that the two bloods make
about the ideal combination. Last wear
"Grace" milked Al pounds at the test and the
year before 40. Her three weeks old calf was
With her.
A herd OF high and skillfully bred Jerseys
that was feast for the eyes was that from
The Gullford Springs farm, and that came of
with eight OF the prizes, four frsts and four
seconds. At the head OF 1t was the bull
"Gladiator of Guilford." two years old in NO.
vember, and yearling bull from the herd of
Atherton Brown Of Lunenburg, Mass.
There were 10 cows, including the "Duchess
and Duke Of Darlington" atrain ..Stella of
Gu:ford," OF Duchess" Duke Of Darlirg-
ton" and ''St L'mbert" strains; sOWye
O'Maliey' and ''Victoria PEARL" from Wins.
low 8 Liocoln's herd at Worcester, Mass, and
OF "St Heller" and "Duke Of Darlington''
blood; Lulu Of GuiIford." of"viclor Hugo"
maggie of Guilford." Of "victor Hugo
and "Albion'' strain; "Deb' and Rosa.
mond Of Guilford:' .'Grace" and "Patty Of
Guilford," two.year.old heifers, of "SIgnar'
and .'Victor Hugos' strains: sBridget of
Gni!ford." inbred "Victor Hugo and ''St
Hel,er;n l, and eight heifers and two 5n!l calves
back to "Oid Marjoram." the COW imported
BY Peter st Leciair of Winooski, from the
Queen Show farm Of England. and whose
progeny has done the best OF any ever i'm
ported. The herd has 40 good breeding as
any In New Engl,nd, and though 1t has never
pound of Its butter commsnds gilt.
edged prices In Boston, and never bit
Of co'oring has ever been used in 1t.
The Brattleboro Retreat enters none of It's
great exhibits for competition. but leaves the
field for other farmers. But i; furnishes an
object lesson OF good farming in eyerv de-
partment. such as II file t. high credit on G W
Pierce. the farm manager. This was es.
pecially true Of the herd Of Holsteins, which
could never have been brought to its present
state without the most intelligent and careful
breeding. There were in tho herd seven
coxs. two bulls and 10 bull and heifer calves.
all registered, and of the ada Koi," .Aagie'
and t.Nnfh or1ondy fop ha
young but big producers. The two-y ear-old
bull Lucia Arts De kop' may safely be pro-
nOunced the finest animal IN Vermont and
probably In New England. He Ia out of ''De
Kpl I'd" who has record of 33 pounds and
ounces Of butter In seven days. As part OF
oxen were shown Wednesday, among them
pair OF stags, handsome and very attractive,
weighing $500 pounds.
OK Chllds' herd OF Jerse ys and high grades
from Conway, Mass, was one of the notable
ones on the ground. None of them were en-
the distances they bad come. having ben
driven over 100 miies this year, but II they
had been prepared for 1t they would certainly |
have made strong show. The herd has |
taken 300 Of premiums IN the last five years. |
They took 40 last year. II of them tirsts. They |
are largely of his breeding, and many OF them
children Of Senator Blenia. a beautiful nine
years-old bull. with coat Tx silk. that he
slaughtered last fall. The mother of several
wss cow that from four quarts OF milk has
made pound of butter. The butter from one
Of the cows at the Bav State fair at Boston
last year got $11 in premiums, scoring 9Is
points. Mr. Guilds got ten premiums at this |
fair on his thoroughbreds and grades togeth- |
er and three of them were blue ribbons.
Thompson Cain had very pretty grade |
Jersey three-year- Did heifer.
littlebeauty OF COW was the thorough. |
Il
John E Dorsey of BernardstOn. She has an
udder like a Holstein, the upper part well
formed bnt the lower part little uneven.
Otherwise she was as good looking a COW as
fiould be seen was on any grounds. She took
first as the individual test.
For Jersey grades there were pair of year.
ling steers Weighing 1900. by Walter ID
Thayer of Gullford; pair OF two -year-olds
. 220, by Il c lngraham of Gull
ford Center; a pair of yearliny steers weigh
Ing l,5 0, by Walter d Thayer of Guilford.
A notable herd of grade Jerseys was that Of
J A Alexander OF Green River. There were
seven OF them, and six entered for the butter
test. A little beauty among them or what
there is OF her was ''L.ttle Topsy." She does
weigh over $50 pounds and will almost give 1t
her weight IN milk In week. and she came
In when she was only lG months old. There
Is considerable Of the Guilford Springs farm
blood In the herd.
o: Gnernseys and their grades tue herd OF
III McQuade of the Bradley farm was, as
heretofore, the notable one. The bull.
and q magnifi lent piece OF fl ,sh
wei shing 2lUO pounds, Is good tempered at
NAL who has done deal Of good about here,
having all the service he can attend to. so
hat Mr. NJ, Quade is careful to serve him only
% gooG-5looded stock. He has on the blue
.ib5on and taken FIRST premium every year up
% last year. The herd also comprised six
trades entered for the butter test, though all
lad been MIXED all su INNER, except one ana
hat for abolt three weeks. ami two grade
leifers, and they tooa first premium on
'verything except one heller.
Grade Guernsevs were represented by the
leri entered by NJ MeQ lade OF the Bradley |
arm, which were entered for the butter test
where they scooped the honors last year. and
~ one COW entered by J1hn z Gale of Gin J.
ord, which entered for the dairy test. MIR
Iale also had shspely grade Jersey calf SIX
months old and grade Durham two months
Id. both from extra stock.
There was q bright and well built six.
Guernsey bull. showing finely the
'esuties Of the bui'd by Harris 4 Wheeler Of
OF Durhams there Was likely herd of thor.
uShbreds BY ID n Barber that t0ok two hr-t |
nd two second premiums. Mr. BsrDer who |
ad quite an extensive exhibit also included
n Il -FOUR grade Durham heifers that wo, |
rst and second.
some other good cattle were the mixed nt rd
I ten By W Thurber Of Bra;tIebore. IL
ludiug two grade Jerseys and four grade
)urhams. The Durhams are the best milkers
nd two of item equal to the grade Jerseys
8 butter producers. Oue of them has made :
early two pounds OF butter day for the /
ast six months right through t,e hot weatn- {
Z and 10 open settings. Tnfse SIX cows are 7
ntered for the butter test by herds. One OF
ne cows has twice before tksl the hrst ,
r'zs a, the be-t grade Dus ham on the
rounds. Mr.. Thurber's herd also includes ,