Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-09-26
HIGH QUALITY IN CATTLE.
VARIOUS BREEDS REPRESENTED BY
MANY THOROUGHBRED SPECIMENS.

MANY THOROUGHBRED SPECIMENS.
Not so Many Top Notohers as in Forme'
Years but a Better Standard of Excellence
Throughout-The Famous Denman Thomp
son Oxen Attract the Most Attention
Good Exhibits of Ayrshires, Holsteins
Shorthorns and Devons,
Although the cattle department this
veal did not contain so many world
beating animals as have been here in
the past, the standard on the whole
was fully up to any mark which has
been set at any previous exhibition.
The show was 50 large that the sheds
were taxed to their utmost capacity.
Shorthorns, which have been growing
rapidly in favor for the past few years,
were largely represented and the e
hibits were of a high class. Farmers
hereabouts are realizing more every
year the value of a general purpose
animal and this breed, which COM
bines both beef and dairy qualities
bids fair to enjoy within a short time
the widespread popularity which char
acterized it a score of years ago. Thor
oughbred Jerseys were not much in
evidence, but the specimens shown
were \ l.. Nothing attracted more at
~tention in the cattle department than
the famous Denman Thompson yoke
of oxen which are rightly called the
handsomest oxen in America. This
pair of five-year-olds are so perfectly
matched as to be absolutely indistin-
guishable. They contain Holstein.
Jersey and Devon blood. the latter
breed showing especially in the we'll
formed heads and straight wide
spreading horns. The animals are
black with tan backs and tails. They
went from here to Boston where they
will appear in the opening perform
ance of the Old Homestead at the Bos-
ton theatre.
The Singlebrook Stock Farm in Shell
burne. Mass, owned by George f.
Taylor Il Son, exhibited y thorough
bred shorthorns which comprise one of
the best known herds in New England.
Honduras. six years old, who heads
the herd, won first in class and sweep
stakes bull of any age at the New
Hampshire state fair this season be
sides many other prizes. He was sired
by the Champion St. Valentine and is
a grandson of the great Gay Monarch.
the greatest breeding bull Of his time.
Honduras is assisted by the grand
young bull, Columbian Grown bred
by the Iowa agricultural college and
imported by Scotland Grown. His dam
has a four year-old record of AGO pounds
of butter in II months. The herd in
cludes such cows as Beauty " with a
30-day milk record of 1920 pounds.
The herd is maintained for milk and
butter production of high quality as
we'll as beef. Last season this herd
won "a tirsts at five fairs and their
record thus far this season is - tirsts
at three fairs.
The Forest Park farm of Brandon
exhibited two herds, one of Norman
dies imported by H. R. G. Watson in
1900 and the other of Ayrshires. The
Normandies were headed by the bull,
Kanaris, weighing 1000 pounds at
three years old. There was also one
pair of twin steers weighing 1900. The
Normandies combine dairy and beef
qualities and require no more feed
than the ordinary grade COW. At the
hesd of the Ayrshires was the two
year-old bull, Drew's Best, weighing
1900 pounds. He is sired by Look-me-
Over and his dam is from the herd of
L. S. Drew of South Burlington. Lady
Smithfield Sd. one of the herd, gave in
one year 9,735 pounds of milk, No
pains have been spared to keep this
herd one of the best in New England
and the best of blood is being contin-
ually introduced.
The famous herd of Ayrshire cattle
owned by c. NJ. Winslow & Son. Bran
don, was headed by a t~wo-year-old bull
that won first at the State fair and at
Brattleboro as a calf, first at the State
fair and at Reading and Brockton,
Mass, as a yearling, first at the State
fair this year as a two year old. His
dam has a record of 1908 pounds of
milk and Al pounds of butter in one
one year, while the dam of his sire has
a record of Ii, 300 pounds of milk and
624 pounds of butter in one year. The
aged COW in the herd also won first at
the above mentioned fairs. and has a
record of 10. 1856 pounds of milk and JO4
pounds of butter in a year. All of this
herd by the exhibitor. and are all from
noted dairy COWS, and have been bred
for the highest type of a dairy Ayr J
J
Guernsey cattle are what Il. H. Cush- :
nan of Betnardston banks upon, and
MS exhibit of Il contained some ex- a
,eedingly high class specimens. His :
ihree-year-old bull, Perfection of Had c
len, has among its ancestors some of
he greatest milk and butter producers /
N record. This handsome animal was o
,red at the Haddon Farms in Haddon-
ield, n. J. His great grandsire, Imp.
ord Stamford was a Worlds Fair
and his grandsire was never de
Gated in the show ring except by
1ainstay, one of the leading Guern- r.
eys in the United States and sire of d
Perfection of Haddon. All of Mr.. Cush-
mans stock contains the blood of Glen
rood Girl with a record of OIL. ) pounds
# butter in the year. ,
A grand exhibit of Ayrshires was y
hat made by the Maple Lawn farm of u
'errisburgh, owred by r. Parker and -
IONS. there being % animals shown. u
heir four-year-old bull Klondike st. q
weighs 1850 pounds and was -
ired by the famous Glencairn III. u
his bull has won the first prize in his +
lass at Middlebury and Plattsburg, =,
7. H., fairs this season and is in con !,
ition to compete in any company. Mr.. -
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