The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-01
Exhibits Filled All of The
Available Space.
MAMMOTH HEREFORDS
Herd from Pennsylvania Contained
Specimens with Backs Like Billiard
Tables - Keen Competition in Dur
hams, Holsteins and Guernseys.

Is as BOOu as Il ledSl. 10 De sure Ilie el
S try was not such that the grounds wer
!, crowded with tents to accommodate al
! the herds, but the permanent accommo
. dations were taxed to their capacity. Ih
action OF the management this year i'll OF
fering premiums on only eight STANDARD
breeds kept away some of the long haired
, wildeyed kind perhaps, but it stimulated
competition among the practical varletle
: and proved judcous move Taken as
whole the quality was fully up to stand
ard, competition being particularly keel
in the Guernsey, Holstein and shorthorI
classes. Z. j. Fletcher of Greenfield, n
H., who took the place of the late Geralc
nowatt as an all-round judge, did his worl
thoroughly and conscientiously, displaying
a knowledge of affairs bovine that con
WINGED all of the justice of his awards.
Fresh from triumphs at Hartford Conn.
Rutland and White River junction, the
GUERNSEY herd of r. H. Briggs x Son
Elmdale farm, Brattleboro, showed its
quality in every animal. There were II
of them, headed by the bull Flora's Roy
of Tarbell farm, just two days too old to
compete in the two year-old class and con
sequently obliged to compete with animals
more matured perhaps but hardly more Tin
ished. Then there was the yearling Col.
Fillmore and the bull calf Dixie RUDE,
not to mention the heifer calf Queen of
Elmdale that won a blue at every show
this season. Among the others of quality
was the three year-od Princess Elmdale,
whose mother (now ID years old five
years ago yielded in five months 5000
pounds of milk testing 4.S.
Another Guernsey herd that made its
impress upon the prize money was that
Whitehall n. Y, III. A. Bartholomew, pro
prietor. Gypsey's Jewell, four year-old
of rare quality, headed the list of II ami
mails, but perhaps the most admired of the
lot was the imported yearling bull Majesty
of La Hougue, brought to this country
last October in exchange for potent
check. This herd also contained number
of choice aged cows as well as some prom
Using calves.
Edwin r. Andrews of Putney is build
ing up a herd of choice Guernseys and
showed six beautiful animals from his
farm, the ranking animal being the young
bull Triple Champion, In whose veins
flows the blood of numberless mobiles OF
cowdom.
Akin to the Guernseys in appearance at
least, are the graceful Normandy cattle
which were represented here by the herd
of r. w. Blood of Dummerston. There
are only four herds of this variety in the
United States and Mr.. Blood's has the
honor of being the largest as well as the
most representative. He showed l6 head
including the imported bull Kanaris and
his two yearold son Duke of Bismark,
two bull calves and two imported cows.
In hot competition Mr.. Blood's herd won
S225 at the state fair last week.
With hacks like hillia rd 4 n h1eS and
launches of herculean proportions the
nine Herefords shown by G. w. Carroll &
Son of Jackson Center, Pa, probably at
tracted more attention than any other bo
vines on the grounds. The lot included
the four yearold Dale Wilton, Jr., weigh
ing 23O0 pounds, one COW weighing 1900
pounds and yearling calf of 100 pounds;
people have shown in New England, COM
ing here from Syracuse and White River
Junction, and leaving last night for Rich
mond, Va Their home herd includes the
champion bull Carnation that sold re-
Gently for $500. In spite of hundreds of
miles in freight car the Carroll Herefords |
were literally loaded down with flesh.
S. B. Smith of North Sandwich, N. H.,
showed IS Herefords including the bull and
heifer that won the sweepstakes cups in !
the beef breeds at Brattleboro last year.
Among the other animals was a twoyear-
old bull Indiana Perfection Fairfax VI,
son of Perfection Fairfax, once champion
of America.
The neat, handsome businesslike Hol-
stein, breed in which Brattleboro is par
ticularly interested because of the location
here of the headquarters of the national
association, was represented by three
herds of fine quality and breeding The
Maple Lawn farm, owned by w. P. Tur-
ner of North Reading, Mass, showed II
animals including the six year-old bull
Earle Aaggie De Kol Ii, yearling and
,wo bull calves of his get, four aged cows
and some young heifer calves. The Tur-
ner herd though new to the show circuit
mas done exceptionally well this season,
its share of ribbons at Hartford
md Berlin, Conn, and White River juno
ion.
An Ayrshire herd that made off with the
ion share of ribbons was that owned by
Matthew Hannah of West Windsor There
we're ID animals in the lot, the two bulls
icing particularly classy. Mr.. Hannah
bowed at the state fair last week, winning ,
ition. Alexander Henderson of The Her :
nitage, Westmoreland Depot, n. H.,
bowed wonderfully promising Ayrshire
'ull calf, Comrades Daisy King. f
Maplemont farm, situated in Walpole, f
!. H., and owned by j. W.. Prentiss & J
'on. sent to the fair 10 black-and whites Y
eaded by the two year-old Paul Beets t
son of the famous Paul Beets |
)el Kol and Ninnie's Jewell Colantha III,
he COW that won the butter test here a f
ear ago. A feature of this herd was a 7
uartet of heifer calves, granddaughter of
aul Beets De Kol, and a bull calf King e
egis 9th, by King Segis out of 2l.5 I
ound daughter of Paul Beets De Kol. c
here was also yearling heifer whose \
was no less of celebrity 5
nan Grace Fayne 2nd's Homestead, cham p
ion butter COW of the world.
Mt. Hermon school made an unusually D
exhibit of both Holsteins and b
yrshires, there being q animals in the \
t. The majority were Holsteins includ "
g the bull Mt. Hermon Butter Boy and "
number of his get. One COW worth a b
'cond look was Spring Brook Creamelle,
no in ordinary dairy work with no
,ecial preparation has made 1892 pounds
milk since Jan. % and is still yielding p
the rate of IS pounds day. There are o.
wv l20 cattle on the Mt. Hermon farm, it
I'd under the careful supervision of Frank A
Helyar, a Brattleboro boy, both Hol- p
elm and Ayrshire herds are steadily ad Of
ncing in quality. hi
The sleek and well formed Devons shown nj
: Stockwell & Clifford of Sutton, Mass, r
tracted much attention. The herd was W
l by the five year-old bull Dark's Maj hi
ty, the other male representatives being OF
e two year-old Queen Eta Rex and the NJ
airing Fancy's Bellboy. Among the CT
WIS was one that won third premium in 81
c butter test at the Vermont state fair lie
{ week. A
Shorthorns easily led all other varieties E,
numbers, there being six herds with a hs