Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-09-27
UTILITY BREEDS
IN CATTLE SHEDS
Task Of Judging Protracted by
Hot Competition
and All the Herds Contained Animals
OF Notable Lineage.


Of Notable Lineage.
Practically all the stalls in the cattle
sheds were filled this year and the herds
were all of utility breeds rather than
fancy stock. There was hot competition
| in many classes and the judging took
| about twice as long as usual. While
| more animals have been shown In some
| years, the exhibit was sufficiently large,
and a much greater show would have
meant drain on the treasury.
Thorndale, the two-year-old at the
| head of the herd of q Shorthorns
| shown by George c. Cary of st. Johns
bury, is said to be the second best bull
| of that breed in the United States, the
best one being owned in Ohio. The COW
| Resale, won first at Chicago last fall
as a two-year-old for producing the
most milk in "a hours and excelling in
other ways. Charles F. Coombs Of Gull
ford showed II handsome dairy animals.
His yearling bull Knight of Guilford was
sired by knight of Glenside, whose sis
ter, Rose of Glenside, holds the worlds
record as milking Shorthorn, giving
| 1905 pounds in a year. His COW Jennie
gave 81 pounds of milk in a day last
year as -year-old. Twelve dairy
Shorthorns and two pairs of steers made
up the exhibit of B. +. Smith of Will
mington, who breeds for both milk and
beef strains. Bonnie Duke two years
old, and Fannie 18th, five years old,
both by Spring Grove Duke, were his
best animals.
A herd of 10 Shorthorns entered by
D. 7. Barnard of Shelburne, Mass, in
cluded the six-year-o Kentucky bred
bull Crisis Weighing over ton, and
seven head of young stock sired by him.
G. e. &c z. e. Britton of Westmore-
land, N. H., exhibited Is head of Short
horns, bred for milking The bull was
the four-year- Airdrie Lad, and there
were three cows and some young stock
| Daisy Oxford, I'd, three years old was
out Of a dam with record of So pounds
of milk testing 63 pounds of butter fat
Notable butter and milk producers
were exhibited in the herd of Is Hol-
stems owned by ]. w. Prentiss & Son of
AlsteaI, N. H., headed by Paul Beets
Colantha, a fve-year- old Weighing 21OO
pounds. This bulls first four daughters
to freshen averaged 16 pounds of butter
in one week at two years old and tested
per cent of fat, which is high for
Holsteins. The COW Nettie Blanche Mo-
hamat, six years old, made 1903 pounds of
butter In one month at four years and
averaged 40 quarts of milk day for
the month
At the head of the Mount Hermon ex-
hibit of Is Holsteins stood Mount Her.
mon Royal Creamelle, out of the noted
COW Spring Brook Creamelle for two
years winner of the association prize cup
at the Valley fair There were seven
cows In milk and all the herd were well
bred. Arthur L. Miller of West Brat
tleboro showed the Hostein bull Admir-
al walker Gelsche ID, a yearling,
whose sire holds the worlds record for
the first five daughters. He also showed
promising bull calf, two yearling
heifers and two heifer calves
M. II. Chickering's herd of IS Hol-
stems, from West Chesterfield, included
eight head of grade stock and was
headed by the two-year- old bull Laurel
Friend Paul DeKol The foundation of
Mr.. Chickering's stock came from ex-
Gov. Goodells famous herd in Antrim.
N. H.
Again the bulk Of the premiums for
Guernseys were carried off by the herd
OF 10 shown by Russell H. Briggs of
Brattleboro Mr.. Briggs returned after
being away five weeks at the fairs in
salem, N. H., Middlebury, Rutland. st.
Johnsbury and White River Junction and
he brought home a string of SS ribbons.
The bull Flora's Roy of Tarbell Farm.
SIX years old and weighing 1000 pounds,
certainly is handsome specimen He tool,
first at the state fair.
M. L. Corbett of Bernardston showed a
Guernsey bull and bull calf, and f. D.
e. Stowe of Brattleboro three head of
young stock.
Admirers of the stocky Hereford
breed found satisfaction in e. e. Giles
exhibit of nine from Fayette, Me, His bull
Fairfax 18th, now four years OLD ami
weighing 1850 pounds, sold for $1,000 at
III months. Mr.. Gile breeds to sell for
breeding stock. He showed a pair of
seven months old heifers valued at over
S4oo Besides nine pairs of oxen and
steers l.. H. Richardson OF BrattIeboro
exhibited handsome herd of 70 Here
fords, all grades except the bull Climax
Sd, a fine specimen weighing 1900
pounds.
Two handsome herds of Jerseys We'd
with each other for honors. s. C. Sew
| erance & Son of Leyden showed Ia head
all strong In the points. Pictures Fontaine
six-year-old, stood at the head.
| George T. Chaffee's herd of II from Rut
land contained Imp Violettes Noble.
three years old, which took first and
champion at the state fair, and Catil-
Ions Lady. winner of the first prize in
the state fair butter test. G. H. But
terrified of Vernon showed a COW and a
calf and Miss Celia A. Heather of Will
mington bull calf and a heifer calf
w. H. Neal of Meredith, N. H., had
the field to himself in the exhibition of
Devons, with herd of 10 headed by
Lonewood, four years old. These sleek
little animals always are a dark red,
except that occasionally a white brush
or udder appears. Mr.. Meals Red Rose
18th, of the same age, never has failed
to take a blue ribbon.
The trim Ayrshires were we'll repre-
scented with four herds, aggregating
over so animals. White Chief, 10 years
old and Weighing 1900 pounds, stood at
the head of the exhibit of Is from the
| Newton farms, Ashburnham, Mass. The
two year-old bull Whitehill Lily's Ocean
Lad was born on the ocean and is
brother to the champion bull of Scot
land this year. A. G. Gallup of Guilford
showed ID Ayrshires, including the
handsome two-year-ol Duke of Gull
ford and some promising cows. F. D. e.
stowe and Fayette Miller of Brattleboro
exhibited under the name Stowe & Mil
Ter eight finely bred and handsome young
Ayrshres. comprising two bulls,
three-year-olj, three two-year- olds,
yearling and very young calf Joseph
Saladino of Oxford, N. H., was here
again with IS Ayrshires, the 1S0O-poun
bull Hillhouse Bonnie Scotland, a prize
winner in this country and Canada oc-