The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-19
HOLSTE|N GOSSIP
OF IMPORTANCE
Lowell & Son Offer for Sale
40 Head Because of
Lack of Room
FUTILE & SONS OWN
PROMISING SIRE
Expected to Make History in State of
Vermont Purebred Co. of Brattle-
boro to Limit Entries and Require
Certain Standard.

l.. c. Lowell & Son of Bellows Falls.
are finding it difficult to cater to the
wants of over 300 head of Holstein
dairy cattle, says the Holstein- Friesian
Register. Lack of stable room, for one
thing, has forced them to offer for sale
l40 head of females, of all ages, rang
ing from six months to five wears.
There are daughters of many of the ia
nous sires of the breed and grand
daughters of 30-pound sires, many of
the animals being in calf to such high
ly-bred sires as Fairview Rag Apple
Hengerveld, son of the $4,000 bull;
Maplemont Pontiac Alcarta LYONS,
grandson of the $4,000 BULL King Al
cartra Abbekerk, son of the $4,000
bull and Tidy Abbekerk Princess Alche.
30.2fl pounds butter in seven DAYS, av.
eragc fat 3.S2. These cattle are very
desirable foundation stock and buyers
who wish to secure their choice will
have 10 get busy Messrs. Lowell &
Son will take pleasure in showing visit
! ors this ane collection of dairy animals.
George NJ. futile & Sons, proprietors
of West River farm, South London
derry, are staunch supporters of the
progressive Holstein movement which
Is going TO make the Green Mountain
state one Of the leading Holstein states
Of the Union. Mr.. futile, senior, who
has been loyal and enthusiastic mem
Der of the national association since
1904, first became connected with the
! big producing Black-and Whites on the
| Manchester (Nt.) estate owned by f. \.
! lsham, a prominent lawyer Of Chicago.
West River herd was founded from cat
tie selected from the Isham herd. and
now consists Of about 20 head of pure
bred Holsteins, of superior breeding.
i Maplemont Sir Fayne Hengerveld l33-
3@2 has been the herd sire for some
time; but good as he is, Mr.. futile has
long cherished desire to have a bull of
certain line of breeding, and at the
Brattleboro sale this month ne secured
his ideal, both in breeding and individ-
uality. Maplemont Sir Fayne Henger-
weld is a grandson of Picti, 22d s
Woodcrest Lad, a son of the great
/ transmitting sire, Homestead Girl De
k0l Sarcastic Lad aud Pictie 22d. the
highest record COW ever imported The
dam Of Mapiemont, Sir Faync Henger-
weld was 19-pound two-year old COW.
from a granddaughter of Petite Hen
gervcld s Count Dekol, full brother in
blood 70 the great sire, Hengerveld De
kol. The nav herd sire. who cost his
owners close TO $500 is King Segs Inka
Fayne 2d, an lS.months-old son of King
Segis lnka Fayne and Lady Agnes
Mercedes $50 pounds butter and 67l
pounds milk in seven days and l2O.sq
( pounds butter and 2,303.70 pounds milk
In 30 days, l0l.60 pounds milk in one
day.. On his sire ) side this splendid
young bull is a grandson of King Hen.
| gerveld Aaggie Fayne, who Is the only
sire to have eight daughters, all three
years or under, which average over &c
+, pounds butter in seven DAYS. One of
these IL Finderne Holingen Fayne
holder Of the world s butter record il
the Junior three -year-old division from,
one day to one year. She is a half
sister to Mr.. futile s new herd sire
whose pedigree contains many other ia
nous milk and butter families. The
| extraordinary capacity of his dam and
the wonderful records made by mem
bers of the Hengerveld and Faync fam
lies, coupled with his excellent indi
yiduality, should make the futur,
daughters of this young sire rank higl
among the leading producers of tn,
breed. Under the skillful handling OF
his new owners there is little doub
but what King Segis Inka Fayne @
will make history in the state of Yer
mont.
The Purebrcd Live Stock Sales com
pany of Brattleboro, Vt, Inc, an
nounee that they will hold a ''Qualit,
Sale y at the sales pavilion, Brattlc
horo, on Feb. 6 and Z, 1917. 1t is in
tended to limit the entries TO about 10
head, with certain standard of ARC
performance for mature cattle, and tn
young stock to be descendants o
AFRO cattle of high merit. Such well
known and prominent Holstein breed
ers rs John Arfmann of Middletown
\. y, the Lawson Holding company o
Lagrangeville, y. y, Jacob s. Brill o
Poughquag, n. Y, and K. G. Knowle
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