Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-09-23

Howe of Walpole, Eugene Akley of Yer
non, F. l.. Chickerng or Westmoreland
and local fanciers will be largely repre-
scented. Many brood mares and colts
| have been entered for exhibition.
Never such a show is the prediction
| of Secretary Tasker, in speaking of the
| cattle department. in which the Valley
| Fair has always excelled. The Holsteins
will be very largely in evidence with the
herds of w. II. Stowe of the Mountain
| View farm, Wilmington, Scott b. Jones
| of Sutton. Mass, the STAFFORD County
| farm, Dover, n. H., with the first prize
| herd and the sweepstakes bull from. the
| New England fair, the Taconic farm of
Rupert, VT, the Mount Hermon school.
and the Bratteboro Retreat.
| The Billings farm of Woodstock, with
a herd shown under a tent. will have the
largest number of Jerseys, with pedi-
grees extending to the winners of the
| highest island prizes. The Cloverdale
farm OF oxford. Mass. will be here with
! herd of Jerseys out of stock that won
at the Worlds Fair in Chicago
One of the star attractions in cattle
will be s. r. Smiths Herefords from
North Sandwich. N. H.. headed by Third
Earl Wilton, a bull with a girth of over
eight feet. The COW with the largest
girth on record is with the herd She
measures feet and inches without
corsets
The Ayrshires will be represented by
the herds of C. NJ. Winslow of Brandon
the Cloverdale farm OF Rochester, n. H.,
S; p. Brock of West Claremont, and the
Mount Hermon farm.
G. f. Taylor & Son of Shelburne
Mass, will show as in former years a
large herd of fine Shorthorns G. w
Fisher, jr.. of Dummerston and others
will compete for prizes on Shorthorns.
The STAFFORD County farm of Dover
n. H.. will have Guernseys that wor
z nriv in Y.f;tl L ,.,f-
wonders at the New England fair. F. B
Bennett of Mastyard, N. H., will have
a fine herd
w. II. Neal of Meredith, N. H.. will
take pride in his Devons which have wor
at all the big New England fairs for sew
eral years. r. w. Blood of Dummerstor
will exhibit Normandies. Novelties will
be seen in the Dutch Belted cattle, owned
by o. 7. Dodge of Wilklnsonville, Conn.
H. c. Edgarton's Brown Swiss from
Easthampton. Conn, the Kerry cattl,
from me Forest Park farm in Spring
field, Mass, and an entry of Galway
cattle. The Glendale stock farm of Glen
Falls. N. y will have sheep enough fo
an entire fair. eight herds, includin,
Hampshire Downs Southdowns. oxford
downs, Shropshires, Leicesters Lincolns
Cotswolds and Cheviots. j. B. Paine
of Norwich, Conn, W. II. Neal of Mere
dith, N. H., G. A. Cutler of Springfield
c. V. Paddock of West Claremont an,
many others will have sheep. Swine will
be represented by many varieties. TIL
poultry show will be large and of unusua
excellence, which Is saying a great deal
The farmers have been fortunate fl
growing vegetables and fruits. and thei
| successes will have many demonstrations
The bench show will be held in larg
new tent just south of the old kenne
row. This will be under the rules of tn
American Kennel club. with nothing blu
pure bred dogs on exhibition. The judg
ing will take place in a large ring out
side the tent on the first day. There ar
t IA dogs entered of which 80 are Bostol
terriers, about 20 cocker spaniels. Will
the st. Bernard, collie and pointer classe
are well filled. p. ]. Brickley and H. w
, Lacey of Boston, two widely known ex
perts will be the judges. One specla
: attraction will be what the owner, VIII
liam j. Kermode, claims is the bigges
st. Bernard dog in the world. F. F. Dol
of New Haven will bring here some o
the best bull terriers owned in this coun
try. and the Donowitz kennels will hav
a fine display of bull dogs A large mum
Der of cups and other special prizes will
be awarded in addition to the regula
premiums.