The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-29

This Is the third year that the Glendale
herd has been shown at the Valley fair
New exhibitors in the dairy shorthorl
class were Avery brothers. of King Ferry
~ y. who showed u head with Jasper ou
Of julie heading the herd. Jasper is by Tor
nado whose dam had record Of ~ pound
OF milk a day, julie was one OF the best
cows OF the breed exhibited last year al
the international Livestock show IN Chlca
go. A yearling bull, Julian. out OF Juliet
by Tornado, was one OF the promising an
imals of the herd As the shorthorns Won
the 500 special premium for butterial
test in competition against Jerseys al
the state fair'at White River Junction this
class was attractive TO many dairymen,
{. L. Coombs Of Guilford had a herd
of nine dairy shorthorns headed 10y the
bull. tlansman 18th, out OF Empress, bt
Clansman. One OF the attractions ~ the
shorthorn dairy class was a bull calf out
of Beauty 10th, by knight OF Glensidc
shown in the Coombs herd.
One of the show exhibits Of the fair
was the herd of II Deyons from Stockwell
4 Giford's Devonshire farms AZ sutton
Mass This prenIum-winnlng exhibit from
the state fair excited much admiration
The head of the strngw the bull Little
Minister, out of Minnie Springdale 10th,
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exhibit was May 3D. by Ililton's Ladlie,
out Of May. MAY 81 is now giving over
~ quarts of mill, daily and made. over
400 pounds of butter last year on ordinary
| feed \ three.yearold heifer IN this eN,
| hibit has record of over 100 pounds Of
butter in her two.year.old form. The best
COW in this herd died at the state fair.
! The balance Of the exhibit consisted Of
young stock,
Speedwell Farms of Lyndonville showed
fancy bred herd Of ~ Brown Swiss cat
| tie which was one of the centers OF at
| traction in the cattle department II was
headed by the four.year-old imported bull,
| ,Tunket. The COW, HirZ. with an eight
months record of lOsS3I pounds of milk
with an average test of I15 pounds butter
| fat was of interest to dairymen unacqualnt-
ed with this breed She made 52i,5J
pounds Of butter last year and i now IN
milk. giving from 81 TO 40 quarts daily.
One of the show animals OF the exhibit
was the two.year.old bull. Springfield.
weighing $40 pounds. The rest of the
herd was made mp OF heifers twoyear-
olds, cows and bull calves. \ pair of grade
steers we're shown also
The Hill Top Farms showing OF Ayr-
shires. owned by \. G.. Gallup of Gullford.
numbering 10 animals, was one of the fancy
offerings in this breed, The twoyear-old
bull Moonstone OF Leyden, headed the
herd and was superb animal. Another
likely animal was the Is months-old bull
John Simon A number of the animals
were Youngsters but the three cows,
Hazeletta, Lady Wonder and Mary b..
were worthy of especial mention. Judy
was another wellbred COW.
Fred c. Rand 4 Son showed six head OF
dairy shorthons including two pair OF
steers. The fancy animal in this exhibit
was Xerxes. yearlng bull ont of
Zaida that has a milk record of 60l3
pounds for five months. NerXes Is by
Royal Earl I'd This yearling bull won
first honors in the calf class at the Valley
fair last year The cow May, which took
first as a two.year-old two years ago at the
Valley fair. was shown this year A two,
vear-old heifer, MAY Bell. and yearllng
hefer, Princess Bessie. were handsome
animals
c. A. Heather of Wilmington, a tirst.
time exhibitor at the Valley fair, showed
two handsome solid color Jerseys. The
11-months-old heifer. Margaret of Drank
some out OF Flower of Narrow by
Corydon. was one of the smoothest specl-
mems of the breed shown. The other
animal was a ninemonths-old bull Nell
BOGUS. out of Chromata, by Corydon.
D. NJ Barber Of Brattleboro, another
milkman unable TO make heavy showing
on account of the demand for milk, eN,,
hibited eight head OF shorthorns headed
by the pure-bred Scotch bun, gloucester
Victor. A fiyeyear old COW and three
heifer calves were included in the herd.
w. D. Newton & Son of Brattleboro:
who recently went into the the breeding OF
Holstens showed eight head. The herd
" was lleaueu p m '" The fonndat;on
oa U,"u W ,ha hord i Ada IuceIas LADY
Alexander She took second place in the
hnttar test nj the Valley fair last year
,y;tb record of o1S pounds in 81 hours,
testing over 4 per cent These breeders
pride themselves on knowing Just what
their cattle are doing in dollars and cents
and their records show COW with proht
of sd last year; another gave her owners
S6.,"3 proht Tor the l"eNe nouns.
A. l.. Miner; HesI nra'tle Tp Ill
hibltor' showed sly Iio mo1,h o. nv " Of
cali' adln.rai NaihSI 80
Aaggle MidWou,d ne MO- Nm VII VIZ
feature OF the eNhloit. u was Ut alhei
first showing, OF holsteins ana ne Drought
a small herd; Two Neariing ileIe!s 3nu
two heller calves were Wei.preg ani'lI.s'
r. +. Copeland OF Sollalr' hdss., LAY
eight Holstelns. the nero betng he5ueu
nv the heavy pun rohtlac L'ihus Moi' hi1
Prince. carving, . per cent Of me e'o1u
of the celebrated Pontiac horndyke o. the
famous, butter-produclng STRAIN. mr.. opet
land has been winning premiums az
Massachusetts fairs this season.
Russell Briggs showed his premium
winning herd of Guenseys from Elmdaie
Farm. Brattleboro. numbering IA head.
The fancy.bred ) year-od bull. Flora's
Row Of Tarbell Farms. headed the herd.
prohah,, tbe most interesting animal in
g rrooaolt ~. .;do frnn, tbe Sead If tbe
me EXHIBIT la as oa,r IRON 1 F;lmores Sham.
nero ana aeen eoTs ma' fan an,'u not onlv in
rock. ms ahiinai was ian.s nuo on's o "a
breeding put n iorlnt = ,mo T 1T,a