St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-09-16

The 72d annual Caledonia county fair
opened auspicously yesterday and our
columns give the story OF the entries and
exhibits as far as it was possible to Sc
cure them the first day OF the iair. The
attendance Yesterday though not large
was fully up to the first day on previous
years and a record breaking crowd is
anticipated today. The officials have
prepared for the crowd and everyone will
get their moneys worth,
THE FLOODED CATTLE.
The famous Brown Swiss herd the
show cattle from Speedwell Farm, Lyn-
don Center, were among the first to
arrive. The herd is headed by the two
year-old bull, McAdonis, Is, and includes
the yearling bull, Lyndon Boy, besides
two 1O-year old cows, one 8-year-old,
three 3-year- olds, three 2-year- Odds, two
yearlings, and four calves. This same
herd was exhibited with marked success
here last year, and last week was the
center of attraction for stockmen Al the
Barton fair. The breed are great mixers
and in test at Popperdort Germany,
10 cows selected by the Royal Academy
made the following record: 1877, 1892. 04
pounds of milk and 5,262 40 pounds of
butter, an average per COW OF II, 729 20
pounds of milk and 5262+ pounds Of
butter for the twelve months
J. w. Sanborn, OF the Mountain Stock
Farm, Concord. n. H., another familiar
figure at the Caledonia County Fair,
exhibits herd of Is Devons, with The
famous Nero, S16O, at the head, and
Tom Hancock 2nd also IN the list Mr.,
Sanborn has got so used to blue ribbons
now that it seems simply a matter of
course. The herd carried off eight out of
ten hrsts at the Worcester fair and every
thing points to still further winnings.
". II. Neal OF Meriden is also on the
grounds with a magnificent herd Of
Devons, Is in all. The herd is headed by
Shutdown, 1884, who won the grand
championship on best sres over all
breeds at the New Hampshire State Fair
at Concord. He shows four other bulls,
two yearlings and two calves. The
cows and heiiers include FIVE 4-year-olds,
two 3-year- Odds, two 2-year-olds, two
warnings anu llICC NdlNCS. HC IICl u
took first prize in every class at Concord.
The herd of milking Shorthorns from
Walpole, N. H., is owned by E. S.
Taggard, and is headed by Royal Earl,
Bird, 267 ,528 who was bred by Arthur
II. ZONES of Delaware, Ohio, and is con-
sidered one of the most perfect types in
existence. The herd of II includes the
famous COW, Daisy Oxford, sired by
Baron Oxford Of Niagara 25th, 140,2
In January of the present year this COW
gave 1913 pounds of milk from which
was made 106 pounds of butter. In
three months her record was over $500
pounds of milk
N. g. Simpson also of Walpole, N, H.,
exhibits a herd of 10, nine of them
milking Shorthorns and four Double
Standard Pole Durhams His Shorthoru
herd is headed by the yearling bull
Bates Cambridge Lad, who was bred
by f. S. Taggard, and is probably the
purest bred Bates in New England. AT
Concord the Judge made special men
ton of this animal and he was set up as
type before the students of the Agri
cultural College. In the herd prizes al
Concord MIR. Simpson carried off two
1rStS ana three SECONDS.
D. II. Tingley & Son of Readheld, Me
came here direct from the fairs in tn,
Pine Tree state. where they have beer
cutting such a wide swath with thei
splendid herd of seven Herefords TIL,
herd is headed by Perfection Fairfax
265 ,421. He was bred by A. c. Hockey
of Bunker Hill, Ind, and sired by thu
champion Hereford bull at the Inter
national Fat Stock Show at Chicago
Their herd includes the famous Ingelsidt
Brenda, 2nd, IA, ITO, who sports tn,
natty banner made up of 36 blue ribbon:
and two red ones, the insignia of many
have won the herd prize at the Maine
State fair for five consecutive years, anC
this year Bangor and Watervlle also
contributed ribbons.
The Lee Farm at Rock Island, P. O.
A. P Ball proprietor, sends 10 Guern
seys and 10 Jerseys, and they make ar
excellent showing The Guernsey hero
is headed by Golden, a 4-year-old, and is
a prize winning herd. At Sherbrookt
they annexed first, second and third
prizes, besides diplomas of merit The
Jersey herd, headed by the 2-year- old
bull, are also accredited with first al
the Canadian show.
E. E. Gle of Fayette, Me-, another ex.
hibitor of Herefords, has herd of eight
headed by 5-year-old Beau Dale, 1856 $50
bred by A. c. Hockey of Bunker Hill
Ind, the country's most noted breeder
of Hereford cattle. The herd has been