Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-29
Merry o4o4o. Farm, Lowell. Mass.

! be remembered, the herd of Jerseys was
headed by Hood Farm Pogis. one of the
great stock bulls at Hood Farm. This
season his place is taken by Chrome, and
Hood Farm Pogis is with a herd that is
making a tour of the western fairs. Ii is
interesting to note that at the Wisconsin
state fair he won first prize over Gear Coo
massie, while the Hood Farm COW, Figgis,
won first over jersey Venture, the latter
scoring her first defeat.
Chrome is a half brother of the great
Hood Farm COW, Merry Maiden. He was
at the Worlds Fair, Chicago, 1898, and
was thought so highly of by breeders that
majority of their cows in the tests were
bred TO him. Merry Maiden was the win
ner OF the grand sweepstakes award as the
best individual COW in any herd at the
Worlds Fair and was the only Jersey that
proved herself superior to all cows of all
other breeds in all three tests. Hood Farm
now has two sons of Merry Maiden. by the
great Brown Bessie's Son, and the first
calves of the older one are now being
dropped. This young bull is beyond ques-
ton the most valuable in the world aud in
breeding 1t is absolutely impossible that he
should be excelled. Another especially
noteworthy bull at the fair vas Brown
Bessle's Son 18th. He is by Brown Bes-
sizes Son, and is therefore grandson of
the great Hood Farm COW Brown Bessie,
winner of the 30 and 80 days tests at the
worlds Fair. There were six other young
bulls in the exhibit.
Among the cows was Tormentor's Fancy
Wax. 1t could easily be seen that she
was prize winner. Neither she nor her
dam, Fancy Wax, was ever beaten in the
show ring. She is by the imported bull
Tormentor. Another interesting COW was
Nina Gordon. She is a daughter of So
phie's Tormentor, the sire of many tested
cows, including Sophie Hudson, 10 pounds
IL 2 ounces OF butter in one week, so
pounds II ounces of milk in one day. In
ten months she MIXED Al, 496 pounds two
ounces, which tested 716 pounds of butter.
other cows included in this show herd
were Tutuey, Elsie Wolcott, Zenitza Cd.
and Peggy Scituate, besides young heifers,
the whole number of females being 10.
In the Berkshire Tent,
Duke III. of Hood Farm again stands
at the head of the herd of BeTkshires. In
vidually this hog is splendid specimen of
this favorite breed. That he comes natu-
rally by his superior qualities is shown by
his breeding. His sire was the unbeaten
King Longtellow, a son of Longfellow and
the beautiful imported SOW, Pinnocks
Frlde, little sister of Lord Windsor, win
ner OF sweepstakes for yearling boar at the
worlds Fair, and of the Hood Farm sow
Manor Poem b. The dam of Duke III. of
Hood Farm was Duchess CXXIX.. she
being by the great $3.50 boar, Model Duke.
and out of no less SOW than Duchess
CNX the pride of the great breeder. N,
ii. Gentry. Among the sows were
Duchess XII. and XIV. of II, f.. and
about 70 others, all fine specimens of the
Berkshire hog.
A handsome souvenir of Hood Farm.
consisting OF booklet which contains II
half-tone prints of Jerseys, Berkshires.
groups OF calves and farm buildings. was
handed to visitors. 1t gives in condensed
form much information that is of interest
and value.
IL was certainly treat worth the price
OF admission to the fair TO see these beau-
tltul Jerseys and richly bred Berkshires
They are forcible Illustrations of what NAV
/ be accomplished in breeding lines. proyid-
ing the right foundation is laid in the
blood of the winners. Farmers and dairy
men In New England appreciate the work
that Is being done at Hood Farm in max
Ing II possible for them to obtain Young
STOCK paItaking of this rich blood The
demand for Hood Farm stock, we are told,
mas been very great and many of the very
satisfactory purchases have been made by
correspondence. Undoubtedly many young
farmers who saw the Hood Farm exhibit
az the fair will be led to write to Hood
Farm, and from what we have heard we
believe they will be surprised to find how
easy 1t Is to secure young bulls that are ca
pable of greatly incraasin, a.. &c
of their herds.