Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-09-28

lieu, Ills COW, l1eJJle, mas record OF ia
cans of milk in 80 days. She gave 81
pounds of milk in a single day. The cream
from Mr.. Goodells dairy is sold in Boston.
He keeps daily record of each cows milk
and makes frequent test of the quality
He has been engaged in breeding Holstein-
Fresians for about ten years. His COW,
Luella, at four years of age, gave an aver
age of 72f pounds of milk per day for seven
days. One of his cows, three years old,
gave over II, 900 pounds in one year.
The Holstein bull, Sir William, was
shown by II. G. Clark of Brattleboro, and
premium Holstein COW by NJ. McN eigh.
! This COW has several times taken the milk
! prize at the Valley Fair.
Other exhibitors of Holsteins and grade
Hosteins were F. II. Spaulding, John E.
Gale, Jacob Kempf and Royal Wood.
But few Guernseys were seen, but we
believe this breed was represented by few
! grades.
Jerseys and their grades were exhibited
in large numbers. j. O. Frost Il Son
of the Maple Grove farm, Vernon, own
| and had on exhibition some very fa-
nous specimens of pure bred registered
Jerseys, their herd shown here consisting
of about II cows, several bulls and large
number of heifers. Their Jerseys seem to
have been collected at great expense and
bred with care. They can show pedigree
for most of their stock that is something to
boast of. Bromus of Vernon they can
| justly claim to be one of the best bred Jer-
sey bulls in the country, counting among
| his immediate ancestors dams with a record
| of Is pounds of butter, and one of %
pounds II ounces per week.
Twenty-seven head of Jerseys, mostly
pure bred and registered stock, were eXhib-
tied by Ii. j. Richmond of the Guilford
Springs farm, Guiford. \ printed ped-
gree was posted over the stall of each of
these thoroughbred animals. Though
neatly all of them have long line of hon
orable ancestry, the Jerseys of this farm
appear TO be bred for use more than for
| speculation, not being kept in an unnat-
urally high condition of flesh.
5. c. Severance IL Son of Leyden Mass,
had herd of 10 thoroughbred and grade
Jerseys, eight of which were cows. There
appeared to be some excellent milk and
dairy cows in this herd. Several prem-
ums were awarded to Mr.. Severance. j.
T. Wright of Vernon exhibited a herd of
l. grade Jerseys, for which he received one
of the premiums on grade herds. +. NJ.
Davis and y. G.. Colburn, both of West
Chesterfield, y. H., exhibited some good
!
ums. Mr.. Colburn had some especially
excellent cows and heifers. Among other
exhibitors of Jerseys were Henry Akley
and John E. Gale of Guilford, f. A. Keyes
of Bratteboro, and several others had one
or more. +. w. SimOnds of Greenfield,
Mass, Intended to bring his herd of Jer-
seys but was prevented by an accident from
| bringing any except one, FTanklin's
Pride, which won the first prize in the
butter test last year, making 2 pounds,
ounces on the ground. This COW, it is
claimed, gave 26 quarts of milk day when
four years old.
c. NJ. Winslow of Brandon, man fav-
orably known throughout the state for his
long service as member of the board of
agriculture, exhibited large herd of thor
oughbred Ayrshires. Another large herd
of pure bred and registered Ayrshires was
shown by II. X. G. Watson of Forest
Park farm, Brandon. These herds have
been carefully bred from the best strains of
Ayrshres, and some of them are descended
from a famous COW, the Duchess of Smith
field, having the highest butter record of
that breed. Mr.. Winslow received the
first premium on one of his Ayrshire bulls
at the Worlds Fair at Chicago and the
second premium against the United States
and Canada on his COW, Lillian Douglass.
His herd of u COWS has averaged yield
of 6249 pounds of milk and 3l4 pounds of
butter per year to each COW. He makes it
point to discard any COW, whatever her
pedigree, that does not come up to 5000
pounds of milk yer year.
An interesting exhibit of Dutch Belted
cattle was made by w. n. Flynt of Mon
son, Mass. The distinguishing mark of
this breed consists of jet black color with
belt of white entirely around the body.
II. f. Wallis of Holland Mass, eXhib-
tied fine herd of pure bred and registered
Devons. They were well-formed, compact
and haTdy-loOking animals They are said
TO make excellent working oxen. One of
his cows has averaged for 30 days 35
pounds of milk per day. Mr.. Wallis took
IL blue ribbons. He was awarded many
premiums at the New England fair, and
also at others where his cattle have been
exhibited.
The principal exhibit of Herefords con-
sisted of the seven pair of beautiful oxen
and steers owned by w. f. Richardson.
- They were a little the nearest perfection
of. any oxen we have ever seen at this OF
any other fair. Mr.. Richardson was, of
/ course, awarded the first prize of S25 foI
best five yoke by one owner. 1t was no dis
credit to Mr.. Stockwelrs noble five pail
2 that they were given the second premium OF
SIS against such competitors. j. ID. Avery
of Buckland, Mass, again exhibited his
great Holstein oxen of 5400 pounds weight
beautifully smooth and well-proportioned
e These great cattle were whole show il
e themselves.
The weight of Mr. Richardson's cattle