Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-04-21
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS
CATTLE BRING BIG MONEY.
Sales Company Holds First Auction -
Cow and Calf Bring S1,325.

Every room in the Hotel Windham
and the Rockingham was filled Tuesday
night and the overflow taxed the capac-
tiles of the Inn at Saxtons River and
the lodging houses in this village. The
influx of transients was caused by the
first sale of the Purebred Live Stock
Sales company, which was held Tues
day and was continued through Wednes-
day in the pavilion on Morgan s field
About $50 purebred Holstcins were sold
Some good prices were received. Breed
ers came from all sections of New Eng
land and from New York and neigh
boring states. The company holding
the sale is the one which was recently
incorporated and which will hold its
future sales in Brattleboro.
The cattle were from the herds of j.
w. Prentiss & Son of Alstead, n. H., C.
E. Parker of Granville, N. Y, L. c.
Lowell & Sons of Bellows Falls, j. L.
Kerr of Warner, N. H., r. T. Eastman
of Littleton, N. H., William +. Pierce
of Bellows Falls, the Clark Farm,
owned by M. E. Woodwork of Atkin-
son Depot, N. H., Fred E. Wells of
Pike, N. H., G. H. Thomas of West
Rindge, N. H., A. J. Orr of Littleton,
N. H., George A. Hosmer of Chester
Depot, and c. A. Preston of Contoocook,
n. II.
The auctioneers were Otis H. For
bush of West Acton, Mass, and Frank
Becker of Granville, n. Y. Sixty-five
head were sold Tuesday and the high
est price paid was $3.50 for four
yearold cow, Korndyke Goldbron Fan
cy, with a record of 26 pounds of
butter fat She was one of the herd
Of Prentiss & Lowell of Bellows Falls.
She was bought by +. H. Metcalf of
Holyoke, Mass, who paid $2,935 for
~ head. Other cattle went for good
prices.
Meetings of the New England, the
New Hampshire, the Vermont, and the
Cheshire County Holstein Breeders as
sociations, were held Tuesday night in
the pavilion. Reports of the secretaries
were accepted and in the meeting of the
Cheshire county association the follow
ing breeders were elected delegates to
the national convention to be held in
Detroit June Z: J. w. Prentiss, ir.. of
Alstead, Leslie Forristtall of Alstead,
G. H. Thomas of West Rindge, and C.
A. Preston of Contoocock.
Following these meetings there was q
big get-together meeting of the com
bined associations and Prof F. w.
Taylor of the New Hampshire state
college at Durham gave an interesting
and valuable talk on fertilizers.
The feature Wednesday came when j.
II. O'Brien of Waipole, n. H., paid
81 900 for II purebred four-year-old
COW. Other good prices were received
for some of the registered Holsteins
and the managers of the sale were well
pleased with its success.
The cow that was sold for $1,000
was Kitty Colantha Beets DcKol, reg
istry No. 167 ,495. She was bred by II.
g. Wiley of Chester and her age is
four years and four months. She was
consigned TO the sale by G. A. Hos
mer of Chester Depot.
Besides saying 1,0oo@for the Cow Mr..
o 'Brien paid 1925 for one of her
calves. Another feature was the pur-
chase by l.. G. Lowell of this place of
a pair of heifer for $500.
Sunday and until Monday evening
the pavilion was the haunt of hundreds
of boys and girls. At milking time
they appeared with cans and bottles of
all sizes, kinds and descriptions and
were given the milk. But they became
a nuisance and Monday evening were
told there was no more milk for them
as it was being sent to the local plant
of the C. Brigham company of Cam
bridge, Mass, who are making butter
at the plant of the Boston Dairy com
pany.
1t is understood that efforts were
made by the sales company to have the
sales located here permanently, but
because of its failure to get the shirt
factory where the sale was held de-
cided upon Brattleboro as its future
home. With such an opportunity open
it is generally conceded here that Bel
lows Falls "feil down. when it al,
lowed the sales to get away from this
place.
Now York streets are contested not