St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-09-15
THE COUNTY FAIR.


Plenty to See.-GOOd Races and a
Fine Vaudeville Ready for the
Crowd Today.
President Kicker and Secretary Hast
ings and the other directors may we'll
feel satisfied with the show at the Fair
Ground and with good weather today
there will be 10000 people on the
grounds. The display of oxen exceeds
all previous years, the exhibit of booded
stock is excellent and represents all the
leading varieties and the Morgan horse
still predominates in the exhibit of
horses. The races opan at 1890 this
morning and Prof. Bonette's balloon
ascension comes at 2.30 p. m. The
vaudeville entertainment is first class
with many attractive features.
Yesterdays attraction was the auto
mobile parade. There were only six
entries and only those taking the first
three prizes were decorated. The prizes
were awarded as follows: First, Jerry
Hunt, Rock Island, P, O., second, W. A.
Wright; third, c. H. Clark; fourth, c. E.
Simanton fifth, divided between J. E.
Bertrand and S. J. Somerville.
Cattle.
One writer has said that the Brown
Swiss herd from Speedwell Farms looked
like overgrown Jerseys, but they differ
from the Jersey in that they are general
purpose animals, being excellent mixers,
good beef animals and especially apt as
winners of blue ribbons. An idea of their
milking propensities can be gained from
the result of a test OF Brown Swiss COW,
Brienz, 1853, made at Chicago in Novem-
ber, 1891, taken by the officials of the
University of Illinois. In three days she
gave 245 pounds of milk, 9.32 pounds of
butter fat and 11.66 pounds of butter.
Equally interesting is the following idea
of what this wonderful strain is capable
of in the way of furnishing beef. Accord
ing to responsible observations an
average herd in milking condition would
weigh from 1900 to 400 apiece. They
tend to take on fat readily when dry
and give it off slowly when in milk.
The average herd of cows when fatted
would weigh 1900 pounds or more, and
the average Swiss calf at month old
will weigh 180 to 200 pounds, at 3
months $50 to 300 and at a year will
average 900. McAdonis, Is, the year
old bull, leads the herd of II on exhibi-
tion this year, and the herd also includes
Speedwell, 2 year old. which never
before has been exhibited, but is attract
ing considerable attention on his initial
appearance. Liestal four year old COW
has a record of 55 pounds of milk in one
day. So far as known this is the only
herd of Brown Swiss in the state.
Fred Cushman OF East st. Johnsbury
has a yearling Grey Durham bull that
was awarded blue ribbon at Lancaster.
G. H. Springfield & Son of Rochester,
N. H., have every reason to feel proud of
their magnificent herd of "a Shorthorn
Durhams, with the 4-year-old bull, Mon
arch of Maple Park, 3O9, 1929, at the
head. This animal was purchased from
c. c. Hanson of Coaticook, P. O., and is
born prize winner. The herd also in
| cludes the unbeaten 5-year-old Ruth Mel
son, registered in Volume 81, and the
eight months old registered bull cali,
, Sailor Boy. He weighs 800 pounds and
those competent to judge call him per-
feet type. Blue ribbons have been his lot
wherever shown and others are undoubt-
edly coming his way. Among the prizes
carried from Barton by the Springfelds
were 1S firsts and at the Vermont and
New Hampshire state fairs they have
landed enough ribbons to satisfy even
the most avaricious.
c. B. Stevens OF North Danville with
his herd of Is Ayrshires, is also force
to be reckoned within the cattle exhibits.
Nethersoll Robinhood, 11476, heads the
list which includes the prize winning
3-year-old Jessie Clarence, 2, ,219, ,524, ,449,
and the seven months old cali, which
proved winner at Sherbrooke. This
herd has been annexing ribbons galore
throughout Eastern Canada and have
started OH what looks like successful
campaign on this side OF the line.
H. E. Marston of the Marston Stock
Farm at Oxford, N. H., was an early ar.
rival with herd of 16 Herefords, head.
ed by Pride, 2O8,656 This herd has
been exhibited at Lancaster and Brad.
ford before coming here. At the former
place they carried away Is blue ribbons,
one white and three reds and were equal
ly as successful at Bradford
Holsteins are shown by ]. II. Mead,
brother of Lieut..Gov. John A. Mead,
and son, proprietors of the Marble Valley
Stock Farm. The herd numbers IA and
all are advanced registry animals. In
the five times Imperial Pontiac Korn-
dyke, 45,S00, has been judged he has
each time been awarded blue ribbon.
He was sired by the famous Pontiac
Korndyke, also the sire of Pontiac Rag
apple with a record of 31.50 lbs. of but
ter in days and Pontiac Clothilde De-
Kol 2nd, 1927 pounds. The leading
COW in the Mead herd is Pauline Pieter-
tye Hengerveld De Kol, 78,205, who has
three-year.old record of 1927 pounds
of butter in seven days. She was also
the winner OF the butter fat test at the
Rutland county fair. This herd has
never before been exhibited through
this section but through the big circuit
of New York, New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania, Tom and his beauties are justly
feared by other exhibitors, as a glance
at their swell collection of blues will
prove.
Perfection Fairfax, ~, a yearling.
heads the A. H. Tingley & Son herd OF
eight Herefords from Read6eld, Me. He
is magnificent specimen with record
of second at the International Stock