Norwich bulletin., 1910-09-06
IN THE CATTLE STALLS.
Sleek Looking Animals Shown in Good
Numbers.


The cattle of Now London county
were we'll represented in the handsome
herds at the fair grounds Monday al
though a good number of the entries
did not put in an appearance because
of the bad weather. The sleek looking
animals were unassailable evidence of
the possibilities of this part of the
county and the ability of its farmers to
raise cattle that for quality cannot be
surpassed.
James B. Palmer, the genial Lisbon
farmer, whose reputation as stock
breeder is more than state wide, has
80 as fine looking cattle as one could
wish to see, pure blooded Guernseys
with a sprinkling of Holsteins. A four
year old pair of working oxen and a
pair of fat Heyfords are among them.
Bond Boy, years DID, is the splendid
bull that heads the herd of Guernseys,
among which is Lily Erotas. s years
old, who holds a butter record of Il
pounds in seven days.
Besides the cattle, Mr.. Palmer ex-
hibits 50 sheep Dorsets. Hampshires,
Southowns, Shropshires and several
Leicesters, and % hogs, Chester o I
C's and Chester whites.
Next to Mr.. Palmer, who has his
usual position on the south side of the
grounds, with the Round Hill farm
headquarters next to the horse stables,
is a new cattle exhibitor. This is Ray
L. Harding of Ashlawn farm, Lyme,
whose 40 head of Devors from that
town fully Justify the reputation of
that section for choice thoroughbred
stock of sterling breed. A registered
2 year old bull, and 10 thoroughbred
heifers ranging from years down to
calves are particularly fine animals.
The Lyme town team attracts much
attention. three pair being contribut-
ed by William Bogue. and one pair
each by Stephen p. Sterling, James
L. Lord and Ray L. Harding, all of
Lyme. Mr. Harding has private
team of II pair, and as a whole the
cattle he brings from Lyme to the fair
for the first time does credit to that
town and to the men who raised them.
Mr.. Harding is president of the
Lyme Grange Fair association. which
holds it's annual one day fair at Ham
burg on Wednesday. Sept. 81.
A. F. Read of Lisbon, an exhibitor
of high class cattle at the fair for
more than dozen years, has 20 Jer-
seys on the ground. They are as good
as any in the state, their we'll known
owner believes, and The cows have
milk and butter records that are hard
to beat. Lady Sunfower, years old,
has given 16 quarts of milk a day, with
a daily average of 1-2 pounds of but
ter The head of the herd is King of
Connecticut, a splendid appearing
year old jersey bull. Mr.. Read also
shows two breeds of geese, African and
Toulouse.
j. E. Lathrop of Raymond Hill,
Montville, has a pair of 6 year old
Devon oxen to pull for the prize,
while ]. Lawrence Raymond of Ray
mond Hill, formerly of Lyme, has
herd that shows quality all over. Jer-
seys, Devons, Ayrshires and Holsteins
are among his cattle, while a year
old thoroughbred Ayrshire bull is an
animal in which the owner feels a
justiiabIe pride.
Stanley Tinker of Chesterfield shows
2 year old thoroughbred Ayrshire
bull which is broken to pull with a
steer.
John D. Avery of North Stonington
arrived late Monday afternoon with a
dozen of his Ayrshire cattle: John
Manwaring, G. II. Morgan, Pendle-
ton Bros. Gideon Dickinson, George
Kahn and other entrants will have
their cattle on the grounds today. and
when the cattle are all on the ground
the exhibit will fully measure up to the
standards of other years.
Horace Vose of Westerly, r. l., and
c. d. Babcock of Jewett City are the
judges of the cattle, and they will be
busy men today.
Poultry.
The room under the erandstand as
signed to the poultry department,
where Woodbury. o. Rogers was in
charge was well filed and there was
an unusually fine exhibition of poultry
of varied varieties, ducks, geese. pig
cons. pheasants, turkeys and rabbits
There was a larger variety than usual
this year and the quality was e1cep-
tionally fine.
H. B. Bellows of Southbridge Mass.
had splendid display numbering more
than anyone else. His long list of en-
tries included fine specimens of Barred
Plymouth Rocks. White Plymouth
Rocks. White Leghorns, Golden Wyan-
dottes, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Brown
Leghorns, Silver Sealoright Bantams,
large variety of ducks. several differ
ent kinds of bantams and fifty eight
pens of pigeons The pigeon classes
numbered Homers. Dragons, Tumblerss