The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-29
CATTLE SHEDS
OVERLOOKING
Almost 400 Bovine Beauties
on Exhibition.
BIG HOLSTEIN SHOW
Ayrshires and Herefords Also Wen Rep.
resented, Likewise Jerseys and Short
horns-Finest Quality Ever Accord
ing to Judge of Department.

Nearly 400 choicely.bred animals-to b,
exact, 396-fllled the cattle sheds to over
| tiowing and made necessary the erection
of large tent. Holsteins were the ban
ner breed, over 90 black.and-whites being
on exhibition. There was also a strong
showing of Ayrshires and Herefords. Judge
+. j, Fletcher, who worked steadily IN thu
ring from Tuesday morning to Wednesday
afternoon, at the close of his labors made
| the statement that the show was the finest
he had ever seen in Brattleboro~ adding
There is some satisfaction in distrlbut'
| ing ribbons to cattle OF the quality of those
at this fair, although il is a difficult task
when the competition is SO keen
Probably the top.notch attraction in
heavy cattle was the showing made by +.
| 4. Gle of Fayette. Me-. with his herd OF
| II head of Herefords. For many Years no
| showing of white-heads has excited 50
much admiration among Valley fair pat
rons as did this herd OF premium winners
which has swept the boards wherever
shown. 1t was Mr.. Giles first showing at
the Valley fair. The bull. Fairfax 18th,
BY Perfection, was probably the best Here
ford bull ever shown here. He won the
championship at the Fat Stock show At
Chicago last year, weighs $40 pounds
and is superb animal. He came to the
Valley fair with record Of never los
ing first honor, having carried away the
blue ribbons at two fairs in Maine, at -.
bloomsbury and White River junction this
season. The fve-year-old COW. Maple Nell
has two championship honors to her cred
il and her full sister, three-year.old he'll.
en- was a handsome animal The herd
also included two two-yearolds. two year.
lings, yearling bull, two heifer calves and
two bull calves
Another exhibitor of Herefords was II.
L. Morrison who showed II head from
Marston Stock Farm in Oxford, \. II.
This was Mr.. Morrison's first visit to a
Valley fair The herd was headed by the
bull Pathfinder, and included six bulls,
two aged cows, a three-year-old, two-year-
old, two yearlings and two calves The
COW, Pink, was a fancy animal and boasts
the distinction of dropping calf that was
sent to Central America last year for
breeding purposes Mr.. Morrison raises
Herefords for business purposes rather
than for exhibition yet he has been winning
a sufficient number of premiums every year
TO warrant taking his herd to the fairs.
OF the smaller breeds the Ayrshire herd
of Joseph Saladino from the Riverside
Stock Farm at Oxford, \ H., was certain
" one of the show exhibits of the cattle
department and was surrounded by
throng most of the time during the three
days. 1t was the first time that Mr.. Sala-
dino had shown at the Valley fair. His
was the first honor herd in its class at
White River Junction and has long list
of winnings at various fairs in New, Eng
land. The herd, comprising II head. was
headed by the three..year-old bull; Hill
House Bonnie Scotland, out of Hill House
Dairy Sth, by Barrows Moss. He was one
of the handsomest specimens of the breed
ever shown here and pronounced to be one
of the best bred animals in this country
The four-year-old COW, Southwick klrsty
White River and st. .Johnsbury. She is
ont of Southwick Kirsty 9th by Ringlead,,
er of Auchen The balance of the herd
were o-year-olds, yearlings and four