Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-08

dau in the demonstration.
 CATTLE SHEDS WERE
 FILLED TO CAPACITY Over 25o Head of Fine Stock on the
 Grounds and More to Come.
 Only a step or two from the main entrance the arriving visitor has it impressed upon him that the New London county fair has in plenty the one thing that forms the backbone of a. true county fair, 8 big display of cattle. which occupied all the shed room. for there were 251 head in the sheds on Monday. Many more are expected today.
 To the left of the entrance one comes face to face with a bovine aristocrat in the four-year-o1d Jersey bull, Agret- ta's Gold Boy. which heads the herd of p Jerseys from the farm of Charles S. Briggs of North Franklin He is an animal to inspire enthusiasm as a model of his kind. the solid black of his legs and body shading to a creamy white on his back. He is by Golden of Spring Hill. which was a descend ant of Golden Lad. Two other bulls: the two-year-oid King Carnival End and the five-months-old Gertie,s Pride are also seen in the herd. and the thoroughbred COWS number Seven Springs Ann. Golden Suns Gertie, Golden Suns Ffggis, and Helene Vic old herd. with two cows and progeny and bulls and two of his get Four little calves week old are the young sters of the lot
 Calves Few Days Old.
 The 20 Holsteins from the Hickory Hill stock farm of E. A. Hoxie, Leb- anon, arrived at s o'clock Monday morning. having started out at 4. Two little calves, one born Sunday morning and the other on Friday are the real bovine babies on the grounds. MT. young bull, Klondlke Burke de Kol Ladd, 19 months old. whose grand dam was a worlds champion COW sev- eral years ago. The pride of the herd on milk records is Pondiak Pet, who made 37.46 pounds of butter in days and in that time produced 600 pounds of milk.
 Has Proud Milk Record.
 Adjoining these are the ten pure bred and grade Holsteins, two Ayrshires and two Guernsey grades of Gideon Dickenson of Norwich. Three nice an- irnals are seen in the pure bred yearling Holstein bull and the two pure. bred bull calves. Ayrshire and Guernsey. On the milk record Evelyn of Meadow Land farm points with pride to 3,292 pounds Of milk in 9O days.
 Branford Farm Cattle.
 New to the New London county fair are the cattle of Commodore Morton F. Plant. who has a dozen in the sheds, seven of them Ayrshires and five pearance Is noticeable and the two that catch the eye for beauty above all others are a pair of satiny skinned white Ayrshires. yearling bull and hei- fer with a beautiful pink that show ing through, their their white hair. The exhibit includes bull. several coys and a trio of pretty calves.
 Fro m the Devon Country.
 In sheds just adjoining the Plant cattle, are the Devons with their even coloring in dark red. Pierson Bros. of nishing a fine representative town team ranging from 6 year olds down. They made an early start Sunday morning at S.30 o'clock and got here by in the afternoon.
 Ray Harding of Lyme is another Devon man, who, has been fixture at the New London county fair for years. He brings 54 cattle in all this time comprising 20 yoke of stalwart oxen. a good looking three year old Dull, cows, calves and yearling hei1er and yeariing bull.
 The Ciaremont farm of I. c. Gardner of Yantic showed a fancy young herd of Jerseys, with a two year old DUH and a nice pen of calves. one bull and four heHers.
 Ayrshires were the exhibit of F. s. Armstrong. He had half dozen nice animals. Including calf.
 George A. kahn,s 10th Year.
 In the same place that he has occu- pied for 20 years, George A. Kahn of 2s head of fancy Ayrshires which are led by the four year old bull Monarch of Mansfield, who was bred at the Con- necticut college and whose mother had a record of better than 1o,600 pounds of butter in a year, and n
 Another star member of the herd Is the COW Barjisky Sullzy, imported from Scotland. She has a heifer calf with her.
 From Round Hill Farm.
 Out in the cattle sheds by the horse stables Is the place where the exhibit of the Round Hill far moi James B. Palmer of Lisbon is looked for with unfailins regularity. as each fair rolls around, as to be seen the 84 head of Guernseys which make up his exhibit. noticeable both for quantity and quail ity.
 Francis Jewell, a three year old ir- ported bull. Is the king of the herd, and another bull of quality Is the two year old lord Belmont, raised by Mir. Palmer. Gladys King, a yearling bull, was much admired by the wise ones. Among the cows with records to talk about were Unabell, r pounds of but ter in seven days, and Alice of Round Hill. a two year old heifer that milks f6 quarts a day.
 Among MT. Palmer's cattle also are his prize yoke of trained Herford oxen. six years old and weighing about SSO0 that have won prizes for fast walking at fairs by doing a half mile In six minutes and four seconds.