Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-09-28

o. records. His dam IL Aaggic urhce
IFS Pietertie, with a record OF 23n
pounds of butter in seven days and lOo
pounds Of milk In one day. She Is the
dam of four A. r. O. daughters, which
shows that she transmits her great pro-
ducing qualities. Among the cows IN
the MI. lIermon Holstein herd was Bess
Clothlde Imperial, with an Official rec
ord of 2lA pounds OF butter in seven
days; Melba Witkop, with an linoillciai
record of ~ pounds Of milk IN day
and probably 20 pound cow; the three
year.old, Spring Brook Croamolle, whose
record of 10 pounds of butter in seven
days and GAN pounds Of milk in one
day stamps her as 100 pound COW IN
her mature form; and two-year-old
heifer bred at the Brattleboro Retreat
farm, the heaviest milking heifer at
Mt. Hermon and good example OF the
stock bred by President q. w. Pierce.
The herd included a yearling heifer
worthy of special note, her dam being
Bess Clothilde, imported, and her sire,
Aaggie Grace Sir DeKol. The average
record of this heifcr's dam and sire 8
dam was over 90 pounds Of butter in
a week. There was also fine bull calf
whose breeding combines the blood OF
Aaggie Cornucopia Pauline, who holds
the worlds butter record of over "a
pounds in seven days, and of the Cream
ellie family which holds the world s
milk record.
Nine Ayrshires were shown in the
Mt. Hcrmon exhibit, the leading bull
being Moonstone of Barclay, a two-year'
old son of the noted imported Noon
stone of Drumsie, dam Mayhower, with
"A milk record of 1900 pounds in a year,
There has been such a demand for bull
calves at Mt. Hermon that the school
has been unable 10 retain any. Among
the cows shown was Ina Ill, with a
record of 1900 pounds of milk in a
year; the four.year.old Rose Franklin
(of the celebrated Rose family now
milking over 20 quarts of milk a day;
two three-yearolds, not only good in.
dividuals but of the bluest blood; and
n heifer calf, one of the few daughters
of Gold Bug, the last son of Lady Fox
whose record Of 1924 pounds of milk
and 62I pounds of butter in n year has
never been equalled by any other Ayr
shire COW.
The school also showed one of the
few focks of pure-bred Cheviot sheep
owned in New England, headed by the
wo.year.old ram, Tommy d., the 4th
prize ram lamb at St Louis. After |
thae fair, this ram will be shipped to |
Hon. Bourke Cochran, who appreciates
the mutton qualities of this famous
English breed.
Mt. Hermon is making a speciality of
large Yorkshire swine, and the type of |
Mt. Hermon Yorkshires is better ad' |
apted to New England conditions than
the extreme bacon type SO common in |
Canada. Their exhibit in this depart.
ment was composed of one yearling
boar bears under six months. a two /
year-old SOW with litter of pigs, and
several other specimens in young
stock.
The Mt. Hermon vegetable display
was feature of the agricultural hall
exhibit. 1t included every variety of
that can be successfully
grown in New England. Mt. Hermon
has one.thousand acre farm and prae-
tically all the work on it is done by
the students. The institution is one
Of the few secondary schools that offer
courses in agriculture and the fact that
the classes now number nearly fifty
students indicates need of this kind
Of instruction. Prof. Harry Hayward
under whose direction the exhibit was
made will leave Mt. Hermon October /,
to take a position as director of the
Delaware Experiment station and pro-
lessor in the state college. Prof. Hay
ward s departure will be deeply felt
BY the Valley Fair association as well
rs by the school for which he has done
such good work.