The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-09-17
THE CATTLE EXHIBITORS.

E. H. Nickerson of Swanville. yoke of heavy
oxen Holsteins and yoke Hereford steers.
F. l.. Kicker of Monroe, l6 head of cattle;
eight registered Hostens, and the rest grades
dis output goes to the Jackson creamery.
Charles Thompson of Swanville, a pretty
and well matched pair of grade Durham steers,
girting six feet. nine inches, and weighing q
800.
Fred Nickerson of Frankfort believes in the
Shorthorn and carries herd of 10 pure bred
stock, showing nine of them at the fair. He
sells his cream to the Winterport creamery
and grows young stock with the skim mix.
F. W. Gibbs OF Brooks has herd of q pure
bred Guernseys and grades, of which he enter
ed Is Royal Rival raised in Litchfield, Mass,
heads the herd. The cream is sent to the
Brooks creamery and calves and pigs are rails
ed on the warm separator skim milk Inc
registered cows and heifers were fine stock,
H M, Lane OF Frankfort, IL head of Short
horns, nine pure bred and three grades. This
stock originated from Howard and Ellis in
Fairfield. three year-old from Taggard
stock made ten pounds of butter week when
she came in. MIR. Lane makes butter, separat-
ing his cream and using the milk for the rails
ing of steers He sold pair of two-year- ODDS
F. d. Quimby Of Brooks owns herd OF -
Aryshires, registered and grades. He enter
| ed Ia head which included nine pure bloods
| and five grades. His cream goes to Unity to
| the branch Turner Center creamery. During
| the past nine months from IL cows his checks
have figured up s., 600 While he has not kept
strict account of the expenditure he has good
margin of profit "Isaiah,' an animal with
good registry, and one that Mr.. Quimby raised
heads the herd The cows give a lot OF milk,
four per cent test, and are hardy animals. Mr.
Quimby has them tested once year with tu-
berculiD,
]. W. Nickerson. Swanville, shows seven
head of grade Durhams. His bull herd num-
bers 16, and includes five pure bred Jerseys.
His cream goes to branch of Hoods cream
cry at Belfast, the skim milk being fed warm
to pigs and calves. Mr.. Nickerson considers
the JERSEYS the best breed for cream that there
is. and is working into the pure bred stock as
rapidly as possible. MIR. Nickerson showed a
woke of grade Holsteins girting about eight
feet weighing 1000, that took the blue ribbon
Tuesday in the sweepstakes pulling matcn he
also showed pair of three-year-oid steers,
herd is Sir Wilbert of Swanville, bought three
wears ago of George Blanchard of Cumberland
Center.
81. Glidden of Freedom. showed herd OF
registered shorthorns, 10 in number, headed
by Baron Nelson, bought three years ago from
Canadian parties. He weighs wv ana IL
splendid looking animal. Canada Rose and
Gloucester Queen are his favorite cows. The
former was bought in Canada and the latter
was raised by Glidden. The dual purpose
cattle are the best proposition for the farmer:
according to Mr. Glidden. They have pougn'
their feed, beefed themselves and paid hand;
some check besides, and where will you md
the breed that will do that? The cows will
cash 500 today, he says. and were raised on
AKIN milk. At the age Of six months heiter OF
bull calves will bring SIS, which is one point IN
favor Of pure bred stock. Mr.. Glidden had
one of the handsomest herds on the ground,
FARMING TOOLS, ETC.
&c. Plourd of Monroe had the only exhibit
of farming tools. harnesses. etc. on the
Ground and it was large one. On big plat
form was shown the Hoover digger, John
Deere manure spreader; Empire seed drlll
fonr sulky plows. four kinds OF hand piows
and all kinds of harrows and hand and riding
In building close BY wss good 'o'
costs- carriage robes and horse blankets
Dairy Maid and Sharpless Tubular ssparatora
vere also shown. The whole exhibit was in
| charge of Mr.. Plourd.
THE LADIES HALL.
There were fewer exhibits here than usual
but some beautiful handwork was shown