Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-09-26

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record of 1920 pounds and fat test AZ
per cent This herd is maintained
for milk and butter production of high
quality, as well as for show and beef
form, and IS pounds of milk per day
is not an unusual yield for the cows,
with fat test to 5 per cent. Last
season the herd won "a prizes at FIVE
fairs. and has taken % this season at
three fairs.
Another first class herd of 10 Short
horn thoroughbreds came from p. r.
& S. p Cartons Green Mountain
Stock Farm at Simonsville. The
herd bull is a two-year-old weighing
1900 pounds; a bull calf bought in
Ohio for service in the herd. pure
bred Scotch bull; two heifers bought
in Ohio of Scotch breeding tracing
back to Imported Rosemary by Flash
of English breeding; two heifers from
q dam whose record for milk was
II 0S5 pounds and for butter 375
pounds, in ten months; and a pair
of well-matched three-year-old steers
weighing 1850 pounds which have done
the work on a large farm the past
year.
Frank Mann of Wilmington IS a sue
cessful farmer who pins his faith to
Shorthorus. and who has animals of
which he is Justly proud. Eleven
head were shown here. The bull
four years old, Commodore Dewey.
weighs 1850. was sired by Kentucky
Duke dam Rosa Bouheur 9Th, with
record of 20 pounds of milk and 3h
pounds of butter in "a hours. Some
of Mr.. Mann's herd trace back to the
Roam Duke blood. celebrated in Will
mington 25 years ago.
George Dole of Shelburne. Mass.
had a small but excellent herd of
Shorthorns. with the bull Abbottsburn,
six years old, weight 23O0, two COWS
and four heifers.
George w. Fisher of the Mountain
View Farm, Dummerston, had a herd
of eight Shorthorns. Three were
thoroughbreds. ROYAL Duke. a bull
eight months old bought of Taylor &
Son of Shelburne, a COW and heifer
calf One of his grade cows has a
milk record of 40 pounds in day.
d. G.. Baker of Guilford brought 10
grade Durhams and there were several
smaller entries of this variety.
The Jerseys.
Two herds of typical registered
Jerseys were exhibited. is head by
H. ]. Richmond of the Guilford
Springs Farm and 20 head by Slough
ton & Burnham of Montague, Mass.
Mr.. Richmond's herd included Briar
Cliff Beau. three years old, imported
by Rockefeller, and three of his get. Mr.
Stoughtons bull. Golden Fox. was bred
at the Rockefeller farm from sire and
dam imported from the island of Jer-
sey. There was also bull calf sired
by Rockefeller's Financial King, for
which $4,000 was refused. The re-
mainder of the herd included three
bulls, five heifers and 10 cows of
Stoughtcn & Burnhams own breeding.
A. A. Dunklee of South Vernon and
f. H. Akley of Vernon. who have long
had a reputation as dairymen, eXhi-
bited grade Jerseys.
The Guernseys.
Duke Of Cambridge and Prince of
Elgin, thoroughbreds, were with the
Bradley Farms IL grade Guernsey
cows and heifers. There were two little
calves only week old. r. II. Briggs
exhibited with this herd cow and
bull ten months old, both registered.
2 r. II. Cushman of Bernardston is a
young. progressive farmer who is
pushing to the front as a breeder of
Guernseys. He had II head six
thoroughbreds and II grades. His
bull Perfection of Haddon. was bred
at the Haddon Farms in Haddonfield,
n. J., and his pedigree shows strains
of the Flenwood Girl family of
Worlds Fair winners. The other
thoroughbreds were a young bull, bull
calf and three heifers.
The HoIsteins.
Holsteins were numerous and of ex-
cellent quality. +. F. Copeland of
the Hillside Farm, Colrain, Mass, was
a large exhibitor, with a herd of 90
formed animals. The bull at the head
months old. There were three other
bulls, six cows and some younger
stock.
The Brattleboro Retreat, which al
ways enters for exhibition only, was
represented by about 80 thoroughbreds,
all good specimens.
w IL. -NSWtOH Elm oudue Helu
from West Brattleboro contained Is
animals. unusually good grades and
a few promising young thoroughbreds.
A. Ingraham of Gnilford exhibited four
pretty youngsters.
The Herefords.
w. F. Richardson & Co. of Brattle
boro had substantial looking herd
of about 80 Herefords, of all ages. All
were grades except two thoroughbred
bulls. Six pair of Hereford steers
were shown by the Brattleboro Re