Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-27

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two pairs, weight not given.
w. f. Richardson had several pairs of
beautiful Hereford oxen and steers. One
pair of his four-year-old Herefords weighed
$500; another pair five years old 1920, and
others from $500 upwards. Before 1879
Uncle Williams cattle were too good to
leave room for much improvement.
f. +. Stockwell of Brattleboro had five
yokes of very heavy working oxen. They
were all of good style in general make up,
of large size and trained for hard work.
The Retreat farm, G. Harris and G.. II.
Davis of Chesterfield \. H., G. l.. Ken
bricks of Winchester, \. H., j. II. Bolton
of Ashuelot, n. H., j. 2. Nichols and T.
g. Crosier of Brattleboro, and few others
were exhibitors of working oxen, most OF
them with premium qualities. Mr.. Mich
olss oxen weighed 1910.
The first premium for trained steers
driven by boy was awarded to d. NJ.
Barber of Brattleboro and the second to j.
W. Thurber for the boys, the drivers.
The leading exhibitor of thoroughbred
Durham Shorthorns was A. \. Smith of
Colrain, Mass. A fine fOur-year-old regis
tered bull was the sire of several members
of Mr.. Smiths herd, as well as of beauti-
full bull calf, 9 months old, belonging to a.
L. Howes of Ashfield, Mass. The latter
took first premium at the Deertield Val
ley fair. Mr.. Smiths herd consisted of
Is head. He has taken numerous first
premiums at several fairs and took most
of the premiums in his class here.
A. Ingraham of Guilford showed good
grade Durham two-year-old heifer; j. w.
Thurber a good two-year.old heifer and
heifer calf D. NJ. Barber good heifer
calf-all grade Durham.
A notable exhibit of polled Durhams
was made by A. w. IL j. p. Wilcox of
Bridport. They were all well formed
beautiful cattle, the leading bull OF the
herd being especially well proportloned
and handsome. He was named Roam
Duke of Ottawa, and weighed 1880 pounds.
The Jerseys were perhaps more numer-
ously represented than any other breed.
A large herd of more than twenty head
was shown by II. j. Richmond of the
Guilford Springs farm. The Jerseys of
this farm have been long known, and
noted for their good qualities. Mr.
Richmond, the proprietor, took liberal
share of the premiums.
Thirteen head of Jerseys, including
eight cows, were exhibited by II. H. Van
Veghton of the Hoosick Valley Stock
farm, Mechanicsville, n. y. Mr.. Van
Veghton took the first premium for the
best thoroughbred two-year-old Jersey
bull and three or four other premiums.
Another herd of Jerseys of peculiar
squirrel gray or silver color were shown by
S. c. Severance of Leyden, Mass. A
number of premiums were won by animals
from this herd. Jerseys were also shown
by c. F. Severance, G. w. Sargent and
others
Edward Simons of the Meadows farm,
Greenfield, Mass, exhibited fourteen
Jerseys. In this herd was Sadie S., who
won the first prize in the butter test at
Greenfield, making two pounds and six
ounces on the grounds and Franklin Pride,
who took the first prize at Greenfield
in 1898 with record two pounds five
ounces. A. A. Alexander of GuilfOrd
brought some Jerseys, including six COWS
entered in the butter test.
John Nesbitt of West Brattleboro eX-
hibited an excellent two-yearold Jersey
bull and other thoroughbred and grade
stock.
II. H. Childs of Sunny Side farm, No.
Dana, Mass, exhibited herd of thirteen
head of valuable cattle selected without
reference to any special breed, but headed
by the thoroughbred Jersey bull, SpinOsa-
a good looking animal three years otd.
Mr.. Chlds's COW, Sunny Side, grade, took
the sweepstakes prize at the New England
fair on butter in 1898 and 1895, making
two pounds four and half ounces from
fifty-one pounds of milk. His herd in
cluded seven grade Ayrshires. few Jer-
seys were also shown by other parties.
Hostens were we'll represented One
of the best herds of this breed in the
country is to be found at the Retreat
farm. About twenty head of these were
on the grounds for exhibition only, the
management generously contributing in
this way, as in previous years, to the
success of the fair without reward. The
Retreat bull, Lucia Arts DeKol, is an
animal not easy to equal in good qualities,
and the herd seems to have inherited
much from him.
II. G. Clark of Brattleboro exhibited
Is head of grade and thoroughbred cattle,
mostly cows. They were of various breeds,
including some Holsteins, Durhams and
Jerseys, and were good looking stock.
F. II. Spaulding of West Brattleboro
was the owner of two Holstein cows with
extra good points for mixers; John E.
Gale of Guilford showed grade Holsten